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this post was submitted on 06 Jan 2024
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Uber is a cancer on society, but taxi's didn't just come when called.
Here's how it would work: call cab company at 6AM and request taxi pickup at 8:00 to take you to airport.
At 8:15AM, call dispatch back and ask where you taxi is. Dispatch tells you they're almost there.
8:45AM call dispatch again, and they'll tell you they're about to pull up.
9:30AM call dispatch and cancel pickup
9:32AM Taxi arrives and it smells like the physical manifestation of 1970s porn set that allowed smoking.
There is a reason why the taxi industry got wrecked so quickly: it sucked, badly.