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| March 17th, 2015 at 1:42:23 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
As opposed to today when you get voicemail. Oh, calling a house, if you're not particular about whom picks up, is easier. The average family now has more phone lines than they used to, if you count cell phones. But getting a hold of a particular person who either 1) talks too much on the cell, 2) ignores calls, or 3) sets it to silent and forgets (among other things) can be a days-long exercise in frustration. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| March 17th, 2015 at 2:12:28 PM permalink | |
| buzzardknot Member since: Mar 16, 2015 Threads: 7 Posts: 497 |
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| March 17th, 2015 at 4:27:50 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Females as typewriters and telephone operators. Men could not be hired and kept at their stations. Boys could be hired, but would wander away from their stations. Only women were desperate enough to be hired and to remain at their boring stations saying number please all day long. |
| March 19th, 2015 at 6:23:00 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5116 | Phones have changed so much. We've traded old problems for new ones. *I find that if you text somebody, you don't know if he will get the message. Often the cell phone makes it confusing to make sure you have seen all the messages, if there is more than one. My cell phone is like that. *A great irritation to me is that "the cable guy" [or pick your own example] still will have you sit and wait for them all day, never come, and never call. This is totally unacceptable today, since everybody has a cell phone and is constantly in touch. Years ago, it was possible to be 'on the road' and out of touch. *Well, as a matter of fact, when I was still working I bemoaned the fact that you were constantly in touch with your employer. For the longest time if I needed to I could just get in my car and get away for a while. *The kids today are so constantly in touch I think they it is causing stunted emotional development. It seems they are so constantly in contact that they can't make decisions on their own. I think they will like it when in the not so distant future 'the man' will know where they are at all times. They seem to feel uncomfortable at the idea they might be able to 'get away'. Horrors! I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| March 19th, 2015 at 6:38:12 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18222 |
In Rochester about 13 years ago the phone company tried to pull that on me. Girl said they could not give a time better than 8-5. I laid into her and said I was in a home service business and that was unacceptable and at the least she had to give me morning or afternoon as I worked for a living. It took her a few minutes but by then I was starting to learn some people mean business and some do not get taken serious by how they ask for things. The President is a fink. |
| March 19th, 2015 at 8:22:17 AM permalink | |
| buzzardknot Member since: Mar 16, 2015 Threads: 7 Posts: 497 | My dad drove a cab for years, until he got cataracts on his eyes. So I might be prejudiced, but I hate the idea of Uber or whatever it's called. A better answer would be to license taxi drivers for a small fee, not a million dollar medallion. Use the fees to regulate, verify insurance, background checks, etc. Just waiting for first murder, rape, etc via Uber. Has to happen soon, a sickos playground. |
| March 19th, 2015 at 8:54:13 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18222 |
So you are saying that no taxi driver has ever done what you are saying will happen with uber? The President is a fink. |
| March 19th, 2015 at 9:23:05 AM permalink | |
| buzzardknot Member since: Mar 16, 2015 Threads: 7 Posts: 497 | No I am NOT. Just saying it will happen and guy will be a felon, probably on parole. Somebody who could NEVER get a license to drive a cab. And wait until somebody is critically injured in an accident and UBER driver has no insurance. |
| March 19th, 2015 at 9:43:57 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18222 |
The "no insurance" thing should not happen as uber requires insurance to be on the platform. Many states already require safety inspections as well. Uber does its own background checks as well. I get that the cab companies do not want competition. But it is going to be impossible to keep it out. I have been a few places where people talked about using Uber for a ride. Cheaper than a DUI. Cheaper than a cab in most cases I am sure. Faster than a cab. If a cab company was smart they would put up their own app and offer a better service. Instead they are just trying to stop the future. They need to learn from Napster and how it changed the record industry. The President is a fink. |
| March 19th, 2015 at 9:54:14 AM permalink | |
| buzzardknot Member since: Mar 16, 2015 Threads: 7 Posts: 497 | I still would prefer that individuals could get a license to drive a taxicab and be regulated. This lady might agree with me. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/28/uber-s-biggest-problem-isn-t-surge-pricing-what-if-it-s-sexual-harassment-by-drivers.html |