You are missing my point. I'm not saying Uber stole her money or lied to her. I'm saying it's utter bullshit to ever charge that much for a cab ride. It shouldn't be cheaper for me to fly halfway across the country than to drive halfway across town. Period.

Wow, to put this in even further perspective, I was looking at going to South America this last summer and flights into a couple of major cities like Lima and Cartagena (round trip) were $350. I just did a quick search and I could fly to NY round trip for $25 dollars less than her 20 minute uber fare.

I had a boyfriend for a number of years who had a whole bunch of large blackheads (1/2" diameter) on his chest. For years, I never said anything about them out of politeness, but secretly wondered how he resisted trying to extract them as there's nothing more satisfying to me than pushing trapped gunk out of my pores.…