However, Uber just needs a pool of drivers. They&#x27;re all completely interchangeable for a given location. This is not the same as a department store - you can&#x27;t just pull an assistant off the floor and turn them into a cashier, for example.<p>Nor does a department store have the luxury of saying &quot;There are a lot of customers in today, so we&#x27;re charging three times as much for our goods, in order to get more cashiers in to service them&quot;.