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The "sharing" economy--is it here to stay?
| September 18th, 2015 at 11:14:13 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Its basically electronic cream skimming. so its efficiently done but screwing someone: the driver/owner, the customer? the cab company. Florida has always had teh problem with cold weather tradesmen who want to have a business in some snow state but come to Florida during winter and skim the cream by under bidding the competition since its really a three month vacation for him. Use one electronic service to rent an apartment for a month then use airbnb to re=rent it at five times the amount. Its like following Pump and Dump penny stocks: buy them on the Pump but sell them well before the dump. Its agility over pennies and over seconds. but nothing is worth more than its price and loyalty is for chumps. so maybe its the new style. |
| February 22nd, 2016 at 3:12:40 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Uber drive goes on a murder spree. I don't believe a real cab driver has ever done this. http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/21/us/michigan-kalamazoo-county-shooting-spree/ If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 22nd, 2016 at 3:33:17 PM permalink | |
| TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 |
No? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria_shootings It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
| February 22nd, 2016 at 4:00:21 PM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4969 |
Impossible. Upstanding citizens like taxi drivers would never break the law. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| February 22nd, 2016 at 4:31:11 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Totally different. The killings in England were all planned and targeted, the Uber shooting was somebody snapping and killing randomly. In England he could have been a office manager, it still would have happened. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 22nd, 2016 at 4:44:31 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18213 |
So what you are saying is the need for a medallion is imaginary and Uber drivers are equal to cabs? The President is a fink. |
| February 22nd, 2016 at 4:50:19 PM permalink | |
| TheCesspit Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 23 Posts: 1929 |
They were not all planned. He started with a plan, then carried on driving around and shooting other people, from his car. As a taxi driver. You claimed taxi drivers would never do this. Seems they do. Because people can go crazy in all walks of life and snap, and start shooting. Oh, and he's not the only taxi driver whose gone on a killing spree. Just the most obvious one, as it was a huge deal in the UK, came straight to mind. It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die.... it's called Life |
| February 22nd, 2016 at 5:14:34 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
They're illegal unvetted cab drivers, just what I've always said. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| February 22nd, 2016 at 5:22:03 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18213 |
Only "illegal" because cab drivers have it set up to discriminate against anyone who wants to enter the business. The President is a fink. |
| February 22nd, 2016 at 5:28:36 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Illegal because there is no fed criminal check and no drug testing, which every city of any size has now. Cab driving for the majority of drivers is a career, it's not a hobby they do after dinner, when they feel like it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |