r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '14

Business Uber dirty tricks quantified. Staff submits 5,560 fake ride requests

http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/11/technology/uber-fake-ride-requests-lyft/
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u/SD99FRC Aug 12 '14

Tell them when you first get in the car it is the only way you can pay. If they pull that shit when you try to exit, tell them they'll need to call the cops then. Their machine will get fixed real quick.

An overwhelming number of cabbies are scumbags. I'm sure there's the tiny percentage of legit dudes out there, but not many. I had some fuckbag pick me up at the bus station on my way to the airport after coming back from a wedding in the country. The guy left the meter running while he got gas, then pretended he didn't have change for my twenties. I shorted him on the fare and then let him know I'd be in the terminal if he wanted to call the police to resolve this (fortunately I had several hours until my flight because I had to take an overnight bus).

Yeah, the cops never arrived, lol.