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Laurissa Goodman (Lg116907)
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Can Another Driver Follow You?
I have been the only Uber driver in my town for around 9 months. I just found out that a …
I’d hardly call 1 or 2 rides a day a monopoly 😂😂😂 more like the cab company here has one, it’s the only one in the area and, as I said, people will wait 2-3-4 hours for a ride. And yes, I drive for both Uber and Lyft. I’m not sure why it’s that “amazing” lol.
It’s a town of about 20,000 people but a lot of people have an older mentality. Most people around here will call a cab and wait 2-3 hours for one without even thinking to try Uber or Lyft. I’m not too worried about her taking my business as most of my customers are regulars and will cancel on anyone that’s not me 😂 they don’t trust new people easily. I don’t think it’s oversaturated per say, I just know there’s not really a need for one, much less two. I don’t have a problem with someone else working it, as I’m hoping she’ll take the 2 hour+ trips that make up 30-40% of my pings, I just don’t want her hanging around my house or following me around. Like go find your own business creeper 🙄
There’s never been 2 or 3 people to order at the same time 😂 I might get 2 people when the bars close, but even those aren’t on top of each other.
It’s not busy here at all even though I’ve handed out flyers, posted on bar bulletin boards, posted on our community news site, etc. to get the word out and it’s technically a college town. I usually get 1 or 2 rides a day and that working 8a-3a 7 days a week. Yes, I sit at home and wait for rides unless I get an order on one of the other gig apps I work. I’ve never seen a single surge pay since I started last September lol.
Yes, I have seen her drive off toward a village on the outskirts of town a few times even though I was technically closer (by a block at most lol) And I figured it wasn’t something that happened often because there’s usually more than one or two drivers in an area but I was still hoping there was a policy somewhere about it.
She’s telling riders that she’s worked for Uber all over the country for a long time but her account says she’s been driving for 4 days, so I guess it depends on who you believe lol. The only way I could see the app being wrong is if she got deactivated previously and started a new account or something along those lines.
I’m guessing she is looking at the Uber passenger app to see where I am, and since I’m usually sitting at home waiting for rides that’s where she comes to. I don’t know her personally at all and I’ve only physically seen her a couple times, she looks to be mid-20s or so. Like I said, there’s only 2 of us in my city so it’s easy to tell from the passenger app that it’s the same person always following after me.![]()
This is a screenshot of one of the times she came around. I turned my app off hoping that she would go away, but she still came right to where my car icon was and sat for 10-15 minutes. When I go to Kroger over in the middle of town she goes there too. It’s just weird. I don’t know if she thinks I’m getting all the rides and she’s following after me trying to get some, but there just aren’t any in this city, like I get 1 maybe 2 a day max. I’d be fine if she’d just find her own places to sit or stay at home like I do, but I have serious issues with her following me or sitting outside my house where my kids are. I was hoping it was something Uber could handle with a simple text or phone call saying that’s against the rules, stop doing it, but I guess that’s not going to be possible. I hate to call the cops because I feel like they’d think I’m overreacting or that I’m crazy (we don’t have the best police force here 🙄) but if it continues much longer I definitely will.