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Originally Posted by woob
So I'm curious, those who are so adamant about Uber and excited to use it, why are you OK with accepting the risk involved as a passenger? Just to be able to stick it to the "Taxi Cartel"?
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I haven't used Uber yet, but I almost certainly will this holiday season. Why? Because if my experiences the last 10 years or so are anything to go by, I will probably not be able to get a cab late at night when I need one. And by
not be able to get a cab I don't mean I'll have to wait half an hour. I mean will not be able to get one, period. Being stranded on the side of the road or at an LRT station at 1 am in -18 weather is an extremely unpleasant, and memorable, experience. And by the fourth time it happens, frustration grows to something closer to fury.
Like a lot of people, I'll welcome an alternative -
any alternative - to a system that is completely dysfunctional when I need it. It's as simple as that.