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Originally Posted by Dan02
Filed my first complaint ever about a cabbie who refused us a ride because "he wasn't going that way" on friday night. Waited 20 minutes for him to show up, then he does the roll the window down 6 inches thing and says too bad and takes off. The cab commission is supposed to respond to the complaints with in a week so I'm interested to see whether they take action or if the passengers bill of rights is just a bunch of BS. FU cabbie number 1103.
Amazing how Uber is gone for a coupe weeks and the cab service is right back to absolute ####. I cannot wait for Uber to be back.
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Originally Posted by rohara66
Work Christmas party this past Saturday and we got taxi chits for Checker.
Called them Saturday morning to book a cab for 5:30 to get to party for 6:00 and they weren’t taking reservations between 5:00-7:00pm. Got a friend to drop us off in exchange to drive him to his Christmas party next weekend. On the way down I downloaded the checker cab app (which seemed to be great).
Party ends just before midnight, power up the app and there’s a cab 4-5 blocks away (I can literally see him down the street), sweet deal, so I booked it. Cab continues towards me, I see the cab # matches the one I just booked 30 seconds earlier, I wave it down and he drives by me, pulls a #### hook into a hotel parking lot and picks some other people up then goes speeding away past me. WTF is the point of this app? This all developed within the block I was standing on.
Luckily we loitered around the hotel and got a cab a 5 minutes later but why have people book cabs if they don’t even follow it? Cabbie should of had my confirmation # and name but obviously didn't care. The app is showing a confirmed pickup and delivery.
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None of this surprises me. At all. Same sh*t, different year. The only thing that does surprise me is that taxi companies continue to suck so badly in Calgary. Blatant disregard for their customers, and also for their own business. How the hell they expect to stay in business once Uber is legally running full tilt is a hilarious mystery.
The best part about this is that the good drivers, the ones that are out there trying to make money, will be able to do that as an Uber driver. And the ones that are selective of their fares can choose not to accept my request for a ride via app, instead of dissing me right on the street. And best of all, hopefully the actual taxi companies feel the pain right in their bank accounts. I hope payback is a real bitch for the companies.
And after it all becomes clear that Uber is "just as bad" as a cab company, for squeezing the drivers for 20 or 25%, then along will come another company that will "be better" than Uber. And so will go the natural progression of business. People that want to drive for a living will have better options, and people that want a f'ing ride will have better options. And this stupid taxi cartel will be out of business, thanks to their own unwillingness to improve and adapt. And I will look out upon thee and smile with joy.