Comments on: Uber Using Ice Cream as a Gateway Drug

By: janestreet

janestreet — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:46:07 +0000

I use it in dire circumstances. (Dire in the most first-wordly sense.) So, ‘it’s 11:30 and man friend has been waiting since 9 for me to get off work and I can’t find a cab to his place in Brooklyn,’ and ‘it’s late and it’s Brooklyn and I’m not taking the G tonight.’ Use in Manhattan is ridiculous. You need to involve two boroughs to justify the roughly extra seven dollars it basically charges on top of a roughly normal cab fee.

By: redheaded&crazy

redheaded&crazy — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:28:50 +0000

@Holden Cauliflower It’s true, I probably would have! so … so … what you’re saying is, no matter what I’m still up $10 this week!

but it would be nice to be saving more than just $10 a week right, I’m trying to minimize my “food at work” output across all food genres … so in conclusion, it only cost me like $2.50 AND because mcd’s is doing $1 drink days, I’m also saving money on my daily caffeine intake! Right? RIGHT!

By: @ihatesomuch

@ihatesomuch — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:23:33 +0000

I’m a big fan of uber, but mainly because I never have cash on me. I guess the smart thing to do would be to pay the the $2 ATM fee instead of paying double for the ride home, but getting a black fancy-looking towncar is just so much cooler.

also this: http://dccabssuck.com/

By: Holden Cauliflower

Holden Cauliflower — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:15:17 +0000

@redheaded&crazy
How do you know you wouldn’t have bought that ice cream anyway, though, even if you HAD been buying breakfast all week? /is the justification I use. “I’m still saving money I would’ve bought this either way OKAY wallet OKAY????!?”

By: highjump

highjump — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:02:17 +0000

@stuffisthings DC has so many problems. This is a real one, but probably number 999 on the list.

By: redheaded&crazy

redheaded&crazy — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:02:49 +0000

semi-related: today i was kind of proud of myself that i’ve been bringing my breakfast to work instead of buying it there (which will save me $10 a week – $40 a month – $480 a YEEEEAR) and anyway it was hot out so I wanted icecream. Just a little ol snack sized mcflurry! But I felt bad about it because what’s the point of saving that money if I’m just going to spend it on other food, but then I thought, WWLD? And I bought it.

And I do not regret my decision at all. Ice cream is so great.

By: stuffisthings

stuffisthings — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:10:14 +0000

Ugh can we talk about how phoning for a taxi in DC is basically a joke? I’ve done this about five times (including once when I had a really bad knee injury and didn’t want to crutch three blocks over to a main road) and they NEVER come. EVER. In every other city I’ve lived in, phoning or texting is always the best way to get a ride.

Maryland taxis come when you call them. What is your problem, DC?

By: Jenn@twitter

Jenn@twitter — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:06:59 +0000

This website is dangerous for the lactose-intolerant today.

I like the idea of this! Mostly the car thing, not so much the ice cream thing. Ice cream from ice cream trucks is usually an overpriced disappointment, in my experience.

By: Jake Reinhardt

Jake Reinhardt — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:58:01 +0000

Where am I that I can’t get 5 klondike bars for less than $12? Because I read the article, and that’s pretty much what they’re selling. I work in downtown Chicago, and right now I can walk for less than 5 minutes and have my choice of 5 places that will sell me klondike bars for less than $5. I could see this if you’re maybe at like, the beach? Which is deserted, and has no one selling ice cream. Which does not exist in any of the cities this place is serving.

By: anachronistique

anachronistique — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:51:44 +0000

I actually saw a link to a local news article about the one for my city and sent it to my coworkers. “Can we do this?”