This seems like a slam piece following the #DeleteUber bandwagon.
1). The title doesn't match the contents. Instead of reporting on the specifics of the fare changes, Newcomer rehashes the more prominent Uber scandals and some short commentary on TK's "short temper."
2). A very short paragraph (around 1/20th the article) breifly elaborates on the fares:
> And the gig has gotten harder for longtime drivers. In 2012, Uber Black cost riders $4.90 per mile and $1.25 per minute in San Francisco, according to an old version of Uber's website. Today, Uber charges $3.75 per mile and $0.65 per minute. Black car drivers get paid less and their business faces far more competition from other Uber services.
3). The video transcription selectively takes out parts and fudges others:
> "Kalanick begins to lose his temper."
> Omitting the civil conversation preceding "But people are not trusting you anymore"
The following is just my personal anecdote: I have an immigrant in my family who's just like the driver. He's not interested in "fighting over a good idea, which sometimes means admitting that his isn’t the best one," but looking to assert his ideas onto anyone who takes his argument-bait.
Additionally, it's plain rude to engage in this sort of thing with a stranger.
Yeah, I get the feeling that people who have a big problem with Fawzi's tone here are really saying "you don't talk to the boss that way!" But you know, maybe you SHOULD talk to the boss that way.
> You may want to rephrase that, because it sounds an awful lot like you're attributing "stubbornness" to the fact that this guy's an immigrant.
I am. This sort of behavior is common among older people from the country my family member -- and I -- emigrated from.
> He's not a stranger. He's the boss.
That's a bit of an exaggeration. Travis isn't directly overseeing this specific driver's operations (ignoring the whole "Uber is a contractor not an employer").
Travis isn't responsible for the driver bankrupting himself. That's poor life decisions. I'd never buy a brand new luxury car just for Uber Black. I don't know the circumstances of how that driver lost $97k, but that's a lot of money to lose over Uber Black as a driver. I don't know how he did it. Whatever he did, blaming the CEO of Uber is hardly appropriate.
My uncle's like that. He has no idea in exchanging ideas, he just wants to tell you what he thinks and have you agree. It's exhausting to engage with him. When he first met my fiancee, he spent an hour telling her (a clinical geneticist) all about why vaccines are damaging. That was not fun.
Rude? This driver, rightly or wrongly so, believes this Travis guy bankrupted him by being dishonest.
I'm sure Travis can spare 10 minutes in his 70 billion dollar lifestyle if this guy's life has been ruined.
And based off what we know of Uber's values, attitudes, and CEO, the driver was probably right and Travis-bro deserves some rudeness to bring him back down to Earth.
So, let me get this straight. Uber has lowered the fair once on Uber Black to $3.75/mile, yet it seems that this driver was falsely insisting it was $2.75/mile. That would be frustrating to me too.
1). The title doesn't match the contents. Instead of reporting on the specifics of the fare changes, Newcomer rehashes the more prominent Uber scandals and some short commentary on TK's "short temper."
2). A very short paragraph (around 1/20th the article) breifly elaborates on the fares:
> And the gig has gotten harder for longtime drivers. In 2012, Uber Black cost riders $4.90 per mile and $1.25 per minute in San Francisco, according to an old version of Uber's website. Today, Uber charges $3.75 per mile and $0.65 per minute. Black car drivers get paid less and their business faces far more competition from other Uber services.
3). The video transcription selectively takes out parts and fudges others:
> "Kalanick begins to lose his temper."
> Omitting the civil conversation preceding "But people are not trusting you anymore"
The following is just my personal anecdote: I have an immigrant in my family who's just like the driver. He's not interested in "fighting over a good idea, which sometimes means admitting that his isn’t the best one," but looking to assert his ideas onto anyone who takes his argument-bait.
Additionally, it's plain rude to engage in this sort of thing with a stranger.