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Monica Castleberry (momof4)
Ride Expert from Philadelphia PA
Mom & Nursing Student by day Ride Share Driver by night always on the go
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Posts by momof4
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Uber's Secret "Project Luigi". Just another way to put the screws to the drivers.
Uber has 180 of Change, Uber Pro. Lyft in some markets added the long pick up fee for drivers. Then … -
Lyft finally got some B@!!$! They made a positive decision on their own without waiting on Uber to do it.
WTG Lyft! I always call these companies out for their BS however they have made a positive decision for the … -
Lyft finally does something right! About damn time.
Its about damn time! We have been complaining about this for months. Although it helped drivers it screwed up with … -
Is Uber's Customer Service Reps causing drivers to lose out on tips? You be the judge.
Or is Ubers app? Or both??? My son & his gf went out Friday night to his Christmas party & … -
Uber drivers seeing Surge Amt. on their maps but what is Uber really charging the rider? Where is all that money going? I can tell you.
I've seen this on 2 other occassions when my kids call me for a ride. This all started back in … -
Hope drivers dont fall for this! Drivers will end up working for free. Is there anything this company wont do to screw over drivers???
Just another way to not pay drivers. The interest will be so high drivers will be driving for weeks to … -
Uber wins small Victory in CA rape suit. What do you think?
I dont agree with Uber very often. They usually are at fault. However in this case it was not their … -
Didn't Uber say they were deactivating riders with low ratings?
I know Uber said they were giving riders time and suggestions to improve their ratings. That had to be at … -
Is Uber serious? Uber Offering snacks now when logging off.
Went out to drive today. Logged on accepted a trip. Completed it. Logged off to run an errand. The app … -
More on the Axios interview with Evil CEO Dara K. This dude is a total jerk.
The only thing this man gets right in the interview is autonomous vehicles are a long way off. How much … -
Lyft wants you to give up "Car Ownership". Say goodbye to your car and rely on using Lyft to travel.
Lyft wants you to "give up car ownership". They will help you sell your car. They paired up with Carvana … -
AXIO on HBO interviews Dara K. on drivers wanting to unionize. Short video. What a joke.
See link to interview below. Dara definately dont want drivers to form a Union. This last statement from him is … -
Will Uber and Lyft ever stop fighting laws? How do they get away with ignoring laws? Is drivers ever going to make what they deserve?
Will Uber and Lyft ever pay the drivers what they deserve? Will driver rates increase? Why don't Uber & Lyft … -
Drivers don't forget Thanksgiving Eve is the busiest drinking night of the year!
If you are new to driving for Uber & Lyft or you never thought about it this is the best … -
Uber being Sued by 96,000 Drivers in NY. When will it end? When are they not being suec?
Many wonder why Uber isn't profitable. Lets forget about about self driving cars, flying taxi's, submarines, helicopters, low rider fares, … -
Too funny!! Angry Moms Road Rage Against Lyft Driver. I would say Unbelievable except in todays world.
I have to say she deserves Mom of the Year Award for 2019. Click on link. The video/article is pretty … -
Will never take a NY trip again. Ever! Few questions in comments if anyone knows the answers. Would appreciate it:)
I try to avoid NY trips. I can usually tell on Uber by the amount of time as its a … -
Car accident recently. Will my Insurance notify Uber or Lyft for any reason?
PA driver. On the way back from a trip both apps were off as PA drivers cannot pick up passengers … -
Uber and Lyft Ballot Initiative guarentees only $5.64 per hr. for drivers in CA. Total BS.
http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/the-uber-lyft-ballot-initiative-guarantees-only-5-64-an-hour/ -
Lyft Pink Membership $19.99 per month. Offers 15% off, waived lost and found fees, and more. Is it worth it?
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Featured Answers by momof4
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This happened to me quite a few times. This particular night I get a request for Uber X I can seat 4 safely. I pull up there are 3 people they say we are waiting for one more. I am paying no attention to back seat they say ok we are good I start trip get 5 blocks from pick up look in rear view mirror I have 4 in back 1 in front. So what do I do? Do I say something? Do I end trip there and boot them out? I am sure you are all saying I would of. Lol There is 5 of them one of me, oh forgot to mention I am not in a very good neighborhood. Do I call police? I probably won't get past 91 before one of them can take my phone and if I can connect with 911 chances are police will not be there before I am beaten and my car is on cinder blocks. So I take my time ride the right lane nice and slow, stay away from traffic. We get to destination still in another crappy hood. I quickly end trip. The person they are meeting doesn't answer their call so they are not moving out of my car. Uh hello trips over. So they continue to sit in my car for 10 min deciding what to do. Fnally I get another rider so I find my voice and get the courage to say "I got to go" . Still another 2 min. go by. Finally guy comes out and they get their stuff out of my trunk and go on their way. Now I pull up with doors locked and don't unlock until I know how many are getting in my car. I've learned quite a few lessons driving for Uber this past year.
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I've picked up strippers twice. One stripper had a fit & started screaming at me because I didnt pick her up at stripper enterance. The app put me in front of the place. I had never been there before. She called me screaming so I drive around to where she told me but there were people all over plus 2 entrances/exits so I ask the first female I see if she was my passenger. She ignores me then I see Mr. Big and Beefy with the tight muscle head shirt on wave me over. She opens door starts screaming why didnt you come here 1st & why were you talking to those people? I try to explain that the pick up location put me up front and what people are you talking about? She screams the people in the car. I reply "what people, what car" . She screams again the people in the car. I am getting annoyed now, because she hasnt stopped screaming at me and what people in what car not a clue who she was referring to. I should've left when I was eligible for cancel fee. We drive a mile GPS says make left turn screaming stripper barks order i will tell you where to go. We go another mile another barking order "pull into that gas station I need something". She needed something all right some manners or a foot up her ass. I pull in to this gas station that is packed has a line of cars to get in (will explain the line of cars at 3am at a gas station another time). I finally get into lot she gets out and I plot my escape. Why should I take her screaming, order barking ass anywhere else they dont pay me enough for this? I put the car in drive ready to pull out and my guilty conscience kicks in. Its 3am you cant do that. Then the little devil on my shoulder says go for it. Good conscience won I stayed but when she got back in I had a little talk with her. By the time i dropped her off she was happy. So happy when she got out she said "i am going to give you 5 stars". I wanted to reply "stick your 5 stars so far up (that thing you shake for money)that they shoot out of your mouth and hand over some of those bills you made tonight. She was out right rude and bossy.
The 2nd stripper I picked up didnt yell at me but she also barked orders. Wont get into much detail as I just wrote a book about stripper #1. Her barking orders were hello as she entered car order #1"put this radio station on, order #2 turn volumn up ill tell you when to stop" #3 dont speak to me while music is on #4 put the heat up. No please no thank you ànd you guessed it no tip. Last but not least we pull up to destination my app shows end trip you've arrived i end it wait for her to get the hell out. But she needs to bark 1 more order #5 "I've never been here before just sit here until I can find my friend then you can leave". Must be a stripper thing to bark orders and not tip. These 2 were in my first month of driving they taught me a few things that night. No, one of those things was not how to work a stripper pole. Thanks for sharing R Paulson. Would love to here more stories.
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This time I pick up 3 men in there 30's from India at a strip club in Bensalem PA. They get in dont seem really intoxicated. We have a coversation then they are talking amongst themselves. I look at GPS. Its putting me on PA Turnpike. Now where ever I get off I am not going to know where I am so obviously relying on GPS completely. Go up a few exists get off. Its dark as hell. I swear Bucks County suburbs doesnt like or is too cheap to put up street lights. Everything is so dark you see nothing when you look behind you. At this times roads are not only dark but no traffic around. The guys start speaking in their language now, up to this point their conversations were all English even to each other. Before I go further I was under impression destination was one of their homes. Now I have to turn into a dark business complex. Everything closed no one around. My mind thinks they are plotting to hack me up into little pieces lol This is just too shady. No houses, everything dark, no people, no cars. I am so ready to turn around at this point but had no idea where I could go or what i would say to them about turning around. Hearts pounding, nervous. Drive about .5 mile and up on my right was a Hotel. Never so grateful to see one. This was my 2nd experience on a ride that really scared me being a female driver. I think after all my stripper, strip club experiences (as I have 2 other time I had a pick up) I need to stay away from those places. Those rides are either miserable, scarey or just plain strange. Do you think Uber would deactivate me for not driving to or picking up from those places? Lol Yes definately.
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I think you should be able to. I have had a few riders who are happy to see a woman driver. I even had a male who said he would rather have a woman because a male driver may be able to over power a male rider. Some of these young girls pass out from drinking. Some are so drunk that a male driver could do something and she probably wouldnt remember. If these women who got raped had a female than the rape would've never happened. Young women tell me all the time some of their male drivers hit on them some are just creepy make them feel uncomfortable. One young woman said her driver bought her cigs alcohol, and tried to kiss her after ride was over. Women tend not to be criminals, rapist, etc. I would think they wouldnt be hitting on male passengers to the point that the msle rider is uncomfortable. Unfortunately these women who have had these issues dont report driver because they are afraid he will come back to their house.
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Lilly, Can you please clarify or correct me if I am wrong as I dont want to be giving my riders wrong info. If you schedule a ride more than 60 min. in advance your fare is locked in. If you schedule a ride in less than 60 min. in advance Uber gives you an estimate. Then when you are matched with a driver fare could increase if there is a surge in your area. Thank you.
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Uber and Lyft base fares on the longest route to riders destination (time & miles). Most Drivers take the shortest route. Driver is paid for the miles they drove & the amt. of time it took. I arrive at riders destination switch off GPS & go back to Uber or Lyft app. It will say 5 to 15 min until destination. I do the speed limit, I use WAZE app, my car doesn't fly, and its not an amphibious car. Passenger got charged for that 5 to 15 min even though it didnt take that long and they get charged for the miles I didnt travel. This is why drivers are complaining. Uber and Lyft are making a few dollars less than us or the same amount. Nothing we can do as we agreed to be pd per mile and time. Upfront pricing scam. What sucks is riders think we are getting 75%/80% of the fare so they may not be tipping for that reason. Especially on long trips that are 50.00 to 150.00. I am driving for Uber as I text this. When I have some free time later today I will post some screen shots so passengers can see whats going on. O will also screen shot my next trip that says we have X amt of time until destination when we are all ready there.
It does say ESTIMATE.
More on Batch Matching
https://marketplace.uber.com/matching
Here is another link if you really want more info on batch matching.
https://uberdriverthings.com/uber-ride-batch-matching-drivers-riders/
Uber is now using Batch Matching instead of closest driver. Here is a a screenshot and a link to the entire article.![]()
https://marketplace.uber.com/matching
I get same request over a 20 min time period 3 to 4X. Usually rider has a low rating, shared ride, pool ride, or fake name. If I declined once going to decline next 3X. It is rather annoying.
Download Uber and Lyft App. Whichever is cheaper at the time go with that App.
I watch you tube videos when I am bored, in the car driving (not with passenger obviously) and to waste time. Most do it because they make money (nothing wrong with that). Others have good tips that I coukd've used when I first started. Probably made every rookie mistake out there. I manage to make it work still. Do I hate the rates, the BS that U & L both pull, are we underpaid, YES. I personally have no control over it. CA is probably going to change rideshare for better or for worse for every city. I love driving, setting my own hours, but if things get any worse I will move on. I do not trust the government, Uber, or Lyft to do whats right for the drivers. Again all the players have their own agenda and its not to benefit the drivers. If RP follows through and is really in for the drivers. Great. Right now I can still make money but if things get worse I go back to a healthcare job. I am waiting to see where the pieces fall.
I want no parts of being employee. I dont want to have to maintain a certain acceptance rate nor do I want to have to take every crappy ride that pings my phone. I want to set my own hrs, go on & off the apps when I feel like it. Minimum wage here is 7.50.
Just watch him Dustin, Mark, when really bored Kevin between rides. I thought RSG was on bored with RP. He pops in on vids and comments. Everone has an egenda. They all have their codes referral codes up. They all make money off their referral codes, You Tube videos, etc... I dont invest money into any anything (other than the few free $ I get from you tube for chats) so no loss. Just curious to see how this all plays out. Harry did commercials for Uber who is to say he isnt on Ubers side? There is pros and cons to all these guys.
Ride guru fare calculator as Mick Dorsey posted
I was just explaining that you Do Not have donate. If you choose to donate you can for a little as 2.00. If you decide to donate it is being used for Attorney Fees. What is RSG?
UPDATE
Check out Rideshare Professors video. Secret meeting between Uber and Labor Unions Causing Uproar. A Yber employee spilled the beans. Uber up to no good again. There is an Uber/Lyft rally in CA hosted by them in CA. Rideshare Professor flying in with some other people to attend. Going to livestream it. Plans to speakout. Very interesting to see what happens. May want to check it out and maybe that will help to see if he is legit. He is asking for donations as little as 2.00 to hire lawyers to go after these companies. He does say if you cant afford it just share videos, links to sites, etc... Not like he is asking for big bucks. I know doing these livestreams, videos, takes time and he is putting in a lot of time. He is allowing people to sign up for street teams and G.O.A.T for free. From what I've seen and read dont see any reason to think he isnt legit. He seems like he really cares about the drivers. Time will tell.
Yes we can. Unless you are giving driver hard time, being disrespectful, obnoxious, making a mess etc... drivers dont want to kick you out. I've never kicked anyone out in over 2200 rides. Came close one night with 6 drunk idiots. RedAnt's comment gives reasons why we cant kick you out.
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In 38 yrs of driving I got 1 speeding ticket 3.5 yrs ago. In the 2 yrs I have been driving for Uber and Lyft I've been pulled over 4X with passengers. One was my passengers fault telling me GPS was wrong to go straight. Got out of turning lane then she decided she was wrong. Four cops were sitting at intersection. I knew not to do anything wrong. I put my signal on there was no traffic & pulled back in turning lane. Back end of my car sticking out slightly over line. If I pulled up would've went into intersection. Got pulled over no ticket. Had turned down my headlights waiting on riders as I was blinded people who were outside the bar. Forgot to turn them back up. No ticket cop was actually very nice. Got pulled over in Princeton NJ cop was more interested in questioning my passenger. Definately the strangest traffic stop. Never did find out why I got pulled over. No ticket. Pulled over again Princeton NJ failure to pull in left lane as a cop had someone pulled over on the shoulder. However there was traffic in those lanes so I slowed down to 25 in a 55. That is legal. No ticket. My riders didnt complain we got a good laugh and off we went. I did receive a tip on all 4 rides. I drive with cruise control on and I obey the laws. When I did get pulled over its for minor things that had Township cops & had no reason to ticket me. No laws were broken. The one stop with the lights was valid. It was embarassing but I think my riders were just happy it was me behind the wheel and not them:) Uber and Lyft drivers are on the road much more than the average person bound to get pulled over.
Yes rider request can go back to a driver that all ready declined. I've had request come back to me 4X over 20 min.
I just started watching his you tube channel. So far what I have checked into has checked out. He still drivers for Uber but dors Black SUV he has license to do private rides. He seems to know a lot of people. Dont think he would lie about who he knows on a video when those people could call him out on it. Seems to have good business connections. He helps a lot of drivers. I am signing up by the 3rd. I am signing up for free. If things start progressing and it looks like the new rideshare will go forth then I may go for a pd. membership. He just started all this aftdr the LA strike and so far what he has said he was going to do he has done. He hasnt asked for a dime. My advice is watch his videos dating from LA strike to recent. Sign up for free for Street Teams watch his live stream on the 4th. Go from there. At this point most you lost is some time watching videos. He does give good advice, intelligent, fair, and has no problem calling these companys out on their BS. He did a recent video on TRYP telling them about his experiences so far, he is pissed. I personally think he is a kind, decent, man that will do what he says. Watch his vids, live stream on july 4th, sign up for free on street teams is my best advice. He isnt asking for money so it sounds legit. However I will post updates in case you dont want to sign up until you know more.
Rideshare Professor, You Tuber
Started a site where drivers can connect from all over the world. A site to get info out to drivers quickly. When LA had the strike no all drivers knew about. Other ciries had strike but many drivers didnt know. He wants suggestions for new rideshare company, Uber, and Lyft. Check put his videos to understand more.
YES!!!!! I Just started following The Rideshare Professor a few months back. He seems like a honest, hard working, businessman. He knows his shit, dont put up with crap, helps drivers out all the time, very vocal about Lyft and Uber's BS, and wants to start another company. Not happy with "Goat" name but maybe that will change:) lol What's the worst that could happen? At least we will know whats going on. I think CA drivers hold are fate in their hands. Hope they do the right thing and dont make us employees. Whatever happens there is likely to change rideshare everywhere. They should allow him & few drivers from major cities sit down with Uber & Lyft and come up with an agreement that will benefit drivers. He will and does stand up for the drivers. I am signing up for free. Not sending any money until I see where this is all going. I guess we will know what his plans are on July 4th. I like the idea of him telling people no negativity or rude comments on Street Teams or your booted. Thats why i like ride guru. We can all state our opinion without the negative BS and rude comments. We may not always agree but no one jumps all over your post with the rude replies. Some other forums and FB pages are ridiculous. Some of these drivers are so rude to other drivers. I am sure they are with their passengers no wonder they are complaining no one tips them:)
Unless Your area has something new neither the Lyft or Uber platform has that capability. Uber has "Pool" and Lyft has "Shared". What that means as those rides are discounted. The driver may or may not get other riders during your trip but regardless you will be given an "Upfront Price". That price is what you will pay no matter if someone else gets in the car or not during your trip. The Pool or Shared ride just means you may or may not get other riders in the car with you. It doesn't mean the cost is shared. The ride is just discounted compared to an Uber X or Lyft ride.