Re:Tipping Is Coming to Uber
by imgabe on Saturday April 23, 2016 @05:59AM
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The main reason I liked Uber was the lack of tipping. You summon a car, go where you're going, get out and the fare is paid automatically. It's a perfectly seemless process. We've injected tips into so many transactions that it was refreshing to have one where I didn't have to try and guess what the "real" price is.
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Re:Tipping Is Coming to Uber
by original_idea on Saturday April 23, 2016 @06:00AM
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Just don't tip? I never do with Lyft.
Yeah, I probably won't. If they add a "tip" field to the app though it's going to be expected. I avoid lyft specifically for this reason.
Personally, as someone who certainly tips in restaurants and some other situations but doesn't go overboard--even though I travel a lot, I'm never sure what to do in so many of these gray areas given that I don't want to universally just my wallet.
For example, I take a limo service that's pretty cut and dried. Pick me up, drop me off. There's a tip field when I sign the receipt. I don't add anything and I've never gotten a dirty look or a suggestion that I might have "missed something." I assume I'm not being horribly cheap.