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Uber gave me a ride worth $50, but refused to tell me to where. I tried asking the rider but they didn't respond so I had to cancel.
Like, $50 to Riverside would be pretty good. $50 to LA would be terrible. I can't make the call of whether to accept without knowing what I'm in for and Uber fukken knows that and chooses to hide that information sometimes to trick you into taking bad deals. Fuckers.
There should be an app that automatically middle-mans Uber and Lyft rides in order to offer a lower price to the rider that the driver gets 100% of. Everyone would win except the CEOs of those companies (lmao).
I really wish taxis were more efficient than uber and such. I tried to call one once on Halloween, and because I was heading to the empty side of town with my friends none of them would take us. Not even after I told them we had a pregnant woman with us lol. Luckily we were in a town with great late night busses
If the driver just got a higher cut that would make all the difference in the world. A fair rideshare app would only need to take like 1-5% for insurance and to pay the app developers/customer support, and give the rest to the driver. But for as long as they've existed the apps have been slowly reducing driver pay and increasing rider price, something something decreasing rate of profit.
Also, in my real contractor job I can make counter-offers for under-paying contracts. Can't do that on Uber/Lyft, which is why it shouldn't be considered independent contracting.
I didn't realize that they're reducing pay, but of course they are. As if keeping wages stagnant while inflation has been insane wasn't enough to kick someone while they're down
As evil as Uber is, I still remember trying to get a cab somewhere while I was lost or ordering a cab to go somewhere and told "it'll be an hour or two" and they insisted on big tips and taking the long way to get somewhere and the credit machine was always broke (unless you legit didn't have cash and they couldn't convince ya to go to a bank). Cabs sucked ass and made drunk driving seem palatable to the alternative.
The best is public transport, it shouldn't be a fight between cabs and uber.
Jeez that's so ridiculous. I agree with the public transport thing, although I have learned over time from personal experience as well as that of friends that I should never ever walk alone at home at night pretty much anywhere so I would still want there to be some door to door option that would be a public service or something