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Do you take pleasure in the Taxicab industry's decline?

Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:24 pm
Posted by Tarik One
Member since May 2016
2094 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:24 pm
Personally, I can't stand cabbies. Never liked them.

Cab drivers complain about Uber all day long but they don't do anything about it to help their situation.

Their business is about to be a dinosaur and they still allow their drivers to drive like shyt and act like a-holes.
Posted by LOL
Member since Jun 2015
401 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:24 pm to
no
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
422655 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:25 pm to
i like it as an example of how governmental regulation and intrusion into the market creates inferior, more expensive, and less adaptive products
Posted by adamb2151
Houston, Texas
Member since Jun 2013
6586 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:26 pm to
Aside from the technology, Uber rides are becoming more and more cab like in my experience. They should really start policing driver conduct and car quality.
Posted by RJL2
Bruno's Tavern
Member since Apr 2015
1933 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:26 pm to
I love it. Cabbies are usually assholes.

I've had a lot of cabbies take longer routes to try to over charge me.

The accountability of uber and lift make them better
Posted by jack6294
Greater Baton Rouge Area
Member since Jan 2007
4033 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:26 pm to
Yes
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119244 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:27 pm to
quote:

Do you take pleasure in the Taxicab industry's decline?


No, but it's their own fault. Cabs are dirty and nasty.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
115966 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:27 pm to
They are going to be extinct anyway once self-driving cars become common.

This gives them a headstart to figure something else out.
Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:31 pm to
If you're ever around kemah texas and have to use a cab, Pepe was a great cab driver. I tried to use uber but the app wouldn't take my card.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58159 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:32 pm to
Yes. The NOLA drivers are primarily scum. I've been stuck in the city more than a few times during big events because they didn't want to bring me to people's houses in Lakeview or Metairie.
They fought every push to make them clean up their cars and to accept credit card.
And those Assholes drive like idiots going to and from the airport
Posted by TigerRad
Columbia, SC
Member since Jan 2007
5354 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:32 pm to
quote:

governmental regulation and intrusion into the market creates inferior, more expensive, and less adaptive products




this x1000000
Posted by Jones
Member since Oct 2005
90543 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:36 pm to
No because Uber in Baton Rouge has been on a decline for the last year. If Uber was as good in BR as it is in a city like San Francisco, I would take pleasure in it
Posted by Blue Velvet
Apple butter toast is nice
Member since Nov 2009
20112 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:37 pm to
quote:

Do you take pleasure in the Taxicab industry's decline?
Yes
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:38 pm to
I don't care about taxis one way or the other.





But I love me some Uber!!
Posted by TigerBait1127
Houston
Member since Jun 2005
47336 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:39 pm to
quote:

No because Uber in Baton Rouge has been on a decline for the last year.


and it is still 1,000,000x better than what it was before uber.

I can always get a ride home with uber. I had yellow cab just not show up several times in baton rouge.
This post was edited on 10/18/16 at 12:40 pm
Posted by stlslick
St.Louis,Mo
Member since Nov 2012
14054 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:39 pm to
in st.louis, yes

it can be impossible to get a cab in st.louis many times in the night. It should be easy as frick to get one, but these assholes will decline stops, refuse to take stops,etc.

best thing for St.Louis was for the Ubers and company to come in. Now, the cabbies are fighting for trips.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
12179 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:40 pm to
Yes. Every time I used to take a cab while in a different city I felt like I was always dealing with someone who was trying to rip me off. Then they would noticibly get pissed when I'd try and pay with a credit card.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
422655 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:40 pm to
yeah cabs in BR were completely terrible all 7 years of my life there
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108578 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:42 pm to
Yes. Was living in Buck's County PA, right outside of Uber/Lyft'/ range. The cab company fricking blew. They once told me someone would be there between 15 minutes and 3 hours. Shows up in 2 hours. It's what they deserve for treating customers like shite.
This post was edited on 10/18/16 at 12:42 pm
Posted by stlslick
St.Louis,Mo
Member since Nov 2012
14054 posts
Posted on 10/18/16 at 12:45 pm to
quote:

Yes. Every time I used to take a cab while in a different city I felt like I was always dealing with someone who was trying to rip me off.



this, while in Memphis, my Mother and Aunt were going to meet us at Autozone park, and got a cab to stadium. They told him Autozone park, he takes them to elvis recording studio(?) and was like here you go. We were staying 2 blocks from Autozone park and they said, uh no, we said autozone park, the baseball stadium. Guy charged them for whole trip, they said frick it.

This post was edited on 10/18/16 at 12:46 pm
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