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re: Cops using Uber doing Police work- Is this a thing?
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:04 pm to sleepytime
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:04 pm to sleepytime
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I wonder if uber has a problem with it?
Based on some of the drivers I've had recently, Uber doesn't seem to have a problem with much at all.
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Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:04 pm to WG_Dawg
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well that's pretty fricked up on their part.
How? I would feel weird and uncomfortable if I were in a car with you and you called in someone's tags who you thought was smoking weed in their car. Especially if you pulled out a police radio.
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Was their ride unsatisfactory somehow?
It clearly was.
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And didn't he swing them by mcdonalds when they asked?
Relevancy?
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Sounds like your friends are kind of jerks.
Maybe so? I don't really know them that well. They are more of acquaintances. Also, I'm assuming they are pro-legalization of marijuana.
This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 3:09 pm
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:09 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Thoughts?
It's no different than a citizen calling the police on a suspected DUI. Or a homeowner calling the police on kids smoking weed in front of their house. Or the McDonald's calling the police on a customer that appeared to be driving drunk.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:10 pm to Funky Tide 8
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How?
I already told you how. If they fall below like a 4.5 or 4 (idk exactly) out of 5 stars they're fired. A 0/5 is a pretty quick road to doing that.
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It clearly was.
His job is to pick them up and deliver them to their destination. He did that. He wasn't a dickhead to them, he called in potential unlawful activity done by someone else. Why is it their business?
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Relevancy?
It's relevant because he went out of his way to accommodate his customer's request. He could have just said "sorry, busy day today I've got to pick up a few more so I'm just going to take you home". But he did what they asked. He is by no means required to go to that mcdonalds unless that's where they put as their dropoff location, which they did not.
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Maybe so? I don't really know them that well.
Yeah, they are.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:12 pm to Funky Tide 8
I was going to respond until I got to this question.
quote:If you can't figure out the relevancy, trying to explain everything else would be a waste of time.
Relevancy?
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:14 pm to Topwater Trout
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It would be unethical for him to ignore crimes when he isn't on the clock.
Which would be plenty reason to give him zero stars if he's unable to do the job because he has to fight crime while on the uber routes. I'd hate to be in the back seat with him looking for stuff to call in, or worse stop the vehicle and fight crime with fare paying customers in the backseat. Maybe he works for free
.Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:14 pm to Funky Tide 8
LE hates Uber in BR.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:14 pm to Funky Tide 8
Well since this Uber driver has two jobs that require him to do a lot of driving Im sure he was more than happy to report someone using an intoxicant behind the wheel
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:14 pm to WG_Dawg
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If they fall below like a 4.5 or 4 (idk exactly) out of 5 stars they're fired. A 0/5 is a pretty quick road to doing that.
Well, he made a decision that would have resulted in that, I guess?
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His job is to pick them up and deliver them to their destination. He did that. He wasn't a dickhead to them, he called in potential unlawful activity done by someone else. Why is it their business?
They did say that he was stand-offish. Also, I wouldn't want to be in the same car as a narc either. Sorry.
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It's relevant because he went out of his way to accommodate his customer's request. He could have just said "sorry, busy day today I've got to pick up a few more so I'm just going to take you home". But he did what they asked. He is by no means required to go to that mcdonalds unless that's where they put as their dropoff location, which they did not.
What? He got paid more for their accommodation. You think he is going to turn down more money? If anything, they were doing him a favor.
[quote]Maybe so? I don't really know them that well.
Yeah, they are.
Okay, whatever makes you feel better.
This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:16 pm to NYNolaguy1
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I'd hate to be in the back seat with him looking for stuff to call in, or worse stop the vehicle and fight crime with fare paying customers in the backseat. Maybe he works for free .
Semantics.
I'd bet you'd suck an Uber driver dry if you were about to get carjacked at gunpoint and the driver, who you were unaware was a cop, blasted the carjackers and possibly saved your life.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:16 pm to Funky Tide 8
quote:Calling in a potential intoxicated driver is a bad thing?
Well, he made a decision that would have resulted in that, I guess?
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:17 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
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If you can't figure out the relevancy, trying to explain everything else would be a waste of time.
Explain to me then how getting paid more to go through a drive-through somehow makes this situation extenuating? You can't, because it doesn't.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:18 pm to Funky Tide 8
Are your friends paranoid potheads? They sound like they had the munchies.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:19 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
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Well, he made a decision that would have resulted in that, I guess?
Calling in a potential intoxicated driver is a bad thing?
In my eyes, if you aren't 100 percent positive that the driver of a car is smoking weed, then you are an a-hole if you call the cops on them.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:19 pm to LSUBoo
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Are your friends paranoid potheads? They sound like they had the munchies.
Probably.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:20 pm to Funky Tide 8
quote:You asked how an Uber driver going out of his way to get his stoned/drunk passengers food at McDonalds is relevant to the quality of the ride?
Explain to me then how getting paid more to go through a drive-through somehow makes this situation extenuating? You can't, because it doesn't.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:20 pm to Funky Tide 8
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In my eyes, if you aren't 100 percent positive that the driver of a car is smoking weed, then you are an a-hole if you call the cops on them.
Cop wasn't an ahole according to your standards then. He smelled weed coming from the car according to your story. What's the problem?
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:21 pm to Funky Tide 8
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I wouldn't want to be in the same car as a narc either. Sorry.
then you'd be perfectly within your rights (as would your 'acquaintances') to ask him to stop and let you out upon hearing that information.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:23 pm to roadGator
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Cop wasn't an ahole according to your standards then. He smelled weed coming from the car according to your story. What's the problem?
Right, I did not say that the cop witnessed with his eyes the driver of the vehicle in front of them smoking weed. He smelled weed outside of the car, and assumed it was coming from the car in front of them. They didn't directly see anyone in the car in front of them smoking weed.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:23 pm to WG_Dawg
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then you'd be perfectly within your rights (as would your 'acquaintances') to ask him to stop and let you out upon hearing that information.
I'd also be well within my rights to give him a 0 star rating.
This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 3:25 pm
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