[BlindTlk] lyft and Uber list serve

[David Andrews]

Mark:

I am sorry for your bad experiences.  I use Uber and Lyft regularly, 
and I would say at least 95 percent of my experiences are good.  If 
you are going to an unfamiliar place, you do have to make sure you 
are being dropped off at the right place by asking questions.

With any entity that deals with the public, airlines, bus or train 
companies, taxis, retail outlets, restaurants, and Uber and Lyft, 
customer service and training are a huge problem. How to train people 
and get them to act consistently and correctly is a huge problem.

A couple years ago I would have said that Lyft provided its drivers 
with better training than Uber, but now ... who knows.

What problems I had, I also had with taxi cabs when I used them.

And ... people with guide dogs have more problems -- that is a hard one!

Dave

At 12:31 PM 2/21/2020, you wrote:
>I hope all of you have had better luck with Uber than I 
>have.  Fortunately, they are not here yet.  I just got back from 
>Orlando, Florida where I was visiting a really good friend who is a 
>Federationist and uses Uber.  Last week we took Uber to go have 
>breakfast at a restaurant.  Well, the driver left us off at the 
>locked back door, and it wasn't until one of the staff recognized my 
>friend and let us in that we found that out.  On the way back to her 
>condo, we found out the Uber driver was stopped at the side of the 
>building, and the only way we found that out was through Aira.  He 
>would have left us standing out front.  But yesterday was the 
>absolute worst.  I had a 7:50 A.M. flight out from Orlando.  Well, 
>the Uber driver claimed he was looking for us.  My friend texted him 
>what sounded like very clear directions.  He apparently gave up on 
>trying to find us and then Uber tried to charge her a cancelation 
>fee.  So we called Lyft, and even then we got a driver who couldn't 
>speak English.  Anyway, I ended up missing my flight and 
>consequently didn't get home until after 3 this morning.  They both 
>need to train their people a hell of a lot better, my experience 
>with them this last week was truly awful.
>
>
>
>Mark Tardif
>Nuclear arms will not hold you.
>-----Original Message----- From: joseph hudson via BlindTlk
>Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2020 4:21 PM
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>Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] lyft and uber list serve
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>I'm not aware of one but I would be off for starting one if no one has yet.
>
>
>joseph hudson
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>>On Feb 6, 2020, at 9:59 AM, Justin Williams via BlindTlk 
>><blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>>Is there a list serve for the blindfor lyft and uber riders?
>>
>>
>>
>>Justin