See updates through October 4, 2022, at end of section Gig economy (neoliberal wet dream) / ‘Rideshare’ driving.
Gig economy (neoliberal wet dream)
‘Rideshare’ driving
Fig. 1. “Clarkdale Classic Gas Station, Clarkdale, Arizona,” Photograph by Alan Levine, October 28, 2016, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
See update for October 4, 2022, at end of section.
Sometimes, my contempt can no longer be contained:
Gawd, I hate driving for @Uber. The disrespect and the abysmally low pay are bad enough. Their support is appalling. And now they want something but won't tell me what it is.
— David Benfell, Ph.D. (Public) (@BenfellPhD) October 2, 2022
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So did Uber Support actually answer my questions?
Of course not. That would require them to actually be useful. Instead they sent me a link that looks like it should be a good link: https://www.uber.com/us/en/drive/pittsburgh/inspections/
But it was not a good link. It returns this (figure 2):
Fig. 2. Uber’s 404 page. Screenshot by author, October 2, 2022.
Fig. 3. Uber’s response on Twitter and my response.
I hate these assholes with a passion that is beyond white hot fury.
They still haven’t answered the question. Now they promise to respond in email, as if that will somehow make them useful.
Update, October 3, 2022:
After all this, @Uber accepted a photograph of the inspection stickers on my windshield.
That @Uber_Support couldn't manage to tell me that this is what they wanted remains beyond pathetic.
They never contacted me by email as promised. https://t.co/8GfQsFfJO7 remains broken.
— David Benfell, Ph.D. (Public) (@BenfellPhD) October 3, 2022
Update, October 4, 2022:
I received another notice to upload proof of inspection from @Uber. This was much better, specifically saying what was required.
As it happened, I did *not* need to upload another photograph as my last attempt had succeeded.
But that web link is still broken.
— David Benfell, Ph.D. (Public) (@BenfellPhD) October 4, 2022