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by scarface_74 1049 days ago
> Giving them an address for pickup works as well as a location based tracking and allows you to tell them to meet you 5 blocks away if you are on the move when you call.

Or you can just put a note in the app when you order and send messages. They can also call you.

If you don’t speak their language, the Uber app does translations.

> Immigrants have more street smarts than you give them credit for

When I spent 3 weeks in Los Cabos, Mexico. I had no street smarts, I didn’t know the language and when we were stuck in traffic, Uber automatically sent calls because it noticed we weren’t moving.