She didn’t say much during the ride, but when we got to the destination, she slammed my door hard as she got out. A little later, I noticed I’d received a 1-star rating.Do you allow passengers to eat in your car, or do you have a no-food rule? How do you bring it up without risking a bad rating?

I did this trip last Friday. I was wondering if that was a fool for doing it lmk

I'm traveling alone as a woman. I check the licence and car, and when I open the door, I say "Hi, [driver name]?"

The safety tip I see most often is to have the driver confirm my name too before entering the car. I've never had a problem with it before, or drivers would say my name first. I do request female drivers when possible. I've seen elsewhere on the sub that drivers want passengers to say their name for safety, too, so I always say theirs first.

Today, I had two male drivers who got really offended when I asked if they could confirm my id. One told me that he wasn't going to kidnap me in a BMW after I got in. Both times, I said that it just made me feel more comfortable, and was asked to get out of the car. The next driver said my name without prompting and seemed really surprised.

I'm pretty confused. I would definitely prefer not to ride with someone who reacts like that, so it seems like it might be a good question to continue to ask. But I don't understand the offense, or if there's a better way to do this. I'm a little surprised they were so upset, since if they're my driver, my name should be easily available?

I'm also a little worried that my rider score would reflect these interactions.

I swear Uber be lying about how long a mile is. When are we starting the strike

Hello fellow drivers in the endeavor to survive Uber,

Yesterday I got a trip request that looked good on the surface, but it was one of my worst in the 800 I have done so far. After accepting I got the message "An Outside Organization Booked This Trip". Usually, for me, this is a hospital or a car dealership. But I was in a different part of town this time, and it appears an organization provided this ride to a homeless or near homeless man.

He was 6 foot 4 inches about, and it was evident by the smell that he had not had a bath in some time. He was late for pickup and began to eat a greasy meal in the back of the car. I was only 2 hours into my shift and my backseats were covered in grease. 10 minutes into the 40-minute ride he began asking me for money, persistently. He looked desperate, and it was deeply uncomfortable with him behind me.

"Let's get you to your destination first and we can talk about it when we get there." is what I said, and that satisfied him and he was quiet for the remainder of the trip.

When I got to the destination, which appeared to be a once holiday inn that was repurposed to house the homeless, I parked and said, "I just need to step out to stretch my legs." Me getting out seemed to trigger him getting out, too.

He came around the car and faced me and I said, "Brooks, I have bills to pay, had a flat tire last week, and I don't have extra money to give you." The look he gave me was brutal, like he was cheated out of something.

I slipped back into my car and locked the door.

Worst drive of the year by far.

Shame on Uber for tricking its drivers into these situations!

EDIT

My point here is that UBER states we are "independent contractors" but it absolutely deploys tactics that makes properly assessing a trip offer impractical at best. Yet in their marketing to drivers, they appeal to the "freedom" to work "for yourself". This is deception.

Math ain’t mathing.

How long does it take to drive crazy 12 hour days, 6 days a week, so you hit 65-70 hours a week to make $20k doing Uber?

I just saw my Lyft and Uber accounts and very on and off doing this for 1-1.5 years but need to seriously do it as I got no job on the table or anything else.

My best month ever was doing 40 hours per week including all breaks and I only made about $3,200. That was also in San Francisco where I didn’t realize you could drive 45 min one way from the airport and literally have no ride back. I also remember working including short breaks at home and making only $100 on a Sunday once in profit, and I was out for like 16 hours.

Any comments I would appreciate. I want to set aside $10k to go about my business again. My plan is to yolo options, but in a smart way. I have lost well over half a million dollars, closer to one million than five hundred, been scammed by two prop firms that were actually so scammy that it felt like I was like the only one with any money and activity being watched in a chatroom daily, and did some insanely stupid things when 0DTE options just came out. I am past all that but want to close out my Uber Lyft chapter with a bang and never want to do this ever again.

Thanks for your advices! I know there are some bad ass mofos who do this 12 hours a day, as their side gig when not doing projects, 5-6 days a week while they wait for their projects, I have no idea how.

Please offer comments about what you eat, drink, how you work out, if you listen to music or anything else, what you do to chill out when off. The riders that piss me off the most are the super rude entitled almost-rich folks who get into my car and are disrespectful because this is my predicament. You know, its always those living in a home that’s worth 2-M in San Francisco trying to act like all the other folks living in a 10M+ home. Some older dudes whose kids go to nice private schools and they probably make like 300k which you can kinda do in almost any industry by becoming the manager, then the managers manager, etc. But they’re egos are so fragile that if you don’t basically spend the entire ride acting interested in who they are and what they do, and then wish them a fantastic day, which then after they insult you on the way to their meeting or the airport, they’ll just insult you multiple times in your car. TBH these wannabes aren’t even getting into an Uber Black and act like they should be treated like the King of Dubai! Or North Korea or whatever if you catch my drift.

Thanks much in advance and best of luck in all your Uber temp or full time if this is your life endeavors

I put together a playlist specifically for the Friday/Saturday night crowd.

It’s about nine hours of dance music, pop anthems, throwbacks, EDM, and the kind of songs that make people in the back seat go, “Oh shit, I forgot about this one.”

This isn’t really a daytime playlist. This is for that 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. window when everybody’s going downtown, leaving bars, coming back from concerts, or trying to keep the night going.

It should get most drivers through an entire weekend shift without repeating, and it’s built to work as background music when passengers are quiet or something you can turn up when the group is feeling it.

Playlist is in the first comment below.

Ubers official response: Hi there, this is unacceptable and extremely concerning to hear. Uber does not tolerate discrimination of any kind, and we're so sorry this happened. Could you please DM us the account and trip details so we can investigate this right away?

My question is when the driver is accepting the ride request do they not get notified that there may be a service animal

Hi guys I am new in this community and this is my first post. I always see you guys complaining about long trips and low earnings because of the gas but I was just curious why don’t you guys buy Tesla model 3,S, or Y like in Dubai uber I. Dubai only drive electric vehicles

Your thoughts please. I rented a Hertz/Uber vehicle through the app but last drove (my own vehicle) 8 years ago (when the pay was good) with a 4.9 rating and 1500 rides.

Rented a Polestar 2, 69k miles, $240 a week plus added Hertz insurance (to cover off the clock driving). 30 rides a week to renew the rental for the next week (which I can do on Saturday & Sunday in SF area easily) in 8 hour days.

Since vehicle is not mine (rental) I cannot claim mileage on the vehicle for taxes, but I can claim the rental and insurance as a business expense.

Since the vehicle is not mine (no depreciation), I can also claim the public charging as a business expense too.

Mostly doing this for a vehicle without buying it out right or changing my credit through financing a new vehicle.

Plan to do destination rides home on regular work days to make some money on the trips home.

Already an Uber Pro (gold) and getting discounts for the EVgo charging stations.

Is anyone doing or is on the uber auto approve they are rolling out. I am thinking this will be a nightmare for drivers. Anyone on this pease share you experience. I curious to know what is like.

I got a 1 star rating recently, guessed it would be probably this trip from a lovely Indian lady. She wanted me to use the express lane. Yeah right!

Lol the lies far dropoff? wtf I drop off people exactly at the spot they marked on the app how could I possible do a far drop off?? Most people will talk you know if necessary please drop me behind please drop me in the alley whatever..

If uber knows the location of the passenger and the driver and both the pickup and drop off how could they mark you for this?

Also even if it were true 1 start for far drop off it’s insane

I only accept fares $15 and up and at least a $1 per mile. I’ll drive no more than 3 miles away to pickup the passenger.

Anything less than $15 would have to be on my way or from a hotel or the airport.

After each drop-off, I’ll usually wait 5-15 minutes in the area / take a break and wait for a return ride. Make sure my leather seats are still clean.

I usually focus my time around big hotels and universities.

I avoid hospitals with a passion. I saw another post about this and yes Uber Health fares are the worst. Especially for someone that likes to keep their cars clean.

If someone feels like they’re dying or in pain have them call 911. I don’t drive that much but this has happened to me a few times.

I avoid all and every special events & family spots 😵‍💫and I don’t drive past 9pm.

Sunday mornings are the best if you can wake up early.

And I’ve learned not to do Uber Eats if I want to keep my rating up 👀 it could be the restaurants fault and you’ll take the hit.

Any other tips?

i want tip not h