Justine (JustSchmidt)
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What are typical expenses for an Uber or Lyft driver? Give me the weird ones too.
I am writing a paper on this analyzing the take home. The drivers obviously have to pay for: Cars and …
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That whole bit on manipulating surge was proved to be false.
I thought this was like a choose your own adventure game. I was excited until I read this depressing story about this dyfunctional family who really has no hope.
Got my own life to sort out, thank you. LOL
As Chris stated above, regular rental companies won't let you use their cars for rideshares.
Remember you have to register the car with Uber? You can't do that by renting random cars. LOL. The partnership between Uber and Geraround is what's the most important here.
You've got some great one-liners in there.
"Big fat advertising for my painting".
"Thanks to as vast majority of you who didn't throw up in my cab." LOL
That whole bit on manipulating surge was proved to be false.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/05/19/no-uber-drivers-cant-game-the-surge-pricing-system-the-way-one-driver-claims/?utm_term=.6f72aab05282
Did you try finding the phone's location on the GPS? Show up at his house and demand it back.
Number 7 - Trust in Fate
This sounds so noble.
"Whatever the immediate challenge, you just need to trust that it’s all going to work out. Remember each ride is of finite length. The most unruly and rude passengers will eventually get out of your car. Soon you will be able to breathe a sigh of relief and wonder why you were so concerned or so upset. Faith in the outcome is as vital for a rideshare driver as it is to a wayfarer in life. "
There are real douche drivers out there for sure. Most are good. then there are the bad apples. I usually give five as a default. Gave out a few 4 stars when I saw subpar service (this is out of 100s BTW). but yes, I have given one-star to one that was just absolutely malicious.
Name calling, and made a comment about how I should go back to my country. I told him to pull over and I just got out of the car. I didn't care where I was. I try to see the good in people. I thought about how may be he was having a bad day. bad nope on this one.
Reported it to Uber. I got the fare back, but I have no idea if Uber took any other action.
I always used to think owning a car was a sunk cost. It just sits there anyways, so why not drive it, right? Minus gas, of course. What do you mean by too much wear and tear? Did you start seeing more maintenance bills?
yeah, we dont' have a choice on location. Where you live is the market you will drive in. No way around that. (thuogh my friends in NJ sometimes drive in all kinds of locations, including PA and DE.)
Isn't Australia where Ola went too? This is going to be a huge battleground.
and I am sure Ola and Didi both think AU is a smaller version of US.
Aren't we all criminals in some way? One way or another.
Fake vomits to collect cleaning fees. That how thy make extra money.
There's so much truth to that statement it's scary. If a driver shoplifted or beat his wife, in sure it'll be appended with "by an Uber driver."
The same is true with the robot cars. It'll hit a squirrel some day and that one critter will disrupt the whole car manufacturing market.
What time to be alive.
You can always cancel when you realize they are super faraway. In fact, I think many riders do that when they are too far away. Go look on Lyft. LOL.
No cancellation fee for 2 or 5 minutes.
They still need to download the app and create an account? Seriously, what the heck is the point of this then?