Current Events > Uber driver, AMA

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Some things I wanna clear up

-Tip is NOT included
-In the tri-state market I make a whole $3.74 on your one mile trip
-No I don't wanna give you the aux cord so you can listen to your trash
-No I don't give you water/mints/treats, you'll just leave it in the back seat anyway
-Yes this is my fucking car
-No I didn't get it from Uber
-No I don't want to stop for you at 7/11, especially if you're not gonna fucking tip
-No a handshake is not an acceptable substitute
-I learn a lot about you because you love telling stories in expositionary format in the back of my car
-I catch you sneaking a drink I'm kicking you to the curb
-No it's not that simple to just come back if you leave something behind, and you better fucking tip too

Despite all this, I sometimes enjoy playing shrink in my car at night.
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You seem bitter :V
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can i bring my dog

thompsontalker7 posted...

-In the tri-state market I make a whole $3.74 on your one mile trip

do you really think this isn't a lot
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Turbam posted...

You seem bitter :V

not at all

sometimes this gig is alright

I just wanted to clear some misconceptions up

GODTIER posted...

can i bring my dog

Sure I really don't mind, if you can promise me that he won't piss or poop (and actually carry out that promise)
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TheGoldenEel posted...

thompsontalker7 posted...

-In the tri-state market I make a whole $3.74 on your one mile trip

do you really think this isn't a lot

Gas has went up nearly a whole $1 since I started so yes

I don't go out there for hours a day to earn slightly above minimum wage
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Can I sit in the front?

Do you like ostriches?
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bknight posted...

Can I sit in the front?

I rather you not since I keep my personal phone/effects there, but if there's 4 people then sure

I hate people that sit directly behind me though; I watched Godfather shortly before I started driving

Kajagogo posted...

Do you like ostriches?

They aite
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buddy, you drive a car for a living...you are in no position to demand people tip....if you dont like it, find a new job
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Roxborough4Ever posted...

buddy, you drive a car for a living...you are in no position to demand people tip....if you dont like it, find a new job

imagine actually believing this

and I don't force people to tip, but the idea not to is so root in people's mind that I had to put up a sign

You tip waiters, doormen, bartenders. But the guy who gets you home safely gets a handshake? foh
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thompsontalker7 posted...

Gas has went up nearly a whole $1 since I started so yes

I don't go out there for hours a day to earn slightly above minimum wage

you're literally complaining that you get almost four dollars each time you drive a person a mile. a single mile.

if you want to make more do a different job for hours a day, and earn more, or drive during surge imo
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TheGoldenEel posted...

thompsontalker7 posted...

Gas has went up nearly a whole $1 since I started so yes

I don't go out there for hours a day to earn slightly above minimum wage

you're literally complaining that you get almost four dollars each time you drive a person a mile. a single mile.

if you want to make more do a different job for hours a day, and earn more, or drive during surge imo

You mean the surge that is almost nonexistent because your kind prefers to wait it out?

and this was never a part time job; last year I only worked weekends for example. Why do you think all drivers are full time neanderthals?

There are a lot of factors that turn that $3.74 into much less after calculating expenses and filing taxes, but no everyone thinks the money is great because there's so many fucking noobs out there who started hours before New Years
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thompsontalker7 posted...

There are a lot of factors that turn that $3.74 into much less after calculating expenses and filing taxes, but no everyone thinks the money is great because there's so many fucking noobs out there

we all have expenses and taxes
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TheGoldenEel posted...

thompsontalker7 posted...

There are a lot of factors that turn that $3.74 into much less after calculating expenses and filing taxes, but no everyone thinks the money is great because there's so many fucking noobs out there

we all have expenses and taxes

is that your freudian cause for not tipping
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Also in most cases the price you paid isn't the price that we get; upfront pricing means that Uber sometimes gets the max possible and we'd be none the wiser getting the minimum
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I've never used Uber before

is there a standard tip or do you tip per mile or what
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halomonkey1_3_5 posted...

I've never used Uber before

is there a standard tip or do you tip per mile or what

Nothing is set in place, but there is NO tip included in the fare whatsoever.

I always tell people even $2-5 adds up quickly

But no

They rather shake my hand

Or reassure my 5 star rating (at my number of rides ratings are meaningless)

I accept grudgingly
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id rather walk than ride with a prissy prima donna like tc.
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The thing people like about Uber is not being expected to tip. You shouldn't expect tips
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Do you talk to your passengers? I usually don't tip my uber driver, but when I do its because they had interesting enough stories to tell me.
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But the guy who gets you home safely gets a handshake? foh

If I'm not tipping my airplane pilot for getting me home safely, I'm not tipping some 20 year old for driving me 3 miles.
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Kirby posted...

But the guy who gets you home safely gets a handshake? foh

If I'm not tipping my airplane pilot for getting me home safely, I'm not tipping some 20 year old for driving me 3 miles.

maybe nobody tips him because hes got a stick up his butt
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do you also drive for Lyft?
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mohomad posted...

Do you talk to your passengers? I usually don't tip my uber driver, but when I do its because they had interesting enough stories to tell me.

Usually if I can tell they're friendly enough. I can be pretty talkative but I also enjoy silence if it's the same for them.

Kirby posted...

But the guy who gets you home safely gets a handshake? foh

If I'm not tipping my airplane pilot for getting me home safely, I'm not tipping some 20 year old for driving me 3 miles.

Haha, 20 year old. You gotta be 21 and up to drive buddy. Nice projecting either way.

PrinceDBF posted...

Kirby posted...

But the guy who gets you home safely gets a handshake? foh

If I'm not tipping my airplane pilot for getting me home safely, I'm not tipping some 20 year old for driving me 3 miles.

maybe nobody tips him because hes got a stick up his butt

Oh yes I'm utterly buttflustered because CE is a bunch of hypocrites and not because the quality of my pax is decreasing

boxington posted...

do you also drive for Lyft?

I'm working on it, last time I applied I had a ticket on my record and they said lol no. It cleared since then so I'll see
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So how the hell did you wind up working as an Uber driver? It's not something I'd say the average person has on their list of potential occupations.

Also, do you ever feel anxiety? I mean, you're practically driving complete strangers in your own car, some of which you have absolutely no background on.
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thompsontalker7 posted...

I don't go out there for hours a day to earn slightly above minimum wage

Then don't go. The entire appeal of uber is no tipping and cheaper than a cab
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How much did your insurance go up?

Overall do you feel it's worth it?
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i thought uber expressly forbade tipping

Do you accept sexual favors in place of payment or tip?
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Shortest trip youve had?
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Uber literally advertises that you don't have to tip. They literally use that as part of a reason to get you to use their service. I don't tip my Uber driver because that's how we're told the system is supposed to work.
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Also what do you think of super drunk white girls that get in your car after the bar and they're really annoying and drunk?
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Volkswagen_Bros posted...

So how the hell did you wind up working as an Uber driver? It's not something I'd say the average person has on their list of potential occupations.

Christmas 2015. Had one job but figured I could use some extra money. My banker said he did it in his spare time and recommended it. Was driving the next day.

Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Also, do you ever feel anxiety? I mean, you're practically driving complete strangers in your own car, some of which you have absolutely no background on.

I'm always sitting up when I drive, but honestly I rationalize that the average person is just trying to get to where they're going and have better things to do than give me a hard time

I Like Toast posted...

thompsontalker7 posted...

I don't go out there for hours a day to earn slightly above minimum wage

Then don't go. The entire appeal of uber is no tipping and cheaper than a cab

Lately it's been as cheap as the bus. Combine that with less than average quality pax and naturally I start to contemplate on where it's going wrong

bluezero posted...

How much did your insurance go up?

Overall do you feel it's worth it?

There's money to be made, but overall it's harder than before because of all the newb drivers who are just happy to be there
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FrenchCrunch posted...

i thought uber expressly forbade tipping

Nah they just say that because they make no profit off of it and therefore don't want to encourage it

They're working on a tipping feature in the app that I'm sure no one will use just like Lyft

Feet_Fungus posted...

Do you accept sexual favors in place of payment or tip?

No because most of the people offering are either male and/or ugly

bluezero posted...

How much did your insurance go up?

Overall do you feel it's worth it?

I called way back before I started and they said it was cool.

I wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't worth it; but some weeks are much more difficult than others for no real reason

Alakazamtrainer posted...

Shortest trip youve had?

About a quarter of a mile from a guy's work to his house; it was apparently SO cold that he'd rather wait around for me than walk. You could see his house from where I picked him up.

spanky1 posted...

Uber literally advertises that you don't have to tip. They literally use that as part of a reason to get you to use their service. I don't tip my Uber driver because that's how we're told the system is supposed to work.

They also tell drivers not to refuse tips if you're offered; there's a lot of misinformation on both sides but I figured people would embrace tip culture and do it more often anyway

spanky1 posted...

Also what do you think of super drunk white girls that get in your car after the bar and they're really annoying and drunk?

Hate them. One time they threatened to castrate me if I took minors without seatbelts (I don't)
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I don't have an issue with tipping an Uber driver but more times than not I don't have cash on me. The main reason I would probably choose Uber over any other form of transportation like this is for the fact that I don't have to worry about a cash transaction.
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If you're the kind of driver that gives a low rating to passengers who don't tip then you're a piece of shit

assuming if that's what you do
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Will you give rides to Doge?
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Yeah, the app says the tip isn't necessary. You shouldn't expect it. Get mad at your employer.
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thompsontalker7 posted...

spanky1 posted...

Also what do you think of super drunk white girls that get in your car after the bar and they're really annoying and drunk?

Hate them. One time they threatened to castrate me if I took minors without seatbelts (I don't)

God, I would hate it too. I use Uber with a lady friend of mine, and she gets so drunk and so fucking annoying, and then like, I'll be apologetic to the uber driver, and then she'll hook onto that and be like "oh he worries so much!" and go on and on about me being stuck up or something, while I just want to show some respect to the driver.
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Yeah, I sincerely hope you don't get mad at customers who don't tip, or rate them lower.
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- let's say it's a saturday night and you're going to drive for Uber for a few hours. How much would you estimate you make then?

- how do you decide what fares to take? do you just do a lot of little trips or a couple really long ones

- Would you take drunk people through a drive-thru if they offered to pay for your meal? because when im drunk all i want is fast food and to not drive

- what music do you blast in the car while you're driving strangers

- has anyone ever pulled out their piece and made you kiss the chrome?
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spanky1 posted...

Yeah, I sincerely hope you don't get mad at customers who don't tip, or rate them lower.

he obviously does

like i want to be rich, and be able to tip people...but im not, sorry, so dont treat me like a piece of shit for it

"dont like it? dont use it"

well am i supposed to do? walk? get real

just be happy for your job, and i'll be happy for mine and when we don't like it anymore, we leave it

dont take out ur shit on other people
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_Near_ posted...

Yeah, the app says the tip isn't necessary. You shouldn't expect it. Get mad at your employer.

"*partner"

If I were an employee they'd actually have to guarantee me a decent hourly fare/benefits which I'm sure they're not interested in doing

ShadowElite86 posted...

I don't have an issue with tipping an Uber driver but more times than not I don't have cash on me. The main reason I would probably choose Uber over any other form of transportation like this is for the fact that I don't have to worry about a cash transaction.

If you don't have cash then you don't have cash. My problem lies with the people who are brainwashed into thinking tip culture somehow doesn't apply to Ubers because the higher ups hate their drivers

spanky1 posted...

Yeah, I sincerely hope you don't get mad at customers who don't tip, or rate them lower.

I'm not as petty as CE is making it out to be

I rate people too generously actually, only remember 1/2 1-stars out of over a thousand trips

spanky1 posted...

thompsontalker7 posted...

spanky1 posted...

Also what do you think of super drunk white girls that get in your car after the bar and they're really annoying and drunk?

Hate them. One time they threatened to castrate me if I took minors without seatbelts (I don't)

God, I would hate it too. I use Uber with a lady friend of mine, and she gets so drunk and so fucking annoying, and then like, I'll be apologetic to the uber driver, and then she'll hook onto that and be like "oh he worries so much!" and go on and on about me being stuck up or something, while I just want to show some respect to the driver.

Yep, I've had that exchange plenty of times before. I'd rather not.
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Had an uber driver go on a ten minute rant because some girl rated him one earlier that day
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Roxborough4Ever posted...

spanky1 posted...

Yeah, I sincerely hope you don't get mad at customers who don't tip, or rate them lower.

he obviously does

like i want to be rich, and be able to tip people...but im not, sorry, so dont treat me like a piece of shit for it

"dont like it? dont use it"

well am i supposed to do? walk? get real

just be happy for your job, and i'll be happy for mine and when we don't like it anymore, we leave it

dont take out ur shit on other people

oh shut the fuck up

You just wanna rationalize not tipping because someone else told you it's okay then go "u mad?" when I call people out on it

I've never kicked out someone for not tipping or whatever radical fantasy you may have

I have refused extra stops/favors because they didn't want to make it worth my while, however. Time is money and at .11 a minute for waiting I'm not making money being a good samaritan

green butter posted...

- let's say it's a saturday night and you're going to drive for Uber for a few hours. How much would you estimate you make then?

- how do you decide what fares to take? do you just do a lot of little trips or a couple really long ones

- Would you take drunk people through a drive-thru if they offered to pay for your meal? because when im drunk all i want is fast food and to not drive

- what music do you blast in the car while you're driving strangers

- has anyone ever pulled out their piece and made you kiss the chrome?

1. I aim for $100 on a Saturday night in about 4-6 hours

But last week I made a whopping $40 because I guess people were just staying in that night

2. You literally have no intel on the trip before you start it, other than the pickup location, person's name, and whether it's surging or not. I find out where people are going when they get in the car usually. So no, it's not as flexible as CE thinks it is in terms of what rides I want

3. People always wanna go through the drive-thru but rarely wanna offer to buy me anything, so usually I just say no. I don't want them eating in my car anyway

4. Pandora radio on my instrumental hip-hop station

But if I'm in the hood I'll blast whatever rap album I was listening to prior.

5. I have a dash cam that automatically uploads to YouTube if it's compromised, so nah
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Damn, I'm glad I have a car.
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Rabid_Banana posted...

Had an uber driver go on a ten minute rant because some girl rated him one earlier that day

Must've been new

I can get consecutive 1 stars in a row and my rating would go down by like a whole 0.01 point

HypnoCoosh posted...

Posting in TT7 topic

ooh, I wasn't aware I had a reputation going for me
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Posting in TT7 topic
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Wait, you don't know the drop off destination beforehand? Seriously? I didn't know that!

That sounds very dangerous. What if someone wants to get driven across an entire huge city or something like an hour away? That would seriously suck for you if you just planned on being out for a little bit and wanted to stay near home.
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