My 15 y.o. teen claims EVERYONE UBERs in her school

[Anonymous]

Why is everyone acting like Uber is the only option? Try calling a taxi.

These are the sum total qualifications to become an Uber driver:

You must be at least 21 years old.
You must own and operate a four-door vehicle, 2005 or newer.
You must have a driver’s license and insurance.
You must have a pulse

In most jurisdictions, taxi drivers have to

Complete a defensive driving course
Have a clean driving record
Be fingerprinted and pass a criminal background check
Complete and pass a drug screen

The cars have different insurance and maintenance requirements.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be.

What do you base this statement on?

Parents who are hands off or know their parents will not come get them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone acting like Uber is the only option? Try calling a taxi.

These are the sum total qualifications to become an Uber driver:

You must be at least 21 years old.
You must own and operate a four-door vehicle, 2005 or newer.
You must have a driver’s license and insurance.
You must have a pulse

In most jurisdictions, taxi drivers have to

Complete a defensive driving course
Have a clean driving record
Be fingerprinted and pass a criminal background check
Complete and pass a drug screen

The cars have different insurance and maintenance requirements.

Its not, I prefer a Taxi. However I know at my husband's job Uber is the expectation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

Of course they called. Then you want them to stay at a party for 45 minutes until you can get them. I told them uber yourself and the other non-drinkers out. They uber'd 15 minutes away to a movie. then I picked them up from the movie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be.

What do you base this statement on?

The fact that I was a teenager once. Were you? My parents were "understanding" and would want me to call them, but most teens would (rightly) assume that they would get in deep shit if they got drunk and their parents found out about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be.

What do you base this statement on?

Parents who are hands off or know their parents will not come get them.

Our school has a meeting with kids about drinking and drugs and they took a survey that they won't call their parents because their parents will lecture them and freak out. They would rather stay at a drinking party and risk getting caught than call parents.

They also said they would be more likely to call an Uber than call their parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be.

What do you base this statement on?

The fact that I was a teenager once. Were you? My parents were "understanding" and would want me to call them, but most teens would (rightly) assume that they would get in deep shit if they got drunk and their parents found out about it.

Yes, I was a teenager once. I walked home. Had I not been able to walk home, I would have called my parents. My friends did call their parents. Somehow people were able to navigate these situations before there was Uber.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be.

What do you base this statement on?

The fact that I was a teenager once. Were you? My parents were "understanding" and would want me to call them, but most teens would (rightly) assume that they would get in deep shit if they got drunk and their parents found out about it.

Yes, I was a teenager once. I walked home. Had I not been able to walk home, I would have called my parents. My friends did call their parents. Somehow people were able to navigate these situations before there was Uber.

Yea they played quarters until the passed out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

Of course they called. Then you want them to stay at a party for 45 minutes until you can get them. I told them uber yourself and the other non-drinkers out. They uber'd 15 minutes away to a movie. then I picked them up from the movie.

Does your 15-year-old frequently go to parties that are 45 minutes away by car?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

Of course they called. Then you want them to stay at a party for 45 minutes until you can get them. I told them uber yourself and the other non-drinkers out. They uber'd 15 minutes away to a movie. then I picked them up from the movie.

Does your 15-year-old frequently go to parties that are 45 minutes away by car?

Are my kids "frequently" 45 minutes away.... yes.
Are my kids "frequently" at parties ... no.

Do my kids use uber... yes.
Do you kids "frequently" use uber.... no.

They go to school in DC but we do not live in DC. So their friends are all over... DC/MD/VA. Of course in DC I could be 5 miles away and it could take 40 minutes to get there on a Friday night.

Once they were "just over the bridge" in VA. OMG, I would need a helicopter to get them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone acting like Uber is the only option? Try calling a taxi.

These are the sum total qualifications to become an Uber driver:

You must be at least 21 years old.
You must own and operate a four-door vehicle, 2005 or newer.
You must have a driver’s license and insurance.
You must have a pulse

In most jurisdictions, taxi drivers have to

Complete a defensive driving course
Have a clean driving record
Be fingerprinted and pass a criminal background check
Complete and pass a drug screen

The cars have different insurance and maintenance requirements.

Its not, I prefer a Taxi. However I know at my husband's job Uber is the expectation.

Interesting, at my work we're expected to use taxis and explain why someone used an Uber. I posted the above, and always use taxis-I don't like the random unregulated nature of Uber.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

Of course they called. Then you want them to stay at a party for 45 minutes until you can get them. I told them uber yourself and the other non-drinkers out. They uber'd 15 minutes away to a movie. then I picked them up from the movie.

How on earth did they get there? I would tell them to stay put and go get them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

Of course they called. Then you want them to stay at a party for 45 minutes until you can get them. I told them uber yourself and the other non-drinkers out. They uber'd 15 minutes away to a movie. then I picked them up from the movie.

Your 15 year old kid was at a drinking party 45 minutes away from you? Parenting fail. I'm glad your kid is o.k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be.

What do you base this statement on?

Parents who are hands off or know their parents will not come get them.

Our school has a meeting with kids about drinking and drugs and they took a survey that they won't call their parents because their parents will lecture them and freak out. They would rather stay at a drinking party and risk getting caught than call parents.

They also said they would be more likely to call an Uber than call their parents.

That is a parenting issue, not an uber issue. Either way if they Ubered you would see the bill and start to question it? As parents, you know when your child has been drinking and how you deal with it is up to you but they need to know you will come get them and support them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Call me a helicopter, but if my 15 year old is at a drinking party I would want them to call me to come and get them. Not the Uber guy.

+1, I would want them to call even more if they were drinking.

But that's precisely why they wouldn't call you. Most teens feel the choice is uber home or drive with drunk friend. Nobody wants to call their parents when they've been drinking no matter how understanding their parents say they will be.

What do you base this statement on?

The fact that I was a teenager once. Were you? My parents were "understanding" and would want me to call them, but most teens would (rightly) assume that they would get in deep shit if they got drunk and their parents found out about it.

I would get in trouble if I didn't tell my parents but they wanted to know so it was easier to tell them and they wouldn't care vs. getting in trouble. I didn't drink much so it was a non-issue.