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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.
Doesn't matter to me. If they get in my car with intentions to hack me into little pieces its not going to matter where they are sitting:) I am driving watching the road and GPS not their every move. While driving if someone pulls a gun its not going to matter what seat they are in. I am screwed. I hate the backseat as I get a headache and somewhat anxious then again I dont like any seat unless its the drivers seat. Thats why I dont Uber. If you feel more comfortable up front just ask the driver when they show up. You can also text them after they accept ride. It can take any awkwardness away if you are shy or driver feels uncomfortable saying no to a rider in person. The only thing I ask if a rider sits up front dont back seat drive and dont be reaching around playing with radio, bluetooth, etc . Its annoying.
Yes it is a big list. Lol Thanks for adding those 2 cant believe I forgot them. Couldn't agree more. . The more time I spend on the road the more I see it the more annoying it gets. I get why people have road rage. Lol The no turn signal is just lazy, inconsiderate, rude idiots. Last night had 2 idiot females 1 on I 95 doing 35 and braking for no reasons full on texting more than just an "ok" other one on busy highway doing 20 in a 35. Thought it was a little old lady no some young dumbass texting again not a short text. Not that you should be texting at all. Wth do these people not understand? You want to have your car totaled, end up under a tractor trailer decapitated go for it. I personally want to get my riders to there destination safely and my ass home to my family. Just self entitled, rude, inconsiderate behavior. Do they really think that they are driving normally while texting? Do you not feel yourself braking every 20 secs or wonder why everyone is passing you. I am going to take out the biggest automobile policy with full tort get in front of one of these morons and slam my brakes on. Get a lawyer sue the crap out of them. When their insurance skyrockets maybe they will learn. They are going to seriously hurt someone or kill them over a damn text that can wait or a damn selfie for valadation for whatever their parents didnt provide for their spoiled asses. I've seen both m & f's of all ages doing it but mostly younger people under 25. The ones that talk on the phone dont operate their vehicle much better. Their is this thing called ear pieces, blue tooth, hands free. They need to use them it just may save their life and others. I have an idea I am sure no one thought of yet pull over their are shoulders, strip malls, parking lots everywhere. Unfortunately there are idiots that think its ok to stop in the middle of the road because traffic may not be heavy and text. WTH??? Another inconsiderate ignorant type of person.
Stats for US
Car crashes are #1 Killer for Teens - It's considered an American Epidemic and TOTALLY PREVENTABLE
Since there is no way to test for distracted driving it's believed that these types of accidents are extremely under reported.
#1 KILLER OF TEENS 9 people per day die in distracted driving crashes. 58% of teen crashes are distracted driving, 391,000 crashes per yr by distracted drivers, 16 to 19 yr olds 3X more likely to be involved in a fatal accident. 1 out of 4 accidents is because of cell phone use.
They need to learn "a license is a privilege not a right". Having a drivers license isnt your constitutional right. It's based on skills and the ability to drive safely. You should have to prove you have common sense, consideration for others, and your not a total d@#%he bag.
I dont want my family, friends, and riders to be a statistic because some idiot cant refrain from texting for a few minutes. How do you live with yourself after you kill someone because you were texting a friend about your plans or taking a selfie? Nobody is perfect, I am far from it, we all make mistakes, and accidents do happen but distracted driving its preventable. Its your choice your decision. One that can ruin your life and end others.
Sorry back on the soapbox again with lengthy post. People who cause aggravation, devastation, inconvenience, pain, suffering, financial loss and possibly death because of their selfish decisions annoy me to no end.
I heard about this awhile back. They did say that they may "train" willing drivers to handle drunk people. Those drivers would do the pick ups. Dont know what kind of training could be involved. Probably have to watch a video. Then you are a Certified drunk pick up Uber driver. Maybe Uber will supply a few vomit bags for getting certified. Uber would be absolutely foolish to decline riders who were drunk. Friday and Saturday nights after 9pm thats mostly what you get people headed out to party. Pick ups at 2 to 3am almost guarantee you a drunk rider or at very least a pick up from bar with a slightly buzzed rider:)
Had a rider one night that almost sure he was snorting something in my car. Destination was a known drug hood. Was very quiet first few min then Asked me to turn up music. Asked him what type of music he wanted on, responded with "whatever is fine". Heard some rustling around a few sniffs 2 min later his personality changed he became very happy & talkative didnt shut up for remainder of 25 min ride:) Didnt do anything as I wasnt 100% sure he did anything.
Riders always try to get in car with open alcohol containers. I tell them they have to get rid of them. A few have gotten in without me noticing until trip is over. Sometimes they bring it in cups when i say something they say its water. One night dropping young 21 yr old girls off . They were going to their friends bachelorette party. They got in with" cups of water" that i missed. There was a cop 10' from where i pulled up standing on sidewalk they didnt notice. I see they are headed out with the cups at this point. I said somerhing about drinking in my car to which they replied "its just water". I responded back with "the cop thats standing behind my car isnt going to believe you anymore than I do". Miraculously the water had turned into vodka and they just looked at each other and one said "what do we do".? I replied, "Although you lied to me, brought open containers of alcohol into my car, and could've cost me the loss of my license, jail time, and fines I'll cut you a break since your friend is getting married". "Leave them in the cupholders and just get out and I wont report it to Uber". They thanked me over and over and put a 20.00 tip in the app. I was young once try to be understanding.
Another night 3 very drunk late 20's women get in my car. Two have open beers. I start to say something and the one up front says I'm a cop the one in back is sergeant we got your back. Whatever we were going 5 min up the road. Come to a red light one up front says "blow the red light you eont get a ticket". I replied, I'm good we can wait safety first". Wth else do i say lol. Cant reason with drunk cops. Get them to destination they tip me 20.00 front seat loud one gets out and drops glass beer bottle and shatters everywhere. People outside the bar start saying things she yells, "I'm a cop stfu". I just pulled away. Lucky me got them again on the way home. More drunk then they were before. Loud poured a drink out the window then they settled down. Next day 15.00 tip on the app. Philly's finest at their best.
I am not trying to give you a hard time but you need to understand that this seemed somewhat shady or just BS. Again usually when something seems to good to be true you know how it goes. Look at Uber and Lyft perfect example. So you have to realize people dont always trust whats on the web. Especially if its vague and promising you that its the next big thing. Just being cautious. I would be kind of concerned if people just starting putting contact info out there on just your initial post. What forum is your email on in the event other drivers want to see what this is all about or why not post here? This is a decent reputable site with no trolls posting BS.
Ok but 2 months have gone by and havent seen anything else pop up about this company. Some vague info would be nice. Timeline. When will info be avaiable? Your also asking people for email addresses. How do we know who you are? How do we know its not a scam? Lets say someone says "ok send me info" how do you know they are not going to put whatever you give them all over the forum and other forums? So info would be out there anyway. So how do you know who you can trust? For you to give me info i would have to put my email address up here then I am open to a bunch of spam. I just dont get how you dont want to give info out in the open on forums but I give my email address you send me info I copy and paste to every forum out there. Not that I would do it. I am just questioning how putting it up here or emailing to anyone on this forum would protect your info. It can be shared everywhere once one person has it. Do you get my point? You know the old saying "when something sounds to good to be true it probably isn't". This is the web full of scams, liars, cheaters, con artist, etc... How do we know this isnt? You pop up here out of the blue make your company sound much better than current ride share companies and you will not give any info other than basics. Trust is my issue. Not sure I trust this.
These idiots have been posting about this for 2 months. Always under different name. Always offering no info. They want your email. Some scam probably.
Someone else posted same crap in here 2 mths ago. When no one took the bait they disaapeared.
People post such crap. This was posted 2 mths ago. Havent heard a word again about if. So much for great new ride share company. Lol
What is the catch?
It was the weekend after New Years last Saturday night. I can tell you now it was most likely sheer luck.:)
Seen a driver tonight with stickers on both front and back windshield and sm stickers on side windows for Uber and Lyft. Pink Lyft beacon Blue Uber light. Drove passed him all of a sudden i see a blinding white strobe light in rearview. Dont know what that was all about. Regardless these lights sitting on dash are somewhat distracting at times. The white stobe light was definately a distraction. Didnt know if I was getting pulled over or beamed up by aliens. Chill on the ride share decor we get it you drive for Uber snd Lyft. Just saying I dont want to advertise driving for either for a few reasons.
I assume you probably did this but in the event you didnt. Send your message from the original message you received saying you were deactivated.
I do one called Product Lab. Each week they send me a reminder and link to upload my pay statement for Lyft for which they were paying me 20.00 per week now they are paying me $10.00 per week. Here in the US
Was able to somewhat fix Lyft. Still not able to fix Uber. After logging on then turning over lay off Uber app goes crazy. There has to be a way to fix this. I am accidentally accepting ride request that are far away or riders rating is 4.30. I end up cancelling at least 5 per week just because (an example) i go to hit send on a text message as request is coming in.
I dont think drivers should be able to publish these videos but what about passengers that video drivers and throw that up on social media? Should work both ways. Both parties can record video and audio but neither should be able to put up on social media sites, news sites, etc... I just put up a thread on a new video that surfaced regarding an Uber driver and a rider.
You can choose either or or both. No way would I put out 30.00 for this. I wouldnt use it if they were giving it away for free. Lol Maybe if i wantef to advertise my own company but not U/L.
Just tried it. It is whats causing it. When I log onto Uber it will not let me go online until I allow it to over lay. They are assholes. I shouldnt have to allow it. I have to allow it but once I am online I can take permission away and its good. It just sucks that I have to allow out go online with Uber then take the permission away while online at least with Uber havent checked Lyft yet
Thank you for answering. Appreciate it.
As i am texting the request comes through as I am tapping the key to text it accepts request. I think I figured it out. Ot was on my settings. My app on both Uber and Lyft had permission to pop up over whatever else I was on. I unclicked it. I'll see what happens. I never clicked it for it to have permission to do it so I assume the U/L app have it built in to do it.