I say this from the bottom of my heart, FUCK TAXIS

Taxis have left me waiting for hours and ripped me off 1 too many times on top of every cab I’ve been in has been quite dirty. They tried using their near-monopolistic position in most places to ignore basic innovations, like having an app to request a taxi (and having that app not look like it’s a time capsule from 2008) or even taking card.

Uber drivers don’t regularly leave me waiting for hours with the promise of being “Just 10 minutes away”

Uber drivers can’t go “This guy isn’t local, so I’m going to go the longest way possible to rack up charges”

Uber doesn’t leave me guessing where the car is with my only way to find out is to call dispatch (Who will constantly tell you a car is on the way “just a couple minutes”)

Uber drivers don’t just stop 2 or 3 blocks away and expect me to walk

Uber cars have been far cleaner and better maintained than the best taxi I’ve been in

I’ve felt far more unsafe and uncomfortable in a taxi than any Uber ride I’ve been in

I have no sympathy for taxis, they’re dead to me. Do you honestly think taxis wouldn’t be doing the exact same things as Uber? They’re playing the victim now because they lost their monopoly and can’t. The only places that had even half decent taxis are places where they actually had competition like NYC or near major airports, everywhere else? Yea they would rip you off every chance they could and customer service? Pfffft