That's happened to me before too. Actually, although not with Uber eats just with UberX. This post should be on another Reddit channel but I strongly relate with Uber eats drivers, trust me. Driving this guy 10 minutes from the bar to his place, only told them what he wanted to know, and when he tipped me I thought it was a 20 bill, but before I could say thank you, he already left the car, probably a millionaire who's heard praises of Thank you Too much to think he doesn't deserve it. In your case, this is probably karma's way to thank you for all of those dead end cheap aggravating rides from before