Did you report the faulty purple reader? Those are used by several thousand people per day, I've never seen card readers out of service for more than a day.
Cabs should either operate as well as Uber or die. Instead of figuring out how to become as good or better than Uber they are trying to push Uber out. That just means someone else would show up.
Only problem is during the school run time as many parents don't want "Oliver" or "Lucinda" to slum it with the poor kids on the school bus
When uber is available it's a glorious system - know exactly where the cab is, which one it is (when it's busy and there are many outside), no "I don't go south of the river" type drivers, takes credit card (no "the machine is broken" at the end of the trip, or try to flag down a black cab that does take card), always get a receipt, not a scrap of paper you have to fill yourself, etc etc.
The only problem is it's not available in the town I live in. The local mini cab firms usually refuse to take bookings for short trips (2 miles), and usually refuse them even when you want one asap
Phoning for a cab is 1980s technology. I've used uber in a dozen countries on 4 continents, the same experience every time, far better than any mini cab or taxi (in NYC taxis force adverts down your throat!)
lol nice bit
wait are you serious
Your use very fringe at best and is very inappropriate anywhere else, as it was pointed out to you.
New Yorker here. Perfectly fine usage there. “The cab driver robbed me” is our local variant.
>informal overcharge (someone) for something.
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Getting the cash out of them proved very difficult.
Sure there are arcane and complex rules but the nature of those demands that the liability is on them.