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Old August 19th 16, 11:18 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Sadiq Khan and TfL on taxis and minicabs


"Recliner" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:29:54 +0100, "tim..."
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"Recliner" wrote in message
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tim... wrote:

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message
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ember.org, at 09:14:01 on Thu, 18 Aug 2016, Recliner
remarked:

"True independent contractors have the freedom to decide when they
want
to
work and what kind of work they want to do," Benjamin Sachs, a
Harvard
Law
School professor told CNNMoney. "By giving drivers timeouts, Uber
is
exercising the kind of control over its workforce that employers
exercise
over employees."

I thought the whole point of Uber from a drivers point of view was
being
able to work flexible hours and/or part time.

well I think that they can, in the sense that they can choose what
shift
times to work this week

The issue seems to be around not accepting particular rides when
self-declared "on shift".

Though the post that Recliner made was about poolriding.

Complaint was, it's more effort for no more money.

I find that very strange. I though the MO of Uber was that all of
the
billing, less some percentage commission goes to the driver (the same
as
the
hotel booking sites for instance). So if the billing goes up because
three
pool riders are sharing, then so should the amount that the driver
gets.

If Uber have structured this deal so that they get to keep all of the
extra
income (whilst incurring the driver in extra expense of the
pick-up/set-downs), them my like of Uber has gone down even more (by
a
couple of notches).

You already hated Uber with a deep passion,

No, I hate it's business model

What do you hate about its business model?


I have already told you, several times


No, you've told us that you hate it with a deep passionate. You haven't
explained why.


Oh yes I have!

All the reasons you've provided have been incorrect.


as I have already told you:

just because you think that my reasons aren't correct doesn't make my belief
that they are, an invalid reason for using them to dislike the company's
business model.

And in any case, I dispute your claim that they are incorrect. You haven't
presented a single piece of evidence that they are, just continually
asserted your position - that doesn't make you right, you aren't God.

You don't win an argument by simply repeating "no it isn't, no it isn't, no
it isn't, which so far, is all that you have done

Your position is built on sand and has no credibility whatsoever

I'm fed up with you cheating here

conversation over

tim