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NYer here. Where did you live? Downtown Manhattan? Pre-Uber try getting cab service like that in Harlem or the other boroughs. You mostly rely on gypsy cabs w
by jnordwick 8y ago
NYer here.
Where did you live? Downtown Manhattan?
Pre-Uber try getting cab service like that in Harlem or the other boroughs. You mostly rely on gypsy cabs who were always sketchy and always tried to cheat you. Coming back from the airport one time, one driver even tried to put my bags in another cab and tell me he'll finish the ride.
If the pre Uber cab service were so great, Uber wouldn't be such a popular success there right now.
And God help you if you were black and trying to get a ride.
- chimeracoder 8y ago> Coming back from the airport one time, one driver even tried to put my bags in another cab and tell me he'll finish the ride. Sounds like you weren't dealing with a TLC-licensed driver, which all medallion cabs and all legal black cabs (including Lyft and Uber) are.
- tootie 8y agoI was doing this in Ft Greene/Bed-Stuy. They don't know what color you are on the phone.