Here's How Much An Uber Will Cost You In NYC

Christine learned the hard way.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is hump Day. No, it's not. It's Thursday. My gosh,
I went back in time for a minute. Well you
don't ever do that again, hebby, it's not Wednesday. It's Thursday.
We made it past Wednesday and we're all back together here,
Cubby Christine Producer Kristen Man foggy morning, A nasty day,
kind of like yesterday.

Speaker 2 (00:18):
It was a challenging hump day, as you mentioned, because
with all the rain in the city, and I know
congestion pricing means the city's supposed to be clear of traffic,
but it's so not really.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yeah, did you make your appointment?

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (00:30):
I did.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
I had, you know, like a few appointments yesterday.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
Here in Manhattan. Now we're in Midtown for those who
don't know, we're in midtown Manhattan. Where did you have
to go? We're at fifty fifth. Where'd you have to go?

Speaker 2 (00:40):
I had to just go to like thirtieth and first, right,
So twenty blocks, twenty blocks, twenty blocks, a couple of avenues.
So I called an uber fifty dollars, oh my, fifteen
dollars for an uber yesterday morning. And then on as
I was heading back, I thought, all right, let me try,
and hell because it just I will take the train,

(01:03):
trust me, I'll get on the subway, but there's no
train that takes you right over to first stab in.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
The east side. Is difficult with subway.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
It gets tough. Yeah, and the weather and everything had
something to do with it. So then I tried to
get I thought, okay, i'll take a cab back. Maybe
that won't be as bad. But it was. You know,
once you put the tip in there and everything, it
was close to.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Fifty So one hundred dollars grand total just to get
back and forth things around town.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
And did it mainly because of the weather, you know,
I guess like everybody else, I was like, well, I
don't really want to be out here today, so.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
Right, but you got things done and that's all that
I done.

Speaker 2 (01:36):
But wow, it gets challenging around here.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
The city's making some money off this congestion pricing, I'll
tell you that.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
So were the ubers putting an extra charge because of pricing?
Like how many surcharges are there?

Speaker 1 (01:49):
Like if I'm an Uber driver and somebody is like,
you're going around town all day long, are you paying
in and out, in and out every time you leave?
The congestion zone or do you pay a one time
thing for the day. I don't know how it works.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
I think they pay one time.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
Is it a one thing? I would hope, yeah, right,
not nine dollars if you're an uber at.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
Maybe like nine for one.

Speaker 3 (02:09):
I think it's that price for everybody, isn't it mm
hmm okay, yeah, yeah, Uber's and taxis you know?

Speaker 2 (02:15):
I think so.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
I thought maybe they got a because they got a break,
They got a break. But I could be wrong. As
you can tell I.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
I don't do it, don't I don't have to do
it too often.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
I want to know, Christian, what did you do yesterday?
Because you said today might be a two coffee day
for you? Yeah, meaning you're tired.

Speaker 3 (02:29):
I'm extra tired today.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (02:31):
You know what, Sometimes I try to get a little
bit of a nap in or even if I just
get some rest time when my daughter naps, because she's
still you know, she still has a nap in there.
But yesterday I didn't. It was just a lot going on,
a lot of housework, laundry to do. You know, we
have an event this weekend. We're gonna be away this weekend,
so packing just lots of running.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
Around Horcon Atlantic City. Check it out, Google it, Yes,
thank you, Yes, your hubby, what's it's your hose. I
was gonna say your hubbies show. But you're a part
of it too.

Speaker 3 (02:59):
Yeah, he owns the business. It's his business. Yeah, I
guess I work for him, which he loves when I
say that. But if it's benefits, well you know, yeah
from here.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
On Friday night. Not health benefits, but other benefits.

Speaker 3 (03:16):
That's funny. Yeah, two kids, No.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
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