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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.
I dont think its much safer in a taxi. Google taxi driver rapes passenger, taxi driver kills passenger, etc.. More people take ride share now and Uber seems to always make the news no matter what. We have more access to news, social media, and articles than we did years ago. The more technology the more apps and access we have. We didnt have all that back in taxi only days. There also were rarely female taxi drivers. More and more female drivers are driving for Lyft and Uber. Most of them are safe to ride with. How many taxis were on the road prior to Uber & Lyft? I am sure not as many as there are Uber & Lyft drivers so of course you are going to hear of more problems. What you dont hear about are the nice, thoughtful, kind drivers that go above & beyond for their passengers. The drivers that drive drunks home and put up with all their BS while getting them home safely. How many lives have been saved due to Uber & Lyft drivers taking the drunks home? I could go on but I think you get my point. As usual we are all lumped together. A few are bad, lazy, rude etc so we must all be like that. Just like the priest and the cops. Few bad eggs and they are all rapist or all cops are brutalize. Yes Uber & Lyft need to step it up to help make drivers & riders more safe (Uber Beta testing something now). As far as riders getting into a car that isnt an Uber that is the riders fault. Your app shows us approaching, it lets you know we have arrived, once your trip is accepted you can see us drive to you. Check the license plate, profile pic, color, make, model. It really cant get much easier. Uber & Lyft track the drivers car and the riders phone. There are 911 buttons in riders app to contact and send police. You can share your trip with multiple people. Do taxi's have any of this? There are always going to be good, decent people and people that are horrible human beings. They are everywhere not just Uber Drivers. You must always be aware of your surroundings, know how to try & get out of situations & how to defend yourself, carry pepoer spray, knife, gun (legally). You can walk down your street in daylight and someone can attack. I dont think its fair to say "many people feel we should go back to taxi's". After reading this and googling Taxi driver attacks if you still believe that a taxi is safer you may want to carry a weapon and take self defense classes. Unfortunately the criminal element, unkind rude people, are here to stay. If you think you are safe you are sadly mistaken. Any thing a random few Uber drivers have done happen on the streets everyday multiple times per day.
If you are an Uber Black driver you are a professional driver. You all ready know if there is luggage to get out and load it. There is no need to let driver know. You know not to talk unless you are spoken to. They ask if temp is ok. These drivers are not idiots. As an Uber X & XL driver I know to get out & load the luggage and I ask about temp. My SUV has back controls for heat and AC. I always explain to riders how to.use it (although its pretty basic)can control or just ask and I will adjust it. When rider gets in I say good evening how are you? How was your day? If they give me one word answer I dont speak unless they strike up conversation. If they are doing work or on the phone I dont speak to them. If they elaborate on their day, ask me questions, then I talk to them. 99.9% of the time you can tell if they want to talk or not. Some talk in beginning and then they get quiet my clue to stop talking. Its not rocket science. I know not to bring up my problems, talk about myself or my life, stay away from religion, politics, or lifestyles. If they bring up those topics I steer conversation to something else. I never offer advise unless asked my opinion. Uber is charging rider for these choices. Its not going to driver. Just another dumbass way for them to make $. Why dont they concentrate on making the app safer for riders and drivers? Something that is really needed. I will be shocked if riders pay extra for this when they can tell driver in person that they want quiet or to change temp. From what I am hearing drivers may not accept the rides that say "quiet ride" because in their opinion its BS. Personally I think its rude to click a button to say "quiet ride". Lets say the rider picks quiet ride. After the ride the rider decides they want a free ride. All they have to do is send message message to Uber saying I picked quiet ride and driver talked to me. Things like this happen all the time. In my opinion and others totally rediculous. Drivers are mad as they should be. Again they are not idiots. They want to be tipped they know how to act when driving higher end vehicles when the riders are paying for a better service. Just because you drive for Uber doesnt mean you are an idiot eith no education. There are highly intelligent drivers and many drivers who are educated driving for Uber. Good question to ask.
Thank you for reading this post. Just wish the parents would read it. Thank you for commenting also bettyvanwhy, chawes, and cheesehead. 😊
I have posted here on the forum a few mths back, FB, and many other places. I have sent countless messages to Uber & Lyft. I've seen You Tubers address it and its still happening. It blows my mind that parents will get into a strangers car not knowing anything about the driver other than a rating. Even if driver is perfect there are other idiots on the road. I drive all different times day and night. Its absolutely horrible out hete on the roads. Wednesday morning I stopped driving. I had 5 near misses of other drivers coming within an inch or 2 of hitting my car. I've seen accidents where person was decapitated by tractor trailer, cars flipped, the list goes on. The amount of distracted drivers out here is insane. Uber & Lyft may have taken drunks off the road but there are other idiots with the cell phone leaning on steering wheel texting paragraphs or talking with phone in hand. They are doing 35mph in a 55 which mean other drivers are doing 70/80mph, they are braking every 40 secs. You want to kill yourself or damage your car go for it but dont put others at risk. If Uber and Lyft drivers could give tickets the cities would be rolling in the money:) Thank you for commenting
I started driving in a different area & time. Dont usually have the issue much anymore. I did a few weeks back but kid was old enough for booster. I do carry one of them. Its light weight, I have room to store it, and it only cost me 14.79. I have heard if you supply a car safety seat & child gets hurt you are still liable. Booster seat isnt a safety seat, it just raises child up so seatbelt lays properly. Most people flipped put on me when I told them I wasnt going to drive them. I had one lady with 4 kids under 4 yrs old. "It wasnt her fault because no one told her kids need to be in car seats". I had to pull away. The utter stupidity amazes me at times. Although I am sure she was lying. How could you not know. The other thing that pisses me off is when I hear "the last driver did it". SMH, is it really worth a few bucks? Not to me. Look I hate declining rides to some of the people out there but if I get in accident I ruin my life, my families, etc... I am not living with the memory of someones child flying threw my windshield bouncing off another moving car. Then there is lawyer fees, fines, loss of job, possible jail time, etc... You know damn right well the mom who complained I wouldnt drive them would sue my ass. No thanks.
Yes it was cool. I liked it but wouldve liked maybe .25 more per mile andv.25 for time:) One can dream. Lol
Thank you. That was really sweet. Very much appreciated.
Had a hell of a time replying to your post. I saved it by screenshot hoping this works.
I ended up taking the day off. Some of the You Tubers are suggesting taking today off also. I cant do 2 days off but Ill take 1/2 the day today.
$0. It is nice though on my private rides I still do through the apps knowing that I am guaranteed 5 stars. Much easier to relax. My ratings are at 4.95 on Uber and 4.98 on Lyft. Thankfully I dont need to pay for 5 stars.
Clean my car, read, run a few errands. I didnt go out yesterday as the roads were saturated with drivers. All thinking it would surge because drivers were striking. It didnt surge anymore than it usually does. All it did was screw drivers who regularly work Wednesday. Oh well back to normal today with no fare increases for drivers. No different then any other day. Uber and Lyft still out there screwing drivers with no end in sight.
I've watched a few You Tubers videos. Dont think it did anything. Didnt think it would. All I know is I ended up staying home as too many drivers were out. All hoping the cities would surge because drivers were striking. It back fired as the market was flooded with drivers. All it did was screw the drivers who regularly work on Wednesday.
The people who organized the "Rally" here in Philly told us to drive (they understand we have bills to pay). Philadelphia Limo Assoc. & Phila Drivers Union apparently organized Philly. What I don't understand is why they didn't try to get the word out to drivers. Not even at the Airport or other Philly FB groups. I only heard about it on You Tube. I then found there FB page and asked who the organizer was. I know of the Editor in Chief of a local paper that would've done a story. No one answered. I have a FB page (not rideshare)with over 10,000 followers and I answer questions. You would think they would want the press coverage. Also these 2 groups are a group of Limo drivers and a Union why did they step in ? Makes me wonder. It seems they may have their own agenda and personally dont think they really care about Lyft and Uber drivers. Seems they are concerned with people voting No on a Bill they dont want to pass and a mayoral candidate they want elected. Maybe they figured they could get some press coverage by jumping on the Uber Strike. It just makes no sense especially when it went from a 12 hr Strike to a Protest to 24 hrs then down to 2 hr Rally at the Uber Hub. The Union wont do anything to drivers if they do drive. If you cross the virtual picket line in other cities by going to Airports "you may get your car messed up", "drivers are going to order Ubers & then cancel before the 2 min and they have other things planned" according to some you tuber. Guess we are back in the 70's where Unions were sometimes violent and destructive if you crossed picket lines. That is absurd in todays world. Definately not the answer and definitely would make drivers look bad. I think these fake Uber drivers have done enough to make us look bad.
I normally dont work Wednesday so I am not planning on going out. I never chased the surge when it was good and I dont do it now. If I get it great if not I wasnt depending on ot so no big deal. I learned from beginning Uber & Lyft giveth and the taketh away:) You cant miss what you didnt get in the 1st place. When multiplier was around great for 1st 2 months. After that I could be sitting smack in the middle of the heat map. Uber woukd try to send me request far away with no surge. There are nights without I wouldve done terrible but it helped. I just dont count on it. It took me awhile but after researching, trial, and error I found my area and time. I did have help & someone who pointed me in the right direction. Gave me some confidence to drive where I wouldve never driven before:) I've done healthcare all my life this was definitely new to me. I enjoy just like to see a few changes. Dont we all.
New york times, post, whatever they all report BS, half the truth, etc... lol but ill correct thank you. Never mind its in the topic area its a pain to correct it. People will see you corrected me and know:)
Here in Philly we are not striking or protesting. I think they are calling it "a rally" for 4 hrs at the Greenlight Hub. What sucks even more is now that Uber knows about Strike/Protest whatever each city calls it Uber changed IPO date until Friday the 10th. Something happening on the 28th here in Philly with a politician or 2 and some drivers also. Not sure what. I live and drive in Philly and knew nothing abouut it. I happen to catch it in a You Tube channel by accident. So guess a few of us or more are not in the "click" here in Philly. I came across their facebook page and asked who was organizing Philly. We have a local paper here thats popular in few neighborhoods in the Upper end of Philly. Wanted to know if they were interested in them doing an article. No one even bothered to answer. So as I said, not part of the "click". This is why I dont get involved with certain things. A group organizes things and pick and choose who they want around. I know a few drivers in Philly and Bucks (right outside of Philly) that knew nothing . I didnt even know we had a "group" or whatever. Apparently they dont care about all of the drivers. I dont have a clue what they are fighting for dont even know if I agree. It's kinda hard when you know none of this existed or what they want from Uber. What I do know is I dont want to be an employee. They have enough say over what we do now. At this point technically not a strike here just a 4 hr rally. Ill do me and whats good for me and mine and they can do them. Since not all drivers matter in Philly. Hey new group "not all drivers matter".
Agreed. I am a 54 yr old female driver. With that being said what the hell am I going to do these riders? Yes check the pic, make, model, and license plate. At least leave me with one safety feature "your name". So far I've only had one difficult passenger a drunk 30 something female with her drunk husband. Even the husband told her to be quiet and chill. There are no stories out there about female drivers killing, raping, kidnapping riders so chances are I am not a threat especially at my age:) Of course the passenger rated me at 4 stars. I wasnt rude I explained why I had to have her tell me their name 1st.
You are too funny. Lol I dont qualify because my acceptance rate is usually under 35%:) I'll never be a pro. They just took away the 3%/6% additional earings away from the drivers in other cities that all ready have it starting July 19. I would much rather take more lucrative trips and not care about acceptance rate. I am not taking every crappy trip they send me to get basically nothing in return. I know whats best for me to make money. Uber doesn't care whats best for drivers even if driver is making pennies. Uber can keep their pro status and shove it where the sun dont shine:)
Got it today.
Riders in more rural areas are used to waiting 10/20 to pick up. Even if your home you are the closet one. On Saturdays when I work in Philly I always start at home. I just have everything ready so I just have to hop in car, put cellphone in mount, start car and iff I go (1/2 min). Rider can see where you are but have no clue you are in your house.