B1 – Low Intermediate
Following the resignation of Uber’s chief executive, Travis Kalanick, the company announced a few app changes and added features. One of them is enabling cashless tipping.
Discussion Questions:
1. Are you an Uber rider? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of using transportation mobile apps such as this?
2. What other ride-sharing apps are present in your country?
3. In your culture, how important is paying gratuities?
4. What other areas of Uber do you think need attention?
10 replies on “Uber’s Added and Improved App Features”
Discussion Questions:
1. Are you an Uber rider? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of using transportation mobile apps such as this?
Yes I sometimes, use Uber, Cabify, etc…
Upsides: the apps are very easy to use, you know in advance the price of your trip, the cars are good and usually clean, etc.
Downsides: the drivers are very bad if you compares them with the taxi-drives (the really don’t know the streets and need to use google maps or waze for the trips..), they are not allow to use the taxi lane (have less traffic and your trip will last less)..
2. What other ride-sharing apps are present in your country?
We have e lot of them: uber, cabify.. and also we have CARSHARING APP in order to rent a car only for a trip and park the car free of charge… and also some BikeSharing and Scootersharing apps for the same purpose.
3. In your culture, how important is paying gratuities?
It is important but not compulsory, so if you receive a god attention or service you can give a tip. But it’s up to you.
4. What other areas of Uber do you think need attention?
As I said before, the drivers need to know much better the city in order to avoid to use the maps apps because they trigger some accidents because of that…
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1. Are you an Uber rider? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of using transportation mobile apps such as this?
Yes, I’m an Uber rider. I think that the best part of this type of mobility is the accessibility that you have, and you know before you get the car how much will be the ride and how much time you spend on it.
2. What other ride-sharing apps are present in your country?
It depends on the city, in Madrid we have Uber, Cabify and Bolt, but in other cities there isn’t ride-sharing apps because of the regulation or because there is not too much demand.
3. In your culture, how important is paying gratuities?
I think that we only think of gratuities in Spain when we go to restaurant and there is “no written law” that told you how much you have to give like in US.
4. What other areas of Uber do you think need attention?
I think that the app and the service is very good, but maybe they can give you water like Cabify in Spain or things like that, but the main purpose of Uber I think that is brilliant and not change is needed.
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1. I think that the main advantage and the one that Uber has used the most in its advertising is knowing how much you are going to spend before starting the trip, then you can tell if you are looking for another company or if you are going by public transport.
2. We have a couple more, Cabify, Bolt and Free Now
3. I would say that it is more important to be grateful to family than to strangers.
4.I’m not sure but I know that they have been improving their other services like Uber Eats to create a little brand loyalty
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1. Sometimes yes. Since I don’t have my own car, but before I used uber or similar. In terms of advantages, the ease of being able to schedule a transport, payment through the app, knowing in advance what it will cost you … Disadvantages, I could not tell you, regarding what … the comfort of your own car..
2. There are several, taxi app, cabify, uber, blablacar … they are the most famous.
3. There is no obligation to do so, in general, if the service has been good for you, a tip is given. If not, it is not necessary.
4. I haven’t used it for a long time, so I can’t tell you.
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1. Are you an Uber rider? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of using transportation mobile apps such as this? When I lived in Mexico I used it a lot, now in Spain I have not used it much. Know the cost of the trip in advance, and be able to rate how the journey was
2. What other ride-sharing apps are present in your country? Cabify
3. In your culture, how important is paying gratuities? It is not very common, it depends a lot on the service they give
4. What other areas of Uber do you think need attention? The truth is, I don’t use it enough to have an opinion on it.
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