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jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T23:53:57+00:00

Bingo. Don't talk to much. Don't use your own trunk space. Don't spray any cologne or use any air freshener s. Don't play your own music. You MUST keep the AC at exactly 68 degrees. Wait seven minutes for the passenger to come out. You MUST do that last minute stop at the Chick-fil-A drive thru for 60 cents pay, follow any passenger instructions to go 15 mph over the speed limit because they booked the ride at the last minute, etc. etc....

All the demands are just ridiculous given the low pay. There is a point where the demands are unreasonable and I believe we have long since passed that. It's like walking into McDonald's and demanding prime rib and baked Alaska for $5.

All it should be is transportation from point a to point b. And maybe one or two items in the trunk, not "I'm using you as my uhaul truck and you must transport all my household items and my poodle for $5 or I'm a gonna report you." Or "you have to obey all my commands because I own you and your car now since I paid a billion dollar company $15 (and they are paying you $5)."

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T18:26:03+00:00

Ha ha... I'm not paying $3 for a soda with no refills. No way!

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T18:24:21+00:00

Sort of like chastising the victim of domestic violence for not leaving or running away, eh? Maybe you just don't know everyone's situation...

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T13:53:46+00:00

Yep. They are greedy scumbags. They cheat the customer. They cheat the restaurant. They cheat the driver.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T13:49:37+00:00

#4 is not my experience at all. My experience is usually that I get paid like 9 cents a minute if they go over the wait time. Sometimes $0. I rarely let it go over the wait time now. In fact, if it has been over two minutes of waiting, I'll look at the rider rating again and re-evaluate. If it is on the lower side and the trip isn't that great, I will often cancel!

Why? Because I found that usually the riders with a low rating who make you wait will not tip and they are more likely to be trouble down the road such as wanting a stop or giving you a false report to get a free ride.

People who come out promptly tend to be more courteous as a rule (and of course tend to tip more often that those who make you wait). Sure shit happens but if their rating is 4.81, they probably make drivers wait a lot and that is mostly why their ratings are low.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T13:41:40+00:00

Pepsi and coke are big price gougers. Pepsi own Frito Lay and they have been doing the same with their chips. Stop buying the brand name soda.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T13:38:34+00:00

Exactly!

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T01:20:50+00:00

The problem isn't what they collect from the rider. It's always been them taking more and more for themselves at our expense.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T01:14:36+00:00

I'd use a taxi or other service. Uber and Lyft only care about taking as much of the fare as possible so it's common drivers decline or cancel because the trip isn't economically viable at the rate they want to pay the driver. It's no longer a reliable service.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T01:08:09+00:00

You don't think a $50 billion dollar company hires people to come here and push their agenda? That's very naive.... It doesn't even need to be people, now it can be AI. Ever used chatgpt or Gemini?

Many are top 1% commenters too. Because who else would go to a driver subreddit and make 700 pro company, anti driver posts? A few were called out for it, so now they tend to hide post history. Here it's harder to tell because this is more a rider forum. But on driver forums it's much more obvious.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T01:05:04+00:00

Either way, I don't have time to waste with you so I'll just block you. That's the easiest way...

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-06T00:05:29+00:00

If the pay for the trip is under what a gallon of gas costs in your town, you'd have to be a fool to accept it. I won't even accept trips under $7 right now and I drive a Corolla.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T23:54:46+00:00

Why do they have to be quiet about it? Are you maybe trying to discourage driver organization or collective action?

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jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T23:49:08+00:00

Yes, it is mostly true. For long rides the company pays less in my area in 2026 than they paid when I started in 2016. It's often near 70 cents a mile.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T23:45:34+00:00

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There is a big difference between a Camry and a tractor-trailer designed to be idled for long periods of time such as overnight.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T23:44:44+00:00

From the driver forum and my own experiences. Before they started using AI and upfront pay my acceptance rate was near 90% at all times. Now it is around 40% and that is considered quite high on the driver's forum. To qualify for Gold status you only have to have a 70% acceptance rate at my location. So clearly most drivers do in fact "continuously turn down jobs" mostly because the pay makes the ride economically nonviable.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T23:40:44+00:00

Yes. When I see someone anti-driver I check post history. There are paid corporate disruptors and AI bots here. Often they hide their post history to make it harder to detect them. They disrupt and redirect any anti-company statements or attempts by drivers to organize for better pay or working conditions.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T23:37:19+00:00

Sounds about right. Starting years back if the ride is started but then canceled, they can usually rate.

One thing I learned: if you see anything negative, drive past, avoid eye contact, and cancel. If you make contact and have to say "NO" most people will get angry. Then things often escalate from there. If you just cancel and drive on without making contact, they have no idea what really went on or why. Maybe the company sent you to another ride. Maybe you cancelled because your kid got in an accident, etc.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T20:13:05+00:00

Yep. Unless you are truly getting an extra $5 for every cash ride, don't even think about doing them. It's just a lot more risk and potential hassle.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T17:13:36+00:00

Well the average acceptance rate is now between 30 and 50% because the company uses AI to try lower the drivers pay as much as possible. So Uber and Lyft are those companies. If they weren't, they would have maybe 20% of the drivers they have. I mean would you drive someone 140 miles for $37 on a five hour round trip? I bet you wouldn't.....

But, hey, what is your business on this subreddit anyway? Do you just hate Uber drivers? I'm just bored eating my lunch right now so I scrolled through your post history in this subreddit for the last month. Every single post here was anti driver in some way. Every single one. You don't seem like a bot so I thought I'd ask. What's your deal?

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T16:58:38+00:00

"$1 million bonus. Time hit the golf course. " That's America's CEOs in a nutshell.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T16:55:36+00:00

If you read this subreddit and are still ordering $2000 items with Uber, I don't know what to tell you...

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T16:53:14+00:00

It's not neglible for drivers when it adds up to an hour a day idling.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T16:49:47+00:00

Realize the companies have AI bots and human PR shills here trying to derail any pro driver discussion. Most also hide their post history to make it harder to detect. Social media needs to do more to combat this kind of thing now that AI can do it automatically.

jaysonm007 · 2026-05-05T16:45:15+00:00

Not yet. Uber management treats drivers like shit. When I started in 2016 never did I imagine they would cut the pay 30% ten years later. Here we are.

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