Uber Delivering Puppies To Workplaces

[Sheridan]

Because this won't encourage impulse buying and a pet shop mindset at all.

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http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/uber-delivering-puppies-to-workplaces-in-canberra-today-20160224-gn30ou.html

Uber delivering puppies to workplaces in Canberra today

Jil Hogan February 25 2016 - 10:23AM

Uber will be delivering puppies to workplaces around Canberra between 12pm - 4pm on Thursday February 25.

And you thought it was just going to just be a regular Thursday

Uber is today delivering puppies to workplaces in Canberra for 15 minutes of puppy love.

Between 12pm – 4pm, anyone with the Uber app can order the puppies to be delivered to their workplace for a $40 fee, which will go towards supporting local animal shelter Best Friends Pet Rescue.

Only workplaces in the Canberra CBD can get the puppies delivered, and Uber suggests you should also ask your boss and check there are no people in the office who are allergic.

The deliveries are happening in eight cities around the country, with the goal of encouraging pet adoptions and raising funds for local shelters.

If you fall in love with the bundle of fluff who visits you, all puppies are also available for adoption.

The puppies will be chaperoned with a representative from the shelter and Uber.

To request your puppy delivery, open the Uber app between 12pm and 4pm and select the "Puppies" option.

[Vehs]

I saw this on FB, I wonder if they are vaccinated....

[Dogsfevr]

I gather this is based on the same method used in the US although the shelter drives them selves which is highly successful in ensuring the puppies in the shelter get out & about ,in the US they visit such places to give staff time out which has proven great for the work place & enables the puppies to experience out side life before heading down the adoption path .

Im not going to say whether this is the same but i have seen plenty of stories about this & it seems to be working well ,The adaption process there is very strict but the main goal is enriching both sides & many that have the "puppy parties" as they call them actually can't own a pet but enjoy donating to the cause & getting a puppy fix at the same time & the work places have found it great

[Little Gifts]

I think rescue groups do have to think of fun ways to spread the word about their dogs. As long as the same assessment process is used with adoption applications then I am fine with how people find their dogs in the first place.

I was at the Dog Day Out the first year and so many dogs were adopted and left then and there with owners that I doubt home checks were done on them all. People actually turned up with leashes in their hand despite having no idea what dogs they would find there. That's not really the kind of 'prepared for a new dog' scenario I was comfortable with. We had the ability to go and do home checks (and there was a private meet and greet area) but I know there was at least one very persistent woman we repeatedly said no to. Somebody probably said yes and let a dog go home to no fence and yard full of chickens.

Off topic but where I am working now there is a cat café on the same block and I have to find the time to go and check it out.

[Cody]

I saw this on FB, I wonder if they are vaccinated....

On the home page of the rescues website it states all pets are vaccinated.

[raineth]

I think it sounds like a good idea. They have someone with them to ensure their well-being is looked after, and it's a way of giving them new socialisation experiences. And if it educates people about rescue and spreads some happiness around, then that's good too :)

[Steph M]

I think it sounds like a good idea. They have someone with them to ensure their well-being is looked after, and it's a way of giving them new socialisation experiences. And if it educates people about rescue and spreads some happiness around, then that's good too :)

I agree, no one loses!

[mita]

AWL Qld on the Gold Coast uses the Puppies at Work program with Uber. Emphasis is on socialization as workers play with & cuddle the puppies, and find out how the rescue/adoption process works from AWL staff. Only a couple of puppies are involved at a workplace.

Any actual adoption application is followed up later, following the usual AWL process.

The Uber Australia website has a page on how it works. As well as a video of a workplace visit, tho' i think that may have been put together as an example.

https://newsroom.uber.com/australia/uberpuppies-au/

But here's a real one, AWL puppies on a Uber workplace visit in Brisbane today. Fantastic view!

Lots more pics at other Brisbane/Gold Coast workplaces on the AWL Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/AWLQLD/?fref=photo

Edited February 25, 2016 by mita

[Two Best Dogs!]

That's a great way to work on socialising the puppies, boost a bit of work morale and raise awareness around rescue processes and the dogs within.

[CHA]

They visited my daughters workplace today with a couple of older puppies from SA Rescue! Lots of VERY happy workers cuddling puppy photos. ???? Great for work morale and certainly brings rescue to the forefront of a lot of peoples minds now. I think they need to come to my work...

[trifecta]

I think it sounds like a good idea. They have someone with them to ensure their well-being is looked after, and it's a way of giving them new socialisation experiences. And if it educates people about rescue and spreads some happiness around, then that's good too :)

I agree, no one loses!

Of course they do! As a taxi operator my business is being eroded by the deregulation of the taxi industry. Uber doesn't even pay tax in this country and they are using drivers who are working for remuneration below the minimum wage. It is not a level playing field and shame on the ACT Government for being the first to capitulate.... You would have thought a Labor government would look after the workers. Do you realise that Uber/ Google is pushing the implementation of the driverless car? That will mean there will be no jobs at all in the point to point transport industry... We will all be fu@*ed

Jesus this makes me so mad, I bet Uber didn't donate their 25% commission to rescue. It's insidious the way they are using rescue

ETA not having a go at you Steph, but people don't realise that livelihoods and investments are at stake. We work damn hard 365 days a year and our plate is was our superannuation.

Edited February 25, 2016 by trifecta

[PossumCorner]

Okay, thought it was terrific, (still think the concept is great) but now trying to see it from other viewpoints.

It's just not going to go away, not if it has public support.

Can the taxi industry come up with some kind of "united front" doing anything similar? I know some drive war veterans on Anzac Day - but it needs to be something focussed on bringing joy (not just doing good) to grab public approval and interest.

I was a secretary: there were tens of thousands of us women (because with very few exceptions, a 'man' would never be caught dead using a typrewriter). Then computers came along and the keyboard became very acceptably blokey. The social change the sudden unemployment of these women caused was barely noted, neither was the disappearance of their livelihood, their chosen career plan.

Change and progress are difficult to hold back, whether good or bad.

[Cody]

I think it sounds like a good idea. They have someone with them to ensure their well-being is looked after, and it's a way of giving them new socialisation experiences. And if it educates people about rescue and spreads some happiness around, then that's good too :)

I agree, no one loses!

Of course they do! As a taxi operator my business is being eroded by the deregulation of the taxi industry. Uber doesn't even pay tax in this country and they are using drivers who are working for remuneration below the minimum wage. It is not a level playing field and shame on the ACT Government for being the first to capitulate.... You would have thought a Labor government would look after the workers. Do you realise that Uber/ Google is pushing the implementation of the driverless car? That will mean there will be no jobs at all in the point to point transport industry... We will all be fu@*ed

Jesus this makes me so mad, I bet Uber didn't donate their 25% commission to rescue. It's insidious the way they are using rescue

ETA not having a go at you Steph, but people don't realise that livelihoods and investments are at stake. We work damn hard 365 days a year and our plate is was our superannuation.

If you want to have a bitch about Uber, go to Off topic.

[megan_]

I think it sounds like a good idea. They have someone with them to ensure their well-being is looked after, and it's a way of giving them new socialisation experiences. And if it educates people about rescue and spreads some happiness around, then that's good too :)

I agree, no one loses!

I like the idea of fun and creative ways to get dogs adopted. Not a fan of dogs being driven around on a humid Melbourne day, having 15 mins whistle stops. Especially since most people - many rescuers included - are really bad and reading dog body language. As the owner of a fearful dog, I can tell you that as soon as a dog acts timid people flood it, talking baby talk.

[keetamouse]

I think it sounds like a good idea. They have someone with them to ensure their well-being is looked after, and it's a way of giving them new socialisation experiences. And if it educates people about rescue and spreads some happiness around, then that's good too :)

I agree, no one loses!

Of course they do! As a taxi operator my business is being eroded by the deregulation of the taxi industry. Uber doesn't even pay tax in this country and they are using drivers who are working for remuneration below the minimum wage. It is not a level playing field and shame on the ACT Government for being the first to capitulate.... You would have thought a Labor government would look after the workers. Do you realise that Uber/ Google is pushing the implementation of the driverless car? That will mean there will be no jobs at all in the point to point transport industry... We will all be fu@*ed

Jesus this makes me so mad, I bet Uber didn't donate their 25% commission to rescue. It's insidious the way they are using rescue

ETA not having a go at you Steph, but people don't realise that livelihoods and investments are at stake. We work damn hard 365 days a year and our plate is was our superannuation.

If you want to have a bitch about Uber, go to Off topic.

Excuse me....

[trifecta]

I think it sounds like a good idea. They have someone with them to ensure their well-being is looked after, and it's a way of giving them new socialisation experiences. And if it educates people about rescue and spreads some happiness around, then that's good too :)

I agree, no one loses!

Of course they do! As a taxi operator my business is being eroded by the deregulation of the taxi industry. Uber doesn't even pay tax in this country and they are using drivers who are working for remuneration below the minimum wage. It is not a level playing field and shame on the ACT Government for being the first to capitulate.... You would have thought a Labor government would look after the workers. Do you realise that Uber/ Google is pushing the implementation of the driverless car? That will mean there will be no jobs at all in the point to point transport industry... We will all be fu@*ed

Jesus this makes me so mad, I bet Uber didn't donate their 25% commission to rescue. It's insidious the way they are using rescue

ETA not having a go at you Steph, but people don't realise that livelihoods and investments are at stake. We work damn hard 365 days a year and our plate is was our superannuation.

If you want to have a bitch about Uber, go to Off topic.

This is the News section, Cody, and Uber and the taxi and hire car industries are in the news at the moment, in this case their so called relationship with rescue, which I do not see as being altruistic as other posters do.

I just want to make people stop and think about the ramifications of deregulating the point to point transport industry and the inequities between the operating costs of taxis and Uber; for instance vehicles operated under business registration are able to carry on the same type of business at a ten times lesser CTP cost than taxis. The taxi industry is not frightened of change, Possum Corner, we just want a level playing field. Uber is hiding behind a facade of caring about rescue animals and the warm fuzzy feeling it promotes in people, I would like people to think a little deeper than that, whatever their stance on the matter.

Megan, you are very perceptive, and it reinforces my opinion that Uber are not in it for the animals!

I like the idea of fun and creative ways to get dogs adopted. Not a fan of dogs being driven around on a humid Melbourne day, having 15 mins whistle stops. Especially since most people - many rescuers included - are really bad and reading dog body language. As the owner of a fearful dog, I can tell you that as soon as a dog acts timid people flood it, talking baby talk.

[Cody]

I think it sounds like a good idea. They have someone with them to ensure their well-being is looked after, and it's a way of giving them new socialisation experiences. And if it educates people about rescue and spreads some happiness around, then that's good too :)

I agree, no one loses!

Of course they do! As a taxi operator my business is being eroded by the deregulation of the taxi industry. Uber doesn't even pay tax in this country and they are using drivers who are working for remuneration below the minimum wage. It is not a level playing field and shame on the ACT Government for being the first to capitulate.... You would have thought a Labor government would look after the workers. Do you realise that Uber/ Google is pushing the implementation of the driverless car? That will mean there will be no jobs at all in the point to point transport industry... We will all be fu@*ed

Jesus this makes me so mad, I bet Uber didn't donate their 25% commission to rescue. It's insidious the way they are using rescue

ETA not having a go at you Steph, but people don't realise that livelihoods and investments are at stake. We work damn hard 365 days a year and our plate is was our superannuation.

If you want to have a bitch about Uber, go to Off topic.

This is the News section, Cody, and Uber and the taxi and hire car industries are in the news at the moment, in this case their so called relationship with rescue, which I do not see as being altruistic as other posters do.

I just want to make people stop and think about the ramifications of deregulating the point to point transport industry and the inequities between the operating costs of taxis and Uber; for instance vehicles operated under business registration are able to carry on the same type of business at a ten times lesser CTP cost than taxis. The taxi industry is not frightened of change, Possum Corner, we just want a level playing field. Uber is hiding behind a facade of caring about rescue animals and the warm fuzzy feeling it promotes in people, I would like people to think a little deeper than that, whatever their stance on the matter.

Megan, you are very perceptive, and it reinforces my opinion that Uber are not in it for the animals!

I like the idea of fun and creative ways to get dogs adopted. Not a fan of dogs being driven around on a humid Melbourne day, having 15 mins whistle stops. Especially since most people - many rescuers included - are really bad and reading dog body language. As the owner of a fearful dog, I can tell you that as soon as a dog acts timid people flood it, talking baby talk.

Sure it's in the news section. But this OP is about Uber partnering up with rescue to deliver puppies to workplaces. The OP was not about taxi drivers being threatened by Uber.

[Steph M]

Personally I love Uber. I'd never use another taxi again if we are honest.

However I don't feel it's an altruistic thing, of course its a business move, a very smart one at that.

It's not what my decisions are based on, but its still clever positive marketing.

If the taxi industry is feeling left behind, its because it is.

[keetamouse]

Isn't this a discussion forum, we all have our opinions about certain things and we all have a right to voice them, to say, "if we want to bitch about Uber" go somewhere else. For trifecta it is her livelihood....and it's just Uber not the "dog stuff" she is discussing.

Edited February 26, 2016 by keetamouse

[Cody]

Isn't this a discussion forum, we all have our opinions about certain things and we all have a right to voice them, to say, "if we want to bitch about Uber" go somewhere else. For trifecta it is her livelihood....and it's just Uber not the "dog stuff" she is discussing.

Well the forum rules state (number 12) that going off topic from the OP is against the rules. But be my guest, if you want to go way off topic, knock yourself out.