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No. 93: What if Uber disappeared? 🗑🚗

No. 93: What if Uber disappeared? 🗑🚗

A story in two underwhelming acts

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Aug 24, 2021
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Act I

As we departed the Royal Albert Hall last weekend, heavenly Bach still soothing our ears, we were blindsided by a pixellated sight no milliennial should bear.

We couldn’t get an Uber.

Or even a Lyft.

Bolt? Fat chance.

After a notable period of sighing and cursing (3-4 minutes, tops), I resigned myself to more traditional modes of transport. One foo…

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