Well, to be fair, with the increasingly estranged relationships people have with their neighbors and the other people we encounter regularly in our lives, if we never talked to strangers, we'd basically never talk to ANYONE.

If you get into a taxi then you are also getting into a "stanger's car".

that's why I'm not talking to you... DOH!

90s kids were told a lot of stupid shit, and "don't talk to strangers" wasn't even the worst of it.

​@@Disgruntled_Grunt Considering that nearly all kidnappings and child related crimes involve someone the child already knows, including their parents, maybe they should now be saying "Don't talk to people you KNOW, either."

Actually, this is no longer an issue... At least in some states maybe. In Oregon, ride share companies are required by law to give drivers full coverage insurance while they have a pasaabger. Insurance that covers injuries to the passagers of your and other people's cars. As well as damage to said cars of course. It doesn't matter what personal insurance the driver has. However, if you get in an accident the ride share company will 100% try to screw you over on damages to yours or other cars and try not to pay for it. Which is when yah, your personal insurance comes into play..

​@@OgdenMDepending on the state and insurance. Sometimes other insurance just doesn't kick in at all. In general, it sounds really messy and just not worth it for either the driver or passenger. I'm honestly not sure what the appeal is. It's basically a shitty cab service with extra steps so they don't have to be held responsible by anyone.

You have to buy the TNC endorsement in order to be covered by your insurance company.

Usually you pay for a rider on your policy to cover rideshare work

@richardarriaga6271 that's why you need to buy the TNC endorsement otherwise, your insurance will refuse to cover anything. I have firsthand experience from an accident I had a couple of years ago. The rules may also vary from state to state.

Yep. They’re finally turning a profit, so I doubt they’ll stop anytime soon

So terrible and more drivers should strike

​@@michaelsargent9490Unless legislation is enacted, you will ran out of companies that aren't sh*tty to work with, because they are going to be ran out of bussiness by said sh*tty companies (disloyal competition).

This is because, up until recently, your income was subsidized by investors who didn't require that the business turn a profit. Now that profitability is required to continue to operate, there is less money to go around.

@@michaelsargent9490 True, but to be fair, unemployed people are told constantly to stop being so picky and that if they really wanted to work then they'd be willing to accept anything. Then people that were willing to accept anything are told constantly that if they really find their working conditions so exploitative then they shouldn't have taken the job.

I love ride sharing apps and Airbnb both! More options for consumers is always a win.

The heart means it's probably coming :p

I thought they did that one already, but am too lazy to go look.

@@Dubmaster3 Yeah, I searched for it before I posted. They've done hotels as well as landlords recently, but Airbnb brings them and "tech" all together in a uniquely terrible way.

​@@itsoktobehappy461as long as you don't need to buy or rent a house in a tourist hotspot that has become 90% occupied by buy to let Airbnb wankers

Umm... it's the same role every time.

but he's so versatile! The most versatile actor I've seen!@@misteral9045

I'm so stealing "you snail fsxking phigget" 🤣

​@@misteral9045Have you considered trying oxygen?

@@MadScientist267 Jesus Christ I hate sycophantic children.

As a german, this line hits not close but directly at home.

As it an American it flew over my head tbh

I never buy excuses like that. The problem was said right before it; they spend millions to “lobby” when really they’re just paying some motivated politicians and people with influence off to make sure new regulations aren’t passed and old ones aren’t enforced. It’s a cop out to say they don’t understand. They understand perfectly well: money talks

Every country has a government filled with old farts, including Brazil Come to Brazil!

Another American. I think I got.

Glad someone else saw that

I thought i was seeing things

Road rage kicked in so hard the driver went backwards.

I re watched that part 4 times to make sure I wasn't going crazy

1:50 I love hove he drives backwards a few xD

@@RonaldRegainlol Ty for pointing that out

He got 1!!

I would say hi and throw out a few feeler lines to see if people would rather talk or just play on their phones. Gotta read the room

Social anxiety just means you’re a little bitch who cannot handle the meat sack they live in. No one finds it endearing, we all find it laughable as we carry on with our mundane lives surrounded by people. You are the only reason you have anxiety. It’s literally your brain telling you not to. It’s not based on a rational thought.

He alludes to it in the last few seconds when he says 'come give us your most valuable asset.'

absolutely

@@N1withaskilletpretty sure a car isn't an asset. But our time is😅

@@M-qw9ru considering you need a fairly recent, decent car for ubering, chances are that car is not paid off. Therefore it belongs to the bank. It is then more a liability than an asset.

@@M-qw9ru Did you take out a loan to buy your auto? If you did, it's part liability. Assets = liability + equity. Accounting 101.

@@michaelsargent9490 Are you a one trick pony or what? King of copy and paste. 🤣

Then why do you still do it?

@sebd8425 until someone calls for a better position I applied for, it's all I have

@@tigerjackson8328 Got it. I hope you find something better soon.

I used to be a Lyft driver. I approve as well lol

Shiiiiiiiiiiiiit

i got tired of people barfing in the backseat and screaming in drunk at me

@@coffeebux never had a puker, but I had some close calls. Had to pull over, stop at Circle K, etc. Also had annoying hipsters who would argue with me, make my car smell like weed, then give me one star

How do know you where facilitating drug deals?

@@Hardin9 it was pretty obvious. They would have me take them to gas stations, and wait while they went behind it for a couple minutes

He’s immortal

Lol the drivers in greece weren't wearing theirs 😅

It's a green screen production.

​@@ElkeinnDuchesshe will sell you, he owns everything

It’s Tennessee, its probably not required 😂😂 (Yes, I did look it up based on the road signs)

speak for yourself. i have 2. but then again, my car did cost more than one of those houses

@@johndeerdrew projection

@@Mummie560 what?

Or what about Goodwill, you donate your stuff and they sell it to anyone regardless of financial status.

@@walmartpimp2Yup, Goodwill gets their inventory for free, so their profit margins are very high. Of course profits are paid out as high salaries to the execs, so it stays “nonprofit”.

​@@walmartpimp2the point is they use the money from the sale for charity. But Goodwill is horrible in plenty of other ways. Like did you know that minimun wage doesn't apply to disabled people? Goodwill has a history of seeking out disabled people (mainly autistic people, I think) then paying them like $0.10 / hour.

@@Spencer-wc6ew If the minimum wage did apply, no people with debilitating handicaps would have jobs at all. There's more to a job than a wage -- there's a feeling of worth and purpose, and for disadvantaged people who have other means of support, those things are extremely valuable.

Oh yea no joke. "We'll take your blood for free and sell it for $5k each." The entire healthcare scam is a big one. I lost my insurance due to a layoff recently and my out of pocket costs... actually went down.

Uber does have standards: You need to have drivers license, good driving record - they check that, a good car without dents or scratches and car insurance and a good smartphone. They don't require an interview, a resume or past experience, that's why it's the best company in the world - the job that's not hard to get. I hope there are companies will appear that don't require an interview, a resume or past experience; but I think it does not exist yet.

There was an era that can be said to be the rise of consumer protection laws. But that was an era before everyone had a computer in their home. Fast forward to today, and those old consumer protection laws apply only to the old paradigms, like purely physical goods. Modern companies argue they are outside such laws or regulations because those laws were never written to apply to say, software licenses. So john deere can say you don't have to the right to repair the john deere tractor you paid for in full because it has software integrated throughout it and trying to repair it would be a violation of the software license, software being something that wasn't an issue in the era all those consumer protection laws were made. Apple. Tesla. etc.... More and more every year. Gig jobs can say they are merely software services connecting customers to independent contractors they have no control over so only laws regulating software companies should apply to them and both the customers and the independent contractors should be bound by whatever horrible terms they invent in their TOS w/out limitation. Consumers need to stop being so worried when they cast a vote about who can use which bathroom, because such issues are deliberate red herrings to get the voter so angry over non issues that they ignore the real issues that impact their day to day lives, and instead voters need to vote with a mind to bring in a new era of consumer protection laws even if only to update the existing ones so that they also apply to software/tech. The pre-software protections are actually pretty good if they could just also be applied to current gen products entangled with software. Currently, you have far more rights under the law when you buy a purely physical good like a chainsaw, then when you buy a tesla, or anything else entangled with software. The more products get entangled with software, the more products there are that exist outside of existing regulations, diminishing our rights as consumers/customers.

Rideshare companies require criminal background checks and a good driving record

​@@vertik7Glovo is an even easier job to get and their workers look homeless and they are actually handling your food.

It should be a taxi cab company, and I really don't see how it isn't. They even started as UberCab

Only when my sense of nausea (motion sickness) immediately kicked in and then I was aware of why.

yes i did

I went through all the trouble to look up where those roads were for nothing? 😂😂

@@JimAllen-Persona I, for one, appreciated knowing you found it was bg footage from Tennessee and finding your replies felt like piecing together a story. Maybe I'm just easily amused sometimes, but I appreciated it.

Welcome to The Matrix! Lol

Overseas the taxi companies are implementing rideshare-like apps, like Careem in Dubai and Blue Bird in Indonesia.

As an independent contractor, the urine situation is tax deductible, did you write that off on your tax report? And hopefully Uber covered the cost of getting that cleaned. That's one of the benefits that is attracting people to the gig economy, because as an independent contractor there are a lot of tax write offs one can take advantage of that never apply to you if you are an employee for a company, wear and tear on your vehicle, fuel, insurance, etc so this is one case where a personal vehicle is an asset instead of a liability. One of the other things that drives folks to the gig economy companies is having more control over how you spend your time, that's something you have zero of when working as an employee for a company.

​@@Hardin9The average driver has no idea what a tax deduction even is. You don't have PHD students driving uber. it's foreigners or dropouts usually. At least in my area.

You can charge her a cleaning fee and I hope you wet dry vacuumed that seat.

"Both companies"? You do realize there's a world besides wherever you live?

@@Tarets Lyft and Uber. That’s it…

That's exactly what I do - just go and get it to go or even eat AT the place

@@seand1011 Taking it to the next level!!

Groceries, too.

Actually you call the dispatch and ask to speak to the management PR write the city. You have way more legal protections with a cab company because they are licensed by the city or state.

Every mile you drive toss between a dime and a quarter out the window... That's how much it costs to drive. Before maintenance. Before insurance. I only own a motorcycle...

Exactly; some people just don't have the brain cells to be factoring in oil, tire usage, washes, and long-term vehicle maintenance. Not to mention, if you're sitting still, your wages are deteriorating. Ultimately, all humans are mere stepping stones so that CEOs can afford hyper crazy A.I. and other automated systems. Once they have all of that, they won't require other humans anymore. 💪😎✌️

The bus is filled with worst characters in the history of life

@@benbazy9238 that's every gathering of humans

Glad that you feel safe enough to take the bus or walk. Sadly not my case

My preference these days is Waymo.

Doesn't surprise me. Regular taxis aren't any better, either. My dad drove cab for most of his life, and he had many days where he only broke even or earned next to nothing for an 8 hour shift. Granted, on good days he could pull in a ton of money, especially if there was an event in town.

One of the reasons I would never drive for one of the companies. The gas, insurance, wear and tear, etc. The costs would have to eat up most of the income.

I found the most fun driving job as a vehicle transporter for a major car rental company. I drive brand new rental cars with fuel they pay for and make an okay hourly wage.

Not true. I’m an Uber driver and I still love to drive

Nah you just have a low threshold for handling difficulties. I like to drive and I am good choosing rides and earning the most profit with minimal effort. Sometimes it’s not necessarily taking the highest paying fair. There are other important aspects to consider. Like total time investment, location of destination, and time of day.

@@danieldaniels7571 I would second this. Or a runner for vehicle auctions (though, the pay for this seems to be pretty sad.)

Yes, once I realized how much I was paying to be lazy to have my food delivered, It was costing at least an extra $10 each time and the stores are literally five minutes down the street, I deleted the apps and I also don’t eat as much fast food crap now, and just make healthier food at home. Ironically, my friend was telling me how he wanted to do that, because he had been ordering way too much daily DoorDash since the pandemic, and was just about to delete the app, when he died of a heart attack. just days later. 😢

just deal drugs. its easier, safer, and more profitable😅

​@@AvaAdore-wx5gghow do you sign up for medical delivery?

@@AvaAdore-wx5gg great tip! im actually going to look into that as well! any info on where to start?

and everyone else like you

You need to have a driver license and a car, that is sort of a qualification.

It's not a stranger, it's Roger! 😃

I've heard this argument before, and I don't get it. With rideshare, I get the driver's name, vehicle, license plate ahead of time. And that's just the information I see. When I hail a cab, I get to look for the driver's taxi ID. After getting into the vehicle.

​@@fosterfuchsAnd u still don't know either from a can of paint. 🙄

I tried never to drive evenings as well. This was especially because I operated in the L.A. area.

Except he missed the point that the drivers pay normally doesn't cover the cost of gas and maintenance that they spend to do the job.

Smug commenter has nothing to say and is proud of it.

Well Uber and Lyft are trying to get into the public transit business hopefully that will be shut down before it happens because they will only ruin public transit!

Pretty much the only places I use rideshares are when the taxis are sketchy, the public transit is inadequate, and I didn't rent a car. Also there's a growing trend of actual taxis getting integrated with convenient rideshare-like apps, like Blue Bird in Indonesia and Careem in Dubai.

If you couldn’t make decent money and a solid profit driving rideshare in one of the busiest markets in the country, during the “good old pre-Covid days”, no less. Well that’s on you my dude… I drove in Denver during that time and was pulling in great money, after expenses. I have friends in Southern California who were regularly pulling in $35-40 an hour, drifting Toyota corolla’s. Sorry man.

@@timetowakeup6302 Nah. Yer just a toxic troll, "my dude". 💪😎✌️

@@Novastar.SaberCombat If you think so….

I don’t make much money when you’re driving sedan now minivans and SUVs can make that money I know for a fact I can make $100 at two hours. It used to be much simpler where I could just do so ride though. When I got into sedan, I felt like my money went down like crazy specially after the pandemic.

I would figure if the dude is handing out free mints and got a good ol nice shirt with flowers and shit then he prolly making good money.

Just one of the many ways these "rideshare" companies are suckering their not-employees-for-legal-reasons. - To do this you really ought to have commercial vehicle insurance for business use; they just don't ask the drivers and many of the drivers either won't know or just roll the dice and hope. The insurance OUGHT to be covering a company asset (car) and liability (to customer). The average driver's insurance is usually just liability (to other people's cars and such). - Fuel costs, maintenance costs, and the actual cost of the car: paid for by the driver, company never has to worry about that. If it ends up being more than the driver makes, that's not Uber's problem - they'll run you until your vehicle dies and then stop giving a shit. - Pay? Heck no, they're """independent""" (except they need your app) contractors! Totally different. Doesn't matter if their pay actually squeaks out under minimum wage(s). They had one real advantage over taxi companies, in that they could have one slick app that works everywhere but most cab companies kinda don't. Big cities might but anywhere else? Unlikely, and certainly not one app already on someone's phone.

so dont do it, get a better job

⁠​⁠@@bradhaines3142 Sounds like a fine plan, but when I did it, I was so exhausted from working long hours to survive, I couldn’t imagine taking time to look for another job.

I had a friend who was living out of her car and also doing DoorDash. I didn’t understand it, but she was always excited when she made enough money to get a motel room

Mechanics are lawyers except you can see the dirt under their fingernails.

​@@muckymucksOh Damn!!!

Thank you for the information! Was in London in '99. Was warned about the minicabs and never used them. When the ride share companies first came on the scene, I remembered my trip. And then thought, isn't this the same business model as the minicabs?

​@@davidcox3076 exactly! With this being something I grew up with, saw as a kid through to late teens, I saw all the worst sides of it, which is why I've been very vocally opposed to Ride Share apps from the start, as they're just repeating and worsening the mistakes of the past.

and you can write off the mileage which means you should not really pay any taxes

I hate it when my Uber driver slams it into reverse on the highway.

If it's that obvious where their pimp is located, why not give law enforcement a holler and let them know.

@@fosterfuchs That would require law enforcement to be competent. Do you trust law enforcement to get there before the pimp kills you?

That sounds terrible. If passengers wanted to pay union reps a cut of the fare, for no change in quality of service, and no improvement in oversight, they'd hire a traditional taxi service.

@@osco4311 It's not about Union reps, it's about protecting jobs; avoiding exploitation and safety. Taxi drivers have to follow all kinds of safety rules and regulations. Uber drivers have caused deadly accidents due to the lack of oversight and their terrible working conditions. Without proper pay and benefits drivers take huge risks that cost human lives. I hope the Union forces Uber to step up and take responsibility.

What was the original title?

@@MalissiaCreates It was "if Uber was honest".

@@TimmyM ahhh makes sense it was changed. Thank you