Shut up, peasant!

[FrodosNewPet]

Rich Uber Passengers Can Now Demand Silence From Their ‘Contractor’ Drivers Through the App

https://jalopnik.com/rich-uber-passengers-can-now-demand-silence-from-their-1834779504

Aaron Gordon - 5/15/19 1:35pm

Congratulations to Uber, a company currently valued at $67 billion by the stock market that has never made any money and lacks a viable business model, for finding another new and novel way to dehumanize its workforce.

Last night, the company announced an “enhanced Uber Black experience,” referring to the company’s luxury car service. This will include an option to tell your driver to change the temperature, help you with luggage, or more pointedly, to just shut the fuck up.

Of course, that’s not how Uber describes it. The company bills it as a “Quiet Mode” riders can select before getting into the car, so that “if you need to respond to emails or are in the mood for a nap, make your trip a quieter one with just one tap.”

The product page adds that “if you’re in the mood to chat, that’s an option too.” No one will select this. But in some ways it’s just as bad as the Shut The Fuck Up Mode. It also creates an unfair expectation for someone who is not being paid to be your therapist or whatever.

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Our world is getting more dehumanized every day.

[emmaverybo]

1. Your marvelous headline deserves at the very least a tee shirt. I do see more applications.

[underpants]

2. Love the headline but I don't see why this is a problem

If I'm in a taxi and the driver gets chatty I would very politely inform them that I would prefer quite. In fact I can't say that I've ever taken a taxi where the driver said anything until I initiated a conversation.

[Trueblue Texan]

3. Hopefully the app is available to all, no matter...

...their financial status. I would think the drivers would welcome the quiet. It is VERY draining to have to be "on" for people all day. I know when I get home from working and TALKING with people all day, I just want solitude.