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   6 years ago in  PLEASE wave when you see us. Please please please

  No, I think that's just for the driver beacon.  I have never seen one in action though to be honest. It's either I don't know what I am looking for or drivers don't support it.

  Holding up the phone in a certain color is a great idea. I feel like that is an easy feature for Uber to build. 

  Let the riders have some responsibility in flagging the driver. 

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   6 years ago in  Lyft Subscription Service

  Lyft is trying to make it so people will use them for everything, essentially replacing public transportation.

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   6 years ago in  Aren't Uber cancellation fees supposed to be flat $10 or $5?

  Good point on the driver’s take. They take the whole thing. One thing Uber did right. 

  Scheduled rides don’t have cancellation fees as long as they are cancelled before the rider is matches up with the rider. Then you have a few minutes to cancel 

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   6 years ago in  Pay backs for bad behavior, being a jerk to your Uber driver

  I also found out recently that drivers can blacklist passengers by rating them 4 or lower.  Not a complete black list.  It's that they won't be matched up with that driver. 

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   6 years ago in  Handling Dicey Areas

  Oh, there are dicey areas full of white people too.

  Gotta admit, I do avoid "dicey" (or high crime) areas especially night. We can pretend all we want but driving a taxi or uber is still considered a very dangerous and violence-prone job.  That's just the reality.  Why increase the risk.

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   6 years ago in  The gig is up: Uber drivers and other gig economy workers are earning half what they did five years ago

  Well, we sort of knew that as the market gets saturated, people's compensation would go down.

  Many economists predicted this. Think about it: Anyone can do it.  Everyone is a potential service provider.  The gig economy provides infinite supply to the market.

  With infinite supply of workers, the earnings will natrally come down.  (The demand may rise due to convenience of mobile apps; however, it's the falling price that seems to be driving the demand.)

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   6 years ago in  Can you select the gender of the operator?

  Gosh, ain't that the truth.  My thought exactly.  Too much discrimination will occur.  or many will be accused of it.

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   6 years ago in  Lyft says absolutely "no weapons", but isn't that a bit vague? Can I bring a Swiss Army Knife?

  It's not like they check or enforce it anyways.

  I'd suppose, when this becomes an issue is when something happens.  Like when a driver needs to defend him or herself and the knife is pulled.  At that point, it'll be interesting to see what side Lyft takes on the matter.

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   6 years ago in  How can I report and sue for damage the Uber driver who cancelled my ride? I had a scheduled ride, the driver was near, and never came through. After whining for 20 minutes, he cancelled, making me late to

  What were you late to?  An interview?  Important pitch meeting?  You are killing me.

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   6 years ago in  Explaining the rating system

  Kristen,

  Nice post.  You should next create one for passenger ratings!  

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   6 years ago in  Are there discounts for disabled riders? This is for Uber and Lyft.

  I suppose Uber can take on that cost.  Done for the goodness of their own hearts.

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   6 years ago in  How is it possible that Uber loses money? Besides marketing and customer support, what other expenses do they have?

  Is that the same as UberAir.

  I was just googling and I ran into this.  http://www.skyuber.com

  I woder what that website was....

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   6 years ago in  Airbnb, Lyft, Uber allowing service to be denied to Unite the Right marchers

  How do they know who is KKK

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   6 years ago in  What would be awesome questions to ask Uber and Lyft drivers?

  Didn't someone ask this once?

  Everyone said weather.  I guess the context of this question matters.  What are you trying to accomplish?  Have a good conversation?  Trying to shut them up?  Trying to get a juicy story?

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   6 years ago in  Someone told me that Uber drivers are seeing "negative earnings." Why would that happen?

  Probably for when the charges get reversed due to rider complaints?

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   6 years ago in  Uber experiments: Drivers seeing destination info before accepting the trip.

  Yeah, I second that. This is a consumer business.  Please make sure you provide coverage for everyone. 

  These people shouldn't be dissed just because the drivers just wanna know. 

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   6 years ago in  What do you do if a passenger pulls a weapon on you while driving an Uber?

  This is why you carry a brick in your vehicle.  Just jam it in, so the gas pedal is stuck.  THEN you jump out.

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   6 years ago in  Should we be tipping Uber drivers if all they did was drive and get us to the destinations, doing what they were paid to do?

  Well, we don't tip everyone in the service industry.  So the attention has to be a level down in the detail. 

  Private cars and with car services, we didn't tip.  The American culture didn't tip.  That's where Uber started, right? With black cars?  That "culture" bled into UberX when it opened up.

  No tip (and hence lower rate) and the "cashless" experience were the reasons FOR Uber AGAINST taxis. so...   

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   6 years ago in  Hypothetical: Can I drive over someone if he was trying to attack or grab me from the outside? Would I be criminally responsible?

  One thing I learned is to never take legal advice from a police officer.

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   6 years ago in  What mechanisms are there to prevent vandalism and enforce accountability on Bird Scooter riders?

  You know, I live in CA, and I thought they had this figured it. I mean how could they be pushing this if they hadn't, right?  China had major issues in the past decade with rental bicycles, so I suspected they worked out the kinks..  ....but no.....

  Like you said, there is no accountability to what happens when the clock isn't running.  

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