Re:SoftBank’s Vision Fund Loses $17.7B on WeWork, Uber
by oh_sigh on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:36PM
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In NYC, you can't call cabs. You can call black cars, and schedule them to pick you up for say an early morning ride to the airport where you might not be able to street hail a cab.
The system went like this:
You call some number like 777-7777.
A man with a heavy accent answers gruffly. You tell him where you live and when you want to be picked up. He says "OK", and then you just hope and pray that someone shows up.
The system went like this:
You call some number like 777-7777.
A man with a heavy accent answers gruffly. You tell him where you live and when you want to be picked up. He says "OK", and then you just hope and pray that someone shows up.
It was not a great system at all.