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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.
If you want to raise your ratings dont slam the drivers door and tip the driver. Even if its $2/$3. I dont rate passengers low for these reasons but many drivers will. However if your driver goes out of their way for you you should be tipping. If driver takes you to a city they cannot pick up in such as NY (unless they are a NY driver)tip them as they are coming back empty or in awful traffic. Gas has risen, driver rates have been cut, bonuses $ quest have been dropped. Passengers fares are still cheap and have not increased. A small tip greatly helps drivers out. Obviously if your driver sucked dont tip:) Unless a passeger slams the door purposely I dont agree with giving a low rating as I am sure it was an accident. If a driver is so worried about their door get out open it and shut it for passenger. A passenger doesnt get in and out of our vehicle everyday. They may not realize how nuch force is needed or how little.
Uber claims they are sending warnings to passengers with low ratings giving them a chance to make their ratings better. They have not said what they consider low for passengers. Drivers are deactivated at 4.6. As a driver along with many other drivers will not accept request from low rated passengers. I usually dont pick up passengers lower than a 4.50. It also depends where I am and time of night I may not accept request below a 4.8. Ratings are the only thing drivers have to protect themseves. There are plenty of stories out there about drivers being a problem there are many where drivers get attacked. We really dont have anything to keep us safe. I also think that along with drivers being rated unfairly passengers are being rated low unfairly also. I hesitated the night I got the request for the rider with a 4.5. I was in a decent area and decided to accept. He was very sweet but liked to give navagate. I have no problem with that. He even tipped 20.00 cash. Other drivers dont like when a passenger navagates. The ratings system is deeply flawed for both rider and passenger. Lyft's rating system is based off 100 rides Uber is 500. It takes awhile on Uber for your ratings to increase but will decrease faster with just a few low ratings. Drivers believe Uber will not deactivate any passengers with low ratings. This was just put out there to pacify drivers. I still see ratings 4.1, 4.4. As long as I see a rating under under 4.5 I will not accept its too risky.
CEO's of Uber and Lyft are despicable deceitful human beings. They really must think drivers are idiots and will not realize they are making less money. Both companies continue to cut drivers rates, bonuses, etc... sadly it doesnt surprise me. They put info out to drivers in other markets about getting paid once you swipe accept but never mentioned they were reducing anything. If it wasnt for the drivers they wouldnt have a company. It sucks. Hopefully CA drivers will do the right thing and force these companies to at the very least increase fares. Not holding my breath. Hang in there. Maybe they will get whats coming to them. We hzd our XL fares lowered cant wait to see what they are going to next.
My 3 boys had reflux as infants. Especially my 1st one puked evety bottle like the exorcist movie:) Baby Wipes were my best friend:)
Goo Gone is also good.
Sticky messes, chewing gum, old or new stains on fabric use Krud Kutter for carpets.
Zep Degreaser or Dawn for grease.
Baby wipes actually are good for a lot of stains.
Magic Erasers are awesome for everything.
WD40 will work to get crayon, permanent blk marker, and stickers off car.
Mixture of baking soda and peroxide make a paste can be used on just about anything. Just need to let it sit for an hour or longer if its old, thick, greasy, crusty things:)
Vinegar and baking soda. It does fizz up just be careful. This also works great on slow drains let sit for few hours and wash down with hot water.
I have an older vehicle 2004 Honda Pilot. Need to keep it up and looking good. Always used Armour All products for my car since the 80's. I now use Maguire's High shine detailer for inside of car (plastic, rubber) makes your dash, door panels, look brand new. They have a bottle to use on outside of car trim, bumper, etc... will make your car look like new. Prices for their products are reasonable at Wal Mart.
I am OCD when it comes to cleaning. Tested many products out there. The above products have worked on anything I've ever needed them for. I have a few other things that have been suggested for cars. Interior and exterior (paint), rims, and tires. Once I try them myself and see they work I'll post. Dont like to suggest anything unless I know they work.
You can give them your number then when they need a ride you can drive to them. Then they can request ride on Uber or Lyft while you are there. It should then ping your phone first accept the ride. Some drivers report that rider may have to try a 2nd time. It has always worked for me the first time.
These trips dont show hrs. worked or tolls that may have been reimbursed on the trip. If you pd tolls on these trips that shows as your earnings. Each trip could've had $5/$10/$15 in tolls. That is not earnings but it shows as earnings in that particular screen shot. Doesn't really give you accurate earnings.
I wouldn't expect anyone to give out valuable or profitable info out for free. What my point was is there is so many scams out there promising things that are nothing but BS. They just take peoples money. You come on a forum that you have never posted on asking for 1K saying you can increase drivers profits by 2/3K per mth. Not much info, explanation, or background. Again not asking for you to share your secrets for free but your post is very vague. As for the screen shot I make that on a daily basis also driving for Lyft with just as few legit rides. If you are scaming Lyft, riders, or a trick you found on the app Lyft will eventually find out causing drivers to be deactivated. There are some very intelligent people including good business people driving and sharing their info on forums and You Tube videos. I find it hard to believe they wouldn't all ready know your hack. Which as I stated will do nothing but get drivers deactivated and then they will have lost 1K also. Sharing, charging for good info is great but giving drivers a hack not such a good idea. Not trying to be rude but both of your post are somewhat difficult to understand in the way they are worded. Dont think drivers on this forum are willing to send a stranger 1k for the following reasons:
They dont know you, you are a stranger, they know nothing about you, your post are difficult to understand, and using a hack is extremely risky.
I do have to ask who is affected by the hack? Lyft or Rider? Surely you dont want to be screwing riders. At least I hope not. You can do what you want & post what you want. Just informing you most drivers here in the forum are intelligent, hard working people that will probably not trust what you posted and see it as a scam. At the very least something that may get them deactivated. Good luck. I dont use hacks and this dont count my cash tips.
Here are 3. 2nd one has pics.
https://www.uber.com/us/en/elevate/
https://mashable-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/mashable.com/article/uber-air-flying-taxis.amp?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQA#aoh=15615994633893&_ct=1561599468303&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle%2Fuber-air-flying-taxis%2F
https://www-theverge-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/6/11/18661129/uber-air-taxi-cabin-interior-elevate-helicopter?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQA#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2019%2F6%2F11%2F18661129%2Fuber-air-taxi-cabin-interior-elevate-helicopter
Sorry Chris thought I put them in. Thank you for catching the mistake:)
It reminds me of an old arcade game called Frogger. You have to get your frog across the road of moving cars without getting run over. Lol
I dont let them see my road rage as nothing good would come of it. I agree. It just really annoys me especially when these idiots are on their phone texting. Left lane doing 35mph in a 65mph & braking every 200' for no reason other then they are too busy texting. I get we all make mistakes at times but sometimes people are just rude or distracted. Had riders yesterday was forced off the road by a tractor trailer. Beeping did absolutely nothing he just coming into my lane. Thankfully I had a wide shoulder & was able to pull onto it. My riders seen the whole thing so they knew it wasnt my fault otherwise they may have sent a bad report to Uber. Had another incident few weeks back where a deer jumped in front of me with rider in the car. She was on her phone not paying attention. I had to brake quickly. She said, "damn what was that for"? I told her and the deer was still visible. Had she not said anything so I could explain that could've meant bad report to Uber. Not all riders see what these idiots are doing and can cause them to report the driver. It just gets frustrating. Most times its the idiots on their phone while driving. You do just have to ignore and get on with your day but at the time very frustrating.
You are asking people to send a $1,000.00 to someone they know nothing about to increase their Lyft earnings? Out of the approx 1.4M drivers in the USA you are the only one who discovered how to do this? We are supposed to believe this just on your word? Sorry but this seems worse than the TRYP influencers. At least with them it was only a few hundred. This post is screaming SCAM.
Would love for more drivers and riders to share their thoughts. Please post your answers to the questions below. Very curious to hear why some feel its a good idea and why or bad idea & why?
This question was posted 9 months ago. We have new drivers on the forum and woukd like to hear more thoughts on this. I have seen countless videos on You Tube and post on forum telling drivers to put sign up or put a tip jar in your car. They guarantee it works.
I still dont agree. I still cannot bring myself to do this. I would be so uncomfortable the minute my rider stepped into my car.
Drivers what do you do? Do you have sign? Jar? Do you think it works? Do you have proof it works? How do you not feel uncomfortable? Do you think it works in certain tyoes of riders? Certain markets? Please post your opinions.
Riders, what is your opinion/thoughts on drivers doing this? Most rider post I see dont think drivers should have it in their car or they dont tip because its in their car. Is there any rider out there who thinks its a giid idea? Dont mind it being in a driver's car? Tips because you see it in the car or can pit money in the box? Please share.
Lyft is now asking for a receipt from the driver within 24 hrs of getting car cleaned or repaired. Basically if the driver does the cleaning there may be no fee given to driver. Of course not that I would do this nor am I suggesting you do this:) but Receipt books are sold in office supply stores or anyone can make a nice letterhead on a computer. Just saying. Don't know if this is to crack down on false cleaning fees where driver makes a false report. Could it be that Lyft is hoping the driver cleaned it themselves? Lyft could still charge rider the fee & keep it for themself.
Had a rider puke when I first started driving on New Years Eve a few yrs back. Puked out the window doing 65 mph. Inside was easily cleaned by husband the outside was a different story. Frozen puke down passenger door, quarter panel, & trunk. Temp was approx 18/20 degrees , holiday morning. Water would freeze & also freeze my doors & locks. I was off the road for remainder of a busy morning & needed one more ride for my $75 quest bonus. Not only should cleaning fee be assessed regardless who cleans it as it is still your time. Time is $. Cleaning products aren't cheap, missed earnings, and loss of bonus, it all adds up. Lastly, no one wants to clean your watery, chunky, foul smelling stomach contents mixed with gastric juices out of there car. WTH? Put yourself in the drivers place.
Riders need to be more responsible & respectful. As a driver I get it. You may never get sick but it happens sometimes. Most carry puke bags or something you can use. They may even be able to pull over. Unfortunately its not the best idea for a driver to offer bags to drunk riders as they enter our car. Some riders get offended then you are given a 1 star because you offered a puke bag to a rider who "never pukes after drinking". Everyone wants to be treated with respect but many riders are disrespectful & dont care that the car their in is that drivers personal car that they put their family in.
This is not Ubers fault. Damn never thought I would ever use that sentence:) Not to speak ill of the dead but that young woman was either too drunk or just plain careless. Uber has been alerting riders in their apps to verify their drivers with the info they have in their apps. What happened to that young girl and many other similar stories are all over FB, You Tube, forums, articles online. Luckily nothing bad happened to them. You have to wonder are these stories true? Are these people really that stupid? I just dont understand how women can be so brain dead, its beyond stupidity at this point. There is no excuse not to know better. SMH
Because you are a man:) Lol No offense:) I've read post where some guys claim girls offered them sexual favors but I am not buying it from some of them. Lol
Lol. My kids are older (26, 17, 21, 26) only 2 teens still at home . When they were younger my car was absolutely disgusting. You would get out with gummies stuck to your ass, sticky crap everywhere, french fries, you name it it was in my car. Now that only 2 are left and rarely in my car I can finally keep it the way I want. Now I am OCD:) A place for everything and everything in its place. When the other 2 move out I can be OCD in their also.
She needs to download the rider app. Have her sit in your car and request the ride. Most times it will go to you 1st if not just have her cancel immediately and try again. I've never had an issue doing this. I have heard sometimes other drivers had to try a 2nd or 3rd time. If you are doing a promotion/quest just be careful as I heard (never did it) if Uber catches you having family members request & it helps you reach your specified number of trips they may not pay out that bonus. Again I never did it so its just what I've heard.
Bigfrank you should start a You Tube Channel. It would be awesome. Love your responses. Short and too the point.