| >It's crazy that people are so adamant to do social engineering for Uber that they won't even agree to entirely uncontroversial claims, like most taxis in Boston are clean or have functioning card readers -- things which are indisputably accurate. I'm from Boston. I took a ride from Brighton to Hynes. The cab driver goes through Storrow Dr and he skips the Kenmore exit to get to Hynes. I think he's going to take the Beacon Hill exit and he skips that too. I asked him why he didn't take the exit and he said, "Oh I thought you wanted to go to the Prudential." Prudential is the same place as Hynes. The taxi takes me all the way up Storrow to I-93 then to I-90 west finally taking the Copley exit back to Hynes. My bill ended up $45 from Brighton to Hynes. I have countless horror stories of cabs not picking me up because the distance was too short (South end to Fenway is too short), credit card machines "not working" so it's cash only, cabs not showing up at all or extremely late. I even have a cab scam story in Baltimore which I commented about here on HN. Uber has questionable ethics, but at least I don't have to deal with frustrations. I've lived in New Englad over a decade so this is my anecdotal experience with Boston cab drivers. |