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* Early this morning I received a text message from Brooke Anderson…

Good morning sunshine! We went up with a new ad today in Chi- check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQq4WobWsxM&feature=youtu.be

For a fleeting moment, through the morning haze, I thought it was 2014 again and Brooke was touting a new Quinn campaign spot.

And then I clicked the link and remembered Brooke now works for Uber. Not a bad ad, either…

posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Oct 20, 15 @ 12:43 pm

Comments

She calls you “Sunshine”?

Dare we ask what your nickname for Brooke is?

Comment by Juvenal Tuesday, Oct 20, 15 @ 1:01 pm
Kind of a mixed message isn’t it? I mean, on one hand, Uber brags about serving under-served neighborhoods, which is great. On the other hand, they complain because they aren’t allowed airport pick-ups, when O’Hare and Midway are the most over-served locations in the city.

If you need Uber at the airport, you’re doing something wrong.

Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Oct 20, 15 @ 1:04 pm
UBER, champions of social justice?

Comment by AC Tuesday, Oct 20, 15 @ 1:07 pm
The price difference between traditional cabs and Uber/Lyft is alarming. I recently went to Kansas City for the Bears game. My ride via taxi from the airport to my friend’s house, about 20 miles, was $67. My Uber from my friend’s house to the airport was $32. Both drives were around the same time of day. Sweet sassy molassy. I thought this commercial produced by a high school.

Comment by Jose Abreu's next homer Tuesday, Oct 20, 15 @ 1:14 pm
Uber…a company that wants you to believe it’s all about customer service when it’s really all about Uber. Once they play by the rules that other’s in their field must abide by, then maybe I’ll cut ‘em a break.

Comment by Former Hoosier Tuesday, Oct 20, 15 @ 1:43 pm
I wish that Uber had been around when I was living at UIS. It would’ve made going downtown a lot more flexible and affordable. The local cabs/cab companies were awful.

Comment by Team Sleep Tuesday, Oct 20, 15 @ 2:14 pm
While they talk about the South Side and the West Side, they show shots of downtown.

Comment by Precinct Captain Tuesday, Oct 20, 15 @ 3:38 pm
Uber doesn’t actually increase transportation accessibility and it can only (sometimes) operate more cheaply up-front by dodging laws in a way that imposes externalities on the rest of us.

Brooke is a good egg, hope she finally finds a better gig.

Comment by crazybleedingheart Tuesday, Oct 20, 15 @ 3:54 pm
===Uber doesn’t actually increase transportation accessibility===

Every black person I know has a story about not being able to get a taxi. Obama has even talked about it. So, yes, it increases accessibility.

Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Oct 20, 15 @ 3:55 pm
It is a giant unregulated cab company, not a part of the “sharing industry.” But the cities have made their own beds by over-regulating the cab industry opening the door to this. I didn’t know any better, and took a cab from Midway…the next cab in line and found when I got home that it was a city cab and you get charged 2x the regular fare if you go to the suburbs. WELCOME UBER.

Comment by NoGifts Wednesday, Oct 21, 15 @ 6:23 am