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I admit it, I took my first Uber ride just recently.
Yes, I know using Uber for the first time in April of 2016 hardly makes me an early adopter. With more than 8 million users and at least a billion rides delivered to date, I?m well behind the times.
It?s not that I didn?t know about Uber, I just didn?t need it. It was not until the occasion of finally selling my third car ? my unneeded and unloved 2009 Mini Cooper S ? to a work colleague that I found a reason to call on Uber for the first time.
Much like Seinfeld?s neighbor Kramer selling the very suit he was wearing, I drove the Mini to work and turned over the keys, leaving me without a ride home. I?d planned in advance, however, and downloaded the Uber app that morning for just this occasion. For the first time, I experienced the novelty of ordering up a ride on the Uber app. I watched on my phone as the little bug on the map representing my driver ? let?s call him “Craig” ? slowly made his way to the office front entrance. Eventually Craig got me home through rush hour traffic (although I navigated), with the grand total for the journey of 10 miles being about $15.00 USD.
So what?s my point here" Well, put simply, I found my ride remarkable because Uber is heralded as the new face of transportation in the 21st century. And I was completely unimpressed with it.
Uber is hardly secretive in proclaiming they believe they are the future, aiming even ...