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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by finnn on Sunday July 27, 2014 @11:43PM (#8095053)
I somehow have a 4, the lowest in this thread (that I've seen so far). I wonder what I did, I generally try to be polite to the drivers and I rarely use the service, so I suspect I got one extremely poor rating? I can't imagine when though.

Anyway, looks like you can go and pull the token out of the page and just do

curl https://m.uber.com/cn --data '{"messageType":"PingClient","token":"xxxxx","app":"client"}' | jq .client.ratin

to check it programmatically. Could be interesting to have a service detect somehow that you'd just finished a ride and show you the new score (and possibly the change, etc)

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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by minusSeven on Monday July 28, 2014 @08:38AM (#8096340)
I guess soon enough Chef's and restaurant's will be rating customers as well. In restaurant's there would be cutoff points for being a customer. You didn't pay enough tips in the last restaurant you were a part of - you are now bared from getting into a good restaurant now.

Joking above but the whole concept of dual rating scares me a bit .......

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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by crdblb on Monday July 28, 2014 @04:07PM (#8099040)
Restaurants already keep notes on their customers and refer to them whenever you call or make a reservation online. If you're a less-than-ideal customer, they won't do something as overt as refuse service (unless you did something truly horrible last time you were in), but they might be more likely to squeeze you in for a last-minute seating during a busy time if you've got some good things about you in the notes.
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by jacalata on Monday July 28, 2014 @05:16PM (#8099388)
Maybe some restaurants. Not the one I worked at. And unless they share them in some kind of city-wide (or international) database, it's not the same effect as uber refusing to have you as a customer any more.
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by ben0x539 on Monday July 28, 2014 @08:48AM (#8096372)
> You didn't pay enough tips in the last restaurant you were a part of - you are now bared from getting into a good restaurant now.

This would be really cool.

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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by jseliger on Monday July 28, 2014 @10:20AM (#8096818)
I guess soon enough Chef's and restaurant's will be rating customers as well.

Tyler Cowen extensively discusses the potential future of symmetrical ratings in Average is Over. The book is too complex to summarize here but it is worth reading.

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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by ldd- on Monday July 28, 2014 @12:00AM (#8095104)
I'm in your boat . . . I have a 4.

I've used Uber only once - to help my mom to a doctor's appointment after she broke her hip.

I guess we were slow and a bit of a burden . . .

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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by gravity13 on Monday July 28, 2014 @03:51AM (#8095621)
The first couple of times people tip drivers extra, they probably get rated as 5. Everybody else becomes a 4 after that, maybe?
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by jacalata on Monday July 28, 2014 @05:18PM (#8099397)
people actually do that? way to go, morons.
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by jarek on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @05:01AM (#8107081)
Well the whole "tipping" mindset leads to that. It's supposed to be something extra, beyond what's required. Now they've started using it instead of having realistic prices and wages and developed social standards where tipping less than x% is supposed to be the signal (x ever increasing). The idea has gotten so ingrained that people tip on "tip-included" prices too. Soon it'll all be a "donation" with a "service charge", de facto mandatory "tip", and extra tips on top.
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by peterwwillis on Monday July 28, 2014 @01:04AM (#8095267)
Ways to make a driver happy:

  * Compliment their car or music
  * Ask them about themselves (how are you doing, where are you from, how long have you been driving)
  * Make small talk (how about this crazy weather/traffic/drunk people, do you have any weird stories, have you ever been to place xyz)
  * Tell them a little about yourself or where you just came from/are going to
  * Have the address of your destination or tell the driver how to get there
  * Leave a tip for efficient service
  * Don't throw up in the back seat
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by lambda on Monday July 28, 2014 @01:18AM (#8095305) 

  * Leave a tip for efficient service
I always thought part of the point of Uber was not having to deal with cash and tips. I've never left a tip for my driver, and never really had an opportunity to as it's all paid for by your credit card on file.

However, I do most of the rest (never really thought of complementing anyone's car, they pretty much all run together to me), and have a 4.9. I never even thought about making smalltalk as a way to get your driver to rate you better; it's just a nice thing to do when you're getting a ride from someone.

One of the interesting things I've noticed about Uber is how diverse the drivers are. I've gotten (at least) Russian, Kurdish, Moroccan, and Nigerian drivers, so that's led to some interesting conversations about where they're from and what it's like. From the conversations, Morocco sounds like the best place to go visit; the guy from Morocco waxes the most poetic about his homeland.

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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by BrandonM on Monday July 28, 2014 @05:37AM (#8095863)
> From the conversations, Morocco sounds like the best place to go visit; the guy from Morocco waxes the most poetic about his homeland.

Maybe for guys, sure. You can find many stories like this one: http://www.neverendingfootsteps.com/2013/12/02/travelling-mo...

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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by Nicholas_C on Monday July 28, 2014 @11:06AM (#8097132)
Wow, that's really terrible. I've always wanted to visit Morocco but now (as a male) I'm not so sure.
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by smackfu on Monday July 28, 2014 @10:23AM (#8096844)
Morocco sure could use Uber. Most taxi drivers refused to use the meter with tourists, because the meter rates are so low (like $1-2) and tourists would gladly pay double or triple. The standard advice is not to take a cab that won't run the meter, but good luck finding one in the competitive areas like train stations. All the drivers know they are better off if they collaboratively rip off tourists.
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by sliverstorm on Monday July 28, 2014 @01:14AM (#8095293)
That sounds like a nightmare. I often enjoy chatting with a travel companion, but some days I want nothing more than silence.
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by beeskneecaps on Monday July 28, 2014 @01:22AM (#8095317)
Precisely what I don't like about Lyft and the competing services. They don't stop talking. It's almost like they're instructed to be overly chatty. Silence isn't always bad at 8 in the morning when I'm trying to check email and communicate with work.
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by peterwwillis on Monday July 28, 2014 @01:46AM (#8095387)
This is what is great about competition. You can pick the service that you like the most, as opposed to taxis that are all the same.

What you don't like about Lyft, is what I love about them. Their drivers seem to consider me a human being rather than a fare. So I always take Lyft as a default and fall back to Uber if they're not available, and taxis as a last resort.

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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by mcpherrinm on Monday July 28, 2014 @02:54AM (#8095513)
Lyft is absolutely instructed to be chatty. Along with the fistbumps, passengers defaulting to the front seat, and the pink moustaches, it's very much part of the experience they offer.

Personally, I enjoy talking with my drivers most of the time. If I want a quiet, professional ride in the back of a lincoln towncar, I opt for Uber Black.

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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by beeskneecaps on Monday July 28, 2014 @03:23AM (#8095561)
I'm sure this is so annoyingly introverted of me, but where's the off button for the chit chat if I just want a (usually) cheaper ride downtown?
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by bobbles on Sunday July 27, 2014 @11:54PM (#8095091)
Yeah no idea.. Im at 4.5 at the moment, am always standing on the curb for pickup and polite. I've also always ranked drivers as 5 stars. surprising
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by doxcf434 on Monday July 28, 2014 @12:19AM (#8095161)
Lol. I always give them 5 too, and tip them additional cash even, and I have a 4.8. Jeezz though crowd. ;-)
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by eridius on Monday July 28, 2014 @02:07AM (#8095432)
Drivers don't know what you rated them.
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Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating by Vik1ng on Monday July 28, 2014 @03:42AM (#8095605)
So a driver can do nothing if someone gives him a low rating for whatever reason as he doesn't even know it happened?
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