Re:Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
by ryandrake on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @11:02PM
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Same here. That's the main advantage of the service--that you don't have to horse around with cash and tipping or fumbling around with a credit card in the back seat while the driver waits. If they ever added the expectation of tipping, I would drop them like a bad habit. The fares are super reasonable and I would be more than happy to pay even a little more if it meant not getting guilt tripped over a tip. Tipping in America is total bonkers and I support any effort to replace every instance of it with 1. me paying the actual advertised price for something and 2. companies paying service workers a fair wage.
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There's in app-tipping in lyft. The driver doesn't know whether you've tipped them or not when they rate their experience with you. Moreover, it's relatively difficult for the driver to disentangle who tipped them what from their daily report at the end of the day[0]. So you really can pay based on what your judgement of their service level is.
[0] I did once got into a very friendly chat with the "owner of the world's second tallest yacht" (checked it on wikipedia; totally legit) and was memorable enough that I was curious if he tipped. He didn't.
Re:Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
by nomagicbullet on Thursday March 16, 2017 @10:17PM
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> Moreover, it's relatively difficult for the driver to disentangle who tipped them
> ...
> I was curious if he tipped. He didn't.
I'm afraid you just dismantled your own argument with your footnote.
difficult is not impossible, and the customer was memorable.
Re:Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
by unityByFreedom on Thursday March 16, 2017 @12:28AM
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> I would be more than happy to pay even a little more if it meant not getting guilt tripped over a tip
That does not sound very logical.
Re:Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
by URSpider94 on Thursday March 16, 2017 @12:58AM
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It's completely logical. If you value a silent car ride, or more significantly, if you value not being asked for money by someone who has you trapped in the back seat of their car and whom you are trusting to get you to your destination, then you would pay more up front for a ride free of hustle for a tip.
Is the back seat the de facto protocol? I always sat in the front. It somehow feels more friendly and personal. But in a taxi, I'll usually sit in the back.
Lyft started out with sitting in the front as the standard protocol (which is no longer the case), but AFAIK UberX has always been back-seat & taxi-like.
Re:Uber Driver Tip-Hustling Schemes
by wirelessest on Thursday March 16, 2017 @02:29AM
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I moved coasts and city sizes, riding uberX a lot in both. East coast big city was strictly back seat. Continued the practice west coast smaller town and had a couple drivers mention it was unusual when I asked.
The front has the airbag. Nothing personal, but I'll be up there.
Use Lyft? They have tipping and are generally nicer.