Uber Drivers Chose to Ring in 2016 at the Expense of Clients

Many people who celebrated knew they’d need a designated driver at the end of the night. In the event that they didn’t have a friend who thought kindly enough to sacrifice getting hammered, they may have chosen an Uber to get home.

And Uber was counting on that, which is why it greatly took advantage of the situation — and its customers — and spiked their prices up to 10 times the amount it should have been.