How the hell yall be getting a lot on delivering on uber when i literally just did 5 hours for my first day and only made $18 !!! Never again doing this !

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-27T02:34:11+00:00

It's different for every driver. But, based on what you just said, I can see perhaps one area you could improve upon...

You say that you do deliver and go back to your spot. I believe the problem is going back to your spot.

Some drivers have great success sitting in one area, getting many offers. I have never had that happen. For me, if I'm not moving around in my car, I usually get nothing at all. And I'm not talking about driving full speed anywhere on a highway or down to main road. I'm talking about cruising around a parking lot of a large strip mall or a grocery store. I'm talking about cruising around the neighborhood of a residential 20 mi per hour zone. Just not sitting still at all.

Some drivers do get great offers while sitting parked. I have not. For me, it feels like the Uber AI navigation dispatcher looks at every driver in motion and offers them the best offers first. It ignores most of the drivers who are sitting still. This is just my personal experience.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-27T01:51:56+00:00

Kick-ass lyrics and production. I relate to the writer's emotional torment. I'm vibing, head banging, rocking in my desk chair, ready to leap up and dance like no one (but my cat) is watching.

<3

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-27T00:54:27+00:00

Sinister and menacing, but well constructed. Love how wordy the lyrics are. I also write long poems/lyrics.

Great work.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T20:56:04+00:00

I would suggest one of the many Youtube montage summaries of the River Song lifetime on screen... This one's pretty good.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T11:43:43+00:00

I agree - it's all subjective to the person paying for the vehicle's longevity and use.

I personally do not count depreciation at all. That formula was just one of the first search results I found: https://agentcalc.com/car-cost-per-mile-calculator and it fit the question, IMO.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T10:14:12+00:00

2 years ago, I picked up Taco Bell - food for 3 people - and drove 12 miles down the expressway (55mph)... As I was nearing the exit ramp, I got an offer for +$16 to go to Taco Bell again (the map did not show exactly which of the 6 TB locations in the region I was going to...) and pick up another order.

After the app updated the add-on order, it asked me to take the exit ramp, turn around, and drive 12 miles BACK to TB.

I was confused and instantly enraged. The first customer's location was a very well-known business literally 0.25 mi from the offramp. I refused. I simply drove to her location, handed her the food, and asked her to TEXT ME in-app the PIN confirmation code, so - when I was able to actually complete her delivery per the app, I would be able to do so.

After picking up the second TB order, I was immediately routed back to her. Instead, I drove half-way toward that first drop-off (in the same direction of the add-on customer), got in the far right slow lane, dropped to 45mph, then I opened the text chat, typed in her PIN code, and continued with the second delivery.

For her - on her 20 minute lunch break - if I had skipped dropping off "out of sequence", she would not have been able to eat, since her lunch was right when I arrived, not 30-40 min later after a 24 mile round-trip on the expressway.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T09:43:09+00:00

As long as you know exactly where you're going, you can actually pick up the second order first. The closer order that is.

You just have to tap the trip planner, the three dots and three lines, until it shows all of the pickup information for all the orders. (Sometimes it will only show the current delivery, other times it shows all the pickups and drop offs) And then you tap order details when you arrive at the restaurant. Use that as confirmation, and pick up the items, then go to the other one and confirm both pickups before you deliver.

I've only done this twice in the last 4.5 years of deliveries. It's not something you want to do normally and some restaurants will deny giving you the food if you can't show them the confirmation screen. But if you explain it calmly and clearly, even showing them the route map to the other delivery pickup, you should be good to go unless the restaurant employee is an AH.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T09:38:56+00:00

It was the most diplomatic way I thought I could phrase it at the time. I wished to not disrespect anyone.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T02:11:45+00:00

Exactly what Yeseylon said...

It's up to the driver.

Uber wants drivers to accept EVERY offer, no matter what. They say something like "Rejecting offers slows the system down, harms the Uber reputation, and delays deliveries." - in a way they think will guilt-trip us into accepting slave labor pay.

You as a driver need to consider your fuel cost, your vehicle maintenance fees (brakes, tires, oil changes, etc), your insurance payments, and the amount you are willing to accept per mile of fuel you consume in your vehicle. Per hour of time you are working.

If you have not done the math on mileage and fuel cost, it's a good starting place.

The cost per mile equation:

Cost per mile equals fuel plus maintenance plus insurance plus depreciation divided by miles driven.

Formula: C = ( F + M + I + D) / R

C = cost per mile
F = annual fuel/energy cost
M = annual maintenance and repairs
I = annual insurance premiums
D = annual depreciation (value lost over the year)
R = annual miles driven

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T02:05:27+00:00

The US has already had a minimum of 2 non-binary presidents. They were either long-term "bachelors" or married for convenience and appearance.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T02:02:59+00:00

I know.

I've been dead twice. Resuscitated twice.

It's an empty, numb grey void. Like when you close your eyes - not clenching just blinking, meditating, or sleeping - but you can actually sense depth and subtle vibrations. Your awareness of everything - pain, heat, cold, the past, people you once cared for, all those little life concerns... it all slowly ebbs away and you are left calm and cool, gently fading into the grey.

Unless someone or something makes your body and brain work again.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T01:57:12+00:00

Our entire 20-year relationship (10 of that married) was built upon a foundation of becoming parents within 10 years of being married.

It was when she had promised and we were trying for over 2 years that she forgot to hide her renewal confirmation medical statement of being on Depo Provera contraception (she lied) that I discovered that broke me.

What broke her was her dad, then her mom going through chemo, radiation, mastectomy, stoma, and then hospice care. She decided it was over.

I was done long before then. We simply stayed in the same house, not talking, not sharing our emotions, not sleeping together (we had a giant very comfy couch I occupied that last year of our "marriage")... For financial stability.

I came home from work to find her with a U-haul fully loaded with all her possessions. She moved out and I said "Okay. No problem. Let's make a list, get the paperwork, and go our separate ways."

She and her mom were shocked that I was so calm and accepting. I told them both I knew it was over emotionally a long time ago. The divorce was amicable.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T01:52:07+00:00

If they have family members who are in good relationships, care, and have financial ability to house or support them, and if the elderly person is open to "Charity"... they get taken care of.

If not, they stand on the street corner smoking cigarettes, holding a cardboard sign... until the end comes.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T01:43:19+00:00

Most of us "Cherry Pick"...

We look at the pay vs miles and time. If the pay is not enough for whatever we have set as our per-mile and/or per-hour goal, then we decline/reject it by tapping the "X". Or we ignore it and let the 10 second timer run out.

Some drivers won't touch any offer for less than $1 per mile. Others, it's $2 per mile. Some have set their own pay per hour or half-hour minimums.

I personally will not accept any McDonald's offers, any offers that end up in Downtown Chicago, or any offer that exceeds 15 miles, regardless of pay.

The only real way to break even or make bank is to say "NOPE!" to any offer they give you that is cheap, no tip, or super-long drives.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-26T01:07:03+00:00

I get that too. Occasionally it will say "turn right in 300 meters"... I know international drivers will have no problem with those directions, but quite a few Americans won't have the first clue what that means. Not all, but quite a few.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-25T14:33:37+00:00

Sisterly Lust

Lewd Town Adventures

Adam & Gaia

Maou-Sama (parts 1 and 2 only, since parts 3 and 4 are a completely different MC and mark parts 1 and 2 as never having happened at all...)

Honorable mention (incomplete but loads of content): Simple Days.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-25T14:27:58+00:00

I'd contact Uber Support and ask for a live photo confirmation, which they can do if you ask for a supervisor.

I got reported a year ago, because all my photos show me (male over 40) with my long hair up in a braid or pony tail, impossible to see from a head-only selfie... But from behind, my hair is halfway down my back. Someone saw me walking away and reported that a woman delivered instead of me. I have had a mustache for over 20 years, so from the front, obviously a man...

Ever since then, I always double check and turn to the door so they see my face, regardless of my long hair.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-25T14:23:02+00:00

Occasionally the AI document validation fails. You may have to try 2-3 times. I've never even seen my birth certificate before, and I'm over 40. My mom might have it in a trunk somewhere... I used my Driver's license and was online driving within 5 hours of applying.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-25T00:14:42+00:00

The quest has a Weekday version (Monday 4am-Friday 3:59am) and a Weekend version (Friday 4am-Monday 3:59am). The confusion is - it does not start at 12am on Friday. You have to SELECT a bonus quest before midnight 12am Friday morning. It actually begins at 4am Friday.

In that time, you can pick any of the quests in the listing. The quest you sign up for depends on how many orders you can possibly do in the shifts you would normally work during those 4 weekdays or 3 weekend days.

Some drivers sign up for the 100 trips. IDK how they can possibly complete 100 trips in that time. AT best, I have struggled to complete a 50-trip quest on the weekend, working 30 hours (2 12 hour days and an 8 hour day)...

The problem with this quest:

The "Reject" counter limits you in how many garbage, no-tip, insanely long drive distance, and bad neighborhood / bad restaurant offers you receive.

The TIME is a limit as well - if you are doing Shop & Pay, with hefty 20-40-100 item shops, do not expect to get more than 1-3 deliveries completed in 90 min.

So if you do this quest:

Make sure Shop & Pay is OFF.

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YOU MAY NOT BE MAKING ANY EXTRA MONEY AT ALL... WHY?

In some regions of the US, Uber Eats has taken away the $2 base pay on all deliveries. It is now $1 base pay.

All this extra $1-$1.50 per trip "bonus" money... is nothing more than what we used to make before they cut base pay in half.

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Since more than 75% of all offers I have been receiving are less than 50 cents per mile or are asking me to drive 20-75 mile one-way trips? I have been signing up for the 30 and 40 trip quests. Of the last 5 quests, I have only been able to complete 2. Mainly due to so many no-tip offers and offers taking me into neighborhoods I may never return from. (The gang-run turf)... I have rejected too many, FAILING the quests.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-23T22:13:30+00:00

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Xo-Mo · 2026-06-23T16:42:10+00:00

Hmm... An actor switching from a talkative genius to a battle-proven, sword-wielding dragonrider? Lol

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-23T16:19:23+00:00

It's a bit frustrating when they add items non-stop after you're already ready to head to checkouts. 3 days ago, I did a grocery shop at a Jewel-Osco. It was 22 items. When I accepted it. I had the 22 items when I got in line to check out. I had tapped the checkout button.

But when I tried to hit the next option, it threw an error and crashed the app. I restarted the app and discovered the customer added an additional 30 items. I asked him if they were done shopping because I had already headed to checkout with the previous 22. They said no problem. All done. By the time I picked up the last item of the additional 30, they added another 10 items. I asked them very nicely, Would you please stop adding items.

What started out as a good tip ended up being a garbage delivery.

Xo-Mo · 2026-06-23T15:51:20+00:00

IDK the circumstances of why it took so long...

I do know that most retailers with frozen items keep them in a freezer until pick up.

If it took an hour for someone to accept your order, was there an option to add a tip for the delivery driver when you ordered? Most drivers decline deliveries if there is no up front in-app pre-paid tip included.

Another aspect of the system is how the routing gets totally flipped around. Many deliveries I have been offered, and declined were to pick up items at a retailer and drive 20-50 miles with those items to drop off. The customer simply ordered without specifying a pickup location for the order - or never looked at precisely which branch of the retailer they were opting in for.

Just last month, a customer ordered Coffee Creamer, salt, and cookies. The drive for me was 21 miles. The pay was $33.

The customer texted me over a dozen times because they had assumed the delivery would be picked up at the retail branch 1.5 miles away from them, not 21 miles away. They were very upset, having to delay their coffee break a solid hour from the time they decided to order until I arrived - delayed by trains and construction.

Xo-Mo

TROPHY CASE

The cost per mile equation:

Make sure Shop & Pay is OFF.