<story><title>Uber’s Arbitration Addiction Could Be Death by 60k Cuts</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-08/uber-s-arbitration-addiction-could-be-death-by-60-000-cuts</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Sephr</author><text>Uber tried to get me to agree to arbitration and sign an NDA for a mere $100 of compensation to replace my fianceé&amp;#x27;s clothes soiled by an Uber car.[1]&lt;p&gt;We were out late one night and we called an Uber to get back home. After a very long wait and an odd delay where the driver stayed in the same position on the map for 10 minutes, they started driving again and then arrived. (We suspect that during this time one of the passengers shit themselves)&lt;p&gt;My fianceé sat down and immediately felt excrement all over her clothing. It was very dark so she did not see this until after she entered the car and sat down. We also noticed that the other supposed passenger mentioned in the Uber app already bailed.&lt;p&gt;We were never compensated as we would not agree to the NDA. I don&amp;#x27;t think we could agree to the NDA even if we wanted to because I already tweeted about the incident before being offered compensation.[2]&lt;p&gt;Uber mentioned that the NDA isn&amp;#x27;t required in cases of sexual assault, but it&amp;#x27;s still required even if you are potentially exposed to sexually transmitted diseases through human excrement. What the fuck?&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;go.eligrey.com&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;uber-nda.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;go.eligrey.com&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;uber-nda.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;sephr&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1068251146676891649&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;sephr&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1068251146676891649&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>elliekelly</author><text>I nearly fell off my chair reading that agreement.  The scope is unreal.  &lt;i&gt;Especially&lt;/i&gt; considering the settlement amount is a mere $100.  For example, the non-disparagement clause &lt;i&gt;isn&amp;#x27;t&lt;/i&gt; limited to the incident.  You&amp;#x27;d have keep any negative opinions about Uber to yourself for the rest of eternity.&lt;p&gt;I thought it was odd that only you were a party to the agreement and not your fiance and then I got to paragraph 5 and realized their request is even crazier... they want &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; to indemnify, defend, and hold them harmless from any other liabilities that might arise from the incident.  If it turned out your fiance contracted a deadly illness from her contact with human waste and she sued Uber (or worse, her insurance company sued Uber for reimbursement) not only would you be on the hook for the damages, &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; would have to pay all of their legal fees during the process.&lt;p&gt;For a $100 settlement.&lt;p&gt;I have to imagine you are in the small  minority of people who even &lt;i&gt;reads&lt;/i&gt; these contracts of adhesion so I&amp;#x27;d bet most people who sign these have no idea what they&amp;#x27;re giving up.&lt;p&gt;That is truly unconscionable.</text></comment>
<story><title>Uber’s Arbitration Addiction Could Be Death by 60k Cuts</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-08/uber-s-arbitration-addiction-could-be-death-by-60-000-cuts</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Sephr</author><text>Uber tried to get me to agree to arbitration and sign an NDA for a mere $100 of compensation to replace my fianceé&amp;#x27;s clothes soiled by an Uber car.[1]&lt;p&gt;We were out late one night and we called an Uber to get back home. After a very long wait and an odd delay where the driver stayed in the same position on the map for 10 minutes, they started driving again and then arrived. (We suspect that during this time one of the passengers shit themselves)&lt;p&gt;My fianceé sat down and immediately felt excrement all over her clothing. It was very dark so she did not see this until after she entered the car and sat down. We also noticed that the other supposed passenger mentioned in the Uber app already bailed.&lt;p&gt;We were never compensated as we would not agree to the NDA. I don&amp;#x27;t think we could agree to the NDA even if we wanted to because I already tweeted about the incident before being offered compensation.[2]&lt;p&gt;Uber mentioned that the NDA isn&amp;#x27;t required in cases of sexual assault, but it&amp;#x27;s still required even if you are potentially exposed to sexually transmitted diseases through human excrement. What the fuck?&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;go.eligrey.com&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;uber-nda.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;go.eligrey.com&amp;#x2F;t&amp;#x2F;uber-nda.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;sephr&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1068251146676891649&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;sephr&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1068251146676891649&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JumpCrisscross</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t think we could agree to the NDA even if we wanted to because I already tweeted about the incident before being offered compensation&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;NDAs usually exclude from the definition of confidential information anything disclosed before the fact. They also don’t typically restrict you from letting regulators, &lt;i&gt;et cetera&lt;/i&gt; know things.&lt;p&gt;Unless you were planning on writing a book about the experience, the NDA probably wasn’t restricting you. Unless you were planning on going to court, the arbitration clause probably made your ability to seek redress cheaper.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Note: I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice.&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>