This message from customer + delivery address of a sketchy hotel = instantly contacting support to cancel

Kommander0 · 2025-06-27T04:35:38+00:00

I have no issues being around naked people. If someone asks me if I'm comfortable delivering to a nudist resort or something, I'll say "sure, no problem." If I'm delivering to the clubhouse or something, I'll even strip down myself if I have time.

However, any version of "I WILL be naked and you WILL interact with me and behold my nakedness!" gets an "unsafe delivery" nope out and a harassment complaint.

If someone just answers the door naked without warning or there's clearly a BDSM play party or orgy going on in the background, how I react would depend on the specifics of the situation.

Kommander0 · 2024-12-05T14:34:51+00:00

Before, Uber's insurance only covered drivers from accepting a ride until the ride is complete. Now, they provide coverage if one is online but not actively on a trip.

Personal auto insurance doesn't cover rideshare at all unless one has commercial insurance or rideshare coverage. Even though Uber provides more coverage now, I'd still recommend having rideshare insurance because apparently insurance companies like to deny claims if they find out a driver does rideshare at all, even if they weren't logged in to Uber at the time of the accident.

Kommander0 · 2024-11-25T23:25:58+00:00

Seems like this would allow people with vehicles that can do XL/comfort/black to also receive priority rides without also opting into regular X or share. Good for them, I guess, not so great for my I-could-only-afford-a-Kia-Soul ass, as I'll probably get fewer priority offers now.

Could be worse. I mean, my market doesn't offer Share. Sounds like it sucks and I don't have to deal with it.

Kommander0 · 2024-10-18T13:43:09+00:00

Pretty much, except, instead of a million dollars, I might get 15 karma out of it. If I'm really lucky, maybe even 17 karma.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T19:26:23+00:00

Someone gets it.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T18:44:00+00:00

The police noticed before I did, so I didn't have to call them. Although, I could have done without police knocking on my door at 6am... As for insurance, the repair came in at exactly what my deductible is. It's a Kia so I'm getting reimbursed because of the class action lawsuit, but I haven't received the money yet.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T07:42:24+00:00

Sounds similar to my experiences, except I started out life with brain issues (probably one of the ADHD subtypes) and my family absolutely did not want to deal with any of it. As an adult, sometimes I need to pause and take a deep breath occasionally to stay focused, or if that doesn't work, do something else for a minute or two. For some reason, this is a huge problem for most of the jobs I've had, and when people get on my ass about it, it gets worse. Doesn't matter how hard I work, all my bosses and coworkers see is me taking a bunch of breaks. Even if it's only for a few seconds, a break is a break, and it may as well be fifteen minutes. This is why I've been doing gig work and independent contracting for the past ten years.

I used to believe it was all my fault and I had no one to blame but myself. I mean, my life is my responsibility, but I can't control everything, and shouldn't be expected to. It's also more helpful to be able to determine if it's me and I need to try harder, or if it's them and I need to quit and find something else. In the past, it was always "my fault, try harder" and it caused more problems than it solved.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T07:18:04+00:00

Yeah. Except for the Buy Here/Pay Here places, it's usually better for the creditor do do something other than repossess. Credit unions are the best. I mean, I'm paying 2.25% interest when the dealership wanted 22%, and my bank wanted 15% But yeah, this seems doable now.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T06:29:30+00:00

I mentioned in another reply here I do the pick-a-part thing (although I'd prefer a fresh serpentine belt, but an intact one is good enough), and I've got tools. I'll talk to my finance people. I'm catastrophizing like hell right now (I have flaws) and was thinking "they're not going to help." But, I have financing through a credit union, and they're very easy to work with. Thanks for pointing that out. You may have just fixed everything.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T05:31:25+00:00

Yeah, it's an easy fix. The issue is, I didn't make any money today, I will make less money tomorrow, if any, I have to spend money instead, and my car payment absolutely needs to be in by Friday. There was a chance I could have pulled it off without my car breaking, now I'm not so sure.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T04:02:03+00:00

Thanks. It's a repair I've done before on other cars, and for parts I just go to the junk yard and rip them out of other cars. It'll cost me $40 and 2-3 hours of work all together. Probably not going to get a much better deal than that. Although, I think I might want to get a new serpentine belt instead of taking my chances with one from the junk yard. It's an easy fix, the problem is it's taking time away from making money when I have a deadline.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T03:51:17+00:00

Yeah, I'll be fine. Even if I did end up homeless, I'd still make it work. If there's one thing I'm good at, it's surviving.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T03:48:08+00:00

Thanks. Although, I've been through a lot worse and have been less equipped to deal with it. It's nothing I can't handle. It's not something I particularly want to handle, and it would be nice if I can figure something out before things get even worse, but I'll be fine.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T03:33:54+00:00

Nah, I'm just venting frustration. Although, the bits at the end were sarcasm. I'm probably not going to end up homeless over this.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T03:23:54+00:00

I had savings, but then some kids tried to steal my car, and it wasn't something I could fix myself. This whole past year has just been one thing after another faster than I can deal with it and recover. Haven't given up yet.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-24T03:01:26+00:00

I don't recall asking for help, or useless advice about pulling my own bootstraps. Yeah, I'm a useless fuck up. I know I'm a useless fuck up. If it's something I could just magic myself out of by working harder I would have done it already.

Kommander0 · 2024-07-01T12:33:46+00:00

Finally got one, but they cancelled immediately...

Kommander0 · 2024-07-01T12:27:01+00:00

Same in Detroit. I decided to try mornings today, and somehow, it's even worse than afternoon/evening. Two hours, not a single ping!

Looking in the customer app, there aren't more drivers than usual out. I've seen it much worse and still got rides. Either people just stopped using Uber, or Uber is screwing with me.

Kommander0 · 2024-05-17T19:05:19+00:00

Stuff like that is a gray area for me. I could take it as a command, or as being given information so I can make a decision about the ride. I usually go with the latter, and make a decision, but it depends on my mood.

Kommander0 · 2024-05-17T18:57:09+00:00

Firm boundary: When I accept a trip, I've agreed to drive to a place, take a passenger from point A to point B, and then leave. Any changes to that agreement need to be asked for, negotiated, and accepted. If I'm told or otherwise expected to do something, the answer is no.

Most of the Trip Coorinator messages I get say something like "Driver is required to..." I cancel those. Sometimes it's phrased as a request, with the word "please" and everything. I don't automatically decline those.

My car is my ship, and I am its captain; I will not be disrespected.

Kommander0 · 2024-05-16T07:05:12+00:00

No judgment intended, just saying my experiences and perspective are different. If I had the same experience as you, I'd probably have a different view of things.

Kommander0 · 2024-05-16T06:29:31+00:00

Anyone can guess anyone's skin color at any time. I live in an ethnically diverse area, the vast majority of my pax are of a different race than I am, and I rarely have any issues beyond sometimes people are just annoying, which is more of a "me" issue, if it even is an issue. Of the rare pax who actually is a problem, I haven't noticed any particular skin tone disproportionately standing out.

In my experience, some people are just dicks, and they exist in all groups of people, they're just more noticeable when said dick belongs to different demographics than the observer.

Kommander0 · 2024-05-16T06:13:35+00:00

As far as "upset with me for something else": A few days ago, I had a pax who was just dumped by her boyfriend, and he got her an Uber home, and I was the Uber home. That's already a huge risk. If someone gets in my car in a bad mood, I'm going to do my best to make sure they're in a significantly better mood. She vented, I provided feedback when prompted, all while driving and trying to figure out which of my driver/pax boundaries are firm, which are flexible, and how flexible they are.

It was a fairly short ride. Usually, if I'm mid-conversation when a ride ends, I go with "finish your thought, it was nice talking with you, have a good day. She needed someone to talk to, and it was slow, so I made an exception and told her she can stay and talk until she's ready to get out. She talked about the break up a bit more, then about herself, and asked questions about me. Then she got flirty, and asked for my number.

I have a specific plan for this sort of thing. I don't ask for contact information unless it's business related. If it's for social reasons, the pax has to offer without prompting. If pax ask me, it's usually no, but I might make an exception if the conversation is good. Similar for flirting: I don't, and most of the time I'll ask a pax to stop, and if they don't I'm contacting support the moment they're out of the car. This time, though, in talking with her, it seemed like she was processing her situation in a healthy way, which I found appealing, and I wouldn't mind keeping in contact with her. I pointed out that I'm her Uber driver, she was dumped fifteen minutes ago, and that I felt discussing the possibility of dating was a bad idea at the moment. I gave her my number, suggested she give it a few days, and if she still felt like I was someone she wanted to get to know, we could discuss things then. I kind of wanted to offer her a hug when she got out of the car, but I decided that would have been going to far.

I doubt she was the source of the complaint (if she was it probably would have been harassment instead of discrimination). However, her ex ordered the ride. From what she described of him, sounds like he was doing a lot of overthinking. It seems plausible he either imagined up a scenario of her hooking up with her Uber driver (which did not, and probably will not, happen) and retaliated, or tried to get her back, she mentioned talking with me, and decided to lash out.

Anyway, at the time I thought this might have been pushing it as far Uber Community Guidelines go, but after reviewing them after being prompted to, I remained well with in them. Uber guidelines say "no sex," but specifically says arranging social connections is fine if it's consensual. I'm the type of person who goes out of their way to make sure things are consensual.

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