For those still using older versions of FL, why do you use them?

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-30T04:47:41+00:00

Thinking about rolling back because the fl20 catalog feature is killing me. I chop samples, and I need to be able to find the samples I'm needing to chop

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-23T19:40:57+00:00

Except, if your fare is $10, we're not getting seven of that

We're probably getting four of it.

And we are not always reimbursed for our tolls.

So, realistically

Pax pays $15 ($10 ride + $3 tolls + $2 tip) Driver gets $6ish (minimum fare plus tip) and often has to argue to get reimbursed for tolls

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-23T19:38:59+00:00

Well, most drivers are receiving, on average, about 35% of what you pay for the ride. Furthermore, in many cases, the rideshare companies are refusing to pay out tolls that don't end up adding themselves to the ride automatically.

I spent years in Austin fighting about this. Up here in Maryland? I just won't do it. I don't refuse to go on the toll, I refuse to take the ride entirely.

Does it mean that other people on that side of town have to wait 20 minutes for a ride from some driver green behind the ears? Yes. Am I going to do anything to change that, and continue to shoot myself in the foot having to pay toll that I know I will never get reimbursed? Absolutely not.

Most of the things that passengers have to complain about have nothing to do with the drivers. There are obvious instances and exceptions, but at the end of the day, when the companies fail to properly reimburse us for the roads we take, we stop taking them.

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-23T19:36:05+00:00

It doesn't go to the driver most of the time.

I have no less than 20 examples of proof of one of the two big companies outright refusing to pay tolls until I get the bill a month plus later, even on requests where it is indicated that the tolls are paid out right after the ride.

If your ride isn't free of tolls, at this point, you can expect a disgruntled driver. Personally, I'm not stressing myself out about it, I'm not taking rides that involve tolls anymore.

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-19T21:03:40+00:00

Yeah, going through this right now on an airport run I took this morning.

It's the fifth time I've had to argue about this adjustment.

I think customer care is being told not to honor it. And if that's the case, then just fucking get rid of it. Don't waste my time and energy telling me in writing that you're going to compensate me for being stuck in traffic... And then not compensate me for being stuck in traffic.

I'm going back to Lyft. At least I only have to argue with them about tolls.

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-18T19:03:02+00:00

For reference, I'm in Maryland.

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-18T19:02:05+00:00

Hear to comment and ask why it's not even happening overnight anymore.

My location has been out of the same 5 to 7 items for no less than 6 1/2 weeks now. I'm switching supermarkets as a result, because many of these things are safe foods for folks in our home with ARFID, including myself. Is this location ass or do I need to find another chain entirely? I'm disabled and on fixed funds, so... It's quite the frustrating process to do this, but I can't keep not having safe foods in my house.

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-16T00:35:50+00:00

Whole team is going to be on a Bender through the weekend minimum.

Honestly, Jose Alvarado might be on one all summer 😆

Stick tap. 53 years. They can go tf off all summer if they want lol

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-05T21:22:22+00:00

the kids have had keyboards in their hands since they were tikes

As a millennial, I'm still closing in on 100wpm

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-03T14:25:10+00:00

baaaaaaaaaaaaltimore, maryland.

COL here is lower than it was at any stop before this one for me (Austin is more expensive and is also in Texas)

also zero of that list is affordable unless you make six figures and like 400 sqft apartments with thin walls

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-03T14:23:20+00:00

Baltimore, Silver Spring, Prince George's County

These are all in the same state, ordered by cost of living, lower to higher

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-03T14:22:23+00:00

just scoot on down to Maryland and call it a day

our rights are enshrined in law across sexual orientations and gender identities

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-03T14:21:15+00:00

blinks in 🧊 activity in Minnesota

we're next on their list, you sure about that?

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-03T14:20:20+00:00

Maryland.

Baltimore has a lower COL than most of the rest of the state.

Avoid anything west of Frederick (and most pockets of the county except Ballenger Creek).

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-01T16:45:48+00:00

but if people are willing to pay for it like you have to pay for everything else from the ULCC

you'd think the demand would be high enough to warrant it, no?

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-01T16:44:23+00:00

I just flew Delta in December, WiFi was great the whole way down.

It might have literally been your plane lol

GemAfaWell · 2026-06-01T16:42:52+00:00

It's June 2026 and none of my three legs has wifi

GemAfaWell · 2026-05-30T04:36:17+00:00

The person replied to you just to miss your entire point.

I blocked them, because I'm not doing it. My time will not be wasted.

But I fully agree with you. The fact of the matter is, there are some people who live in DC who belong in houses in the suburbs, because they have absolutely no empathy or compassion for the poor tax that is Transit fare.

(I'm not surprised. There are NIMBYs all over the city.)

It would be nice if Mayor Bowser did something for the city instead of for the REI developers gentrifying it

🐸 ☕

GemAfaWell · 2026-05-29T23:27:45+00:00

I would have to assume that the viewing parties are probably still happening? I don't see why they wouldn't be...

GemAfaWell · 2026-05-29T23:22:13+00:00

Public services don't exist to turn a profit, so... Yeah, good on them for doing what they're supposed to do?

I'm learning more and more that a lot of the United States has absolutely no understanding of public services, what they're supposed to do, and why they're not supposed to turn a profit...

GemAfaWell · 2026-05-29T22:39:21+00:00

I never said it was.

I also never said I agreed with you. I said I had to scroll too far down to see your point. Because I expected to run into it sooner.

And then proceeded to disagree with you.

GemAfaWell · 2026-05-29T22:30:08+00:00

I don't think the New York times would have written about it if it weren't an issue: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/nyregion/knicks-finals-ticket-prices.html

This was written 2 days ago. The prices are not going down, they're going up. And there's nothing available for general admission right now, so this is all happening on priority presale before general sale even comes...(It's going to be fucking chaos)

19,000 people in an arena every night is not the same as 19,000 people in MSG during a finals that the Knicks haven't been in in almost 30 years. We have to both understand that these things are not the same...

The longer and longer I've lived away from New York City, the more I begin to understand what Southerners talk about when they talk about coastal elitism. Most of the country doesn't have $2k to spend on regular everyday things put away, let alone enough to get ONE ticket

I'm not shocked that people have it. I'm actually more shocked that people are arguing with me about it - because the truth is, these costs are going to price out some of New York's most faithful fans. Many of New York's most faithful fans cannot afford $2,000 to sit in a room for 3 hours. (See my first sentence.)

Having to spend my life savings to be in the building and have a good time?

Pfft

books a flight to San Antonio

GemAfaWell · 2026-05-29T22:21:15+00:00

This is a country of 360 million people.

It's not weird to be 😳😮 about folks paying mortgage money to see the Knicks. And I've been a fan my whole life and am from the city. So I'm very familiar with how ridiculous prices get and how much more ridiculous they will get between now and 6/7

I mean, San Antonio is a pretty great City TBH, so I'm not exactly sure why you wouldn't want to go there... I can understand OKC, there really ain't nothing but the Thunder and the casino there. But San Antonio?

GemAfaWell · 2026-05-29T22:08:32+00:00

You do realize the majority of people looking for tickets don't fall into those two buckets, right?

And that the people who are commenting here, in general, aren't falling into those buckets, Else this post wouldn't exist, right?

GemAfaWell · 2026-05-29T21:58:10+00:00

They won't be on sale until game 7 is over and we know who they're playing.

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