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Control freak is pissed that she can't control you. Lock up her knife arm and elbow her in the face. Y'know, figuratively.Broomstick wrote:Miss Hysteria
Oh, you mean mock her, scorn her, and make her look even more stupid and useless than she already is at every conceivable turn? Oh, wait, no, that would be what I've done. As the Ancient Mariner once said, do not do what I have done.Raw Shark wrote:Control freak is pissed that she can't control you. Lock up her knife arm and elbow her in the face. Y'know, figuratively.
I'm not so sure it's a control freak issue as much as she's terrified I'm going to make the job she claims is too hard and no one can succeed in look possible or even easy. She's a very negative person, full of doom. Really annoying. She also has nearly no computer skills, which are sort of essential to the job.Raw Shark wrote:Control freak is pissed that she can't control you. Lock up her knife arm and elbow her in the face. Y'know, figuratively.Broomstick wrote:Miss Hysteria
Some people, especially when they're drunk, have the idea that I maintain the vehicle myself and am personally responsible for any mechanical failures. The reality is that I rely on the pot-addled halfwits who are ordered to cut corners whenever possible up at the company shop, of course. About a third of the time when I shop the car (which costs me a day or more of work unless they have a replacement), I get it back in the exact same condition that it was in when I shopped it, and my only consolation is that I can go yell at the bosses about it without getting fired. Once in a while they even seem to actively be smartasses or make it worse, like the time that I complained that the credit card machine was being held on by a bungie cord and they gave it back to me dangling by its wires without the bungie cord. And those guys like me. I can only imagine the shit they put everybody else through.U.P. Cinnabar wrote:How could it be bad customer service, when you're not charging him for checking out a possible flat?! Unless, in his alcoholic state he mentally mangled the whole pausing the meter so he wouldn't be charged part.
Um... yes and no.InsaneTD wrote:So I take it her being backup was not her choice then?
Raw Shark wrote:Some people, especially when they're drunk, have the idea that I maintain the vehicle myself and am personally responsible for any mechanical failures. The reality is that I rely on the pot-addled halfwits who are ordered to cut corners whenever possible up at the company shop, of course. About a third of the time when I shop the car (which costs me a day or more of work unless they have a replacement), I get it back in the exact same condition that it was in when I shopped it, and my only consolation is that I can go yell at the bosses about it without getting fired. Once in a while they even seem to actively be smartasses or make it worse, like the time that I complained that the credit card machine was being held on by a bungie cord and they gave it back to me dangling by its wires without the bungie cord. And those guys like me. I can only imagine the shit they put everybody else through.U.P. Cinnabar wrote:How could it be bad customer service, when you're not charging him for checking out a possible flat?! Unless, in his alcoholic state he mentally mangled the whole pausing the meter so he wouldn't be charged part.
Have you had many Uber/Lyft defectors from your company? From what you've told us about the shop. And management. And dispatch...Oh, yeah, definitely. I've never seen so many unclaimed vehicles sitting on the lot during baseball season. The company has cheerfully sat on its ass and enjoyed its ability to provide shit service to the drivers for decades, and is just now realizing that there's a problem, and they're blaming us for it in the newsletters. They actually had gall to suggest that we should shower more often and give the passengers bottled water at our own expense a few months ago.Venator wrote:
I fully concur. I was actually invited to a war meeting about a year ago where we discussed how my company can remain competitive, with ten or twelve of the other guys who've been there the longest (I was probably the youngest guy in the room), and I threw them suggestions like, "Keep the fleet in proper working order so I don't say-for-example break down on my way to a pick-up or lose my brakes abruptly with a passenger in the back and nearly kill us both (both of which have happened to me)," "Improve the app so it works as easily as theirs," "Fire everybody in Dispatch, replace them with people who give a rat's ass, and pay them more than minimum wage," and last but not least, "Improve the network so we can take credit cards consistently instead of watching it go down more than a three-dollar hooker every weekend." Those things would all involve spending money, however, so even though the junior manager who moderated the meeting dutifully wrote them down, upper management promptly shitcanned them and started blaming the problem on us.Simon_Jester wrote:Given how reliant Uber is on cheating its workforce and paying them extremely poor wages, I can't imagine they'd be doing such good business outcompeting the taxi companies if the taxi companies weren't busily grenading themselves in the foot.
Not just the fleet, but the entire logistical burden. It might seem like a good deal to have to get private mechanics who actually do their jobs up front, but have fun paying through the nose to replace your own car's transmission in three years, motherfuckers. Also, the more incidents of gross negligence they allow, the less the public will trust them. I talked to three people last night who would rather ride with a regulated company that does background checks, carries professional chauffeur's insurance, inspects the vehicles once a week instead of once and then never again, doesn't wait until you're drunk and then bend you over and rape you on prices, etc.U.P. Cinnabar wrote:So Uber is taking an already existing shitty business model, making it even worse by cutting out the fleet and passing the "savings" onto their drivers, and the cab companies wonder why they're being beaten at their own game?
I think that if you search for posts under my name with the keyword Uber you'll have adequate ammunition. The first real taxi company to adapt will stomp the clown cars into the ground. I just hope it's mine, because switching to another would be a lot of paperwork and a day at City Hall for me.Elheru Aran wrote:I've got a friend considering working with Lyft. I'm not sure how exactly to tell her it might not be the awesomest idea.
Yeah, that's what I like the most about driving a real cab.Elheru Aran wrote:She says she likes that she'd be semi-self-employed and able to set her own hours and all that...
Just have her do the math on it, that should dissuade her right quick. Pizza places usually comp you for distance driven on top of an hourly wage and tips. Lyft, I suspect, does not. Just whatever percent of a share. I've seen things indicating that Uber and Lyft tend to result in you being paid under minimum wage once you account for commercial car insurance, gas, oil changes, etc.Elheru Aran wrote:I've got a friend considering working with Lyft. I'm not sure how exactly to tell her it might not be the awesomest idea.
EDIT: For background detail, she's currently an assistant manager or something like that at a chain pizza place. She's having workplace conflicts and seeking a transfer to another store. The Lyft thing is plan B for her. She already does a lot of delivery, so she's familiar with taking care of wear and tear on her car. She says she likes that she'd be semi-self-employed and able to set her own hours and all that...
Do you have to have commercial insurance or can you just use your own car insurance? I wonder.Napoleon the Clown wrote:Just have her do the math on it, that should dissuade her right quick. Pizza places usually comp you for distance driven on top of an hourly wage and tips. Lyft, I suspect, does not. Just whatever percent of a share. I've seen things indicating that Uber and Lyft tend to result in you being paid under minimum wage once you account for commercial car insurance, gas, oil changes, etc.Elheru Aran wrote:I've got a friend considering working with Lyft. I'm not sure how exactly to tell her it might not be the awesomest idea.
EDIT: For background detail, she's currently an assistant manager or something like that at a chain pizza place. She's having workplace conflicts and seeking a transfer to another store. The Lyft thing is plan B for her. She already does a lot of delivery, so she's familiar with taking care of wear and tear on her car. She says she likes that she'd be semi-self-employed and able to set her own hours and all that...
Also remind her that cleaning up vomit will become a major part of her job description. And I doubt Lyft will comp her for that in any way. Ask Shark how fun it is to clean up a backseat full of vomit.
