前兩天在華府一帶的暴風雪產生了不少新聞。我在博客裏麵寫了關於暴風雪的不便,還有自己親身經曆,詳細請讀,https://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/26211/202201/3471.html
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圖一。優步宰客頭一次聽說過。
今天讀到一篇報道,一個從舊金山到佛吉尼亞州府列治文出公差的老美,從機場打優步到列治文,途中遇到了這場暴風雪。列治文離華府大概有120英裏左右,是在繁忙的95號高速公路上。平時經常堵車。沒有特殊的事情,我是堅決不去那個城市的。有一次半夜回家,這段路還是堵。美國的基礎建設實在是太落後了。東部人口這些年劇增,但還是那麽幾條路,能不堵車嗎?靠吃老本是不能立新功的。到底誰在擋住美國的未來?答案是美國自己。參眾兩院整天打得不可開交,你死我活的,都是特殊利益,需要政治改革才能解決老百姓的問題。
由於暴風雪,這個老美在路上花了9個小時才到達目的地,車資當時是200美元,但後來說不夠,需要補交400美元,共600美元。老美愣住了。根據優步的網站,遇到堵車是可以增加車資的。這是平等條約嗎?如果優步在途中車壞了,耽誤乘客的公事,優步需要補償嗎?你是怎麽看的?似乎不大平等。這個老美沒辦法,隻好借助媒體來伸冤此事。
我過去還是比較喜歡優步的,便宜方便。但這幾年,優步也變了,跟過去不大一樣。坐優步跟坐的士沒多大的差別。前幾個月,我去新奧爾良,從機場到城裏的士是標準的32美元。機場工作人員特別告訴乘客這個價格,避免上當受騙。飛機著路後,我打開優步查看,價格不止這個數,而且上車地點不好找,坐優步不如的士方便。這些年,我經常去新奧爾良,從來沒有遇到宰客的事件。
回來的時候,在旅館前麵叫了的士,他們早就在排隊等待了,非常方便。上車後發現是個黑人女司機,頭一次遇到。她開車非常猛,不是一般的猛,我必須牢牢抓住車上的扶手才不至於左右晃動。她一路超車,技術嫻熟。我懷疑她曾經參加過賽車訓練。可惜,這個麵包車性能有限,未能充分發揮她的駕車技能。我估計她是為了多賺錢,開快點可以接更多的顧客。但也有風險,如果被警察抓到,損失也會不小的。總之,她讓我印象深刻。還有一次深更半夜到了德州奧斯丁坐優步,開車的也是女司機,也愣了一下,畢竟是頭一次遇到。這位司機還去過中國,跟中國做過貿易。還好,城裏離機場很近,話沒說幾句就到了。
總的來說,的士業也開始調整,優步未必是最佳的選擇。
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