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Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by dreaminvm on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @04:29PM (#10389240)
A tip is additional compensation for great service solely at the discretion of the passenger.

If cab drivers expect a tip regardless of service quality, then the tip might as well be added to the cab rate.

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Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by PhasmaFelis on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @07:04PM (#10390143)
> If cab drivers expect a tip regardless of service quality, then the tip might as well be added to the cab rate.

Yeah, it should be, shouldn't it? But it isn't. The system is fucked, of course, but it's fucked in a very deliberate way where "protesting" by not tipping hurts the cabbie significantly, and the people responsible for the system not at all.

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Re:Uber Is Taking Millions of Manhattan Rides Away from Taxis by SilasX on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @05:29PM (#10389687)
It should be like that, but it isn't. Mostly because, on those few cash fares, they would prefer not to report the income.
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