Bathing is Mandatory

This post is a follow-up to "Drinking the Poison".  The topic was the choice businesses have in the face of competitive threats:  Improve themselves or blame'n'complain about the competition.

The taxi industry is currently under threat from new app-based Ride-Sharing services.  These upstarts provide consumers with reliable, high-quality transportation service at a lower price.  Because taxi companies have long been regulated and protected by city governments, they have had little incentive to improve and innovate and suddenly find themselves being challenged.

To illustrate the dangers of corporate laziness and the short-comings of sharing beds with politicians, consider this article from the local CBS TV affiliate in Sacramento, California.  The new standards the taxi commission is attempting to impose on taxi drivers  reflect the most common taxi customer complaints-- particularly the "broken card reader cash scam" and cabbies with who are ill acquainted with American standards of personal hygiene.


http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/03/18/sacramento-cabbies-upset-over-proposed-hygiene-dress-code-requirements/

Sacramento Cabbies Upset Over Proposed Hygiene, Dress Code Requirements

March 18, 2014 11:44 PM