It's a tough call. While Trump is likely exempt from traditional corruption, he's also a total shitbag, would tank our international relations, and possibly get us into a hot war within 6 months of taking office.
There are no good choices. The only firm NO I have is any candidate that says "Anyone who doesn't start the day on his knees in prayer isn't qualified to be the commander-in-chief of this nation".
Anyone who starts his day on his knees in prayer shouldn't be permitted anywhere near public office. None of my friends that call themselves Christians do that. Anyone that does (or more likely CLAIMS to do) is fucking insane.
Get back to us when you live in a city where 95% of the cab drivers aren't Haitians that spend the entire ride talking in creole on their cell to family members. Those guys don't give a shit about the rules. They drop the meter when they want, and they drive you the long way even if you give them specific directions "sorry boss, I don't understand".
You should probably just look at the app. You can contact Uber support and report drivers that don't perform. You can rate drivers that do unpleasant things, and low ratings will pretty quickly get them removed.
I got stranded by cabbies more than once, and the last time resulted in a permanent injury to my right foot because I had no choice but to walk home in the middle of the night in shoes that are not intended for walking.
And Fiorina ran HP, and via mergers, Compaq and DEC into the ground and perpetuated the off shoring nonsense that helped destroy major parts of the tech industry in the US back then.
As much of a nazi demagogue as Trump is, Cruz and his minion are even worse. Sucks that the Dem candidate likely to win that nomination is a corrupt cunt.
Uber is a great alternative for people who don't OWN a fucking car, or might be out drinking and want to play it safe (and don't trust cabbies because of prior experience).
Have YOU ever used an uber? You get a model name, a color, and a license plate number. You also get GPS tracking letting you know when the car is arriving, and where it is. If it takes you TWO FUCKING MINUTES to spot a car that is actively looking for you, you might just be a fucking moron.
That's fantastic, if you're in a city with good transit. Where i live, buses stop running at 10, and even when they are running, a 7 mile journey typically takes 45 minutes each way.
When I was in London, I only needed to take a black cab once or twice. In the US, unless you enjoy waiting, and doing things before the bars close, you don't really have an option, if you don't have a car, or are out drinking.
The regulations on cab companies are entirely in place to prevent competition from entering the market. There is zero other reason.
I have a permanent injury to my foot because I was forced to walk home 2.5 miles one morning at 2 AM because the taxi company failed to pick me up. I saw the cab come into the parking lot on tracking, and then go to a different bar and pick up a more profitable fare. The cab app said I had been picked up. When I tried to summon another cab, the dispatcher called me, cursed me out, and told me that it wasn't my cab and I needed to keep waiting.
Cabbies are the laziest, lowest scumbags I have ever met. The major cab company owner here tried like hell to keep competition out until it was made clear to our county council that it was public knowledge that the prick was bribing them, and that they would be going to prison just like the corrupt fucks down in Miami-Dade county that take bribes if they continued to support him.
The faster that existing cab companies are extinguished, the better. There will always be another "uber" to come along and compete now that the protectionist "save the buggy whip manufacturer" bullshit laws are being ripped apart.
You're an idiot. Proper planning is key. If it might take you a few minutes to get down, and the ETA in the app (visible before you even set the ride up, by the way) is less than that, be at least a considerate human being and wait until you're near the spot where you will be picked up.
These drivers are human too, and much better ones than the scumbags that own cab companies and drive their cabs. Try to be at least a little considerate.
Given that I now have a permanent injury to my foot because a cab driver was a no show for 2 fucking hours and I had to walk home at 2 AM for 2.5 miles (before we had Uber) and that the app is very specific on when the driver will arrive and where he is, I'm going with no. There's no reason.
It's also far more hostile to equipment, and there's zero chance of a manned mission there in any foreseeable future. Mars has potential for human habitation. Venus does not.
Why? what possible fucking reason would you have for thinking that would NOT cause issues?
Just to make a point? OK you made your point and you got inconvenienced over it.
Except that nobody cares. It was a stupid joke, it hit a filter run by stupid people (which you should have expected) and you ran into bureaucracy. Next time, perhaps leave out the joke that the mouth breathers will not get.
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At least he was sharing the monocle polish with the rest of us.
Except that, at no time in the past 15-20 years have I ever found it preferable to have or use a paper map over a digital one.
But then I don't spend my days tracing extinct rail lines, or logging trails or the like.
The vast majority of use cases are better served by the form factor and information level they are using.
So how "wrong" are they really getting it?
Next time, let's just squelch any story that we have to use this disclaimer for. Starve sites that do that to death and they will go away.
She should be hounded for the rest of her life. One more failure of a CEO profiting off the destruction of a company.
It's a tough call. While Trump is likely exempt from traditional corruption, he's also a total shitbag, would tank our international relations, and possibly get us into a hot war within 6 months of taking office.
There are no good choices. The only firm NO I have is any candidate that says "Anyone who doesn't start the day on his knees in prayer isn't qualified to be the commander-in-chief of this nation".
Anyone who starts his day on his knees in prayer shouldn't be permitted anywhere near public office. None of my friends that call themselves Christians do that. Anyone that does (or more likely CLAIMS to do) is fucking insane.
It's not SUPPOSED to.
Get back to us when you live in a city where 95% of the cab drivers aren't Haitians that spend the entire ride talking in creole on their cell to family members. Those guys don't give a shit about the rules. They drop the meter when they want, and they drive you the long way even if you give them specific directions "sorry boss, I don't understand".
You should probably just look at the app. You can contact Uber support and report drivers that don't perform. You can rate drivers that do unpleasant things, and low ratings will pretty quickly get them removed.
I got stranded by cabbies more than once, and the last time resulted in a permanent injury to my right foot because I had no choice but to walk home in the middle of the night in shoes that are not intended for walking.
You ignored the bit about "you can call the driver and ask"
You can even text them. The app makes it easy.
And Lyft will adopt this too, I'm sure.
Good luck with the taxi. Enjoy the high bill, long wait, and surly driver.
And Fiorina ran HP, and via mergers, Compaq and DEC into the ground and perpetuated the off shoring nonsense that helped destroy major parts of the tech industry in the US back then.
As much of a nazi demagogue as Trump is, Cruz and his minion are even worse. Sucks that the Dem candidate likely to win that nomination is a corrupt cunt.
Well the solution to a driver reporting present early (and from what I know about the system, that's automated through the app anyhow) is reviews.
Rate them a 1.
a driver with a rating below a point, I think it's something like 4.6, will be fired.
Good for you?
Uber is a great alternative for people who don't OWN a fucking car, or might be out drinking and want to play it safe (and don't trust cabbies because of prior experience).
Are you going to tell us you don't watch TV next?
30 years ago, cab driver was a respected and honorable profession. Not so much these days.
Sadly, since the days you were driving, much has changed.
Have YOU ever used an uber? You get a model name, a color, and a license plate number. You also get GPS tracking letting you know when the car is arriving, and where it is. If it takes you TWO FUCKING MINUTES to spot a car that is actively looking for you, you might just be a fucking moron.
That's fantastic, if you're in a city with good transit. Where i live, buses stop running at 10, and even when they are running, a 7 mile journey typically takes 45 minutes each way.
When I was in London, I only needed to take a black cab once or twice. In the US, unless you enjoy waiting, and doing things before the bars close, you don't really have an option, if you don't have a car, or are out drinking.
"Taxis around here don't go to bad areas of town either." is how that should have read.
Also the shithead owner involved is named Jesse Gaddis.
Hey guys!
I found the cabbie scumbag!
Taxis around here go to bad areas of town either.
The regulations on cab companies are entirely in place to prevent competition from entering the market. There is zero other reason.
I have a permanent injury to my foot because I was forced to walk home 2.5 miles one morning at 2 AM because the taxi company failed to pick me up. I saw the cab come into the parking lot on tracking, and then go to a different bar and pick up a more profitable fare. The cab app said I had been picked up. When I tried to summon another cab, the dispatcher called me, cursed me out, and told me that it wasn't my cab and I needed to keep waiting.
Cabbies are the laziest, lowest scumbags I have ever met. The major cab company owner here tried like hell to keep competition out until it was made clear to our county council that it was public knowledge that the prick was bribing them, and that they would be going to prison just like the corrupt fucks down in Miami-Dade county that take bribes if they continued to support him.
The faster that existing cab companies are extinguished, the better. There will always be another "uber" to come along and compete now that the protectionist "save the buggy whip manufacturer" bullshit laws are being ripped apart.
You have a fucking app that shows you exactly where the driver is. I've never had a driver NOT come to where I was and expect me to cross a road.
Are you perhaps a cabbie?
You're an idiot. Proper planning is key. If it might take you a few minutes to get down, and the ETA in the app (visible before you even set the ride up, by the way) is less than that, be at least a considerate human being and wait until you're near the spot where you will be picked up.
These drivers are human too, and much better ones than the scumbags that own cab companies and drive their cabs. Try to be at least a little considerate.
Given that I now have a permanent injury to my foot because a cab driver was a no show for 2 fucking hours and I had to walk home at 2 AM for 2.5 miles (before we had Uber) and that the app is very specific on when the driver will arrive and where he is, I'm going with no. There's no reason.
I never even summon an Uber unless I'm already where I need to be. If you're some kind of slack asshole, you're the reason they're doing this.
It's also far more hostile to equipment, and there's zero chance of a manned mission there in any foreseeable future. Mars has potential for human habitation. Venus does not.
how a bunch of religious fucktards getting compromised and learning hard lessons is a bad thing.
Nearly as absurd as commenting on laws you dont' understand in a country you've never been to and expecting your opinion to be considered.
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Yammering Yobbo.
Why? what possible fucking reason would you have for thinking that would NOT cause issues?
Just to make a point? OK you made your point and you got inconvenienced over it.
Except that nobody cares. It was a stupid joke, it hit a filter run by stupid people (which you should have expected) and you ran into bureaucracy. Next time, perhaps leave out the joke that the mouth breathers will not get.