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I was under the impression all Uber Drivers families qualify for this program. That's how I read the email. Every time I see donate, I get $5. Glad the put the tip option in the app. When I see the Donate button I will make sure to tell the customer that they can give me the $5, I will make sure Uber gets it.
First - how shameful - they are hitching their wagon to hungry kids without donating a single penny! Customers are to give back. Secondly wtf are they feeding these kids if $5 would make 50 meals?????? WTF????
And funny how their former Obama campaign manager comes up with Hungry Kids campaign when it's nothing but bad news for luber. Funny
......we can just tell Riders when they ask what this promotion is all about.
Rider: So what is the $5 No Kid Hungry Button?
Driver: Oh, instead of Tipping your Uber Driver, you can now choose to donate $5 to fee hungry children in the US.
Then in January, it will be changed to a Driver Tip Button. What do you think?
You know, I get the whole tipping issue...BUT this is a good thing Uber is doing...utilizing their massive reach to collect donations to a good cause. Let's not lower ourselves by giving this a negative spin.
Sorry, there is no good spin on this. If they came out and said THEY will donate $2 from each ride taken - maybe, just maybe then would be some sort of good spinn. I would not be surprised if they are taking 25% from the donations to "facilitate" this. But as always they are good at shifting costs and responsibilities to others.
When I saw this donation option I immediately thought about all the drivers who were doing this job to feed their families. I found it sort of insulting. The ultimate two faced corporate propaganda. On one side Uber continues to not pay their drivers enough to live on ... not by a long shot. They wont even give the passengers an option to tip. On the other hand they pull this blatant publicity stunt so they can say "Look at us, we are helping feed hungry people. We at Uber are one of the good guys". Well Uber, you are running this campaign on the backs of your drivers and passengers. You contribute basically nothing.
I would just tell riders the whole deal. They deserve to hear the truth about what Uber is doing, treating their employees like a lemon. Squeeze the s&@$ out of it then throw it away
Look, I'm in favor of donating to good causes AND tipping drivers when possible, but it ticks me off that I wasn't given the "option" to donate the $5 on Thursday to No Kid Hungry, it was mandatory. As a passenger, I was forced to press the donate button in order to call an Uber... when the message popped up to tell me about the campaign, there was no "X" in the corner or a "not now, thanks" button; there was only a "continue" (and donate) button which would allow me to see drivers. I tried tapping outside the message, nothing. I continued forward, cancelled the search and backtracked to the beginning to try it again, same thing: forced to donate.
Either I completely missed how I was supposed to change the option myself from the "donate by default" to "chose not to donate", or Uber was withholding my ride until I donated. If it's the former, then I must say they made it purposefully difficult to figure out for people who hadn't read the e-mail yet, and who were opening up the app to get a ride in a hurry.
Again, I'm not against charity (and to echo the drivers in this thread, I wish there was a tip function like Lyft has), but *I* determine where I donate money. If it has to be procured by holding my ridesharing experience hostage, then it's not charity at all.
Charity navigator is a website that rates charities nationwide. No kid hungry rates 3 out of 4 stars. This is lower than 4 of 5 stars uber uses in its rating system. Do the people that run this charity deactivate themselves???
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