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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/21/uber-disability-laws-don-t-apply-to-us.htmlThat reminder came in early April, when she left her office in Boston on a rainy day to meet an Uber shed ordered on her phone. When the driver pulled up in his Mercedes sedan he took one look at her and said, No, no, no. He indicated her wheelchair. Thats never going to fit in my car. It would, Parisi repliedit fits easily into the trunk of her own compact car. After an extended argument, she gave up. She ended up getting a ride with a passerby and his teenage daughter.
A twice-weekly Uber customer of two years, Parisi was surprised by the slight. The first incident was, I thought, a fluke, she says. Two weeks later, she ordered another car on Uber. The woman behind the wheel again told Parisi her chair wouldnt fit in the trunk. This time, Parisi didnt take no for an answer. She says she loaded herself and her chair into the back of the car without help from the driver, only to receive an earful of abuse for the entire trip to the airport.
Parisi says the driver called her an invalid and said she must not be a Christian and needed to develop thicker skin. At the end of her ride, Parisi says the driver asked her if was going to give her a bad review. I said, It has nothing to do with bad review, it has to do with illegal practice, she says. You have to understand what youre doing is not only meanits against the law.
edit: Uber's CEO could not be reached for comment.
ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)I don't think ADA exempts any business from making reasonable accommodations. There is nothing unreasonable about putting a wheelchair in a trunk. Maybe a little heavier than normal luggage, but not unreasonably so.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)that Uber drivers are just as scummy, sleazy and slippery as cab drivers.
randome
(34,845 posts)The entire operation smells of frenzied money for the owners, and the drivers and passengers be damned. I won't blame any city that wants to outlaw them. The people running it have no regard for decency. They're scum.
And for those of you who think it's okay because, after all, you sometimes need Uber, well do the right thing and put yourself through a smidgen of inconvenience to send a statement.
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