90s kids were told never to talk to strangers, never talk to strangers on the internet, and never get into strangers cars. Nowadays, all three are happening.
Well, to be fair, with the increasingly estranged relationships people have with their neighbors and the other people we encounter regularly in our lives, if we never talked to strangers, we'd basically never talk to ANYONE.
@@Disgruntled_Grunt Considering that nearly all kidnappings and child related crimes involve someone the child already knows, including their parents, maybe they should now be saying "Don't talk to people you KNOW, either."
As someone who has driven for these companies on the side since the early days, I'm impressed on informed you are about how despicable they truly are. You only left out the part that's happening recently where they are jacking up the fares for passengers but paying drivers even less and hiding the total charge, to the point that in some cases the drivers are only getting 25% of the fare while shouldering the entire cost of the vehicle!
@@michaelsargent9490Unless legislation is enacted, you will ran out of companies that aren't sh*tty to work with, because they are going to be ran out of bussiness by said sh*tty companies (disloyal competition).
This is because, up until recently, your income was subsidized by investors who didn't require that the business turn a profit. Now that profitability is required to continue to operate, there is less money to go around.
@@michaelsargent9490 True, but to be fair, unemployed people are told constantly to stop being so picky and that if they really wanted to work then they'd be willing to accept anything. Then people that were willing to accept anything are told constantly that if they really find their working conditions so exploitative then they shouldn't have taken the job.
@@Dubmaster3 Yeah, I searched for it before I posted. They've done hotels as well as landlords recently, but Airbnb brings them and "tech" all together in a uniquely terrible way.
And remember, your ride-share driver's auto insurance may not pay you for injuries in an accident, because the driver's insurance doesn't cover business use.
Actually, this is no longer an issue... At least in some states maybe. In Oregon, ride share companies are required by law to give drivers full coverage insurance while they have a pasaabger. Insurance that covers injuries to the passagers of your and other people's cars. As well as damage to said cars of course. It doesn't matter what personal insurance the driver has. However, if you get in an accident the ride share company will 100% try to screw you over on damages to yours or other cars and try not to pay for it. Which is when yah, your personal insurance comes into play..
@@OgdenMDepending on the state and insurance. Sometimes other insurance just doesn't kick in at all. In general, it sounds really messy and just not worth it for either the driver or passenger. I'm honestly not sure what the appeal is. It's basically a shitty cab service with extra steps so they don't have to be held responsible by anyone.
@richardarriaga6271 that's why you need to buy the TNC endorsement otherwise, your insurance will refuse to cover anything. I have firsthand experience from an accident I had a couple of years ago. The rules may also vary from state to state.
I never buy excuses like that. The problem was said right before it; they spend millions to “lobby” when really they’re just paying some motivated politicians and people with influence off to make sure new regulations aren’t passed and old ones aren’t enforced. It’s a cop out to say they don’t understand. They understand perfectly well: money talks
Social anxiety just means you’re a little bitch who cannot handle the meat sack they live in. No one finds it endearing, we all find it laughable as we carry on with our mundane lives surrounded by people. You are the only reason you have anxiety. It’s literally your brain telling you not to. It’s not based on a rational thought.
I can't get over the background going the wrong direction when the passenger asks about deep-seated anger management issues that manifest as road rage.
@@M-qw9ru considering you need a fairly recent, decent car for ubering, chances are that car is not paid off. Therefore it belongs to the bank. It is then more a liability than an asset.
@@coffeebux never had a puker, but I had some close calls. Had to pull over, stop at Circle K, etc. Also had annoying hipsters who would argue with me, make my car smell like weed, then give me one star
@@walmartpimp2Yup, Goodwill gets their inventory for free, so their profit margins are very high. Of course profits are paid out as high salaries to the execs, so it stays “nonprofit”.
@@walmartpimp2the point is they use the money from the sale for charity. But Goodwill is horrible in plenty of other ways. Like did you know that minimun wage doesn't apply to disabled people? Goodwill has a history of seeking out disabled people (mainly autistic people, I think) then paying them like $0.10 / hour.
@@Spencer-wc6ew If the minimum wage did apply, no people with debilitating handicaps would have jobs at all. There's more to a job than a wage -- there's a feeling of worth and purpose, and for disadvantaged people who have other means of support, those things are extremely valuable.
Oh yea no joke. "We'll take your blood for free and sell it for $5k each." The entire healthcare scam is a big one. I lost my insurance due to a layoff recently and my out of pocket costs... actually went down.
In Massachusetts the ride share companies have been hiring day laborers to sit outside supermarkets and solicit people for signatures. They want to avoid paying hourly wages and benefits because its how their businesses make any money. The workers have even been coached to say things like "Drivers should remain classified as independent contractors so they can have freedom." The people I spoke with didn't even know who they represented. The ride share companies have low income people working against their own best interests.
I was a taxi driver in the East Bay area for 4 years. We had to go through fingerprinting and background checks to get our license to pick up passengers. The taxi cabs were supposed to be maintained to meet certain safety standards (though Walnut Creek clearly failed to check on the cabs there). As bad as that was, at least there was some level of regulation. Uber and Lyft operate completely outside of this, I don't know how they are permitted to operate. What's the point of paying for a taxi license if some nameless rando in his own car can operate without one?
Uber does have standards: You need to have drivers license, good driving record - they check that, a good car without dents or scratches and car insurance and a good smartphone. They don't require an interview, a resume or past experience, that's why it's the best company in the world - the job that's not hard to get. I hope there are companies will appear that don't require an interview, a resume or past experience; but I think it does not exist yet.
There was an era that can be said to be the rise of consumer protection laws. But that was an era before everyone had a computer in their home. Fast forward to today, and those old consumer protection laws apply only to the old paradigms, like purely physical goods. Modern companies argue they are outside such laws or regulations because those laws were never written to apply to say, software licenses. So john deere can say you don't have to the right to repair the john deere tractor you paid for in full because it has software integrated throughout it and trying to repair it would be a violation of the software license, software being something that wasn't an issue in the era all those consumer protection laws were made. Apple. Tesla. etc.... More and more every year. Gig jobs can say they are merely software services connecting customers to independent contractors they have no control over so only laws regulating software companies should apply to them and both the customers and the independent contractors should be bound by whatever horrible terms they invent in their TOS w/out limitation. Consumers need to stop being so worried when they cast a vote about who can use which bathroom, because such issues are deliberate red herrings to get the voter so angry over non issues that they ignore the real issues that impact their day to day lives, and instead voters need to vote with a mind to bring in a new era of consumer protection laws even if only to update the existing ones so that they also apply to software/tech. The pre-software protections are actually pretty good if they could just also be applied to current gen products entangled with software. Currently, you have far more rights under the law when you buy a purely physical good like a chainsaw, then when you buy a tesla, or anything else entangled with software. The more products get entangled with software, the more products there are that exist outside of existing regulations, diminishing our rights as consumers/customers.
This was a really funny video because I have driven for both companies. The wear and tear on my car has been astounding and the passengers that I have encountered have made me lose all faith in humanity. I am constantly getting the drunk passengers and the ones that reek of weed. One night, I actually had a drunk passenger who urinated herself just as she arrived at her destination. After I dropped her off, I turned off the app and went home, and Fabreezed the hell out of the back seat and never drove again.
As an independent contractor, the urine situation is tax deductible, did you write that off on your tax report? And hopefully Uber covered the cost of getting that cleaned. That's one of the benefits that is attracting people to the gig economy, because as an independent contractor there are a lot of tax write offs one can take advantage of that never apply to you if you are an employee for a company, wear and tear on your vehicle, fuel, insurance, etc so this is one case where a personal vehicle is an asset instead of a liability. One of the other things that drives folks to the gig economy companies is having more control over how you spend your time, that's something you have zero of when working as an employee for a company.
@@Hardin9The average driver has no idea what a tax deduction even is. You don't have PHD students driving uber. it's foreigners or dropouts usually. At least in my area.
LOL! Yup. I was a cabbie. So I know the background stuff you gotta go through - and the medical exams etc. But in Vegas, when ride shares started, they did undercut the cabbies that people switched over. Now that ride shares have the numbers and the habits - the prices are on par with cabs and higher. We got played! Now this company’s got your info, where you go, your address etc - something a basic cabbie never got. I can only speak about Vegas cabs and ride shares.
A similar version of this could go for the food delivery spinoffs. The last time I tried, my order was stolen 3 times in a row by the driver and then when I finally got it, the order wasn't even right. Combined with absurd fees it's actually more convenient to just go get the stuff
Anyone notice at 1:52 mark The scenery in the background starts going the opposite way as if they were going backwards when they focus in on the passenger
@JimAllen-Persona I, for one, appreciated knowing you found it was bg footage from Tennessee and finding your replies felt like piecing together a story. Maybe I'm just easily amused sometimes, but I appreciated it.
Great stuff. There are several YT videos from former drivers who, after itemizing the costs, realized there were breaking even at best, or often just plain losing. The difference can be made up for with a large tip, but that doesn't happen often.
Doesn't surprise me. Regular taxis aren't any better, either. My dad drove cab for most of his life, and he had many days where he only broke even or earned next to nothing for an 8 hour shift. Granted, on good days he could pull in a ton of money, especially if there was an event in town.
One of the reasons I would never drive for one of the companies. The gas, insurance, wear and tear, etc. The costs would have to eat up most of the income.
I did this when I was desperate for a while and once you replace your first set of tires you see how you're barely getting paid when accounting for wear and tear. Many of these drivers don't think too much about gas, let alone more expensive stuff being destroyed while driving. And ofc the platforms pay the absolute bare minimum to keep you doing it. It really is an "in between jobs" job, or for some a "I'm retired and lonely" job.
Every mile you drive toss between a dime and a quarter out the window... That's how much it costs to drive. Before maintenance. Before insurance. I only own a motorcycle...
Exactly; some people just don't have the brain cells to be factoring in oil, tire usage, washes, and long-term vehicle maintenance. Not to mention, if you're sitting still, your wages are deteriorating. Ultimately, all humans are mere stepping stones so that CEOs can afford hyper crazy A.I. and other automated systems. Once they have all of that, they won't require other humans anymore. 💪😎✌️
The opposite direction movement in the window... I had to re-watch the whole video to check if I was drunk or intoxicated or IDK what :D Love the video tho.
People told me I should drive for one of these companies because I like to drive. It will take your love of driving away as the problems encountered during driving will scar you emotionally.
I found the most fun driving job as a vehicle transporter for a major car rental company. I drive brand new rental cars with fuel they pay for and make an okay hourly wage.
Nah you just have a low threshold for handling difficulties. I like to drive and I am good choosing rides and earning the most profit with minimal effort. Sometimes it’s not necessarily taking the highest paying fair. There are other important aspects to consider. Like total time investment, location of destination, and time of day.
Another brilliantly incisive and honest explanation of how an industry works. Thankfully, I've never had to user Uber or Lyft, and I doubt that I ever will as long as I can get to my destinations by myself.
Well Uber and Lyft are trying to get into the public transit business hopefully that will be shut down before it happens because they will only ruin public transit!
Pretty much the only places I use rideshares are when the taxis are sketchy, the public transit is inadequate, and I didn't rent a car. Also there's a growing trend of actual taxis getting integrated with convenient rideshare-like apps, like Blue Bird in Indonesia and Careem in Dubai.
Roger nails it! My cousin is a tech guy and he stunned me when he said he never uses a rideshare company. I asked why and he said "at least with taxi services there is some regulation and oversight that they're safe and pay their drivers. There's no guarantee of that with a rideshare." BTW, London shut down Uber. A London cabbie must pass a rigorous test and know routes through a very complex city (no grid system!) at different times of day. For this they actually are legally permitted to urinate on the left rear tire of their cab if necessary!
I drove for Uber and Lyft for ~3 years in the L.A. area, prior to the pandemic. I chose my hours VERY wisely, kept my vehicle clean, offered free water and mints, and behaved extremely professionally (and always calmly). I even wore a collared shirt, black vest, and a flower in my lapel--no joke. But despite all of this, I could easily say that I was rarely tipped, and it was even more rare that the fares outweighed the costs of fuel, maintenance, "deadtime", etc. It's unfortunate, but that's just how it goes. If you ain't rich, you ain't sheet! 😆Accept it.
If you couldn’t make decent money and a solid profit driving rideshare in one of the busiest markets in the country, during the “good old pre-Covid days”, no less. Well that’s on you my dude… I drove in Denver during that time and was pulling in great money, after expenses. I have friends in Southern California who were regularly pulling in $35-40 an hour, drifting Toyota corolla’s. Sorry man.
I don’t make much money when you’re driving sedan now minivans and SUVs can make that money I know for a fact I can make $100 at two hours. It used to be much simpler where I could just do so ride though. When I got into sedan, I felt like my money went down like crazy specially after the pandemic.
3:54 "The American Gerontocracy" 😂😂😂 what's even funnier is my auto prediction on my phone picked up on "Gerontocracy" by the time I had "Geront" in and I've never even heard of the word 😂
One thing is true… If taxicab drivers had taken better care of their customers over the years, they wouldn't have been such easy pickings for a takeover of their industry. I have been a passenger in taxi cabs in my life and the service was pretty terrible a lot of times, with absolutely nowhere to voice your concerns about it.
Actually you call the dispatch and ask to speak to the management PR write the city. You have way more legal protections with a cab company because they are licensed by the city or state.
1:52 If you have any deep seated mental problems that nobody has to find out about *cuts to the passenger asking if their driver has road rage issues while the car is going backwards*
Holy moly, I actually didn’t know about any of this! I used this type of service before; I called a taxi company, and they told me the color (definitely not yellow or red) of the car that would come; they also told me its number. I never questioned the fact that it was a non-taxi car and a non-taxi driver...I just thought that classic taxis got modernized or something. But now I know, thanks for the tidbit Roger!
Yes, once I realized how much I was paying to be lazy to have my food delivered, It was costing at least an extra $10 each time and the stores are literally five minutes down the street, I deleted the apps and I also don’t eat as much fast food crap now, and just make healthier food at home. Ironically, my friend was telling me how he wanted to do that, because he had been ordering way too much daily DoorDash since the pandemic, and was just about to delete the app, when he died of a heart attack. just days later. 😢
Ahhh Rog-King. You may be speaking the truth, but I only use them when I'm traveling for business and my employer is picking up the bill. I give a good tip, my soul is only slightly singed, and everyone is happy with the ride.
Things are different where I'm from. Rideshare proliferated because people were getting sick of being screwed by taxi drivers, who were rarely kept in-check by government regulations. They held the monopoly on private vehicle services, so there wasn't much we could do, until we got Rideshare services, who ironically had more balances to keep them in-check. Taxis still exist, and are mostly still as bad pre-Uber era.
My uber driver is amazing, he was able to use google maps for navigation, write text messages and be in a call with some1 all on the same phone while driving me to my destination!
Am Dominican, ride sharing had been a thing there since cars started being imported in. It's called carro concha and somehow, even though Uber operates there now, carro conchas are still a popular and distinguished from Uber like ride sharing,
I've heard this argument before, and I don't get it. With rideshare, I get the driver's name, vehicle, license plate ahead of time. And that's just the information I see. When I hail a cab, I get to look for the driver's taxi ID. After getting into the vehicle.
As a former Lyft driver, I gotta say you’re spot on. Blasted thing did not provide a livable wage and put newbie drivers to the front of the line for rides so they would also get hooked
You should talk about what happens if your involved in an accident as a driver. I hear it doesn't usually end well for the driver because your insurance probably won't cover you and the company won't either.
Just one of the many ways these "rideshare" companies are suckering their not-employees-for-legal-reasons. - To do this you really ought to have commercial vehicle insurance for business use; they just don't ask the drivers and many of the drivers either won't know or just roll the dice and hope. The insurance OUGHT to be covering a company asset (car) and liability (to customer). The average driver's insurance is usually just liability (to other people's cars and such). - Fuel costs, maintenance costs, and the actual cost of the car: paid for by the driver, company never has to worry about that. If it ends up being more than the driver makes, that's not Uber's problem - they'll run you until your vehicle dies and then stop giving a shit. - Pay? Heck no, they're """independent""" (except they need your app) contractors! Totally different. Doesn't matter if their pay actually squeaks out under minimum wage(s). They had one real advantage over taxi companies, in that they could have one slick app that works everywhere but most cab companies kinda don't. Big cities might but anywhere else? Unlikely, and certainly not one app already on someone's phone.
I've gotten lucky in having a 2015 Ford Fusion paid off for a long time and up to 196,000 miles with very little non-wear parts repairs in the past 80,000 miles since I started (under $1,500 for sure). At this point, there is basically no depreciation on the car anymore. I only drive Friday and Saturday nights here and there, so it's usually good money. Most drunks here in Wisconsin hold their liquor pretty well. They are either talkative but nice, or just want to zone out. One thing you need to do is do your taxes carefully. I know one driver complained because his deductions were under his standard deduction and couldn't take them. Well, you have to be sure to do business (Schedule C) taxes and then you can do your deductions off of business income. Then the income added to your regular income is much, much lower and your taxes are therefore less. You had better know what you are doing, or you'll get slammed if you don't do your deductions right. I love it as a part time gig, but could never do it full time. Generally, if I'm doing $1.00 / mile I'm happy. Which I usually do over the weekend, and I can do about $500 a weekend on 400-450 miles. Sometimes more, I did $700 the other weekend (with higher miles of course).
I know how stressful it is to do this for a living. That’s why whenever I do use Lyft or Uber, I always try to give as good a tip as I can and a 5 star rating. Even if the guy never stopped talking the whole time and all I wanted to do is sit quietly while this stranger took me to my destination 😂
In London during the 90's, this was basically how all "minicab" companies worked. London rallied against it because of all the crimes committed by these unvetted and unsafe drivers, and the crimes committed against them. And in the early 2000's, the practice was outright banned. All Cabs and Taxis in the UK now need to be licensed, all drivers are vetted and registered, and work for an employer that follows the standards set by the law, and drivers found operating illegally have their vehicle seized and face hefty fines. It was a pretty good system....Then Uber came to the UK...They're still fighting for their "legal right" to operate, even tho their entire company structure is exactly what we banned for the exact reasons Uber etc. are often lambasted for,
Thank you for the information! Was in London in '99. Was warned about the minicabs and never used them. When the ride share companies first came on the scene, I remembered my trip. And then thought, isn't this the same business model as the minicabs?
@@davidcox3076 exactly! With this being something I grew up with, saw as a kid through to late teens, I saw all the worst sides of it, which is why I've been very vocally opposed to Ride Share apps from the start, as they're just repeating and worsening the mistakes of the past.
Now you gotta try "If Trucking were Honest", have your goods transported by shady freight companies, driven by truckers, who range from overworked Plebs, I guess you can call them 'Slave Drivers', to potential criminals using their truck to traffic stolen goods, contraband, and human trafficking, don't worry - like ridesharing, there are no background checks on truckers.
To this day, I never used Uber, Lyft, or any ride share service. If I was traveling to a big city from an airport or train station to a hotel and back, usually a taxi is readily available. If I need to travel between remote locations, then I can rent a car and drive myself. Ride share can be more convenient than taxis in more remote locations and less exhausting than driving myself. But given some of the horror stories, I simply don't trust them.
As someone that used to drive for Uber/lyft. Can verify this 100%. Only thing they didn’t mention is that many drivers get forced to live out of their cars bc the pay is so unsustainably low.
@@bradhaines3142 Sounds like a fine plan, but when I did it, I was so exhausted from working long hours to survive, I couldn’t imagine taking time to look for another job.
I had a friend who was living out of her car and also doing DoorDash. I didn’t understand it, but she was always excited when she made enough money to get a motel room
This was fantastic! Although I admit I much prefer working in the gig economy than working a regular job. I miss working Doordash which yes paid me surprisingly well especially after prop 22 passed here in California
They even got the part right where Roger isn't going to be forced to wear a seatbelt, he just clicks it in once and sits on it the rest of the time he owns the vehicle
Roger should wear a seatbelt in his car doing fake driving in front of a green screen. Even his passenger in the back seat has a seatbelt on. Green screens can be very dangerous.
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90s kids were told never to talk to strangers, never talk to strangers on the internet, and never get into strangers cars. Nowadays, all three are happening.
Well, to be fair, with the increasingly estranged relationships people have with their neighbors and the other people we encounter regularly in our lives, if we never talked to strangers, we'd basically never talk to ANYONE.
If you get into a taxi then you are also getting into a "stanger's car".
that's why I'm not talking to you... DOH!
90s kids were told a lot of stupid shit, and "don't talk to strangers" wasn't even the worst of it.
@@Disgruntled_Grunt Considering that nearly all kidnappings and child related crimes involve someone the child already knows, including their parents, maybe they should now be saying "Don't talk to people you KNOW, either."
As someone who has driven for these companies on the side since the early days, I'm impressed on informed you are about how despicable they truly are. You only left out the part that's happening recently where they are jacking up the fares for passengers but paying drivers even less and hiding the total charge, to the point that in some cases the drivers are only getting 25% of the fare while shouldering the entire cost of the vehicle!
Yep. They’re finally turning a profit, so I doubt they’ll stop anytime soon
So terrible and more drivers should strike
@@michaelsargent9490Unless legislation is enacted, you will ran out of companies that aren't sh*tty to work with, because they are going to be ran out of bussiness by said sh*tty companies (disloyal competition).
This is because, up until recently, your income was subsidized by investors who didn't require that the business turn a profit. Now that profitability is required to continue to operate, there is less money to go around.
@@michaelsargent9490 True, but to be fair, unemployed people are told constantly to stop being so picky and that if they really wanted to work then they'd be willing to accept anything. Then people that were willing to accept anything are told constantly that if they really find their working conditions so exploitative then they shouldn't have taken the job.
I love how Roger absolutely fits whatever role he's playing
Umm... it's the same role every time.
but he's so versatile! The most versatile actor I've seen!@@misteral9045
I'm so stealing "you snail fsxking phigget" 🤣
@@misteral9045Have you considered trying oxygen?
@@MadScientist267 Jesus Christ I hate sycophantic children.
Oh hell yeah. I hope Airbnb is in the queue.
I love ride sharing apps and Airbnb both! More options for consumers is always a win.
The heart means it's probably coming :p
I thought they did that one already, but am too lazy to go look.
@@Dubmaster3 Yeah, I searched for it before I posted. They've done hotels as well as landlords recently, but Airbnb brings them and "tech" all together in a uniquely terrible way.
@@TheRealLesterGreenas long as you don't need to buy or rent a house in a tourist hotspot that has become 90% occupied by buy to let Airbnb wankers
And remember, your ride-share driver's auto insurance may not pay you for injuries in an accident, because the driver's insurance doesn't cover business use.
Actually, this is no longer an issue... At least in some states maybe.
In Oregon, ride share companies are required by law to give drivers full coverage insurance while they have a pasaabger. Insurance that covers injuries to the passagers of your and other people's cars.
As well as damage to said cars of course.
It doesn't matter what personal insurance the driver has.
However, if you get in an accident the ride share company will 100% try to screw you over on damages to yours or other cars and try not to pay for it. Which is when yah, your personal insurance comes into play..
@@OgdenMDepending on the state and insurance. Sometimes other insurance just doesn't kick in at all. In general, it sounds really messy and just not worth it for either the driver or passenger. I'm honestly not sure what the appeal is. It's basically a shitty cab service with extra steps so they don't have to be held responsible by anyone.
You have to buy the TNC endorsement in order to be covered by your insurance company.
Usually you pay for a rider on your policy to cover rideshare work
@richardarriaga6271 that's why you need to buy the TNC endorsement otherwise, your insurance will refuse to cover anything. I have firsthand experience from an accident I had a couple of years ago. The rules may also vary from state to state.
"The American gerantocracy can't understand let alone regulate us..."
As an American that line hit me hard...
As a german, this line hits not close but directly at home.
As it an American it flew over my head tbh
I never buy excuses like that. The problem was said right before it; they spend millions to “lobby” when really they’re just paying some motivated politicians and people with influence off to make sure new regulations aren’t passed and old ones aren’t enforced. It’s a cop out to say they don’t understand. They understand perfectly well: money talks
Every country has a government filled with old farts, including Brazil
Come to Brazil!
Another American. I think I got.
The unsuspecting getaway driver for violent crime. Lol I’m dying 😂
Okay but I love that Roger got two stars back for “silence” 😭 - An Uber Customer With Social Anxiety
1:50 I love hove he drives backwards a few xD
@@RonaldRegainlol Ty for pointing that out
He got 1!!
I would say hi and throw out a few feeler lines to see if people would rather talk or just play on their phones. Gotta read the room
Social anxiety just means you’re a little bitch who cannot handle the meat sack they live in. No one finds it endearing, we all find it laughable as we carry on with our mundane lives surrounded by people. You are the only reason you have anxiety. It’s literally your brain telling you not to. It’s not based on a rational thought.
I can't get over the background going the wrong direction when the passenger asks about deep-seated anger management issues that manifest as road rage.
Glad someone else saw that
I thought i was seeing things
Road rage kicked in so hard the driver went backwards.
I re watched that part 4 times to make sure I wasn't going crazy
As a current Uber driver, this is 1000% correct.
@@michaelsargent9490 Are you a one trick pony or what? King of copy and paste. 🤣
Then why do you still do it?
@sebd8425 until someone calls for a better position I applied for, it's all I have
@@tigerjackson8328 Got it. I hope you find something better soon.
I used to be a Lyft driver. I approve as well lol
Forgot to mention that you run your vehicle into the ground with all the wear and tear
He alludes to it in the last few seconds when he says 'come give us your most valuable asset.'
absolutely
@@N1withaskilletpretty sure a car isn't an asset. But our time is😅
@@M-qw9ru considering you need a fairly recent, decent car for ubering, chances are that car is not paid off. Therefore it belongs to the bank. It is then more a liability than an asset.
@@M-qw9ru Did you take out a loan to buy your auto? If you did, it's part liability. Assets = liability + equity. Accounting 101.
Of course Roger would never use a seat belt with a shoulder restraint.
He’s immortal
Lol the drivers in greece weren't wearing theirs 😅
It's a green screen production.
@@ElkeinnJennihe will sell you, he owns everything
@@ElkeinnJenni Really? :D
1:53... He's now driving backwards. 😂
I tried driving for Uber for a few months. Hated it. Got tired of facilitating drug deals
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiit
i got tired of people barfing in the backseat and screaming in drunk at me
@@coffeebux never had a puker, but I had some close calls. Had to pull over, stop at Circle K, etc. Also had annoying hipsters who would argue with me, make my car smell like weed, then give me one star
How do know you where facilitating drug deals?
@@Hardin9 it was pretty obvious. They would have me take them to gas stations, and wait while they went behind it for a couple minutes
I'd love a "If donating blood or plasma" was honest video. Keep it up Roger!
Or what about Goodwill, you donate your stuff and they sell it to anyone regardless of financial status.
@@walmartpimp2Yup, Goodwill gets their inventory for free, so their profit margins are very high. Of course profits are paid out as high salaries to the execs, so it stays “nonprofit”.
@@walmartpimp2the point is they use the money from the sale for charity.
But Goodwill is horrible in plenty of other ways.
Like did you know that minimun wage doesn't apply to disabled people? Goodwill has a history of seeking out disabled people (mainly autistic people, I think) then paying them like $0.10 / hour.
@@Spencer-wc6ew If the minimum wage did apply, no people with debilitating handicaps would have jobs at all. There's more to a job than a wage -- there's a feeling of worth and purpose, and for disadvantaged people who have other means of support, those things are extremely valuable.
Oh yea no joke. "We'll take your blood for free and sell it for $5k each." The entire healthcare scam is a big one. I lost my insurance due to a layoff recently and my out of pocket costs... actually went down.
In Massachusetts the ride share companies have been hiring day laborers to sit outside supermarkets and solicit people for signatures. They want to avoid paying hourly wages and benefits because its how their businesses make any money. The workers have even been coached to say things like "Drivers should remain classified as independent contractors so they can have freedom."
The people I spoke with didn't even know who they represented. The ride share companies have low income people working against their own best interests.
I was a taxi driver in the East Bay area for 4 years. We had to go through fingerprinting and background checks to get our license to pick up passengers. The taxi cabs were supposed to be maintained to meet certain safety standards (though Walnut Creek clearly failed to check on the cabs there). As bad as that was, at least there was some level of regulation. Uber and Lyft operate completely outside of this, I don't know how they are permitted to operate. What's the point of paying for a taxi license if some nameless rando in his own car can operate without one?
Uber does have standards: You need to have drivers license, good driving record - they check that, a good car without dents or scratches and car insurance and a good smartphone. They don't require an interview, a resume or past experience, that's why it's the best company in the world - the job that's not hard to get. I hope there are companies will appear that don't require an interview, a resume or past experience; but I think it does not exist yet.
There was an era that can be said to be the rise of consumer protection laws. But that was an era before everyone had a computer in their home.
Fast forward to today, and those old consumer protection laws apply only to the old paradigms, like purely physical goods. Modern companies argue they are outside such laws or regulations because those laws were never written to apply to say, software licenses.
So john deere can say you don't have to the right to repair the john deere tractor you paid for in full because it has software integrated throughout it and trying to repair it would be a violation of the software license, software being something that wasn't an issue in the era all those consumer protection laws were made. Apple. Tesla. etc.... More and more every year.
Gig jobs can say they are merely software services connecting customers to independent contractors they have no control over so only laws regulating software companies should apply to them and both the customers and the independent contractors should be bound by whatever horrible terms they invent in their TOS w/out limitation.
Consumers need to stop being so worried when they cast a vote about who can use which bathroom, because such issues are deliberate red herrings to get the voter so angry over non issues that they ignore the real issues that impact their day to day lives, and instead voters need to vote with a mind to bring in a new era of consumer protection laws even if only to update the existing ones so that they also apply to software/tech.
The pre-software protections are actually pretty good if they could just also be applied to current gen products entangled with software. Currently, you have far more rights under the law when you buy a purely physical good like a chainsaw, then when you buy a tesla, or anything else entangled with software. The more products get entangled with software, the more products there are that exist outside of existing regulations, diminishing our rights as consumers/customers.
Rideshare companies require criminal background checks and a good driving record
@@vertik7Glovo is an even easier job to get and their workers look homeless and they are actually handling your food.
It should be a taxi cab company, and I really don't see how it isn't. They even started as UberCab
This was a really funny video because I have driven for both companies. The wear and tear on my car has been astounding and the passengers that I have encountered have made me lose all faith in humanity. I am constantly getting the drunk passengers and the ones that reek of weed. One night, I actually had a drunk passenger who urinated herself just as she arrived at her destination. After I dropped her off, I turned off the app and went home, and Fabreezed the hell out of the back seat and never drove again.
As an independent contractor, the urine situation is tax deductible, did you write that off on your tax report? And hopefully Uber covered the cost of getting that cleaned.
That's one of the benefits that is attracting people to the gig economy, because as an independent contractor there are a lot of tax write offs one can take advantage of that never apply to you if you are an employee for a company, wear and tear on your vehicle, fuel, insurance, etc so this is one case where a personal vehicle is an asset instead of a liability. One of the other things that drives folks to the gig economy companies is having more control over how you spend your time, that's something you have zero of when working as an employee for a company.
@@Hardin9The average driver has no idea what a tax deduction even is. You don't have PHD students driving uber. it's foreigners or dropouts usually. At least in my area.
You can charge her a cleaning fee and I hope you wet dry vacuumed that seat.
"Both companies"? You do realize there's a world besides wherever you live?
@@Tarets Lyft and Uber. That’s it…
"The most expensive asset you own..." Yeah, because we sure as hell don't own a house.
speak for yourself. i have 2. but then again, my car did cost more than one of those houses
@@johndeerdrew projection
@@Mummie560 what?
Silence = ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for everyone! 😂
LOL! Yup. I was a cabbie. So I know the background stuff you gotta go through - and the medical exams etc. But in Vegas, when ride shares started, they did undercut the cabbies that people switched over. Now that ride shares have the numbers and the habits - the prices are on par with cabs and higher. We got played! Now this company’s got your info, where you go, your address etc - something a basic cabbie never got. I can only speak about Vegas cabs and ride shares.
Overseas the taxi companies are implementing rideshare-like apps, like Careem in Dubai and Blue Bird in Indonesia.
2:33 "If the Earth isn't hollow, where the worms going, right?" 🤣
A similar version of this could go for the food delivery spinoffs. The last time I tried, my order was stolen 3 times in a row by the driver and then when I finally got it, the order wasn't even right. Combined with absurd fees it's actually more convenient to just go get the stuff
That's exactly what I do - just go and get it to go or even eat AT the place
@@seand1011 Taking it to the next level!!
Groceries, too.
Anyone notice at 1:52 mark The scenery in the background starts going the opposite way as if they were going backwards when they focus in on the passenger
Only when my sense of nausea (motion sickness) immediately kicked in and then I was aware of why.
yes i did
@JimAllen-Persona I, for one, appreciated knowing you found it was bg footage from Tennessee and finding your replies felt like piecing together a story.
Maybe I'm just easily amused sometimes, but I appreciated it.
Welcome to The Matrix! Lol
hahaha i did see that!
Anyone else watch these as quick as you can? I wish they were on daily
Great stuff. There are several YT videos from former drivers who, after itemizing the costs, realized there were breaking even at best, or often just plain losing. The difference can be made up for with a large tip, but that doesn't happen often.
Doesn't surprise me. Regular taxis aren't any better, either. My dad drove cab for most of his life, and he had many days where he only broke even or earned next to nothing for an 8 hour shift. Granted, on good days he could pull in a ton of money, especially if there was an event in town.
One of the reasons I would never drive for one of the companies. The gas, insurance, wear and tear, etc. The costs would have to eat up most of the income.
Playing this while ubering someone to the airport. Worth the 1 star! Thanks as always Roger.
I love how the trees were going in the wrong direction at one point
1:53 Roger’s deep-seated anger issues that manifest as road rage were so strong that he drove backwards for a bit 😂
You guys never disappoint with these videos 😂😂
I did this when I was desperate for a while and once you replace your first set of tires you see how you're barely getting paid when accounting for wear and tear. Many of these drivers don't think too much about gas, let alone more expensive stuff being destroyed while driving. And ofc the platforms pay the absolute bare minimum to keep you doing it. It really is an "in between jobs" job, or for some a "I'm retired and lonely" job.
Every mile you drive toss between a dime and a quarter out the window... That's how much it costs to drive.
Before maintenance. Before insurance.
I only own a motorcycle...
Exactly; some people just don't have the brain cells to be factoring in oil, tire usage, washes, and long-term vehicle maintenance. Not to mention, if you're sitting still, your wages are deteriorating.
Ultimately, all humans are mere stepping stones so that CEOs can afford hyper crazy A.I. and other automated systems. Once they have all of that, they won't require other humans anymore. 💪😎✌️
At 2:23 mark Roger wanted to laugh his ass off. He held it in. Hilarious!
Only Rodger could drive a clean route while looking at you in the passenger seat the whole time without watching the road.
1:52 I love how he drives backwards for a few moments here 🤣
This stuff is gold!! 😂
“Where there is ruin there is hope for a treasure.” 🤔
Mr. Roger Horton turns that the other way around! No matter what!🤣
You said,"your in a game allright" the best ive ever seen or heard, hah! Love it!
The opposite direction movement in the window... I had to re-watch the whole video to check if I was drunk or intoxicated or IDK what :D Love the video tho.
This is why I use the bus, marked taxi cabs, or walk if not driving myself
The bus is filled with worst characters in the history of life
@@benbazy9238 that's every gathering of humans
Glad that you feel safe enough to take the bus or walk. Sadly not my case
My preference these days is Waymo.
Love that Lyft ran an ad after this video. Little do they know.
People told me I should drive for one of these companies because I like to drive. It will take your love of driving away as the problems encountered during driving will scar you emotionally.
I found the most fun driving job as a vehicle transporter for a major car rental company. I drive brand new rental cars with fuel they pay for and make an okay hourly wage.
Not true. I’m an Uber driver and I still love to drive
Nah you just have a low threshold for handling difficulties. I like to drive and I am good choosing rides and earning the most profit with minimal effort. Sometimes it’s not necessarily taking the highest paying fair. There are other important aspects to consider. Like total time investment, location of destination, and time of day.
@@danieldaniels7571 I would second this. Or a runner for vehicle auctions (though, the pay for this seems to be pretty sad.)
Another brilliantly incisive and honest explanation of how an industry works. Thankfully, I've never had to user Uber or Lyft, and I doubt that I ever will as long as I can get to my destinations by myself.
Except he missed the point that the drivers pay normally doesn't cover the cost of gas and maintenance that they spend to do the job.
Smug commenter has nothing to say and is proud of it.
Well Uber and Lyft are trying to get into the public transit business hopefully that will be shut down before it happens because they will only ruin public transit!
Pretty much the only places I use rideshares are when the taxis are sketchy, the public transit is inadequate, and I didn't rent a car.
Also there's a growing trend of actual taxis getting integrated with convenient rideshare-like apps, like Blue Bird in Indonesia and Careem in Dubai.
Roger nails it! My cousin is a tech guy and he stunned me when he said he never uses a rideshare company. I asked why and he said "at least with taxi services there is some regulation and oversight that they're safe and pay their drivers. There's no guarantee of that with a rideshare." BTW, London shut down Uber. A London cabbie must pass a rigorous test and know routes through a very complex city (no grid system!) at different times of day. For this they actually are legally permitted to urinate on the left rear tire of their cab if necessary!
I drove for Uber and Lyft for ~3 years in the L.A. area, prior to the pandemic. I chose my hours VERY wisely, kept my vehicle clean, offered free water and mints, and behaved extremely professionally (and always calmly). I even wore a collared shirt, black vest, and a flower in my lapel--no joke. But despite all of this, I could easily say that I was rarely tipped, and it was even more rare that the fares outweighed the costs of fuel, maintenance, "deadtime", etc. It's unfortunate, but that's just how it goes. If you ain't rich, you ain't sheet! 😆Accept it.
If you couldn’t make decent money and a solid profit driving rideshare in one of the busiest markets in the country, during the “good old pre-Covid days”, no less. Well that’s on you my dude… I drove in Denver during that time and was pulling in great money, after expenses. I have friends in Southern California who were regularly pulling in $35-40 an hour, drifting Toyota corolla’s. Sorry man.
@@timetowakeup6302 Nah. Yer just a toxic troll, "my dude". 💪😎✌️
@@Novastar.SaberCombat
If you think so….
I don’t make much money when you’re driving sedan now minivans and SUVs can make that money I know for a fact I can make $100 at two hours. It used to be much simpler where I could just do so ride though. When I got into sedan, I felt like my money went down like crazy specially after the pandemic.
I would figure if the dude is handing out free mints and got a good ol nice shirt with flowers and shit then he prolly making good money.
1:52 Damn, he's skilled enough to start driving backwards without the passenger noticing...
I drove for Uber for a while. I didn't make much money, but I had a good time. Thankfully, nothing bad happened, but I also never drove at night.
I tried never to drive evenings as well. This was especially because I operated in the L.A. area.
3:54 "The American Gerontocracy" 😂😂😂 what's even funnier is my auto prediction on my phone picked up on "Gerontocracy" by the time I had "Geront" in and I've never even heard of the word 😂
Hey Roger, you got one star for not wearing your seatbelt 😂!
One thing is true… If taxicab drivers had taken better care of their customers over the years, they wouldn't have been such easy pickings for a takeover of their industry. I have been a passenger in taxi cabs in my life and the service was pretty terrible a lot of times, with absolutely nowhere to voice your concerns about it.
Actually you call the dispatch and ask to speak to the management PR write the city. You have way more legal protections with a cab company because they are licensed by the city or state.
I enjoyed the little details... the car is moving in reverse right before the road rage incident 😂
1:52 If you have any deep seated mental problems that nobody has to find out about *cuts to the passenger asking if their driver has road rage issues while the car is going backwards*
I like how Roger is behind the wheel all this time without seatbelt fastened while the passenger in the back seat has it on.
You know...my retail job is looking a lot better now thanks to this video. At least my job is legal.
“you’re not just an unwitting getaway driver for violent crimes”
my god that actually HAPPENS?!
The reverse scenery at 1:53 😂😂😂
Roger the legendary man is back with another video, Love it.
Holy moly, I actually didn’t know about any of this! I used this type of service before; I called a taxi company, and they told me the color (definitely not yellow or red) of the car that would come; they also told me its number.
I never questioned the fact that it was a non-taxi car and a non-taxi driver...I just thought that classic taxis got modernized or something.
But now I know, thanks for the tidbit Roger!
You should do this for DoorDash and Uber eats lol
Yes, once I realized how much I was paying to be lazy to have my food delivered, It was costing at least an extra $10 each time and the stores are literally five minutes down the street, I deleted the apps and I also don’t eat as much fast food crap now, and just make healthier food at home.
Ironically, my friend was telling me how he wanted to do that, because he had been ordering way too much daily DoorDash since the pandemic, and was just about to delete the app, when he died of a heart attack. just days later. 😢
1:53 ..i think your driving in reverse..or am I seeing things..😂😂
I don’t have any qualifications, this sounds like the job for me!
just deal drugs. its easier, safer, and more profitable😅
@@AvaAdore-wx5gghow do you sign up for medical delivery?
@@AvaAdore-wx5gg great tip! im actually going to look into that as well! any info on where to start?
and everyone else like you
You need to have a driver license and a car, that is sort of a qualification.
Lol, love the short scene where the background was going in the opposite direction
Ahhh Rog-King. You may be speaking the truth, but I only use them when I'm traveling for business and my employer is picking up the bill. I give a good tip, my soul is only slightly singed, and everyone is happy with the ride.
Love how smooth the reverse action at 1:51 to 1:56 was
Things are different where I'm from.
Rideshare proliferated because people were getting sick of being screwed by taxi drivers, who were rarely kept in-check by government regulations. They held the monopoly on private vehicle services, so there wasn't much we could do, until we got Rideshare services, who ironically had more balances to keep them in-check.
Taxis still exist, and are mostly still as bad pre-Uber era.
My uber driver is amazing, he was able to use google maps for navigation, write text messages and be in a call with some1 all on the same phone while driving me to my destination!
Am Dominican, ride sharing had been a thing there since cars started being imported in. It's called carro concha and somehow, even though Uber operates there now, carro conchas are still a popular and distinguished from Uber like ride sharing,
@1:52 he's in reverse... lol
Roger should totally colab with Ryan George. That would be very entertaining!
Lol, and then we just stepped in a stranger’s car....lol
I don't ride in a stranger's car.👀
It's not a stranger, it's Roger! 😃
I've heard this argument before, and I don't get it. With rideshare, I get the driver's name, vehicle, license plate ahead of time. And that's just the information I see. When I hail a cab, I get to look for the driver's taxi ID. After getting into the vehicle.
@@fosterfuchsAnd u still don't know either from a can of paint. 🙄
1:53 well timed incorrect tree movement
Never die Roger. You are immortal
1:52 Suddenly going in reverse!
Great video. I love these.
As a former Lyft driver, I gotta say you’re spot on. Blasted thing did not provide a livable wage and put newbie drivers to the front of the line for rides so they would also get hooked
1:52 LMAO backwards driving! hahahaha
These gems of truth and reality videos Roger and his team put out sustain my carcass of a body until I die.
Thank you for keeping it real ❤
"rog o ride! come for the savings, stay for the rapings!" sorry, uber and lyft, i've trademarked that last part.
Roger, please look at the road while driving! 😱
1:52 I like how they played the trees going the wrong direction lol
You should talk about what happens if your involved in an accident as a driver. I hear it doesn't usually end well for the driver because your insurance probably won't cover you and the company won't either.
Just one of the many ways these "rideshare" companies are suckering their not-employees-for-legal-reasons.
- To do this you really ought to have commercial vehicle insurance for business use; they just don't ask the drivers and many of the drivers either won't know or just roll the dice and hope. The insurance OUGHT to be covering a company asset (car) and liability (to customer). The average driver's insurance is usually just liability (to other people's cars and such).
- Fuel costs, maintenance costs, and the actual cost of the car: paid for by the driver, company never has to worry about that. If it ends up being more than the driver makes, that's not Uber's problem - they'll run you until your vehicle dies and then stop giving a shit.
- Pay? Heck no, they're """independent""" (except they need your app) contractors! Totally different. Doesn't matter if their pay actually squeaks out under minimum wage(s).
They had one real advantage over taxi companies, in that they could have one slick app that works everywhere but most cab companies kinda don't. Big cities might but anywhere else? Unlikely, and certainly not one app already on someone's phone.
I've gotten lucky in having a 2015 Ford Fusion paid off for a long time and up to 196,000 miles with very little non-wear parts repairs in the past 80,000 miles since I started (under $1,500 for sure). At this point, there is basically no depreciation on the car anymore. I only drive Friday and Saturday nights here and there, so it's usually good money. Most drunks here in Wisconsin hold their liquor pretty well. They are either talkative but nice, or just want to zone out. One thing you need to do is do your taxes carefully. I know one driver complained because his deductions were under his standard deduction and couldn't take them. Well, you have to be sure to do business (Schedule C) taxes and then you can do your deductions off of business income. Then the income added to your regular income is much, much lower and your taxes are therefore less. You had better know what you are doing, or you'll get slammed if you don't do your deductions right.
I love it as a part time gig, but could never do it full time. Generally, if I'm doing $1.00 / mile I'm happy. Which I usually do over the weekend, and I can do about $500 a weekend on 400-450 miles. Sometimes more, I did $700 the other weekend (with higher miles of course).
The American gerentocracy LOL true
I know how stressful it is to do this for a living. That’s why whenever I do use Lyft or Uber, I always try to give as good a tip as I can and a 5 star rating. Even if the guy never stopped talking the whole time and all I wanted to do is sit quietly while this stranger took me to my destination 😂
In London during the 90's, this was basically how all "minicab" companies worked.
London rallied against it because of all the crimes committed by these unvetted and unsafe drivers, and the crimes committed against them. And in the early 2000's, the practice was outright banned.
All Cabs and Taxis in the UK now need to be licensed, all drivers are vetted and registered, and work for an employer that follows the standards set by the law, and drivers found operating illegally have their vehicle seized and face hefty fines. It was a pretty good system....Then Uber came to the UK...They're still fighting for their "legal right" to operate, even tho their entire company structure is exactly what we banned for the exact reasons Uber etc. are often lambasted for,
Thank you for the information! Was in London in '99. Was warned about the minicabs and never used them. When the ride share companies first came on the scene, I remembered my trip. And then thought, isn't this the same business model as the minicabs?
@@davidcox3076 exactly! With this being something I grew up with, saw as a kid through to late teens, I saw all the worst sides of it, which is why I've been very vocally opposed to Ride Share apps from the start, as they're just repeating and worsening the mistakes of the past.
1:52 the background going backwards is just something of an icing on the cake lol
Now you gotta try "If Trucking were Honest", have your goods transported by shady freight companies, driven by truckers, who range from overworked Plebs, I guess you can call them 'Slave Drivers', to potential criminals using their truck to traffic stolen goods, contraband, and human trafficking, don't worry - like ridesharing, there are no background checks on truckers.
To this day, I never used Uber, Lyft, or any ride share service. If I was traveling to a big city from an airport or train station to a hotel and back, usually a taxi is readily available. If I need to travel between remote locations, then I can rent a car and drive myself. Ride share can be more convenient than taxis in more remote locations and less exhausting than driving myself. But given some of the horror stories, I simply don't trust them.
Now do if Mechanics Were Honest!!!!
Mechanics are lawyers except you can see the dirt under their fingernails.
@@muckymucksOh Damn!!!
[1:52] look at the window.... driving backwards 😆
As someone that used to drive for Uber/lyft. Can verify this 100%. Only thing they didn’t mention is that many drivers get forced to live out of their cars bc the pay is so unsustainably low.
so dont do it, get a better job
@@bradhaines3142 Sounds like a fine plan, but when I did it, I was so exhausted from working long hours to survive, I couldn’t imagine taking time to look for another job.
I had a friend who was living out of her car and also doing DoorDash. I didn’t understand it, but she was always excited when she made enough money to get a motel room
At 1:55 the scenery on the passenger side is opposite😂😂😂
Love it when they travel backwards at 1:53 :D
I hate it when my Uber driver slams it into reverse on the highway.
@ 1:53 the car is driving in reverse 😂
This was fantastic! Although I admit I much prefer working in the gig economy than working a regular job. I miss working Doordash which yes paid me surprisingly well especially after prop 22 passed here in California
1:50 going in reverse at speed while asking anger issues question lol
I feel pride for being the 222nd view 3 minutes after you posted this!
I like how at 1:52 they are suddenly driving backwards!😂
As an app driver, this is sad but true, this job will leave you souless.
They even got the part right where Roger isn't going to be forced to wear a seatbelt, he just clicks it in once and sits on it the rest of the time he owns the vehicle
Roger should wear a seatbelt in his car doing fake driving in front of a green screen. Even his passenger in the back seat has a seatbelt on. Green screens can be very dangerous.
_"It's funny because it's true!"_