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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by def8cefe on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @04:06PM (#22488121)
That's a fair point, they forbid you refusing short trips most places I'm familiar with. I wasn't really thinking about that in this case, mostly people asking you to take them sketchy places or belligerent customers which are the only reasons I consider it. An important distinction is it's local law that forbids that, not a company policy like with Uber.

Just a few days ago I had some drunk customers screaming at me in my cab and shaking my seat under the impression I was legally required to drive them. They earned a very long walk home to think about it.

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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by reaperducer on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @05:59PM (#22489084)
Just a few days ago I had some drunk customers screaming at me in my cab and shaking my seat under the impression I was legally required to drive them. They earned a very long walk home to think about it.

I had a nearly identical situation when I Ubered. In spite of multiple warnings, their behavior didn't improve. When I dropped them off in the middle of nowhere they insisted that I was required by law to carry them. Nope. I'm not a public bus.

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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by def8cefe on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @06:13PM (#22489177)
Did you have any trouble with Uber over that or were you simply able to cancel with no drama?
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Re:Highest French court reclassifies Uber drivers as employees by reaperducer on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @11:16PM (#22490914)
The pax make a lot of threats about reporting me to Uber and the police and whatnot, but as far as I know, nothing became of it. I never heard anything, and I never got anything deducted from my earnings, as far as I noticed.

In my experience, the first thing that happens when anyone calls Uber with a complaint is they get their fare refunded. That's usually enough to cool most people off.

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