Waze Carpool - Hackdot

Re:Waze Carpool by kristopolous on Thursday January 25, 2018 @11:27AM (#16231994)

Maybe cities should start running a "luxury service" tier along the bus lines that charges 3x the fare, has cushioned seats, etc. Need a smart phone to request a stop. Make it once an hour or so and a sleek black and silver exclusive color. Don't even call it a bus, rebrand it as the stress-free shuttle and get a few celebrities to be "spotted" on them.

You may laugh but this would probably be a hit.

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Re:Waze Carpool by scarmig on Thursday January 25, 2018 @11:40AM (#16232133)

I'd pay at least 2x the Muni fare if they would guarantee I wouldn't be mugged or spat on by a mentally disturbed homeless person.

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Re:Waze Carpool by mulletbum on Thursday January 25, 2018 @11:50AM (#16232246)

If the bus was just built with a compartment for just you instead of everyone clumped together, I would pay a lot more.

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Re:Waze Carpool by kristopolous on Thursday January 25, 2018 @12:00PM (#16232355)

Are you talking about the small rooms inside of trains you see in Black and White movies?

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Re:Waze Carpool by ableal on Thursday January 25, 2018 @12:48PM (#16232807)

Probably not, those compartments were generally shared by strangers, unless they were sleeper cabins.

There were different price classes, though.

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Re:Waze Carpool by rdiddly on Thursday January 25, 2018 @04:48PM (#16235013)

Sounds like they're talking about car ownership.

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Re:Waze Carpool by mattdodge on Thursday January 25, 2018 @03:05PM (#16234100)

You are literally describing Chariot. Everything except for the sleek black color.

https://www.chariot.com/

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Re:Waze Carpool by kristopolous on Monday January 29, 2018 @06:17PM (#16261474)

The acrobatics people go through in order to consider themselves rich and successful.

There's a fashion term for this, essentially "low-end luxury" (that's not the term, I forget it). People that are not fabulously wealthy enough to say, hire a chauffeur, not even impressively wealthy enough to always rely on lyft or uber, are marginally wealthy enough to just not take the bus - so they stratify where and what they can as a metric of success.

High end fashion stores sell pendants, socks, scarves, belt buckles, and other minor mementos of wealth at sub-$100 prices (such as a $50 pair of socks). These are some of the most popular items because millions of consumers, if they so desired, could afford to spend $50 on something.

A single pair of socks with the most coveted luxury brand logo, for people who value such things, is a prized purchase.

edit: designer socks are genuinely 50bp (~$70 us) a pair (http://www.versace.com/gb/en-gb/men/accessories/socks/versac...)

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