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Arthur McBeth (amcbeth)
Ride Apprentice from West Deptford
Amcbeth
344 Rider DriverDriving for Uber since 2016. Over 3800 rides.
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Has any driver noticed that there is less rating by riders.
I hate to confess this but my rating has slipped from a 4.91 to a 4.89. With the new app … -
Weeping Passenger
I was taking a women (20 - 24) to an interview. Since it was late in the afternoon. I asked …
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It really depends on the car and how many passengers you have. You only have two so if not all of the luggage fits in the trunk, you could put the smaller bags on a seat.
I drive a Prius V that has ample room behind the rear seats. I once took four riders to the airport and they had five pieces of luggage that we placed ibehind the rear seats.
The best idea is to call the driver as soon as you get your ride. Explain your situation and see if the driver can fit the luggage. If that driver can't, then cancel and get another ride. There are plenty of drivers that would like a drive to the port.
Cancel within five minutes and you won't be charged.
It has a LOT to do for the number of riders. If you have four separate pool riders in Philadelphia, then $8 plus their fees are subtracted from the riders payments, BEFORE Uber starts ratioing what the driver gets. This is the reason that Uber makes MORE than a driver on some pools.
Also each rider is counted as a trip.
This is not speculation, you can see all of the above in when you login to Ubers partners app.
Why would a restaurant pay 30% to Uber. They can just suggest on their takeout menu that their food can be delivered by UberEats.
Zero commission is very good.
If Uber makes a couple bucks on every delivery, that's fine with them, the only additional expense is computer time.
Who gets squezzed here? You guessed it, the poor sucker that delivers the "eats".
That's like an UberEats driver losing money on every eats trip, but making it up on volume of deliveries.
My experience on UberEats is worth telling.
When Uber first came out with this feature they didn't announce it to the drivers. It came in an update with the "Eats" switch on.
The first delivery was from a restaurant in South Philadelphia to the other side of Philadelphia. Couldn't find a parking spot near the restaurant, so I ran in and the order was ready. No tip, no ticket, but not bad.
The second one was a McDonalds order of hamburgers. I spent a total of 45 minutes to make $5.75. No tip, but bad.
The third and last one was also a McDonalds order. Again the total time spent was 45 minutes to make $5.75. That was the good part.
The delivery was to a hi-rise. I called the guy and told him the food was here. He said, "I'm on the seventh floor, bring it up". He said it was required by Uber. I had no idea if that was true at that time. I believe Uber is advertising door to door delivery now.
I locked the car and took a smelly bag of burgers up a smelly elevator and knocked on the door. A half dressed guy reaches out and takes the bag and closes the door.
I got out of the building safely and my car was not vandalized.
Did I get a worthwhile tip? Yes, I will never take an UberEats again.
If you deliver in the suburbs, I doubt if you'll make $10 an hour, but at least you will be safe.
In the military FUBAR means F***UpBeyondRepair.
But I like Mboscoreelli answer.
I drive for Uber but never FUBER.
Jeremy,
Smartphones are ubiguitous, the Motorola startek is the highest form of COOL.
All of these posts don't consider that you can always use a friend with a smartphone to arrange the trip for you.
Of course, the trip fee would go on his/her bill. This should be no problem among friends.
It beats paying another service to do the same thing.
If this won't work then a taxi is the best bet.
I have had quite a conversation on Quora with a guy who had a flip phone that he insisted on using.
He thought the goverment should make Uber assist those without smartphones and credit cards.
The exchange went back end forth for several days.
I finally ended the conversation by saying, "if you wanted to clean a window on the second floor and had no ladder, would you buy or borrow a ladder or insist that the goverment get you a ladder."
Another way that could be considered is having a friend with a smartphone request a trip for you.
The services mention always involve paying a fee in addition to the Uber/Lyft charges. Why pay extra?
I probably have two or three trips such as this in a week.
The driver can only communicate with the smartphone owner, but the owner can always call the rider's phone.
An excellent example of this is a boyfriend paying for a ride for his "girlfriend" to be delivered to his address. There is generally no problems for the driver if you're picking up the passenger at a home address.
It becomes a problem if the rider is in a crowd and I am looking for Adam when I am picking up Eve.
I've never given up and I always find Eve, and Adam is a grateful for my patience.
A driver should never take personal calls. Their is plenty of time after a ride is over to return a call. Eating while driving is also a no-no. I don't expect my passengers to eat on a ride, so I don't do it either.
Making or taking a call at a red light and the rider will take it as inattention to driving.
That rule changes for a rider. they don't have to pay attention while riding. I consider it rude if they are talking loudly, but I just ignore them.
I personally enjoy a conversation with a passenger, but how they spend their time on the ride is their business, not mine.
There will be another ride and hopefully a better passenger.
This occurs if there are two or more riders in the pool and the rides are SHORT.
Assuming the ride was an UberX and it was short. In Philadelphia the driver earns $3.75.
Now take the exact same ride with three pool riders. Uber charges each one of them a $2 booking fee. These booking fees (plus any other fees) are subtracted from what the riders pay before allocating the pay to the driver.
The result is the driver may earn something close to $3.75 but Uber gets at little more than $6.
The good thing is SOMETIMES Uber subsidizes the rides and the driver makes out.
KitterMe (Some how,I think this should be KidderMe.)
It was a streak of bad luck for the driver. I don't see why he would give up if you didn't.
I would have tried another GPS. (I have another phone.)
Perhaps that may have worked. You could also use your phone.
In any case he should have got you within walking distance of your destination.
The driver should be aware that the GPS will always try to get you back to the same blocked road.
Even if the GPS is unaware of a blocked road, there are usually detour signs to follow.
This is an occassion where two brains are better than one.
NewGirl,
Since you had nothing to do with his car problems, He should have canceled the ride with no charge to you. That would be what I would do.
If you were charged, then Email Uber and explain what happened.
I have no doubts that they will refund the charge.
Their motto seems to be "The driver is always wrong". In this case he was.
When people talk about autonomous cars, their first thought is the safety.of them.
The 64% that are concerned with safety will be overome when cheaper rides are available, Cheap is very effective as we all know in the ride sharing industry.
Secondly, if you live in a city, where you seldom go over 20 mph, the fear factor will be overcome.
If I seem to be advocating autonomous cars, it's because I know they are coming. Too much is invested in them to stop now.
Most people think of ride sharing compnies implementing the cars so they can get rid of cranky drivers and lower the rates. Both are true. How can you give a car a "1" rating? By the way, will there be tip boxes for riders to ignore?
Now my main reason for the post is I see problems other than safety for autonomous cars to consider.
1. Assume two riders are inebriated and one gets out of the car and falls down on the street side of the car. Currently a concerned driver would pick her up and get her to safety. Would her inebriated companion try to pick her up before a car comes bearing down on them? (Read about it in a Quora post)
2. Assume both riders fall asleep. Will the car reconize that they haven't exited. If so, would the car remain out of service until they wake up? Would it automaticly go back to the depot with both riders? If not, then would they be guests of the next rider?
3. What would happen if they vomited and exited. Would the cameras recognize this and send the car back to the depot? What happens if it doesn't recognize it?
4. In the inner cities, pedestrians crossing legally and illegally are a problem. Would the automonous car wait until it is safe to go? LOL
5. What if something or someone is still in the car when it arrives to pickup the next rider, what will he do? Click on "Car not ready, send another." What if he wanted to catch a plane?
6. What if you lost something in the car. What are your chances of seeing it again?
7. Imagine a car pool with random riders. Would they all behave nicely?
I think that covers some of the problems I see.
I think when the automonous cars do arrive, they will not be gas powered, not a hybrid, but only electric. It would not make sense for them not to be. All the work being done on automonous vehicles that are gas powered would be easily transfered to an electric car. The vehicle power has nothing to do with the success of the programming.
1. What if the nations leaders determine that it is in the best interest to get gas burners off the road. Will it offer payments to car owners to junk their older cars and buy an electric car, automonous or not. It has happened not to long ago.
2. What if cities determine that only automonouscars or electric cars will be allowed into the city?
Only fire trucks, and emergeny vehicles would be allowed to be gas powered.
Am I stretching a little bit? Yes, probably a lot, but it will come to that eventually.
Until then, be safe.
There are similarites between a Chauffeur and an UberXL driver.
Both have clean and reliable vehicles. Both are experienced drivers.
However, the average pay for a chauffered is over $22,000, and it is customary to tip a chauffeur. You don't have to tip a UberXL driver.
$22,000 buys a lot of UberXL rides and by golly you don't have to tip. (Is that a good feeling or what?)
Now you know why.
Stuffinmuffin, How would this work? Where do you meet all the drivers needed to implement this plan?
Wait, let me guess:
1. You go to a Greenlight location, pass out your card with your phone number.
2. Ask all of them to call you.
3. Tell all of them of the plan.
4. They must drive to center city Philadelphia on Friday at 4:00 PM and shut down.
5. At 4:30 PM they should reopen their app.
Sounds like a fool proof plan to me. Naaahhh.
Do you believe in Karma? Here, let me give you a "1" star.
This post is interesting. I wonder if the driver would get paid less when making 5 short trips rather than one long trip?
I had a rider that I knew in siiting in my car. We were going to the airport.
He insisted on doing the right thing and requested the ride through Uber. To our surprise he got another driver. Why, I don't know. He canceled and requested again and got me.
I say this because, this could happen to the rider with many promos.
I wouldn't go for this myself. You might turn a 20 minute trip into a thirty minute trip.
Well said Chris.
If you kept your app on and refused rides then Uber would shut it down. Where do all these weird ideas come from?
$3.75 not $5.