'Everyone asked Uber to give women the option to request a woman driver and instead they were like, 'Hm. Interesting. What if, instead, you were able to passive-aggressively communicate a hatred of human connections. Would that help?'' oureric writes:
Greetings, fellow dystopians! Today Uber unveiled a slate of new personalization options available in its Uber Black cars, the rideshare company's higher-priced luxury vehicles. Riders can now alert their drivers that they need help with baggage and request that the driver wait longer than the normally allotted five minutes .
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