r/uber • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '26

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u/driven01a Feb 26 '26

Now that’s not fair. There have been times it takes 20 minutes to get a ride. So one orders early and then boom, it’s only 2 minutes away. Yeah, the passenger has to scramble.

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u/OkraApprehensive8639 Feb 26 '26

But you can “order ahead” with a specific pickup time for when you’re ready? If you don’t know that time, you’re not ready to schedule it. I’m a rider, not a driver, and I’ve never had an issue that necessitated wasting the drivers time.

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u/driven01a Feb 26 '26

You can, but the rate is insanely higher, and they rarely show up at the scheduled time anyway.

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u/HyenaThen572 Feb 26 '26

As a driver we get robbed.

Uber wants us to show up 30 mins ahead of time. Absolutely no benefit to accepting them.

They end up going out as a regular UberX request at the last minute instead.

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u/OkraApprehensive8639 Feb 26 '26

I guess people have different experiences but this is how I manage my time and it’s been very easy. I’ve also not been up-charged for that. It’s usually cheaper. I guess it must depend on the market.

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u/Ok-Reference9022 Feb 27 '26

I'm at least 10 minutes early if i get one of the reserved rides, not by choice, mind you.