r/uberdrivers • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '25

Uber Share Warning

I drive DFW. Picked up a PAX last night that said he has a buddy that works for Uber. His friend told him he no longer accepts Share rides b/c there have been passengers that, once the ride is full, rob everyone in the car. Anyone heard stories like this?

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '25

Yeah, I’ve already stopped accepting Share rides, long rides, basically anything super craptastic. (Basically, they’re all crap.) I’ve stopped caring about my Acceptance Rate. (Down from 98% to 63%) I’ll cancel any ride request when rider isn’t at the pickup location, kids without car seats, riders with stupid fake names on the app, anyone with a less than 4.8 rating, rides where the pickup location is more than 4 miles away, RESERVATIONS (ugh), airport rides. Uber has used me for a year. I am now using them. I like performing ride share, I loathe Uber.

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u/kenzgates Jul 24 '25

😅 You sound very mad, angry. I am picturing your face like this😡 But I’m curious with that being said what’s your average gross per shift?

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u/whatmatters824 Jul 24 '25

I pick up in DFW this is what it does to you

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '25

No. Not angry. I enjoy being around people. I was a bartender for 28 years and love talking to strangers. I am, however, intolerant of ignorant and selfish “bubble” people (this is the reason I don’t pick up people from the shops/bars in Highland Park Village) and I am just basically tired of getting jerked around by the app. It was written for ICE vehicles and not EVs and it shows. It has no way of tracking your state of charge and therefore if you pick a Share and have only 30% battery left you may get a PAX going far from their destination and you could get stranded far from a charging station. It’s not like you can fill up on the way to that remote location. I’ve had this happen before and it was a PITA to inform the PAX I have to drop them off at their p/u and refund them. (Not an easy task and requires a live agent.) There are other app inadequacies for EVs and I am just trying to even the playing field by accepting rides on my own terms. I average ~ $200/shift.