Their lack of understanding and unwillingness to research social issues related to Uber,
association of their own stupidity and ignorance with "PROGRESS",
Constantly miscategorizing Uber as a Godsend instead ROBBER BARONS,
refusal to understand dynamics surrounding UBER expantion and how Uber treats their drivers, communities, competition, customers, and local laws...........
"You-hate-uber-then-you-hate-america
.by (head in the butt) Lewis Krell / huffingtonpost
Portland, Ore., is a charming place with plenty of green trees, street names that inspired Simpson's characters, and people who still claim that drafting Greg Oden over Kevin Durant was the right move. Business took me to Portland last week, and despite all the wonderful things about the city, there is one major flaw: Portland hates progress. More specifically, Portland hates the taxi app Uber. The municipal government has caved to the taxi unions, and Uber is not allowed to operate in the city at all.
I looked down on these poor Portlanders, and I pitied how they lived quaint lives in a land that time seemed to have forgotten. These people still call dispatchers or, even worse, stand on street corners attempting in vain to hail cabs that they pray will happen to drive by and rescue them. Their own government has forsaken the population and forced them to live in a city filled with inconvenience rather than its much, much more popular counterpart, convenience. I couldn't wait to get back to Seattle, where I currently reside, so I could re-enter a world that embraces innovation and the disruption of broken, legacy systems. Surely, I thought to myself, Seattle would never make a mistake of that magnitude.
Last Monday Seattle made a mistake of this exact magnitude. My worst fears came true when the city council of Seattle passed a resolution that drastically reduces the number of Uber drivers who are allowed on the road at any given time. Living for a few days through the traditional taxi-cab system of Portland made me realize two things, the first being that I really, really love Uber, and the second being that I could not stay silent as these cities stifle innovation and ingenuity in a country that is supposed to admire and promote these attributes.
Companies and industries fail when they stagnate from an innovation perspective, and when they stop listening to, and caring about, the end consumer. At its best, capitalism solves a problem by disrupting an old and broken system and creating in its place something new and useful and better. The taxi system is the very definition of an old and broken system. Instead of continuing to rant like a lunatic who sounds like he must have worked as a speechwriter for the Romney campaign, let's go into some analysis of the best- and worst-case scenarios for an intoxicated person needing a ride home on a cold, winter night.
Best-case scenario using the current taxi cartel: Call a taxi. Wait on hold for 10 to 20 minutes. Finally talk to a human being. This human being hates you. This human being hangs up on you before you place an order. Call again. Wait on hold for 20 to 30 minutes. Finally talk to a human being again. This human really hates you. Eventually order a cab. You are........."
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association of their own stupidity and ignorance with "PROGRESS",
Constantly miscategorizing Uber as a Godsend instead ROBBER BARONS,
refusal to understand dynamics surrounding UBER expantion and how Uber treats their drivers, communities, competition, customers, and local laws...........
picture by blindgossip.com/
"You-hate-uber-then-you-hate-america
.by (head in the butt) Lewis Krell / huffingtonpost
Portland, Ore., is a charming place with plenty of green trees, street names that inspired Simpson's characters, and people who still claim that drafting Greg Oden over Kevin Durant was the right move. Business took me to Portland last week, and despite all the wonderful things about the city, there is one major flaw: Portland hates progress. More specifically, Portland hates the taxi app Uber. The municipal government has caved to the taxi unions, and Uber is not allowed to operate in the city at all.
I looked down on these poor Portlanders, and I pitied how they lived quaint lives in a land that time seemed to have forgotten. These people still call dispatchers or, even worse, stand on street corners attempting in vain to hail cabs that they pray will happen to drive by and rescue them. Their own government has forsaken the population and forced them to live in a city filled with inconvenience rather than its much, much more popular counterpart, convenience. I couldn't wait to get back to Seattle, where I currently reside, so I could re-enter a world that embraces innovation and the disruption of broken, legacy systems. Surely, I thought to myself, Seattle would never make a mistake of that magnitude.
Last Monday Seattle made a mistake of this exact magnitude. My worst fears came true when the city council of Seattle passed a resolution that drastically reduces the number of Uber drivers who are allowed on the road at any given time. Living for a few days through the traditional taxi-cab system of Portland made me realize two things, the first being that I really, really love Uber, and the second being that I could not stay silent as these cities stifle innovation and ingenuity in a country that is supposed to admire and promote these attributes.
Companies and industries fail when they stagnate from an innovation perspective, and when they stop listening to, and caring about, the end consumer. At its best, capitalism solves a problem by disrupting an old and broken system and creating in its place something new and useful and better. The taxi system is the very definition of an old and broken system. Instead of continuing to rant like a lunatic who sounds like he must have worked as a speechwriter for the Romney campaign, let's go into some analysis of the best- and worst-case scenarios for an intoxicated person needing a ride home on a cold, winter night.
Best-case scenario using the current taxi cartel: Call a taxi. Wait on hold for 10 to 20 minutes. Finally talk to a human being. This human being hates you. This human being hangs up on you before you place an order. Call again. Wait on hold for 20 to 30 minutes. Finally talk to a human being again. This human really hates you. Eventually order a cab. You are........."
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obviously, Lewis Krell is uber paid spin doctor, like +500 other so called journalists spamming internet with fictitious "uber hyped news releases ", - what a uber idiot and no integrity low life?
ReplyDeleteYet, uber lowered rates for their drivers from $1.50 down to $1.20 a mile and $0.13 a minute waiting time with intention to put all the competition out of business for good, without any regard for uber drivers livelihood
What I noticed, Mr Krell article appeared in "comedy" section of huffingtonpost, may be he was joking?
DeleteHonestly, I like uber, but for one reason only,
ReplyDeleteinstead paying $14 on my regular taxi ride plus tip, I pay only $7.80 tip included and I really don't care about his insurance or if he knows how to get to Tropicana Field
I figure, let the system and law enforcement worry about that, because right now, I am saving about $10 on my way to see Rays vs Yankees game, so may be I an uber idiot, but who cares?
You should try Lyft,- they are more relaxed than uber
DeleteI just gave up on using UBER, because every time I try to use it, the app prompted me to share it on my facebook and google +
Deleteis this legal?
Yeah, I know the feeling, its like going to supermarket where cashier tells you, you can not buy bread, unless you reveal all your friends.......:)
Deletethese MF's at uber are crazy, I wish government would do something about it
uber driver in orlando
My question, when an accident or something else occurs what will your recourse be? Unless you have excellent personal insurance you won't be covered. Right now your driver would be arrested and there would be no recourse there. Finally while you may be paying 7 plus dollars now what are you paying when the consider it high volume? From my understanding in the long run the taxi is cheaper and safer.
DeleteLook, I am simple cab driver, I am not smart guy and I don't have collage degree or even high school, but I am working my butt off to suport my family and pay bills
ReplyDeleteWhy I have to put up with this Uber or Lyft crap?
please help me to undarstand, what is going on with this world and what to do
thank you
Bob, taxi driver from st Pete florida
You can work for Uber and Lyft and still remain a taxi driver. they will both pay you a bonus for driving for them and you will be safe from ticketing.
DeleteIMO, you can not blame people for wanting to pay less for their transportation needs
ReplyDeleteUber Idiot according to Urban Dictionary
ReplyDelete"One who is exceptionally stupid or ignorant, a moron on a grand scale. Formed from the German word über as in Nietzsche's concept of the übermensch in Also sprach Zarathustra. Used recently conjoined with other adjectives, as in über cool, übersexy, and über moron."
uber idiot, can be uber new driver who thinks, that he is going to make money with uber
uber idiot can be also uber customer, who thinks that by pressing button on his "stupid" phone, system automatically knows where he is at without checking his own actual address.
uber idiot can be uber customer wondering why there is a whole bunch of uber cars on the map, but there is none willing to pick him up.
uber moron is a uberx customer who thinks that he deserves uber black car service, but pays only %50 of taxi cab fare with tip included
uber super idiots are uber customers, who think about themself, they are some kind of Vanity Fair super models
uber super morons are uber customers, who send uberx to pick up their drunk ass stranded friends
uber moron is a uberx driver, who thinks about himself, that he something better than a cab driver
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AnonymousJuly 25, 2014 at 2:27 PM
here is another definition of uberidiot
UBERIDIOT is a uber driver who is on standby at home for 3 hours, gets call 10 miles away, on which he will get paid $4.00 10 days later.........:)
read more at:
http://saint-petersburg-florida-taxi.blogspot.com/2013/10/when-is-taxi-not-taxi-uber-fight-to.html
"uber moron is a uberx driver, who thinks about himself, that he something better than a cab driver"
ReplyDelete.............but he is using his own car and gets paid %50 less than cab driver, tip included, LOL
"Best-case scenario using the current taxi cartel: Call a taxi. Wait on hold for 10 to 20 minutes. Finally talk to a human being. This human being hates you. This human being hangs up on you before you place an order. Call again. Wait on hold for 20 to 30 minutes. Finally talk to a human being again. This human really hates you. Eventually order a cab. You are........."
ReplyDeletethat comment was by Uber Moron who is on Uber's payroll .........
of course, he never had tried to get uber after midnight on week days.....or he prefers not to comment on it......
I wonder, how he got his drunk ass home ? let me guess, with local cab company?, which he is badmouthing now
What a LOW LIFE ?
Fark Uber and the lies it spreads.
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