…did you reply to the wrong message? Lol

If you called a taxi company that didnt do fixed rates you should have looked into them before you called.

Why would I call them? They should have a web app at minimum. It should be on par with what the Uber app can do.

When taxis catch up, I’ll consider them.

If you consider a ride “mooching” I would not want to be your friend.

Calling a friend to ensure myself a ride to anywhere at any time at my sole discretion and choosing is mooching if I expect that.

If your public transit isnt good enough, call your local reps and COMPLAIN.

That doesn’t get me to where I’m going.

Fuck this culture of “tipping”.

Agreed. I’d much rather have the whole cost of the trip paid for up front from the start. No added taxes, fees, or bonuses at any point.

Do you verify with each driver to make sure they end up getting the money? Uber has obfuscated tipping for drivers FOR YEARS.

I looked it up and saw that Uber was misleading/lying about a portion of the cost of a trip going to drivers. But from what I’ve read, including from Uber drivers themselves, the tips do seem to go to the driver as is paid by the passenger.

They both report it to Uber and Uber decides who’s trolling. If the same passenger is being turned away by every driver, that passenger is probably a troll. And vice versa.

Why’s that interesting?

Are they going to be doing DNA tests? Pants checks?

Taxi drivers and taxi companies rip off passengers. Taxi companies don’t do fixed rates agreed-upon before the trip.

I’m not going to mooch off a friend.

Public transit can’t always get me where I need to go when I need to get there in a reasonable time (but it is my first choice when it’s too far or unpleasant to walk).

If the issue is the drivers not being paid well, then tip well.

When taxis and/or public transit can improve their services to the point where Uber doesn’t replace them, then Uber will be redundant.

This feels like “haha men stupid” and this is why I like it

EDIT: Are the MRAs upset, and missing all of the men in this thread saying “lol literally me”?

The guy with the blanket from Charlie Brown

I’m not aware of the political situation in Iran when the last regime change happened. I know that this time, the people are (and have been) protesting for change.

I think regime change in Iran is important. At the same time, I can’t help but feel the US is not doing this out of altruism, but out of opportunism.

I’m glad that the alternate US president has been so great to Palestine. Gaza is saved. /s