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| - First timer...was smiley all the way through $20.50 fare.
Driver overshot my house, and I saw him go by. Went out to street. He drove around subdivision ignoring my texts to return back. He told me he was in front of my house, waiting for me, but was a third of a mile away by road. I finally called him, and convinced him I knew where my house was.
When he got there, he blamed it on the GPS and would not acknowledge I was in 2 feet in front of a number sign on a street name given earlier. He uses moving map pictures to drive instead of streets and numbers. He went to a cull de sac along the back of our property. Welcome to the new world.
He proceeds to tell me how antiquated taxis are, how they charge too much, and everybody he picks up hates them ( I do not ). He misses turn as he's talking. I ask him to pull a U turn and he does. He makes an uncomfortable joke about me giving him a bad rating, reminds me he rates passengers. Awkward. Worse than discussing a tip in advance.
I give him $3 at end of trip anyways, because tipping is cool, and I want a good rating for first time.
The app was slick, and this was my first time in Uber. Will try once more, but I'll stick with Union Cab. 242-2000. I like the idea of my money staying in Dane County.
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