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> Both drivers had been doing Uber for a long time, which would be surprising if they were getting ripped off Did you happen to ask if this was their full-time
by sbarre 5y ago
> Both drivers had been doing Uber for a long time, which would be surprising if they were getting ripped off
Did you happen to ask if this was their full-time gig, or if they were doing it as supplementary income?
- bombcar 5y agoThe best Uber I ever got picked up in was a high end Mercedes driven by a bored retiree wanting something to do on weekends. Clearly that ride was subsidized by a number of things and wasn’t sustainable. But I don’t expect limo service at taxi rates - and I’ve started noticing that some Ubers have been literal taxis with an Uber and Lyft sticker on them. Lately I’ve been using shuttle service or just car service.
- xwolfi 5y agoIt's probably a side gig, which is amazing. It means taxi didn't need to be a job all along.
- seoaeu 5y agoAmazing for whom? Certainly not for the gig workers who don’t get employee benefits and are now sometimes making sub-minimum wage after accounting for gas and deprecation
- scarface74 5y agoIt’s only because of the US’s ass backwards health care system that people depend on their employee for health care.