I haven’t checked the fine print. But I don’t use Uber or apps for taxis.
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I’ve never used any sort of that service (Uber or Lyft, as far as i recall}. I do agree with the parents that they might have an argument about their daughter not being able to contract at the time (despite lying about her age then).
But generally click-through agreements have been upheld.
If they weren’t, there’d be total chaos in the online market place.
And the worst that happens to these two injured folks is that they have to argue their case before an arbitration panel, instead of before a jury.
The arbitrators might be less willing to be swayed by tales of woe than a jury, but you get to argue about who the arbitrators are up front (I’ve done arbitration dozens of times) and weed out the assholes, until you (both parties) arrive at a panel of three or whatever (most often, three) that seems like they are fair judges.
In the US, anyway, most of these arbitration panels are staffed by retired judges,
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Still feeling the bite or sting from these little yellow jackets . Dropped a small oak branch in the driveway. Instantly a small infantry of these . Swarmed me . Im sure they were saying. " GET EM ."
Couple of bites running for the front door .
Nothing that pizza Saturday and some wine won’t take care of .
Oven on , waiting for the temperature to come up .
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Any word on our HO in Asheville?
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I noticed this from a story yesterday. 
This quote is somewhat reassuring; "We’ve been trying to get an email or a text out to just let everybody know we’re OK,” said Borgesen, who had water but no power at her home.
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I just saw the same on TV. 
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Well, it gets worse. She’s sick and maybe, or maybe not, from the water (she feels sick a lot due to a number of auto-immune disorders, and taking immunosuppressant shots, so who the heck knows?)
Because of no comms, my wife learned of that local boil order there, us here, after their last conversation, but my daughter did not learn of it until after she and her roommates started drinking tap water. (She knows now, but too late). No one in her complex, nor the management, learned of the boil order. There may be a few thousand kids sick.
As an aside, in a public health emergency where you need to communicate stuff like a boil order, where cell service, electrical service, and (obv) wifi is down, how do people learn of the public health measures? Town criers? That’s low-tech, but at least it works.
They’re all running low on cash because most stores and gas stations can’t process credit cards (no internet), and ATMS are dead sticks, too.
We’re thinking enough roads are cleared that she can make it here for the rest of the week soon. Her Uni has canceled all classes this week.
Edit - I’m wondering how much worse stuff is in counties that were harder hit than hers.
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Fingers crossed!
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I hope she can make it home and feels better very soon!
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“Without access to the internet, cellular service, and electricity, Asheville-area residents shared information on social media when possible.”
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I sincerely hope all will be well. Being sick in an emergency is not good.
Back in the old days we had transistor radios, hardline phones and the Emergency Alert System (EAS) to notify us of what we needed to know in an emergency. Our emergencies were the 1989 Loma
Prieta earthquake and then the Oakland Hills fire of 1991.
I doubt many have been equipping themselves with emergency provisions. It may be something people learn to do now for the future. We have had ‘GO’ bags in our home and cars and our old camping equipment is easily accesible in the event of evacuation. There are a few food items and water in there we rotate out and pet care items are ready to go, too.
Please be careful out there, folks!
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The disappearance of landline phones could be/is an ongoing major issue reaching those in need. I didn’t get rid of mine until 2023, and that was 5 years after my Mom had passed, as that was the number she called more frequently than my cell (unless I was at work, but even there, she called on our office phone first).
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My husband and I would both feel naked if we left the house without cash. I just can’t imagine the thought. Guess we think of it as a safety net in case we’re ever in a situation where, well, only cash is accepted. And yet, so many people don’t carry cash anymore, Not just the younger generation, but my older generation too. Put everything on a card.
Verizon ditched our copper wire service. I’d always kept a POTS line (Plain Old Telephone Service) for just this reason. Even without electricity, a corded phone will work. They replaced it with FIOS, which needs a battery backup (and I don’t have one - they never sent it). Meh. It’s like having another cell phone - that you can’t take anywhere.
I doubt most people have an emergency radio these days. Yes, I do. But I was a Girl Scout. 
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My husband insists on handing out cash when he’s “seeing someone off”, but I remind him that there are situations where cash is not accepted, 
They still take it. So do I!
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I always keep emergency cash stashed in my house, and some folded up behind my driver’s license in my wallet, even though I do everything cashless that I can, and have done so for years. For situations like this. Because no electricity means no credit card networks. Or gas station pumps. (Card charges used to be validated over phone lines … and we all know where that went.)
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What’s on my mind this morning is everybody who is coping with the destruction that Hurricane Helene has left behind. This article from the Asheville Citizen-Times lists ways to help for those so inclined.
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Thank you for posting this!
Thinking of our fellow HO, ChristinaM and others, hoping for the best.
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That’s great information @tomatotomato !
I’ve contacted my sister in Durham. Here’s another story from Ashville.
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I was meeting 20-30 people for two dinners this weekend, and at almost the last minute (2 days prior) realized we should remind people to carry cash because no restaurant is going to run that many cards.
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