Don’t know if this belongs here or not, didn’t know which thread. But anyone who takes Uber regularly, have you seen a huge spike? We only do a few times a year, and a trip to the airport has tripled in 2 years. First time using it it costs about $30 to go to the airport, about a 20 minute drive. Just checked for tomorrow morning, they wanted $105! I know gas is up, but come on. $105 for a 20 minute ride? No thanks. Is there a shortage of drivers or what’s going on?
the sad thing is, at least when I was a driver for various apps, a cost increase to the consumer very rarely translated into increased income for the drivers.
Don’t know if this belongs here or not, didn’t know which thread. But anyone who takes Uber regularly, have you seen a huge spike? We only do a few times a year, and a trip to the airport has tripled in 2 years. First time using it it costs about $30 to go to the airport, about a 20 minute drive. Just checked for tomorrow morning, they wanted $105! I know gas is up, but come on. $105 for a 20 minute ride? No thanks. Is there a shortage of drivers or what’s going on?
Could be the time? They do have price surges for popular time slots.
They announced fare hikes but not to that extreme.
Don’t know if this belongs here or not, didn’t know which thread. But anyone who takes Uber regularly, have you seen a huge spike? We only do a few times a year, and a trip to the airport has tripled in 2 years. First time using it it costs about $30 to go to the airport, about a 20 minute drive. Just checked for tomorrow morning, they wanted $105! I know gas is up, but come on. $105 for a 20 minute ride? No thanks. Is there a shortage of drivers or what’s going on?
It's worth watching Super Pumped (also featuring an a soundtrack of primarily Pearl Jam, three episodes in!) to learn about Uber's 'just slowly raise the price' strategy. Create a societal dependance on the service, then jack the prices once there are no other viable options.
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Don’t know if this belongs here or not, didn’t know which thread. But anyone who takes Uber regularly, have you seen a huge spike? We only do a few times a year, and a trip to the airport has tripled in 2 years. First time using it it costs about $30 to go to the airport, about a 20 minute drive. Just checked for tomorrow morning, they wanted $105! I know gas is up, but come on. $105 for a 20 minute ride? No thanks. Is there a shortage of drivers or what’s going on?
It's worth watching Super Pumped (also featuring an a soundtrack of primarily Pearl Jam, three episodes in!) to learn about Uber's 'just slowly raise the price' strategy. Create a societal dependance on the service, then jack the prices once there are no other viable options.
Sounds like Amazon. The price we pay for short term convenience.
Did you see where China is shutting down manufacturing facilities and locking down cities because of covid, further exacerbating supply chain issues and inflation?
no fucking bananas or romaine lettuce at the supermarket today. and my deodorant brand out of stock too. jesus.
After hearing horror stories (AKA whining) about stores being out of items for the past few months, i had my first experience with not being able to get an item I was in need of. Evidently, there is a shortage of fresh basil (at least in St. Paul, MN).
I had to substitute dried basil in my recipe. The horror!!!
no fucking bananas or romaine lettuce at the supermarket today. and my deodorant brand out of stock too. jesus.
After hearing horror stories (AKA whining) about stores being out of items for the past few months, i had my first experience with not being able to get an item I was in need of. Evidently, there is a shortage of fresh basil (at least in St. Paul, MN).
I had to substitute dried basil in my recipe. The horror!!!
it's been getting progressively worse over the past month or so here. and you never know what or when. apparently neither do the stores. just a completely empty section where the bananas usually are.
I understand it's not the worst thing in the world, but a lot of senior citizens are very regimented in their diets, and their budgets, so yeah, a simple thing as no bananas or lettuce could be stressful for them. to us it's just mildly annoying, but we adapt. not everyone can.
At the grocery store I shop at here in Canada, the cereal isle has been a ghost town for weeks. A few items left but mostly empty. I was quite shocked when I was at the Walmart in port angeles and their cereal isle was completely full. In fact I didn't see much of any empty shelf space in the store. I guess the US is having less supply chain issues than we are.
Don’t know if this belongs here or not, didn’t know which thread. But anyone who takes Uber regularly, have you seen a huge spike? We only do a few times a year, and a trip to the airport has tripled in 2 years. First time using it it costs about $30 to go to the airport, about a 20 minute drive. Just checked for tomorrow morning, they wanted $105! I know gas is up, but come on. $105 for a 20 minute ride? No thanks. Is there a shortage of drivers or what’s going on?
Could be the time? They do have price surges for popular time slots.
They announced fare hikes but not to that extreme.
I don’t think it’s the time. Was 8:00 Saturday morning, not much going on. I do know the high demand hikes. Hotel to Wrigley field was about $30, coming home was $80 or 90 because of the demand.
I haven’t seen super pumped, but that slowly raise prices might be it. A few bucks a month Combined with possibly driver shortage creating a permanent high demand situation.
At the grocery store I shop at here in Canada, the cereal isle has been a ghost town for weeks. A few items left but mostly empty. I was quite shocked when I was at the Walmart in port angeles and their cereal isle was completely full. In fact I didn't see much of any empty shelf space in the store. I guess the US is having less supply chain issues than we are.
That’s weird. I was in two grocery stores on Friday (poor planning on my part) and didn’t really notice any major gaps. The cereal aisles looked as they usually do. One of the stores didn’t have limes and that was the only thing I noticed missing.
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I literally cannot even keep track of price changes in my store. Certain product are coming in at what I was selling them for. It’s been absolutely insane.
At the grocery store I shop at here in Canada, the cereal isle has been a ghost town for weeks. A few items left but mostly empty. I was quite shocked when I was at the Walmart in port angeles and their cereal isle was completely full. In fact I didn't see much of any empty shelf space in the store. I guess the US is having less supply chain issues than we are.
That’s weird. I was in two grocery stores on Friday (poor planning on my part) and didn’t really notice any major gaps. The cereal aisles looked as they usually do. One of the stores didn’t have limes and that was the only thing I noticed missing.
I usually go to the Save On on Blanshard/Vernon by uptown. Maybe it's just the chain that's having the supply issue.
One of my wife's friends posted a picture of an empty shelf, complaining about the lack of Toaster Strudels for her boys and of course blamed Biden. I lit a candle for her loss.
One of my wife's friends posted a picture of an empty shelf, complaining about the lack of Toaster Strudels for her boys and of course blamed Biden. I lit a candle for her loss.
Imagine if that was all you had to bitch about in the world? Man it would be a sublime life. Tell her I want hers, please.
One of my wife's friends posted a picture of an empty shelf, complaining about the lack of Toaster Strudels for her boys and of course blamed Biden. I lit a candle for her loss.
Imagine if that was all you had to bitch about in the world? Man it would be a sublime life. Tell her I want hers, please.
Oh she complains about other things as well. Gas prices, loss of freedom, mask mandates, stolen elections, etc.
One of my wife's friends posted a picture of an empty shelf, complaining about the lack of Toaster Strudels for her boys and of course blamed Biden. I lit a candle for her loss.
Imagine if that was all you had to bitch about in the world? Man it would be a sublime life. Tell her I want hers, please.
Oh she complains about other things as well. Gas prices, loss of freedom, mask mandates, stolen elections, etc.
my local record store posted that masks were no longer required by customers to wear in the store, per provincial health guidelines, but the staff would still be wearing them. the one and only comment on the post was "give it up ffs". looked at the guy's profile....as I guessed...freedom convoy supporter. if it was REALLY about freedom of the individual, wouldn't he be ok, nay, ENCOURAGING, people to do as they wish?
At the grocery store I shop at here in Canada, the cereal isle has been a ghost town for weeks. A few items left but mostly empty. I was quite shocked when I was at the Walmart in port angeles and their cereal isle was completely full. In fact I didn't see much of any empty shelf space in the store. I guess the US is having less supply chain issues than we are.
That’s weird. I was in two grocery stores on Friday (poor planning on my part) and didn’t really notice any major gaps. The cereal aisles looked as they usually do. One of the stores didn’t have limes and that was the only thing I noticed missing.
It’s pretty regular where we are to not have milk or half n half lately. Go to the milk isle and it’s just empty, except maybe a few jugs of whole milk from the premium brand or something.
I either read or heard it somewhere "gas prices rise like a rocket and fall like a feather". It's interesting how linear and timely the gas price follows the upswing on oil prices, but never seems to follow the downswing to same way.
it's all a scam. gas prices also skyrocket the second oil prices go up. that gas at the pump has been in the ground up to a month already (I know, I used to be the guy that measured how much was left in the underground tanks and did the ordering). that gas isn't costing the companies the price it will cost them when that oil is refined and shipped and delivered.
it's all a scam. gas prices also skyrocket the second oil prices go up. that gas at the pump has been in the ground up to a month already (I know, I used to be the guy that measured how much was left in the underground tanks and did the ordering). that gas isn't costing the companies the price it will cost them when that oil is refined and shipped and delivered.
I used to be that guy, too, but for a single pump for outboard motors at a fish camp my family owned.
Horror story: One time while measuring, I let go of the pole in the tank for a few seconds to lift my head to tell a customer I'd be right with him, and when I turned back around to get back to measuring, the pole had moved and pierced right through my eye! Unfortunately, this predated the Motherfucker! thread.
It healed up fine, but I stuck to selling snacks, refreshments, and bait, and cleaning campers' catches after that.
it's all a scam. gas prices also skyrocket the second oil prices go up. that gas at the pump has been in the ground up to a month already (I know, I used to be the guy that measured how much was left in the underground tanks and did the ordering). that gas isn't costing the companies the price it will cost them when that oil is refined and shipped and delivered.
I used to be that guy, too, but for a single pump for outboard motors at a fish camp my family owned.
Horror story: One time while measuring, I let go of the pole in the tank for a few seconds to lift my head to tell a customer I'd be right with him, and when I turned back around to get back to measuring, the pole had moved and pierced right through my eye! Unfortunately, this predated the Motherfucker! thread.
It healed up fine, but I stuck to selling snacks, refreshments, and bait, and cleaning campers' catches after that.
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They announced fare hikes but not to that extreme.
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I had to substitute dried basil in my recipe. The horror!!!
I understand it's not the worst thing in the world, but a lot of senior citizens are very regimented in their diets, and their budgets, so yeah, a simple thing as no bananas or lettuce could be stressful for them. to us it's just mildly annoying, but we adapt. not everyone can.
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I usually go to the Save On on Blanshard/Vernon by uptown. Maybe it's just the chain that's having the supply issue.
I guess it wasn't really about freedom after all.
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Horror story: One time while measuring, I let go of the pole in the tank for a few seconds to lift my head to tell a customer I'd be right with him, and when I turned back around to get back to measuring, the pole had moved and pierced right through my eye! Unfortunately, this predated the Motherfucker! thread.
It healed up fine, but I stuck to selling snacks, refreshments, and bait, and cleaning campers' catches after that.
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oh, and, did anyone contact The Rock about calling it the People's Convoy? I do see a lot of jabronis and candy asses, but no Rock.
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