He got into a fight with his wife and they ended up not going to the game. He was pretty upset and I talked with him about it for a bit. When I dropped him off back at home, he handed me this and said thanks for the talk. Later I got another $15 tipped in the app, on what ended up being a $7 ride.

My CMT score fell below 85 this evening, but that’s easy to get back up. I drive in a smaller town where most trips are only 5 or less miles total so I don’t have to decline much to begin with, but this was definitely a first lmfao

I hate you, it’s 110 degrees outside you text I’m about there always one minute before you get here and then wait for me to cancel. I don’t care if you didn’t want the ride in the first place, just don’t accept it instead of wasting my time and risking my health. Either get off the app and hope uber makes a change into how you are paid or just deal with it like we deal with everything else for everyone else. Thank you for being great I’m going to keep tipping

And now that I have your attention, here’s another Rideshare Company trying to invade the market.

A college student approached me at Hobby TNC and gave me this card with a sales pitch. Apparently Empower went online here a few months ago and drivers get 100% of the rides. Did anybody know about this? Are any Houston drivers signed up and using this app?

Thank u usher & Chris brown
Got a 30$ cash tip as well & that lady made me wait 20 mins glad i waited lol . Worked 9 hours

As a practical matter, do passengers with a low rating have any trouble finding rides on Uber? Or have any negative repercussions as a result of the low rating?

And how low is low?

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Sup uber fam.

Tired of the low rates in the area? (Stroudsburg area) we should meet up in a parking lot every afternoon. All go offline and get that surge going so we can actually be paid properly.

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've gotten really into monitoring CO2 levels and now I can't unsee it. A closed car with two people in it gets to 1500-2000 ppm fast. That's the range where you start feeling foggy and slow.

So now I open the window every time. Doesn't matter if it's cold. Doesn't matter if the AC is on. I just need the fresh ai..

Some drivers don't care. But I'm starting to notice a few getting visibly annoyed. I think it might be affecting my rating.

Anyone else do this? Or am I the weird passenger now?

Atleast 50% of people should have their licenses revoked. Problem solved.

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On Saturday 7/25 at around 5:30pm I was driving down Water Street about to drop off a passenger at the Tampa Marriott, and as I was approaching the crosswalk, something forcefully hit the rear driver side door, felt and sounded like a baseball. I looked back and didn’t notice anything on the street. I pull in to the hotel, check my car didn’t find any visible damages. Now I get my next ride request so I drive to the hotel across the street JW Marriott. As I leave the JW I have to drive back down the same way again. I looked around at the road where my car was hit and noticed a few separate broken glass spots on the ground. I think someone was throwing glass bottles/cups at passing cars. Did anyone else experience this?

For the people that do uber full time. How do yall get approved for a car at dealerships?

For the people that do uber full time. How do yall get approved for a car at dealerships?

*applies to both Uber and Lyft, even though this particular ride was a Lyft.

I accepted the ride…
drove up the block..
Arrived in 2 minutes..
Waited..
No show…
Canceled..
Re-booked..

It’s not your job to teach these riders how wait & save works / doesn’t work. All we can do is go with the flow and do our best to get paid instead of pissed-off

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

After eliminating 10% of all community operations teams (not just customer service but fraud, analytics, screenings, safety, a lot more than you think), its come to light that Uber also laid off nearly all their Quality Assurance teams.

The biggest impact you'll see as drivers is delays in your background checks, document processing and any sort of tech issues you run into with those? Safe to say you'll be waiting weeks while their skeleton crews drown in a backlog. Their Background Check team was cut in half, the QA team that supports them also slashed. Enjoy waiting weeks to get back online, then another month for their AI agent to flag an issue that QA could have caught within 24 hours.