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Über does not have a legal 'blessing' in Colombia, but it thrives in a "grey" area because the authorities can not hassle each driver each time. They avoid confrontation in the airport vehicle queues, particularly for arrival pickup, with licensed taxis, etc. Über does not indicate a particular terminal door. That would just become a target. My understanding is they usually pick you up in the parking lot across from the terminal exit. This has happened to me in other locations. The most complicated and longest walk to the car was in Puerto Vallarta, including an overpass foot bridge to the other side of the highway. You need to use the message function on the app, and possibly google translate. If a driver calls me, I make sure I have learned the relevant phrase "I will text you a message because I am English". Because you need to find their license plate and they need to spot you, I also make sure to wear a clue such as a red baseball cap or turn on a pocket flashlight at night, and message them that info.

PS: I don't think it will bankrupt anybody to take a taxi leaving the airport, and then use Über locally while there and to return to the airport.

Based on my one and only experience at Bogota airport last year, getting Uber there was not an easy task. Uber was not legal in Colombia when I visited last year. In fact when I hired Uber later on in the city, every drive asked me to sit in the front to avoid harassment by policemen or whoever. Situations may have changed now. But last year I saw most Colombians at BOG airport hired taxi (private or shared) outside of the arrival halls. Unlike MEX airport where you can see tons of people standing outside arrival hall, checking their Uber apps on the phones, nobody at BOG does this. I tried to get an Uber at BOG, but did not know where to meet Uber car and Uber App did not give you any instruction at BOG. I supposed I had to walk to a parking lot or some side street to meet the driver because Uber was not legal and needed to operate under the table. Anyway, I requested Uber and the driver called, but spoke no English. After a couple attempts, I gave up and just hired a taxi like everyone else did. Of course taxi was much more expensive than Uber, but still reasonable. The Uber situation at BOG airport may have changed now, but you still need to be able to speak Espanol if Uber driver calls you.

You can “trust” someone you meet at the sauna more because a copy of their ID is on file at the sauna, so there is a record of who they are if you should have a problem! I will say that in 17 years of taking guys from the sauna back to the hotel or Apt i have never had a problem! (we are talking hundreds, maybe a 1,000 guys! lol)

Things were different in the early 80's, for sure. By today's standard, my past on-the-job behavior would qualify me as a sexual harasser. Even though my sexual attraction to someone in the workplace could never be defined as "persistent" and/or "tormenting," I definitely played at work with men who shared a mutual desire. And no matter how much sexual fun I had with a co-worker on the down-low, it would never occur to me to use their employment as a weapon. I tended to fall for the most "gifted" employees, and my first desire was to keep them employed, even if they ended up disliking me. I was more in love with their gifts then I was with the idea of getting myself off sexually. Work always came first for me. But no matter how you slice and dice it, none of my former executive behavior with co-worker men would be viewed today as acceptable or legal, no matter the willingness of my play men. Sometimes, the fallen take a fall to set an example for others. Franken's fall was unfair in my eyes, but the photograph was extremely damning. Death by cell phone camera. And comedians be damned now. Women are tired of being the the brunt of men's jokes. I can't say I blame them. The term was pretentious, however, it does not diminish the PR ramifications Argento will endure as a result. Her response statement yesterday was not received well. People are asking far more questions now as a result, and that's not a good thing for her.