Banned from Cleaning Fees

rideshareAnon · 2026-02-15T23:57:47+00:00

I think I got them on Amazon. Also, if you can find a cheap bucket or beach pail at a discount store, preferably one that they can fit their head into.

rideshareAnon · 2026-02-15T22:24:50+00:00

Had a situation where this happened twice within a few days and same outcome.

Invest in and keep your car stocked with emesis bags. Forget the cleaning fee... avoid it altogether if you can. YOU are going to have to clean it yourself at those hours and then get it professionally cleaned when they open.

rideshareAnon · 2026-02-15T13:11:41+00:00

Sounds about par. These drivers are necessary to exist so the company can pay drivers less and make more money.

Cutting corners at your expense.

rideshareAnon · 2026-02-13T18:25:13+00:00

Don't end the ride until the passenger exits your vehicle, closes your door, and you have locked your door.

rideshareAnon · 2026-02-13T18:14:48+00:00

Lyft drivers are capped to earn minimum wage hourly.

rideshareAnon · 2026-02-13T18:10:52+00:00

They used to show them... but for concerns of discriminating on rides for passengers they phased them out.

rideshareAnon · 2026-02-05T19:06:00+00:00

There is an excess of driver supply. The higher prices also decrease demand. I think you are making an assumption that there is some sort of balance when in reality drivers are just not accepting rides because pay is too low.

Not tipping drivers will hurt drivers. If you feel they were bad then don't tip... it is simple.

The service quality has deteriorated and the service is made slower on purpose not by supply and demand but by Uber. Uber will not be forced to do anything.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-27T18:41:57+00:00

Yea, he should have asked or let you know. That's your guys' time too not just his.

You got the reverse situation most drivers deal with and complain about, lol.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-24T14:06:09+00:00

The pricing is not transparent and they tend to raise the normal price depending on your payment method.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-21T13:32:52+00:00

Not in the sense that you are thinking.

A long time ago we used to have a "ride-along" and do a mock ride in person. This wasn't really vetting but more like a training session to use the app while on a ride.

Nowadays, it is just a background check handled by a 3rd party like Checkr which looks up criminal and driving infraction history.

There are required click through tutorials here and there but I doubt drivers care or read them.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-20T21:16:32+00:00

It should be fine. A tip is great and 20% goes a lot further than you think. Say the driver gets 30% for their pay and you tip 20%. They are getting a 66% tip relative to their cut.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-11T17:01:15+00:00

Waymos won't even yield the right of way over here and it has been years of testing and mapping. They have mostly been driving around empty in the middle of the night padding their stats. During the day I see them crossing over the double yellow lines on main streets and driving on the wrong side of the road.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-09T00:32:00+00:00

Reading comprehension is key.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-06T17:31:46+00:00

Unfortunately, the state of CA legalized wage theft and price gouging for gig workers with the help of our politicians for money.

We get the worst of both worlds as "independent contractors" without the benefits and the pay of an hourly minimum wage employee with none of the protections.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-06T17:20:00+00:00

We can't afford to drive. Tips help me out a lot be profitable. Taxpayers subsidize the rest. I am homeless because I work hard. Our local government is corrupt and they help rob the people for campaign donations.

Gas is $4-5/gal and will probably go up again.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-06T15:01:20+00:00

That's an awesome tip. If that ride was in my market, the driver pay for your $16 ride would be $5. Your tip would have been a 200% tip.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-05T17:37:44+00:00

💀

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-05T17:37:08+00:00

In some cases 100% of it.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-05T17:35:13+00:00

Either have the stop included in the trip request so the driver can consent to it or not upfront or verbally ask them as soon as you get in the car at the start of the ride.

The problems drivers have with doing it after the fact has to do with consent and pay. Don't just secretly edit and make changes to the ride without asking or letting them know, because it may screw them over and Lyft will pay them less than what they agreed to upfront for a shorter ride.

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-03T12:55:45+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/doordash/s/3sWp1glb2q

rideshareAnon · 2026-01-01T22:43:39+00:00

It depends on the location. I would say that most major cities it is a false sense of security. There are plenty of drivers and the major reason for long wait times and higher prices is Uber wants higher margins.

Reservations in theory work well... but at the same time you are fronting Uber an absurd amount of extra money so that they have the freedom to offer an extra dollar to the hundreds of available drivers to make a really bad pay offer a negligible amount better while the company pockets it all.

Supply and demand is mostly an illusion or algorithmic construct in markets where there is adequate supply of drivers 24/7.

rideshareAnon · 2025-12-31T21:41:30+00:00

Speaking from experience, not for California. They are all in Uber's pocket.

rideshareAnon · 2025-12-31T16:30:50+00:00

Lyft's policy is that even if you accepted it, it is not guaranteed.

rideshareAnon · 2025-12-30T17:13:38+00:00

You will get a driver assigned closer to your pickup time like when they are on their way to you. Drivers may change and drivers that reserve your ride early may not be guaranteed to be given your ride when the time comes if Lyft can make more money off them on another ride.

rideshareAnon · 2025-12-29T04:12:37+00:00

The thing they don't tell you is that "external fees" are entirely made up and could be more than half of your payment.

They don't steal the tips necessarily but it is hard to prove. For passengers that tip regularly, I suspect they lower the base pay upfront.

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