Re:For San Francisco Cab Drivers, Once-Treasured Medallions ...
by SilasX on Saturday September 26, 2015 @12:00AM
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I'm so sorry to hear that! I wish more people heard your story to put things in context, especially regarding the disability access issue.
With that said, I have to nitpick a few things:
1) This is a problem in many U.S. cities besides SF.
2) Uber has also shown a bizarre reluctance to deal with advance, regular booking. One employee even insisted that it would be anathema to Uber and against everything they stand for. Even though it would a) be trivial to implement, b) let them know of hails sooner, and c) give them greater knowledge of request patterns.
With that said, I have to nitpick a few things:
1) This is a problem in many U.S. cities besides SF.
2) Uber has also shown a bizarre reluctance to deal with advance, regular booking. One employee even insisted that it would be anathema to Uber and against everything they stand for. Even though it would a) be trivial to implement, b) let them know of hails sooner, and c) give them greater knowledge of request patterns.
No, not making this up: https://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-Uber-allow-customers-to-pre...