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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.
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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.
That was my thoughts also but then I found this article. I've been hearing more and more from riders that drivers are cancelling on them at the last minute. Lets face it not every ride puts you in a great spot. I feel sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. One guy I picked up last night missed his flight because 2 drivers cancelled on him. Did exactly what these drivers did in the the story below. If it's 3/4am most likely if its a 45+ min long trip someone is headed to Airport. If you accept a riders request call & ask where they are going. I am sure they much rather have you cancel immediately then wait for you to drive 15 min get within a block from them & cancel. They are missing flights when 2/3 drivers do this. Drivers wonder why Uber & Lyft do some of the things they do. It's the drivers that cause it with crap like this. You dont want a long trip dont accept it. You are screwing your passengers.
Passengers if you get a decent driver who takes you on a long trip you may want to tip a few $ for those dead miles back especially if driver is going to be stuck in traffic losing money or cant pick up in the city they take you too. PA & NJ drivers take you to NYC but cant pick anyone up there. Getting out alive and your car intact is a miracle. Those TLC drivers are rude and drive like a bunch of morons (sorry to the few that may not). There are other cities that you may not be able to pick up in but I am not sure of which ones.
Tip to Riders
If you are going on a long trip 45 min + call or text your driver as soon as they accept. Tell them where you are going so if they want to cancel you are not sitting there waiting 15/20 min and then they cancel and possibly same thing with following driver. Again if your driver takes you on these long trips, car is clean, driver in nice, respectful, and safe please consider tipping for those dead miles they may and probably will incur. Maybe more drivers will start taking the longer trips then. Until they do I'll be out there making money on all the trips drivers cancel.
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I thought this was a joke. Lol Apparently not.
Uber and Lyft both advertised in the beginning about drivers being able to make good money driving. In the beginning they were able to at 2.25 per mile. So why not drive full time at that rate? Your your own boss, flexibility, instant pay etc... Then once the markets got saturated with drivers rates were being decreased it became more and more difficult to make money. As time went on more veteran drivers quit because of the decreased rates, less money for promtions, market saturation. Now both companies are scraping the bottom of the barrel for drivers. Drivers that think they can turn on the app and the money comes flowing in with no thought process, not studying and getting to know your market. There is a lot of competition out there. You have to put some thought and research into when and where you drive. Many new drivers (not all) feel entitled and dont put any effort towards customer service. With the help of a fellow driver, research, many days of trial & error we know when & where to drive. What trips to take, what trips to decline, and what type of people to drive. I can still make money and I get bigger and better tips more now than ever because of when and where I drive and the service I provide. I am far from perfect but I know when to talk, when to shut up. I am courteous, professional, and nice. I am running a business if I want good tips or any tips at all I need to provide good customer service. Help with luggage, make a stop, lower my radio or shut it off. I do whatever my rider asks as long as its possible and not an outrageous request. Uber and Lyft keep decreasing rates and yes it sucks. If you are not making money, or absolutely hate driving this isnt for you. If you are miserable your riders pick up on this and it just makes for a crappy ride.
My opinion is they need to raise driver rates maybe not to what drivers are asking but 20%/25% would be nice. Ill even be happy with last years rates. My rates per mile are .34 less than last year. Gas has gone up. Gas is killing us right now something needs to change when this happens. They need to be more transparent, rating system really needs adjusting, deactivation needs to be more fair and clearer to driver why they were deactivated, and safety needs to be addressed for drivers. If rates fall anymore and I am not making any money its time to go to Plan B. Its like any other job you dont like it, they dont pay you enough find something else. Unfortunately thats the harsh reality. Strikes, boycotts, etc.. are not going to work. I definately dont want to become an employee of Uber or Lyft. I love the freedom and flexibility. I never depended on surge, df, or promotions, and bonuses as I knew these could always be taken away at any given time. For now I'll Uber/Lyft on. Until I am not making money then its time to just move on. It sucks if this happens as I love to drive, meeting new interesting people (some are jerks, some are cheap), the flexibility, and instant pay.
I frequently go to EWR Airport. They have an entire lot filled with yellow taxi's so they must still be able to make money. I also go into NY city (which I hate) they are stilled filled with taxi cabs. In some markets they are still being used and still making money. I always wondered why when I am looking for car unsurance they ask how many times per week I drive in NJ and NY. I now know why. NY and NJ have some of the most ignorant, rude, crazy drivers I ever seen. I thought CC Philadelphia was bad. NJ and NY are far more rude and dangerous. You can always tell a NY driver, they are always beeping their horns. Bumper to bumper traffic no where to go but NY taxi drivers are still beeping their horn. If I am ever given less than a year to live going to buy an old army jeep with reinforced bumpers. Then I am going to take a few rides into NJ and NY:) #hateNJ&NYtaxidrivers
Longer rides are better. Most of the driving is highway, better gas mileage less wear & tear on car. Even if its a long pick up 20 min. You get $9/$10 to go get them. Covers your gas for the whole trip or most of it. Dead miles back do suck. With any luck.you will at least get another long trip before you get back to where you wait for long trips. So way back not a total loss. 1 long trip is better then taking 5 to 10 short trips. If you dont hit traffic on way back still can be profitable with no rider. Leave apps on as you can deduct those miles on your taxes. If you run into traffic that can be an issue. I stay away from most trips during rush hour. I take my breaks then. I still get plenty of long trips during non rush hr. I also tend to get 20% or more in tips on long trips.
Thats all we can do is hope one or both realizes their self driving cars are not going to be ready as fast as they hoped. They are going to still need drivers. If they dont do something soon all the decent drivers may just up and leave. I love doing what I want and when I want and still making ok $. Dont know how much longer that is going to last. They will be stuck with idiots that advertise they are screwing riders with surge or idiots that drive around with filthy cars and no customer service skills.
Give me a week or 2, I am sure I'll find something:) Wouldnt want you to get too bored:)
Thanks Lou. You are always so nice and sweet. Thats grest that you call your mom. You only get one and they wont be here forever. I am sure your mom is grateful and proud of you. My sons calls me multiple times per day or stops by everyday. Actually I call him 2 call Mike, we will hang up and without fail he will call right back with something he forgot. I try. Happy to help if I can. At the very least if I give stupid advice or my advice dont work, do the opposite. Lol
Some restaurants automatically add gratuity in for servers. Would make sense and would help drivers but anything that helps us is a no no in Uber & Lyfts eyes. I dont care how or where the increase comes from. Increase fares gradually over next 30 to 60 days 15% then another 10/15%. Give drivers 20% Lyft & Uber can take the other 5/10%. They wont increase fares and give it all to driver only reason I said to give them 5/10%. Passengers are hooked they will still use the service. For example I use to get 2GB of data on my cell plan my kids ran out all the time we switched to another cell co & got 10GB. Kids still running out. Finally they offered unlimited but didnt increase price. I now use over 10GB along with there kids. If Co. decided to go back to 10GB or pay more I would have to pay as I am to use to it and need it. I know other companies offer unlimited plans. Just pointing out that when people are used to ceratain things they will pay. In most markets everybody uses Uber or Lyft they both raise rates there are no issues. You know once one does it other will follow. Yes they may loose a few riders. Especially those that use it to go a mile up the the road but drivers I know wouldnt care. Hate those rides anyway. People may also pick pool more but once they take a ride or 2 with pool they will go back to Uber X and Lyft. I sometimes wonder what people did before Uber & Lyft. I do a lot of late nights (overnight). People get into jams all the time. For example 3 separate riders took a train out of NY at 2am few weeks back. Guy who collects tickets was asked to wake them when they got to Newark NJ. He didnt. My rider woke up in Princeton NJ. Woke the others. Train station was deserted no cabs around. Each called an Uber. My rider couldn't thank me enough, said I was sent from Heaven lol. He said he had no idea what to do. 35.00 tip and insisted on paying Turnpike toll even though it was included in his fare. His phone was almost dead he had no idea what taxi co to call. The ride was approx. 68 miles 70 min to get him home. A cab ride wouldve cost him a fortune and he probably wouldve waited really long for it to get there. People have been using U and L for yrs now they wont give it up for a 20/30% increase it.
Sorry its probably too late to answer. You can schedule at least 24hrs ahead of time. I actually think you can schedule even longer than that.
What part of PA? I am in Philly just outside of Bucks Co (Bensalem).
Autosave is working great. Thank you:)
I just seen this post. It got buried:) Thank you Lou. That was so sweet. Your mom should be proud of you. You are so kind. Thank you Chris. I just realized who your are lol. Its been over a week and I havent totured you with emails:)
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Thank you. Happy I could help. Please feel free to ask questions or give your opinion from riders perspective. I just posted under rideshare news about the idiot drivers who were causing surges at Reagan airport andvwere dumb enough to go to the press with it. Would love to have a rider post their opinion.
Sorry I shouldve been more clear. I was talking about two separate trips, my fault. If you are a rider bringing a friend click for 2 seats. If you are a rider with baggage I would click 1 seat. The car that picks you up should have a trunk with room for bags/luggage. I would hope a driver wouldnt want you to click 2 seats for you & a bag as that would limit them from being able to accept 2 more riders vs accepting 3 more & putting bag in trunk (I don't mean that sarcastically towards you just hoping a driver would not consider putting bag in a seat that could seat another rider). After the story that hit the news today about Reagan Airport and Uber & Lyft drivers nothing would surprise me on the level of stupidity. Unfortunately these idiot drivers make the rest of us look look like we all try scamming the system and screwing our riders. Trust me most of us are not as stupid or dishonest as these drivers. I will post about that on different topic. Drivers are supposed to have a clean trunk with room in for luggage, groceries, bags, etc... By all means if your ride isnt good and the driver doesnt deserve do not leave a tip. I too tip when not necessarily deserved or service is less than satisfactory. I try to be understanding and assume that maybe the person I am tipping is just having a bad day or going through something in their life thats making it difficult to perform their job. I give 15% if less than satisfactory, good service 20%, and excellent service over 20%. If the driver doesnt get out of car & help with luggage then sorry they dont deserve a tip. Many drivers fail to realize this is their own business yes they can run it how they want but it is based on the riders experience. Driver does nothing other than let you in their car & drive them from a to b. Why would you want to tip? You need to be personable, friendly (not over friendly), courteous, respectful, if they have luggage put it in trunk for them, etc... You want a tip do something to make that person want to tip you. Too many entitled people out there. You dont get extra if you dont do anything to deserve it. Then there are riders that as long as you get them where they are going safely and you dont disturb them they will tip you. You need to be able to read your rider and provide them with the ride they want. Then there is the 3rd type of rider this time instead of being the self entitled driver its the self entitled rider. No matter how nice you are, no matter how much you go out of your way, no matter how much you do for them nothing is enough for them they dont tip you a dime regardless how above and beyind you go for them. Dont even get me started on the ratings lol Riders rate drivers less than 5 stars by mistake or they have multiple trips & rate wrong one, rate drivers for things beyond their control, want a free ride, the list goes on (so do all my post lol), but drivers also rate riders less than 5 stars for equally as stupid reasons, accidentally slamming their door (gotta love that one). How the hell is the rider suppose to know how hard the door needs to be pushed? Ok I've given you much more than you needed to know or asked for. Lol If you have any doubts or concerns once a driver accepts your request text or call them right away. Tell them you have a suitcase coming with you. "Hey just giving you a heads up I have a piece of luggage". I would hope it wouldnt be an issue. Once driver accepts and you see its a really small car the alternative is cancel immediately (to avoid fee) try again and maybe you will get a bigger car. Thats always an option. Hopefully I've answered your question in my long winded answer. If you have any further questions or comments I would be happy to help you. Would love to see more riders post their opinions on here, their advice on what makes a rider happy, comfortable, etc. When a driver gets rated less than 5 stars it is extremely rare we know why. How do we fix what we are doung wrong if we dont know whst we did. Please ask questions, post your opinion, give drivers ideas all are welcome. Safe travels.
I think my nephew may use his Discover card. I will check for you to see what he did to get it to work. If I do not respond in 24 hrs then he uses his debit card and I dont have a clue. I know this isnt much help but hopefully he uses his then I will be of some help.
Yes that is reasonable. Lyft Shared or Uber Pool allow you to bring 1 person or a bag (luggage). The cars that pick up for those services seat 4 (usually, sometimes more if they have XL vehicle) regardless you can bring a suitcase or a person. If you ever take it and you bring someone just click 2 seats so Lyft or Uber and the driver know you need 2 seats. Otherwise they think you only need one seat and may load 3 more riders into that drivers car in that case someone will get cancelled. It is quite possible the driver will have 4 people to pick up (you & 3 others). I once picked up a rider then the next rider. After I dropped off 1st rider 2nd rider was stuck in my car for over 75 min. Before I could get her to her destination Uber kept adding riders that needed to be dropped off before her destination. I finally cancelled last 2 riders that were added stopoed accepting request and took the poor girl where she needed to go. You may want to leave earlier than you normally would in the event the driver has 3 other shared riders to pick up. Riders sometimes more so than not tend to not be ready when driver arrives. Driver will usually wait 5 min for a rider or choose to wait longer. Also keep in mind that although you may be picked up 1st you could be the last to be dropped off. Although this may sound like I am trying to discourage you. I just want you to be aware of what can happen if you take shared or pool as being at the airport ahead of time is priority so you dont miss your flight.
Not sure what city you are in or what time you are leaving so none of this may happen. You may be the only rider. One last suggestion. Assuming your driver is polite, nice, respectful, car is clean, everything goes well and the driver loads & unloads your bag please consider tipping even if just a 1.00 or 2.00. Drivers tend to lose money or make very little on shared and pool rides. Trust me it would greatly be appreciated especially since gas prices have gone up .50 or more in every city:) Obviously if your driver is rude, doesnt load & unload your bag, car is dirty and smelly, driver isnt respectful, etc then by no means leave a tip. Hopefully this helps somewhat so you are not running through the airport to catch your flight because a rider or 2 made driver wait:). Safe travels.
Thank you. Thats just sad to hear. I thought it would be common sense. I love to talk or just to listen to people. However I do know when to shut up:) I sure as hell know no one wants to hear your problems, illnesses, advice (most times). No one is interested in your accomplishments, hearing you brag, or complain. I shouldnt be surprised though as many people have no common sense:) Thank you for replying:)
Why didnt you just put the additional stops in the app so driver could just follow the app? You would've been driven & dropped off at your own houses. You said the driver agreed to drop you all off and then you state he got really mad after you tried to find the best route. Had you put the drop offs in the app this wouldve never happened. Once you put destination in with no stops the driver is under no obligation to make additional stops. By making these added stops not on the app you are making the driver take additional time with your trip. Time is money for that driver. I may be wrong but it sounds like driver agreed thinking it was one additional stop that turned into 3 & they were not quite as close as he thought. The 3 of you are in the back deciding what would be better. Again if it was in the app the app wouldve calculated what was best. On top of that your friend refuses to get out. That is his vehicle, his business, and his livelihood. You are now costing him time and $. He is a private contractor he has every right to ask you to get out. He couldve called the police to force you to get out of the vehicle. I am not saying I agree with this driver 100%. As a driver I do everything I possibly can. I dont yell or give my rider a hard time in anyway trist me some deserved it. Thats how I run my business. As far as the trip missing in your friends app if the driver cancelled the trip he was not paid for it. Therefore you were not charged so it wont show in your app if you didnt pay for it. I think there may be a little more to this story than is being told. This is what you are saying, 3 ladies being nice and respectful to the driver asking for driver to make additional stop close by driver agrees ladies are back there trying to plan his route and then driver flips out and goes crazy mean throwing them out of his car. Not sounding exactly the way it happened. Especially since driver took you wherever he did for free. Driver cancel means no $. Ladies shouldve put stops in the app. This is what riders do instead of putting stops in and paying maybe an extra 1.00 they ask driver to drop off friends just a block.or 2 away. BTW its never a block or 2 away. The reason I believe your stops were longer than you say is because you were back there trying to find the "sensible" route. If the stoos were not far away, you were all friends you woukdbt have to figure ot out. Sorry but I am not buying the innocent ladies who were nothing but nice and respectful. Not buying the stops were close together either. Next time order more than 1 Uber, put stops in app, or tip the driver a few bucks immediately as you are costing the driver time and money. Dont be cheap and this stuff wont happen. I can assure you if you post this in other forums drivers are not going to believe the total innocent act.