When I retired many years ago, I bought into what was a Government controlled monopoly, Cabs. (Yeah, I know, Uber cost me a fortune, but, moving on.) One of my 'pet' beefs, is having take a pooch in my Cabs. Sure, I understand the need for assistance dogs, usually Labradors to assist the vision impaired. What pisses me of is that these dogs leave their smelly hair in the Cab. Their owner and they get out of the Cab and move on as though they left nothing behind to be cleaned up. Yeah, right!!!! The next customer is going to be swilling in rank pooch hair unless my Driver goes off the road and spends time cleaning the Cab. Who pays? Shits me. The wilful indifference that vision impaired person has to me, my Driver and the Cab. They have what they want, a ride to their destination, they get out, and we are left to clean up their bloody stinking hairy mess.
It's a legal requirement? I can understand that frustration and the only solution I can think of is that you are given the right to charge a pooch surcharge.
Yes, a legal requirement with substantial penalty if we burr uo and refuse to take the pooch. Yes, there MUST be a surcharge, at least in the order of $150.00 to cover the down tine in getting rid of the smell and the huge hair deposits. Test me out. Bung a Labrador on your lounge suite and observe the outcome. A wet one is even more becomming!
I'm not convinced that the typical assistance dog will be much dirtier or smellier than the average human customer (and some of us are of an age that we're shedding more hair than the average dog ). I can certainly see it causes mess or other difficulties occasionally, but again, that can certainly be true of any passenger and is just an unfortunate part of the job.
the blind need Ubers, and they have guide dogs, I have no issue with it being mandated now I would compromise if the taxi\uber advertised in big letters "NO DOGS ALLOWED" and on the outside of Taxi and if Uber folks could select an option to only accept rides from those that allow dogs
What gets me is the current thinking that one cannot survive without having a dog with them 24/7. Recently went to an outdoor/indoor restroom and there were unleashed dogs everywhere- barking growling even snapping at each other and dopey eyed owners cooing about the poochie. Pathetic!
agree in those cases, but in the case of the disabled, a guide dog is a mobility aid, it's their eyes, they are well-trained and well behaved and I do agree, many are abusing the "support" animal classification, which is making it harder on those that really need them
Oh! Many many years ago I was on duty in ICU and had taken over care of an overdose patient we were waiting on waking up. The night nurse was giving handover and both of us had watery eyes the smell was THAT bad! “I swear I have sponged him off three times” she gasped. Well, in those days we were allowed to scrub patients and as soon as he was off the ventilator I took him to the bath and scrubbed him! He came back from that bath with freckles! It was too much and I had to ask “How often do you bathe?” “Every six months!” Was the answer “Why??” “Because you don’t need to more often!” You can imagine my reply
If you have a dog you have dog hair on you and, yes in you. I guess I could call the Uber driver and ask what color suit I should wear so the hair won't show. Can you stick River in the trunk?
