What's it really like to be an Uber driver? RNZ's Simon Morton went undercover to find out. Would you give him 5 stars? Photo: Supplied.
Simon talks to Kim Hill about becoming a driver, what he earned, picking up passengers β and passengers trying to pick him up here. Uber, like Google, Facebook and Hoover has been verbified, a sign that a brand is indelibly seared onto our collective consciousness. No more hunting for taxi ranks, I could see exactly where my cab was in real time so I spent less time waiting on the kerb; it just seemed to work.
Plus you knew ahead of time how much the ride was going to cost, and not dealing with cash made things simple and painless: Uber debits your credit card directly. Moving from the back seat to the front to take a hold of the wheel meant navigating my way through a maze of regulations and red tape. He talks to Kim Hill about becoming a driver, what he earned, picking up passengers β and passengers tryingβ¦ Audio.
A muzak playlist made me tense why did they need a security man on the door? All this, despite the fact I know some Uber drivers are not complying with New Zealand law , aided and abetted by Uber.
Today Uber appears to be playing by the book , which they would - after all, they helped write it! Uber lobbied for changes to the NZ Land Transport Bill which came into force on 1 October , fast-tracking the entire licensing process.
