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what if drivers painted their cars a distinct color, like yellow maybe, and they were always out there... and you could just spot them on the street and wave yo
by mr-pink 3y ago
what if drivers painted their cars a distinct color, like yellow maybe, and they were always out there... and you could just spot them on the street and wave your arm, and they'd come get you? you wouldn't need an app for that, and wait around for them to show up.
- ars 3y agoTried that. Didn't work well - you never knew if you could find one, they often refused trips to places they didn't like, they would cheat you on the fare, and it was impossible to get one in a less popular area without calling, and you never knew if they were actually going to come.
- mr-pink 3y agoi guess i'm the only one who never had a problem
- yCombLinks 3y agoYou must live somewhere sufficiently dense. In a midsized city life before Uber was awful for getting a late night taxi. Have to call a central line, No shows, multi-hour waits, etc.
- pinkcan 3y agoparent gave five examples of issues they found while using a taxi in the manner you described you could have just believed them instead of being antagonistic about it, this is especially unnecessary given the topic has a history that supports the experiences the parent poster listed
- mr-pink 3y agoit's funny the person is upset about some taxi driver cheating them, but okay with paying tribute to some app developer middleman with every trip
- grandmczeb 3y agoThe wise man solemnly bowed his head and said “there’s actually zero difference between free exchange of currency for service and fraud.”
- mr-pink 3y agoif you're going to cheat a man do it honestly
- throwawaymaths 3y agoYou're not black, you're not gay and being driven by a socially conservative immigrant, etc.
- renewiltord 3y agoWhy did we invent LLMs when we could just get humans repetitively making memetic snowclones? Eliza was enough.