YouTuber Dave Zambie, host of Dave the Uber Slave had a bad experience with a passenger. At least he thinks he did. He thinks she gave him a 1-star rating. The good news is that he took the 1-star rating like a professional, learned from it, and then quickly moved on. Just kidding! He didn’t...
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AT&T is unreliable and its customer service to terrible
I’ve been having intermittent problems with AT&T Wireless. I’m having difficulties using their “Fastest in Hagerstown wireless network.” Because I drive for both Uber and Lyft, this problem is more than a small annoyance. It stops me from earning money. Either I cannot accept ride requests, or I cannot end a passenger’s ride because my...
Read MoreCanceling an Uber trip because the rider does not have a child safety seat
Uber sent me a ride request yesterday afternoon. When I arrived at the passenger’s location, a woman walked out of the house carrying a baby in a basket-style baby carrier. It did not look like an approved child safety seat. I didn’t see how it could be strapped into with a seatbelt. I didn’t see...
Read MoreUber failed me by refusing to follow Maryland child safety seat law
I had an unpleasant experience Monday while driving for Uber. It involved Maryland’s child safety seat law and Uber’s refusal to support it....
Read MoreVirtue signaling is always a giant waste of time
Funimation, a Texas-based company specializing in dubbing and distributing anime for an American audience, went to Twitter on Saturday and engaged in a bit of virtue signaling....
Read MoreMaryland child safety seat law applies to Uber and Lyft drivers
I thought that when you drove for Uber or Lyft, you were exempt from the law requiring young children to be in a child safety seat. Taxis are exempt from the Maryland child safety seat law. I was under the assumption that Maryland considered rideshare drivers to be like taxi drivers....
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