Cab drivers dramatically boosted profits while decreasing driver pay? This goes way beyond increasing prices. Uber both increased prices and decreased driver pay at the same time. I used to driver Uber to make extra cash. They usually took about 16-17% and I made $25-30/hour (before taxes and expenses). Now they take more than 25% and I make $20/hour before expenses so I only drive when I want to have a bunch of conversations with random people
Cab drivers are by law (in much of Europe) required to have their prices stated on the window or inside the car, with surcharges clearly displayed. The driver must also have a valid id and license displayed inside the car.
Are you sure you actually rode a taxi and not some illegal or almost illegal rideshare like Uber which has no such regulations? If I were you I would have taken a picture of the car with the license plate and then reported them to the authorities.
They have all of that. Then you get to the place and they hit some buttons and crazy opaque math happens and then you have a 30 minute fight with the dude. And the reader was always broken and no they can't break a 100 or a 20 or a 5
Up front pricing is way better. When I used to do cabs I'd always do upfront prices. $40 to the airport no meter includes tip. 50 ok sounds good. Let's go.
I’ve basically stopped using the site for all the same reasons. I think it is because their engagement by real human users is near zero. In order to keep it freshfor whoever is left, like seniors hoping for an occasional pic of their grandkids, they fill it with the garbage
With the female contraceptive pill 0.3% of women get pregnant within a year if taken perfectly (which is rarely the case, but the figure here is also from lab conditions). This drug leads to 1% pregnancies in 4 weaks, which is much worse.
That said this is still great news especially as the condom is also much less safe then the female contraceptive pill.
Condoms are extremely effective also, if used perfectly, which is rarely the case. Statistics should be based on real-world experience not theoretical best case.
Mostly misuse. The studies are all nonsense AFAIK, they rely on the participants to use the condoms correctly, which predictably doesn't happen. Problems the studies mention, like slippage and breakage are the result of misuse, probably due to choosing the wrong condom size.
The only reason for a properly used condom to not work would be a manufacturing defect, which should be extremely rare, certainly not 2%, that's plainly ridiculous and immediately disqualifies any study that claims so.
The statistics are based on real world experience rather than theoretical best case. Not to pick on you but really surprised to hear people confidently express so much misinformation on this topic when it's not even particularly hard to find information on it:
What throws me off about this, is it's not difficult to use perfectly. Condoms are the only method I trust. Pull-out? Can screw it up. With birth control you're (until now) relying on your partner to use it perfectly.
To be fair, a lot of people pay their ISP for a modem/router combo and connect to something like "Xfinity" at their house. So to them, there is no difference.
