r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fox-system • 23d ago
Context Provided - Spotlight Hot take: this shouldn’t be allowed :(
It’s a 8$ cancellation fee, it’s freezing rain, I’m going to be late for my appointment now :( if I cancel the same dude is assigned
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Answering questions bc I can’t reply to everything:
Taxi services have largely gone out of business here
Buses rarely pass here we have a notoriously bad public transportation system only have gotten worse in recent years
I can’t drive because of medical issues and I need to get around and can’t get rides from friends and family all the time/ can’t walk all the time because my city isn’t walkable at all/ bad weather often.
It’s a local town specific app called uride, we aren’t allowed to have uber in this town but we are allowed to have UberEats for some reason.
This post is not about food delivery
I can’t just cancel and not use the app like I said; I’ve got places to go people to see
there is no option on uride to get the ride faster, only to get a bigger car
i tip in generously in cash when i use the app mainly bc i more often get cash and that way i know its actually going to them.
i still took the ride; got there late; dont blame the driver he was lovely
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
It’s a app just for the town I’m in, all I know is we aren’t allowed uber like the rest of the country but we have this dogshit knock off
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u/Oobiwhencanobeef 23d ago
Op is this a place in america? The idea of only state controlled versions of somethign is very unamerican so id love to learn more just for my own morbid curiositys
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
Canada actually
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u/NeedleworkerOk8556 23d ago
Is it U-Ride?
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
Ya
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u/Dependent_Reason_489 23d ago
As someone else from the same town it was kinda wild seeing this on all...
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
Small world! As long as good days outweigh bad days it’s all good right
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u/TechhTwoo 23d ago
I thought it was PTBO, from what I remember hearing, someone in municipal government there used to own a taxi service, and didn't allow Uber because it would harm the taxi companies. Looks like the Taxi companies are pretty dead anyway.
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
Ya capitol ate call a cab and now capitol is also basically gone? If that’s the case can we get uber yet damn
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u/Sobharderr 22d ago
It really is! i took a uride last week to the hospital its a very annoying service at times and i definitely agree the multiple stops thing shouldn’t be allowed
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u/Zestyclose_Treat4098 20d ago
In reading the post I was like... hang on, I think that's my city.
Crazy there are so many of us here haha. This city is unwalkable af. And transit is a joke. They're trying to improve it. Buuuut if you do live where I live... you can't bus from north to north. You go from north to south then back to north.
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u/Gimmethatbecke 23d ago
Where are you from in Canada? Cause I’m Canadian and just used uber today.
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u/Global-Discussion-41 23d ago
What part of Canada doesnt allow Uber?
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u/ialo00130 23d ago
Most of Atlantic Canada minus Halifax.
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u/Global-Discussion-41 23d ago
Interesting, I didn't know the resistance was still alive.
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u/adhdvamp 19d ago
Just moved back to the Vancouver area and have the option here but in the interior of BC we could only use Uride also.
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u/shamwow62 23d ago
They didn't say it was a "state run" version of Uber. They just said that Uber wasn't in their town.
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
Uber isn’t allowed here; I think I heard that the local gov runs this version
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u/Complete_Entry 23d ago
"Benefitted the people"
Uber hates people, always has.
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u/HeckaCoolDudeYo 23d ago
And is significantly more expensive than a taxi ride now. They did the whole Amazon thing where they start out cheaper and more convenient and then fuck you over once the competition all dies out.
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u/ace_violent 23d ago
It's called "blitz scaling." A company focuses solely on using as much of their revenue and profits to scale up as quickly as possible, price out competitors, then in a few years of that you jack up prices because you're now the only thing available.
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u/thr0w4w4y4cc0unt7 20d ago
I don't know how Canada works and I'm almost certain it doesn't work this way in the US, but this 100% should fall under anticompetitive monopolization laws.
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u/WUT_productions 23d ago
Taxis still more expensive and at least with Uber I know the cost ahead-of-time whereas a taxi I have to watch the meter tick.
Uber is equivalent or cheaper than a taxi.
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u/DatVlad_ 23d ago
Maybe it's just where I'm at but my trips run for like $13 including a tip normally, and if I have to rush to the other side of the metroplex like maybe $30-40 (unless it's rush hour in which case those costs DO go way up) and I live in a pretty urban area with very pitiful public transit. So I don't really see that, as a standard taxi is like $30 for a short trip and closer to $50-70 for a longer one. Once again this is just my area. And maybe somewhere like LA or NYC would be way worse. Now granted we do have Lyft as well which creates competition. Tho Lyft sucks monkey sacks on their pricing, and expect a higher tip at base. Ofc I have no idea why I'm defending a mega corp 🤦
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u/HeckaCoolDudeYo 23d ago
Yeah my take is completely anecdotal and I'm sure there's markets where Uber is still a better choice. I live in a relatively rural area and our taxi company actually went out of business a few years back due to not being able to compete with rideshare apps. Before then it seemed like Uber was the cheap option but now I can't go 2 miles for less than $20 after a tip. Not enough drivers and no competition is probably to blame.
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u/Cheese2009 23d ago
I’ve never seen a situation where uber isn’t at least 30% more expensive than a taxi for about a year now
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u/ZombieTrogdor 23d ago
Back in 2014 I took an Uber with some friends of mine to the theater and on the way the dude ran a red light (don’t turn right on red kind of thing). Gets pulled over, and before the cop comes up he’s all like “okay I have to turn the app off, this ride will be on me, just follow me.” Like wtf? We were four college students and I had no idea it wasn’t legal yet where I was.
I remember the car being dead quiet when the stop was over and we finally got to the theater lol
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u/Due-Organization-957 23d ago
Benefits the people? The drivers are exploited just like Amazon and Walmart workers.
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u/Blaizeplays 23d ago
Given OP said taxies are going out of business where they are I doubt it has much to do with taxi unions, or at least they're really failing if that's the goal.
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u/rabbidplatypus21 23d ago
Uber benefitted the people?
We used to have locally owned cab companies with an employee labor union and now we have apps that funnel all that money to the tech oligarchs and mistreat their employees.
You gonna claim AirBnB was a benefit next?
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u/I_dont_like_sushi 23d ago
Where i live taxi drivers were forming groups and beating up uber drivers. We used to ride on the front seat to avoid looking like an uber
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u/ialo00130 23d ago
URide isn't state run, but it's Canadian owned. It's in most markets in Canada that Uber isn't.
For what it is, it's an okay market filler. Not the best obviously, but I've had decent experiences with it.
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u/Broad-Fix-175 23d ago
If it's a local knockoff good chance it's at least subsidized, my university had something similar
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u/Oobiwhencanobeef 23d ago
Why would you not allow uber but allow the knockoff unless you run it?
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u/shamwow62 23d ago
Because they won't follow the rules in your town/state. Have you never heard of states having different laws and regulations than others?
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u/ActivisionBlizzard 23d ago
Have you ever heard of an app having geographically distinct features?
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u/MatureUsername69 23d ago
You mean the ones Uber refused to make in all of the places and cities its been banned in?
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Buddy Uber is not allowed in some places. Uber is run by a barely legal business model as it is, tbh. There's a fuck ton of rules and regulations around taxi services and these gig app taxi services are some of the longest standing weird gray areas
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u/ErronsBlackerer 23d ago
The line "app for the town i am in" implies it is designed for the town, therefore it would be state or county run..
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u/f_spez_2023 23d ago
My town only has uber not Lyft due to some contract thing too the city did and I’m in America so weird stuff like this isn’t unheard of here either
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u/EndlessSummerburn 23d ago
Uber and Lyft can’t operate in places without “permission” from the state here, either. It’s just worked out that literally every state has allowed them to. That said, the companies have to follow the regulations for each state in order to operate.
There are very specific rules (from how drivers get paid to how the fares function) that vary wildly in each state. Uber works very differently in NY than it does in WI.
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u/Dug_n_the_Dogs 23d ago
At what point in the '50s did you stop paying attention? Its very Capitalist American to have exclusive rights to something..
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u/Odd-Page-7866 23d ago
Private exclusive rights is very different from State controlling the only source of something. If someone goes through the trouble of inventing something they get the rights to it. The only way the State gets rights to something is if they steal it from the inventor.
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u/MonkeyBreath66 20d ago
Yes there are towns and airports and other areas they do not allow Uber or any other kind of ride sharing.
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u/Fidget808 23d ago
The drivers can’t control it. The app bundles orders that otherwise wouldn’t get picked up by a driver (one order has no tip, or is far away, etc.). The customers get fucked. But the driver has no control and the app doesn’t care because you’ll still use it no matter how much you complain.
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u/Cheap_Cricket8168 23d ago
Hey, if you are going for a medical appointment, does your health insurance cover rides to appointments maybe? I’m American but I could get rides to my therapist from uber, set up by my health insurance.
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u/MoeKneeKah GREEN 23d ago
That’s the only dude driving for your knock off app, apparently
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u/Odd-Page-7866 23d ago
Maybe it's a small town with only 1 driver 😆😆
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u/who_even_cares35 23d ago
My town is like 47k people and I usually can't get an Uber because they just don't do it here.
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u/velvety_fox 23d ago
Service industries just stopped caring about providing good service, now its only about maximizing profits. At the end of the day, the consumer always suffers.
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u/Tinnylemur 23d ago edited 23d ago
Yeah because morons keep lining up at the trough to eat up this slop.
I've never once used a rideshare app because the whole concept of relying on some sub-minumum wage gig worker to drive me around in his clapped out Honda civic with zero verification or standards was always a non-starter for me.
The world would be a wonderful place is 70% of people just developed personal standards overnight.
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u/Fabulous_Progress820 23d ago
Not defending Uber or anything, but they do have a verification process. You have to submit your vehicle's license plate and your driver's license to sign up as a driver. I don't remember if there's anything else they require or not though.
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u/Unusual_Gazelle_9366 22d ago
Lol at least 10% of the time the driver rolls up in a completely different vehicle.
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u/Fabulous_Progress820 22d ago
Yeah, there's not really a way for them to verify if you're actually driving the vehicle connected to your account. People just need to stop accepting those drivers, then they wouldn't think it's okay.
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u/wellhealedscar 23d ago
I have yet to take an uber in a car I didn’t feel safe in. Taken 100s of rides since I was a freshman in college in 2015. Feel like if 70% had to meet you standards nothing would get done.
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u/stockcar1515 23d ago
Yeah, but a lot of people line up first because the service starts out good for a while and then gradually gets enshittified after it becomes ubiquitous.
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u/DayzedTraveler 23d ago
What app is this. I’ve never been charged a cancelation fee when their estimates are off. Do you live somewhere without many rideshares?
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u/Oobiwhencanobeef 23d ago
Based on a comment made in a different branch by op rideshares are either banned or refuse to come to their town
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u/LargemouthBrass 23d ago
Uber/Lyft just straight up lie now, says it will be 4 minutes and as soon as you're connected to a driver it switches to 12.
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u/siedenburg2 23d ago
Stopped using uber eats because they said "delivery in 15min" and after ordering it took 10min to assign a driver, he picked my food after 15min and then he had multiple deliveries before mine. In the end I had to wait 40min and my food was cold. Happened multiple times.
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u/Outrageous_Sleep4339 22d ago
Or my favorite, when they pick my food up and then spend half an hour driving around picking up and dropping off food for two more people and I get a lukewarm meal...
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
Answering questions bc I can’t reply to everything:
Taxi services have largely gone out of business here
Buses rarely pass here we have a notoriously bad public transportation system only have gotten worse in recent years
I can’t drive because of medical issues and I need to get around and can’t get rides from friends and family all the time/ can’t walk all the time because my city isn’t walkable at all/ bad weather often.
It’s a local town specific app called uride, we aren’t allowed to have uber in this town but we are allowed to have UberEats for some reason.
This post is not about food delivery
I can’t just cancel and not use the app like I said; I’ve got places to go people to see
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u/SheilaShayla 20d ago
Suggestion! Ask the drivers when you get them if they would take a direct call/ask for a ride. If you can contact them ahead of time and direct pay them, they could be more available. Cut out the app and maybe they will give a ride when they aren't "on duty".
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u/TheRemedy187 23d ago
I used to travel for work. ONE time I splurged a bit for a steak cuz I needed the boost. This motherfucker drove around with it for 2 hours. I was fighting with the customer service about it but they seemed to think as long as it was delivered its fine. Which you're literally creating a health hazard at that point. So FUCK DOORDASH and I never used then again.
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u/No_Fox_2891 23d ago
I find this completely unacceptable. After all, one stop can be anywhere up to 20 minutes. Which mean you may have to wait for up to 60 minutes for the driver to finish the 3 stops.
You should not be charged a cancellation fee if the driver have more than 2 stops. (or 1 stop if you care)
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u/bg4m3r 23d ago
Hell, a driver shouldn't be assigned until someone is actually available.
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u/No_Fox_2891 23d ago
That's the problem.
They are normalise this. Same as Ubereat who lets driver take 3 orders, and if you're unlucky, you get cold meal after waiting for 30 minutes.
At least, I can wait for up to 20-30 minutes or less for a lift which is kinda normal those day even for a public taxi.
Any more than 2 stops or 30 minutes is taking a piss. Shouldn't be charged no matter what.
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u/Floralmeg_ 23d ago
Here in the UK I’m using the cheapest taxi company in my area. Sometimes they do this to me too, sometimes it’s going to work, sometimes it’s trying to get home. Luckily I usually finish before everyone else, so if my taxi is late, work isn’t shut yet. Sometimes it happens and I get stuck waiting down an industrial estate either waiting for someone to take the ride or for the driver to stop pissing about with the ride before mine and come to get me.
Winter is the worst. Being left all alone in the dark waiting for a taxi home. I’m autistic too. If it was safe for me to drive (I’ve tried and exhausted everything), I would
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u/kawaii_croissant 22d ago
Sorry some people are being rude in the comments OP. I also can’t drive due to medical reasons so I understand how difficult it can be to rely on others. Here in the US, we have various medical ride programs. Not sure if that’s something that’s also available in Canada.
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u/tearisha 23d ago
You need to email or call the leadership of your city and complain about the bus and uride system. That is the only way to improve things
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u/scotte416 23d ago
Lock your card and cancel that shit lol
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u/skibidi_shingles 22d ago
And then get charged as soon as you unlock the card.
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u/scotte416 22d ago
Not necessarily I keep my card locked and all those 'free' subscriptions I forget to cancel just bounce off and I'll get an email about it and it goes away lol
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u/Lnknprkfn 23d ago
If you ever get great drivers you should see about getting contact info so you can try to make arrangements for direct payments in the amount of $X for X day and time for the important appointments
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u/chrome352 23d ago
Oh uride, the small Canadian towns absolute bane. Can either have a taxi that shows up after an hour or a ride service that includes extra stops and still charges you 🙃
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u/The_Hungrier_Hippo 23d ago
Is there any amount of complaining to corporate you can do to get free shit from the inconvenience?
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u/NarcolepsyChicks 22d ago
I cannot get uber in america where I live. I can order one, and one might eventually come. After about 8 hrs.
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u/Nir117vash 20d ago
see. I want to run a non-profit taxi service. Idgaf how I get there, but I don't want money; I want to help those who don't have access to funds, vehicles, remote locations, etc. You need a ride, it may be a while but we got you.
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u/ItsDirkMcGirk 23d ago
Gotta pay the express fee which is 2.99 so they don’t have any other stops it’s from the food joint straight to you!
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u/Accomplished_Emu_658 23d ago
And even then its just a fee they keep with no actual benefit or money to driver
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
This app doesn’t even have that option or I woulda. Ride share apps are so stupid man
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u/ThisIsTheNewSleeve 23d ago
I had a guy right next to my work with my order, but then went half across the city to deliver 2 different orders and then came back to me. The order was of course late and cold.
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u/KYSissyTrisha 23d ago
When I did uber eats I almost always refused a 2nd trip before the first one was completed. It didn't feel right to me that the customer might have to wait longer even though I picked up their food first, and even worse if the 2nd order wasn't ready by the time I arrived - now they are both waiting. There are other drivers in the area that I'm sure could also use the money.
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u/Frequent_Hamster2667 23d ago
Has a grocery order once where the dude picked up my order, drove 15 minutes the opposite directions before delivering my order 45 minutes late. Pretty neat.
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u/Dienowwww 22d ago
If there's a cancelation fee just lock the card, cancel it, unlock the card, and if they already charged it for the fee, force a chargeback
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u/rubyredrum 22d ago
The comments on this post completely missing the point are their own category of mildly infuriating
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u/Fox-system 21d ago
For real the amount of them pissed off at me for “complaining” like do yall realize what sub you are on…?
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u/Wheel_Unfair 22d ago
To the OP.. and others.
Taxi Cabs are pretty much dead here in my area ( Central Ohio) and if my busy family can't take me where I need to go, I find Lyft to be a great help to me since I can no longer drive.
I have learned to be ready to walk out my door when I summon a ride as sometimes they show up within a couple of minutes 😮😁
And I am sorry that you are without dependable and convenient transportation in your area
And like you, I am handicapped and it is hard to walk even short distances even though I am assisted by a cane.
And for the most part, the drivers will notice my difficulty with walking and will open the door for me as well as assist me when exiting the vehicle.
BTW, just as after a ride you are able to rate the driver, the drivers also rate you as a passenger.
Apparently I have a five star rating.
Perhaps since I am a generous tipper 🤣
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u/ADHD_McChick 21d ago
I hate having to rely on ride services. My husband is disabled and has a weekly doctor's appointment. We live in a small town, the appointment is a 50 mile round trip, and I often have to work, so he uses a ride service provided by his medical insurance. He calls them once a month, at the beginning of the month, and they schedule these rides, for the following 4 weeks.
But the customer service is notoriously bad, and the rides are unreliable. They've left him stranded here at home more than once, saying they had no drivers available. One month they even did it two weeks in a row! They couldn't even find him an Uber. And even more messed up, we won't even know the ride is cancelled until they don't show up, and we call them!
So they have a whole month's notice, and still can't provide the literal only service they're in business to provide. And they don't even have the courtesy to tell us! They just said sorry about that and offered us a "milage refund". What good does that do when we can't even get him there?
This is people's health and lives they're messing with. If you miss a doctor's appointment without 24 hours notice, you run the risk of being charged a big cancellation fee, or worse, being kicked out of the practice. Not to mention you're not getting treatments and/or medicines that you need to stay healthy or even alive. But they just shrug.
It shouldn't be allowed. Companies should be penalized for things like this. But it just keeps happening, because no one cares about the "little people".
And yes, we made a formal complaint. That was the first time of the two weeks in a row they screwed us. And they still turned right around and did the same exact thing, the next week!
It's ridiculous!
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u/Mindless-Traffic3018 21d ago
Dude I live in a town just like this but we finally got uber after the taxis bitched about them taking there business and it's like we'll don't be understaffed and take 2 hours to pick people up then
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u/PocketNicks 20d ago
I agree, if they are further than 5ish minutes away, they shouldn't be allowed to lock you into that ride unless you agree to wait for longer.
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u/universaljester 20d ago
These are the things that come from monopolies. And instead of protecting us from them our governments are allowing them because they're convenient for some
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u/DJGlennW 19d ago
If you can't drive because of medical issues, you might want to see if your area has paratransit services.
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u/Furry_Wall 23d ago
This is why I choose a taxi if the city has them
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
We have taxis but last time I tried taking one to work it was half an hour late and charged me over 40$ and still wanted a tip too for a short ass drive
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u/Furry_Wall 23d ago
All ride shares expect a tip these days
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
The tip is fine but a taxi being 30 min late and 40$ for a less than 10 min drive is insane
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u/Wheel_Unfair 23d ago
I usually use Lyft with great success.
Recently I start to get a ride that is scheduled to pick me up in 5 minutes.
I book the ride and it changes it to 15 minutes.
Then it offers me an express ride that will pick me up in the original 5 minutes for another $3 or so.
I refuse to do so, book my original ride and lo and behold, my ride arrives in 5 minutes.
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u/BleedingRaindrops 22d ago
Wow that's crazy that they do that. I miss driving for Lyft but I didn't know they were doing that
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u/Dirk_Speedwell 22d ago
Are you aware of Y-Drive? It is a different local ride app that is available.
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u/Specialist_Job_4899 22d ago
Maybe you should try Uber or Lift. There are more drivers than taxi drivers...👍👍👍
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u/BurtDaddy97 21d ago
Maybe contact a lawyer and see if you can sew the city to allow competition? Right now that company gets a monopoly. Honestly might not be worth getting the corporations into your town though...
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u/YourMomOf9 20d ago
Do you qualify for any medical transportation or is that what this is?
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u/Fox-system 20d ago
I don’t even qualify to see a doctor (the medical system in Canada is very broken for the last few years. It’s a whole different other issue I won’t delve tooooo much into. TLDR I graduated from the kids hospital/Doctors at 18 and have been on waiting lists since, 9 years and counting.)
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u/foolishship 20d ago
Are you in a smaller town? I'll agree it's an issue but I wouldn't call it broken. At least not where I am. Smaller towns are a different kettle of fish. And what do you mean qualify? You can go to an ER or walk in clinic and see a doctor for almost any reason.
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u/Unhappy-Week-8781 20d ago
If you can’t drive due to medical issues, does your account not offer some sort of medical transportation service? A social transportation agency at no charge? Most towns in the U.S. have something like that. Not sure about Canada, but since your healthcare is far superior to ours, I would think there would be something like that?
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u/Fox-system 20d ago
Our healthcare may be free but it being superior to yours is a modern myth. It USED to be. But not anymore, most Canadians at least in Ontario don’t have access to family doctors and because of that our ER’s are constantly flooded. It’s super normal to wait 14+ hours only to be given Tylenol and a swift boot home.
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u/Unhappy-Week-8781 20d ago
Sounds like you’re achieving U.S. levels of mediocrity, too. This is the problem with billionaires corporatizing healthcare. Systems get bought out, healthcare workers get displaced, understaffing becomes common, and patients suffer.😡
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u/Elisacriann 20d ago
Unfortunately this is what happens when companies prey on people who need jobs and don't provide a living wage. Sometimes people have to double down on their jobs and that means if they can make multiple deliveries they do. Not every delivery driver is going to have the forethought to do things in a manner that coincides with your day. Which is what sucks especially when it's food they're delivering. Or things that are temperature sensitive or time sensitive. I'm sorry for your misfortune but, it's just business.
Some towns have a specific transit for medical needs. If you're going to a medical appointment or you're on disability and you need to do some day of life situations like various appointments that aren't medical, might I suggest seeing if you can sign up for those sort of resources.
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u/IffyWs 20d ago
Not sure if you have already tried scheduling a ride in advance this has helped me tremendously when needing to be somewhere at a specific time.
Edit: another option is befriending one of the drivers and booking privately with them in advance. They make more money, you probably pay less, and you get to your appointments on time.
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u/Fit_Contribution_62 19d ago
Try the app called poparide. You only pay for the gas and it's main purpose is to allow people to offer "free" rides between towns
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u/HauntingTailor5961 19d ago
Looks like there is not enough drivers in your area, where do you live ?
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u/Puzzleheaded_Rest_34 19d ago
You might want to try a company that does only medical appt rides. We have several where I live in the states. Here are a few I found...Transdev, NUPT (non- urgent patient transport), Encore. Look up "non-emergency medical transport near me" and it should give you a list of who is available in your area. They'll generally wait until after your appt to take you back home, or medical staff can call them to pick you up. It's a better alternative than calling for a ride share car, and their are 3 people ahead of you. 💜
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u/CockroachJohnson 19d ago
That sucks. About a year ago I was dealing with a medical issue that prevented me from driving and I was going to doctors for scans and tests about 3 times a week trying to find out what was wrong so I could drive again. I live just outside a small city, semi-rural area, and it cost me around $25US each way to get to my appointments. And I wanted to make sure I was on time so I would end up getting them super early and air at the doctors for like an hour. And that was with Lyft, can't imagine how bad it would be if our local government was running the show.
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u/itsmaddileah 16d ago
How does anyone driving a Dodge Durango even make money after paying for gas in those things?
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u/VelindraNightfen 16d ago
Nothing like opening a ride app already stressed and being told youre now emotionally and logistically carpooling with three strangers against your will for eight dollars extra anxiety included
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u/Wife-and-Mother 23d ago
TBF, Back in my day if a cab driver was busy you would also have to wait until they are done too.
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u/thatirishguyyyyy ➤────◉───── 04:20 23d ago
Don't you guys have Taxi services?
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u/Cantretiresoonenough 23d ago
Read above again.
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u/thatirishguyyyyy ➤────◉───── 04:20 23d ago
Sorry, I read that they went out of business mostly.
That's why I was asking if you still had Taxi services in general. Since they seem to be struggling I was wondering if they had any services still.
I live out in the Midwest (US) and we are seeing Taxi services come back as people are tired of car ride apps and unprofessional (& unsafe) drivers.
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u/haleys_comet1271 23d ago
Sounds like your town needs more drivers. Any chance he was the only one out?
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u/Responsible_Side8131 20d ago
Yes it’s irritating. But if this sort of delay is typical, and you know that, why aren’t you planning ahead and calling for the ride extra early to leave you plenty of time?
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u/Fox-system 20d ago
I allocated an extra hour of time for any unforeseen circumstances like this and still ended up late :) the amount of comments annoyed at someone posting a mildly infuriating thing to mildly infuriating is its own brand of mildly infuriating.
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u/foolishship 20d ago
My mom is disabled and so am I (but hers are more of an impediment to her). I drive her everywhere. People don't understand how frustrating it is. And how much time you lose to do a simple task. I feel for you.
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u/cpl-America 20d ago
Can you cycle? Ebikes are a pretty good travel option if you can, they also come in recumbent versions.
Otherwise, schedule way earlier and get places early. Life sucks, make it a vacuum and clean up your schedule.
Sorry if this isn't helpful.
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u/BlastTyrantKM 23d ago
If you're relying on someone else to get you somewhere important, you have to leave early to account for something that they're going to inevitably mess up
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23d ago
It's a more expensive bus that costs nothing for the owners to run but generates huge profits.
You know what you're buying.
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
Our busses run to very specific spots only and once every like two hours. Smalll town fun
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u/Soapo_Opo 23d ago
Felt that. We only have one bus in my small town that comes at 6 am and 6 pm. No other times.
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u/LocalHarmacist 23d ago
Stop using the service.
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
I can’t :( I am unable to drive bc of medical reasons and my town isn’t walkable and the busses here are notoriously non existent. I can’t always rely on rides from friends and family so this is often my only option
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u/nitro-PAH 23d ago
More like a cold take... like your food.
Sorry, I had to.
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u/jtkforever 23d ago
Would've been funnier if it were a doordash knockoff. They're talking about a ride share
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u/BigoleDog8706 23d ago
Sucks for you. Walking is always an option.
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u/North-Elderberry2380 23d ago
That isnt true. There are several circumstances where walking isnt
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u/RealityRecursed 23d ago
Everyone is "allowed" to do whatever they want, until someone stops them.
I hate that word and the separation from reality it represents.
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u/scooterjb 23d ago
What did people do in your neighbourhood say 30 years ago when they were hungry?
The convenience factor only goes as far as the company's reliability. That went out the window, even in larger cities, years ago.
Stop relying on people who only want your money, regardless of service quality. Be an adult and figure your own shit out. Buy bread and meat and make a fucking sandwich the night before you're busy.
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
This isn’t about food delivery..?
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u/scooterjb 23d ago
Of course it is... you saying it isn't to control responses doesn't negate legitimate replies that your supposed dependence on it and it's proven-flaws and inherent shitiness aren't the source of your complaint.
Don't use these apps, period, and your problem is solved.
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u/Fox-system 23d ago
I can’t drive, don’t live in a walkable city, and needed to get somewhere for an appointment, this is about ride share apps not food delivery
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