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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.
Another scam popped up over the weekend. After accepting a ride a text pops up supposedly from Uber. Its says Uber has generated a rider for you and to send your phone number. Its the passenger (scammer)trying to get your real number. Then they call you asking for your info and offering bonuses.
TO THE NEW DRIVERS OUT THERE
UBER AND LYFT WILL NOT CALL YOU, TEXT YOU, OR EMAIL YOU ASKING FOR PERSONAL INFO AND THEY DEFINATELY WILL NOT CALL YOU OFFERING BONUSES. PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR THIS. ANY MONEY YOU HAVE IN YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE STOLEN.
Cannot comprehend why people fall for this. Not only do Uber and Lyft not call you but they sure as hell dont offer you bonuses. Maybe the drivers that fall for it are new. Regardless anyone driving out there for Uber and Lyft dont be a victim.
There are so many scams out there. The recent one I got was a call from the FBI telling me I am wanted for money laundering and other crimes. Obviously I dont do these things. If they FBI wanted me they are not going to call me to warn me. They will just show up and take me away. Even if you believe these scams are valid once they start asking you for Google Play or I Tune cards that has to throw up a red flag. Why the hell would they ask for gift cards? SMDH Wake up people. If you are wanted by the IRS or FBI they are not going to call you.
Thank you Daisygirl!😊
No Serg no driverless cars however they figured out a way to get rid of drivers. The new IC. They are teaching these furry creatures to take the place of drivers. They will work for cheese. Dara knows how to train them well because he is a rodent:) They kinda look alike dont you think?
Nothing is free. What is the catch???
I think Dara has truly lost it. Submarines, helicopters, flying taxi's, whats next? They will never be profitable with Dara as CEO he throws money away on things that wont be a reality for a long time. How does anyone take this dude seriously? Seems like he is going above and beyond to try and get rid of drivers. Lol
My question is how old is your husband? How long have you been married? Has he ever cheated before? I am asking these questions to understand better. I dont know how male drivers feel but as a female driver I want no parts of dating one of my riders. As a passenger that would be so creepy having your driver hitting on you. The young 20 something girls that I speak with on my rides have had drivers hit on them and they think its creepy no matter the age of the male. I have never had a female rider that wanted to date their driver, gave their phone number to their driver, or wanted anything to do with their driver.
I know you dont want to hear this but if you have to worry about him cheating on you should you still be together? If you cant trust your husband to be around other women either A. He gave or gives you a reason to think he is cheating or B. You have some trust issues. You may want to sit down with him and tell him how you feel or see a therapist. This isnt healthy for your relationship. I am sure him living away from you and the kids has put a strain on your marriage and caused you to think he may be cheating. You need to talk to him at the very least.
Not sure why you couldnt access the link but I posted story for you. Some of these articles that are online are so vague. They leave a lot of unanswered questions.
I know it's Lyft. Was just commenting on Uber's BS on surge.
They dont want us to have proof they are stealing from drivers and overcharging passengers. Saturday night heat map showed 1.25 surge however pax were being charged $19+ for the surge. Just another Saturday night with Uber lying, cheating, stealing from the drivers and overcharging the passengers.
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Headed out tonight with my Karaoke Carpool Mic and Ad pack. I normally dont do bar trips much anymore except when there are holidays or the Jersey Shore in the summer. It's the week before Halloween and there are Halloween Bar Crawls and parties tonight. It's usually pretty busy. Ill post my tip amounts if the mic helps at all. Normally tips are crappy from young 20 something drunks:) If I can find my dashcam (misplaced it) I will throw a video or 2 up.
I do mostly airport rides 45/60 min. A few will tip $5/$10 but most tip 20%. I am sure the driver greatly appreciated that tip. I think if you tipped $15 on the trip the driver would've been happy also. Were you in NJ travelling into NY? If so was your driver a NJ or PA driver? If so the driver gets $20 surcharge as out of state drivers are not allowed to pick up in NY & we may also incur tolls in the way out. However Lyft & Uber dont always give us the $20 because they are idiots. In that type of ride though $15 would be acceptable.
I find the riders that tip the most are the ones that you have a conversation with. A few times I've received a tip from riders that say hello and goodbye and not another word. Anyone under the age of 32 are not good tippers.
I've found in the past 8 mths my tips have increased. I stopped driving the bar people unless its a holiday. They tend not to tip. I drive a lot of people to the airport so trips for me are 45+ min. maybe thats the difference. However a friend of mine drives same area, same type of people and doesnt get tipped often. He is a male. Not sure that has a lot to do with it but I think it helps being a female. I dont mean that I wear low cut shirts, flirt, etc... I am on the older side (54). I just really listen to them. Most mens wives probably dont listen to them about their job. They are people from other countries that are not used to tipping. Most days all but 1 of my riders tip. I finally hit 100% last weekend for the 1st time. Since Dec. 31st I have one day that I received no tips. I usually average over $75.00 per day in tips. I've learned when driving business people they either want total quiet to do work or they like to talk about their work. I ask questions about what type of work they do, how they got started, do they like living here verses their home country. Sometimes they talk about their family. I try to be interested in what they tell me (most times they are interesting). I let them do most of the talking. I compliment them on how hard they work, how smart they are, etc... It seems to work.
I think a lot depends on what market you are in and what type of riders you get. There is always going to be those cheap riders that no matter what you do they are not tipping. I also read some articles on the psychology of tipping most are geared towards servers but there a few things I've used and it did help. You can find those articles on Google. Read a few, try it, it cant make things worse:)
I havent been out on Saturday in 2 weeks. I only do bar trips on Saturdays during holidays. This weekend I will be out as we have Halloween Bar Crawls this weekend and next. I do airport dropoffs mostly and some pick ups usually business men. Dont think they would be interested:) However I am going to put up the advertisement packet the company gave me starting Black Friday. People may think its a good gift idea and I'll make $10 for everyone sold.
My dashcam went missing somehow the other night (it wasnt stolen) if I can find it I may post a video on here. The company wants me to send them footage also to possibly use as advertisement I guess. I will be sure to post how tips are going on Sunday, Monday at the latest.
Start a You Tube channel. You seem to have a fun, decent personality. Just need to come up with something people will be interested in. Some of the people that are on there talk about or do the dumbest things and make $ on it. One of the ride share You Tubers makes $4K per month just talking about Uber & Lyft. Not counting the freebies companies send them that you can sell.
I am in the middle of reasearching something to start a You Tube channel in January. Nothing to do with rideshare. I have to check on some legal things unfortunately different laws in every state.
Are you crafty? Can you do anything with wood, metal, glass? You would be surprised at what people will buy. Now would be a great time to do it. Holidays coming up. What state are you in? If you would rather not answer are you in a state with all 4 seasons? Are you still driving? Will you continue to drive if you find a side hustle? I am asking these questions for a reason:) Do you have a hobby? What do you like to do in your spare time? If you would rather not put these answers on here you are welcome to email me. If I have some of these answers it would make it easier to give you ideas:) I have a few ideas but need some more info. [email protected]
Wonder how much Uber paid them to post that comment:) I've seen on many FB groups and other forums how they think Uber has employess post positive comments on rideshare forums. Pretending to be that happy driver. I think Uber has invaded ride.guru. lol
Riders and Drivers, after reading this article what are your thoughts on the subject? Should everyone
#DeleteUberforGood ???????
What do you think the future holds for Uber and Lyft????
Will they be put out of Business?
Will they ever become profitable?
If new CEO's were found for both companies could they potentially turn the companies around? Could new CEO's make them profitable or is it too late for Uber and Lyft?
What would you do to fix the public relations nightmare they created? How would you make it profitable?
What would you do for the drivers?
I am curious to why Lyft wasnt mentioned in the #? Lyft may not have done all the underhanded and despicable things as Uber but they sure as hell are no better. When it comes to how they are treating drivers they are worse.
NEWEST ADDITION TO DRIVER APP:
Witholding how much rider paid and how much Lyft took from the fare. We are no longer able to see what Lyft charged the rider and how much of the fare Lyft took. What's that tell you? How much are they taking from driver and how much they overcharging rider?
In some markets drivers are now down to .33 per mile. Our tax right off .58 per mile
In FL any new driver that signs up must have a 2017 or newer vehicle. How do you justify paying drivers .33 per mile and tell them they need a new vehicle?
#DELETEUBERandLYFTforGOOD
Both companies are definately ROTTEN TO THE CORE.
Dara needs to Uber back to Iran and he can take Lyft CEO with him (whatever his name is).
That is a disgrace. I swear Uber does this to discourage drivers from going to the hub. Sorry you hsve to go through all this BS. Have you talked to someone on the phone? Have you tried Twitter? I have read that people get results once putting something on Twitter. One other thing you can try is calling the number they have if you are in an accident play dumb that another driver gave you that number. Also this works for me with other companys. Call their main number when it asks if you want English or Spanish choose Spanish when the person answers say "I only speak English, must have hit wrong number in the menu options". The person that answers will usually help you. The reason for this is companies hire people from overseas (cheaper labor) that can barely speak English. Chances of them speaking Spanish are slim to none. So you usually get someone that speaks English and Spanish and is here in the US. It cant hurt to try someone has to be able to help you. I know when I called with a difficult situation they said "we have to pass this on to another team who is better equipped to help you". They did pass it on and an English speaking American (i assume by their voice) called me back. Just make sure you answer because they will only call once. Best of Luck.