Along the way he asks other people standing at intersections if they are going his way, and if they are they pile in. The more people he stuffs into his three wheeler the more money he makes per trip.
It was an unpleasant ride.
I'm okay when ride sharing means 30% longer trip times. But 150% longer was too much for me.
In that case I'd definitely contact Uber. Sounds like the driver didn't drive as he was supposed to.
I wanted to make clear that we didn't just pick the people up. But they were both dropped off first too. Worse yet, the other destinations meant that for my 20 mile drive, we drove through residential the whole time.
Uber and AirBnb are extremely popular all through Latin America and Africa - there just is no app. You walk up to a human and ask, a price is negotiated and you have a ride or a place to sleep.
In a lot of ways, I think these kinds of apps will actually lower the standard of living in developed countries (less regulation, less safety, less insurance, etc.) which is probably a good thing, because it should make stuff cheaper too.
You stand in a line and people pick you up. But in DC it's free because the purpose is the ability to use HOV lanes/roads.