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kelnos
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I don't know if Uber still does this, but at one point in the past they would drop you an email if you rated a driver 3 or lower to ask what happened.
dunsudu
on March 16, 2013
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"drop" you an email? what does that mean? do you mean "send"?
andyakb
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Why would you post this? Of course that is what they mean
dunsudu
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I'm calling him out for his douchebag double-speak hipster talk. Is he too cool to say "send"? Vacuous style over substance.
prawn
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I think the douchebag labeling might've backfired? People have been dropping one another emails for years and years. Maybe it's less common where you're from.
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My English dictionary (Collins) has: to drop (vb-16 transitive) "to send or post".
pclark
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you're amusingly vitriolic about this
cmccabe
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No, he means they print out the email in and drop it on your head.
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