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Brendan G (BGraft89)
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Posts by BGraft89
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Drivers. What circumstances would you give a one-star rating to your passenger?
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Cleaning Fee Scam - Simple water trick. Cleans itself up.
I am an experienced driver with over several thousand trips. One of my friends fell for the cleaning fee scam … -
Passengers. What circumstances would you give a one-star rating to an Uber or Lyft driver?
This is a question for the passengers. Have you ever given a one-star rating? If so why? -
Have you signed the petition? Uber and Lyft drivers asking for relief from higher gas prices [Curbed]
Sure, there are many petitions but this one will hit your wallet directly and it hits us immediately. It seems … -
San Francisco on the move. Uber to provide healthcare...to "employees"?
I don't necessarily agree with San Francisco on this one. Whatever arguments they are making will continue to stunt the … -
What is Uber Teen?
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A California Ruling Threatens the Gig Economy [Wired]
California strikes again. This is the state that boldly told Uber that the drivers aren't independent contractors but employees. That … -
Dara's answer to low driver's pay. A bunch of runaround if you ask me.
Did people see the interview with Harry and Dara? Harry asked some questions on driver earning and basically, Dara's answers … -
Didi and Uber's Secound Battleground is Mexico
Here we go again! https://www.recode.net/2018/4/23/17258666/uber-didi-ride-hail-cars-latin-america -
Lyft Passenger Going to LAX Is Left in Random Parking Lot After Driver Realizes He’ll Only Make $6
Some sees an asshole driver. Some sees an unsustainable business model "Lyft driver abandons pilot in parking lot after learning … -
Uber Disabled Volvo SUV's Safety System Before Fatality [Bloomberg]
Are they getting desperate? It's a total deflection tactic. Trying to shift the blame away from their technology but the … -
Can I drive a pickup truck for Uber? I do have an extended cab, i.e. backseats.
Featured Answers by BGraft89
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Remember this mantra of being an Uber driver:
You make money by driving the rush or driving the drunks.
I can totally see that. In fact, being there and feeling the atmosphere. that must be a huge part of the joy of painting
I'd be worried that something will change or a car would move, etc.
It's usually up to driver discretion whether they cross the border. Uber does serve Buffal and Niagara Falls, but it's also up to those drivers there whether they would want to cross the border to the Canadian side. (I heard many do though.)
While I do trust my own driving (and talking), I don't call while on the job, because the perception matters. I want my customers to feel safe and that they have my attention if they need me.
Makes sense, right? I'd like to think that this is the common opinion.
Is this a rhetorical question? Because the answer is yes.
I drive for Uber now and consider myself a veteran, but I never drove a taxi.
So when you are in an accident, while driving for a taxi, the taxi companies handle it all? Repairs, insurance claims, etc.? Do your personal insurance not kick in at all?
Wait, so you would actually be onsite drawing these the whole time? You didn't snap a pic and go home or something?
I am obviously not an artist. :) Sorry if I am being ignorant. I need to be educated.
wait, did you just... What should we be suspecting? LOL.
Remember this mantra of being an Uber driver:
You make money by driving the rush or driving the drunks.
Here's an upside. Riders usually tip based on the total fare. It's like the meal at a restaurant was higher. They'll calculate it on a higher price so theoretically they will tip you better.
$3 on a $121 fare is crappy but par for the course. LOL.
It's funny how everyone is talking about this "innovative" concept of deliverying food to homes. There is nothing new about driving food places. Pizzas and Chinese Food, they've been doing it forever. (I used to deliver pizzas for Papa Gino's (pizza place in New England) when I was in college.)
See, the problem about rideshares attempting to deliver food is the trip it takes to pick up the foood. The inefficiency that arises from driving to pick up the food makes me difficult to make it profitable. Sure, you may claim it's similar to picking up people, but with food, people order from relatively local places. the distances are short. I tried this for several weeks (few days a week), and I noticed that I usually drove longer to get the food than dropping them off. It's a constant nights of 1-mile trips)
Another problem? The restaurants can copy this business model quickly and do it more effectively. The moment a restaurant sees an opportunity and the delivery business starts to boom, they can hire their own drivers (remember Chinese foods and pizza delivery?), some young grunt, for super cheap and do it themselves.
I can empathisze. Just another day in the life of a Lyft driver.
We all feel like barreling through a gas station.
Well for that matter, we don't leave "negative" ratings either. We give stars. :)
I just re-read the post question. You are asking if drivers DOWNVOTE? Nah, that's pretty harsh and extreme, no? We may think you are stupid but we won't judge!
Plus, giving you a negative rating won't make you fix your ways.
People who hasn't seen it yet thinks this is just stupid pink box that lights up. Guys, this is a lot more than that. When the passenger gets on, it has a personal greeting on it and it updates the passengers on the ride, e.g. arrival time. It's like a suped up taximeter.
Now, does it get me more tips? Hells no. Not in my experience. I would imagine 65% of the riders never even see it in the first place. I guess maybe when I am approaching? but I already had that before
80% don't ever pay attention to even notice that there are personal greetings.
Tipping happens after the ride. I don't think the AMP light even crosses people's minds while they are looking at that tip button.
yeah, but we do get paid for waiting time... In Boston we get $0.21/minute, so 15 minutes translates to $3.15. Yeah, that's pretty tiny. Give us a $5.00 and I will call it good.
See, it's all about when and if there are other opportunities for bigger rides. During busy hours, say Friday and Saturday nights, by you keeping us in a Taco Bell parking lot, we are losing good rides out there where we can be making good money. Think about the surge!!
Gosh, overwhelming number of drivers saying they don't enforce it. All the conscience and safety discussions aside, I believe in many states, the driver, regardless of whether the car is for-hire or not, is responsible for enforcing the seatbelts. I am in Massachusetts, and that's the law here. So the driver gets the ticket.
Not sure about the insurance or legal aspects of it. but I know you can get ticketed, and you can be pulled over for it too.
Next state over in New Hampshire, I think you can do wathever you want. LOL
"I will tip you later."
well, I do appreciate you asking, beacuse many do it without asking. They are literally all over the backseat. Sometimes it's car wash. Sometimes it's magazine or newspaper. Sometimes, it's club coupons, sometimes it's dog sitting service or landscaping or furniture building. countless items. Sorta fun. but after years, it's just old.
Uber send you placards in the mail for you to display. There was a note in it that it's required where I am (Boston), so I put it up.
Isn't it required to pick up at some airports? It's some consumer protection law or something.
I definitely stay put. save on gas. I just pull over, crack the winow, turn the engine off, and read.
but I think it depends a bit on the circumstances. It definitely depends on where I am. If my last fare took me to some remote location, I better hustle back for sure, right?