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It's not a choice for many people, like, easily many millions in a city.
by rs186 2y ago
It's not a choice for many people, like, easily many millions in a city.
- Retric 2y agoWhere exactly is Uber the only option?
- mparkms 2y agoThere are lots of places in the US where if you don't have a car your only reasonable options are an Uber/Lyft or calling a cab that may or may not arrive.
- Retric 2y agoThat’s not what I was asking. I don’t even have Uber on my phone because in my experience the’ve been the worst for years so I don’t use em. Thus being blacklisted by them seems like a non issue, unless there’s local monopolies somewhere.
- rchaud 2y agoWhich cab service won't pick up a customer after accepting a phone booking? I have never experienced that in the US.
- Forgeties79 2y agoIn a city? Cabs, busses, bikes, trains...
- rd 2y agoDon't be intentionally obtuse - even for people living in a place with public transport as encompassing as say NYC, you _need_ some form of ride-sharing service eventually in day-to-day life. Being banned from the duopoly of ride-share services is a life-altering thing to happen.
- bdangubic 2y agothough the commenter might have been obtuse to say that banned from the duopoly of ride-share services is a life-altering thing to happen is quite mad. I live in a city and have never used a ride-share service. out the pool of another dozen friends/co-workers 10 of them seldom-to-never use it (we are all in 40's / early 50's). so most definitely not "life-altering thing"
- Spooky23 2y agoHave you ever considered that perhaps others conduct themselves differently? I live in a small city. When I travel, I generally have to be at the airport or train station between 4 and 530 AM. Uber put the taxis out of business, so the choice is Uber, Lyft, wasting a half hour and alot of money parking, or trying to find a black car service. I was in Rome for business. The choice is Uber or the local cab hailing app, which the cabs don’t always respond to, and the cabbie frequently tries to ripoff a dopey foreigner.
- HenryBemis 2y agoHeh, Rome!! The meter wrote €40, the taxi driver asked for €60. He tried verbal-aggression and threatened to call the police. I took a photo of the meter and asked him to please call the police, I will show them the photo and tell them that he threatened me. He took the €40 and went his merry way. Once upon a time (around 2005-2006) I had a colleague whose father was a taxi driver. He (the colleague) was openly telling us that every cabbie cheats. Once in a blue moon you find an honest one, or one whose cheating-meter-subsystem is broken.
- Spooky23 2y agoCabbies and barmen. My family owned bars, my grand uncle always said he would fire honest bartenders, because there’s no such thing, and he’s too smart to work for him. :)
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- acdha 2y agoIt’s the opposite in cities: you’re far more likely to have alternative options like taxis, transit, bike/scootershare, etc. than in rural areas.