Pete Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 THE other week I was riding crosstown in an Uber car, chatting with the very nice driver about how much I liked Uber, and the driver said, by way of being helpful, I believe, ?You have a 4.5 rating. If it drops to 4.0, no driver will pick you up.? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/sunday-review/ouch-my-personality-reviewed.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&bicmp=AD&bicmlukp=WT.mc_id&bicmst=1409232722000&bicmet=1419773522000 --- Part of me is thinking "Yea! Finally rude people and bad tippers are getting their due!" The other part of me is that I'm paying you to take me from point A to B, you're not paying me for my company along the way. And also, as an on-demand service, how can you not pick me up? And, is this in their TOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Heaven Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 They better pick me up at 4 AM Saturday morning to take me to LGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Don't uber drivers get tipped automatically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Don't uber drivers get tipped automatically? I don't know, never used it. Can't you pick your tip percentage, like in a cab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Being Uber means there is no need to tip drivers with any of our services. When using uberTAXI (requesting a ride from a cab via the Uber app, available in select cities), drivers will input the metered fare into the Uber driver application. A default 20% of the metered fare will be automatically added and paid to the driver as a gratuity. You can select the percentage amount of the gratuity by signing into your account at uber.com then clicking the ‘Payment’ link at the top. No option of changing it in the app. I've never actually handed an uber driver cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 No option of changing it in the app. I've never actually handed an uber driver cash So WTF could they be rating you on? Not to mention, they're way overpriced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphinity 2.0 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 It's basically a rating of "pleasantness of this person to be in my car". Keep in mind that Uber drivers use their own cars. So if some dude is a shitbird who smells like a mountain yeti, I'm not going to recommend that other drivers pick him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 So WTF could they be rating you on? Not to mention, they're way overpriced. Believe it or not some people are dicks to cab drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 Believe it or not some people are dicks to cab drivers I'm sure they are, but check it out...If someone drops you off up the block, like they did to the author of the article, and you ask to be dropped closer to your house and the driver gets testy and rates your poorly, that effects your ability to get a car...If they are going to review you, you should be able to see it, and comment on it, like Yelp! or anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I bet most things that provide services to people have things like this. I know a few have internal blacklists, and apparently there's a global Human Resources black list for interviewees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 I bet most things that provide services to people have things like this. I know a few have internal blacklists, and apparently there's a global Human Resources black list for intervieweesI find that hard to believe. If that ever came out, it would rock the HR industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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