So- I was pretty much done for the night as of 10 pm when all the surges ended. I live out in Courthouse, so I'm really close to the Clarendon bars. I'm doing homework online, so I decided to check at 1:45 pm on the rates. I see Adams Morgan is surging as of 1:30 pm- nah! At 1:50 pm, Clarendon starts to surge hard. So I said to myself "why not?" and jump in my car. I checked the surge in three different apps- it's surging as high as 3x. So, as soon as I get to the Clarendon vicinity, my pings go crazy. First two were non-surge... I'm not crazy, I say no way, Jose! But the third one is a nice 2.6X. I accept that and swing over there asap. About 45 seconds later, I pull up and call the pax. I tell him I'm right outside. That's when he says "Oh- ummmmm.... I got another Uber. Sorry!", then hangs up on me. What???!!!! So, I thought about just sitting there and letting it time out, but that's a fool's game. There are surely other 2.6X pax out there, so I canceled him and said he was a no-show.
I get a second pax and that is at 2.1X, so I take that one. I literally pull around the corner to that one, and I get a phone call from that pax. I say "Hello?" like in Adele style, and the guy says hello back... then nothing. I hear him talking to someone, and then silence. Another Uber driver stole another fare of mine!!!!!
I don't blame the pax as much as I blame the drivers- what kind of souless, scum sucking, bottom feeding piece of $h*t steals another Uber driver's pax? I mean, we're all in this together!
The next ping comes much slower- and it's 1.5X. I check the app... no more rates out there higher than 1.5, so I take it. I get two chicks- one with mascara rimmed eyes telling me "we're not going too far- just Ballston". Effin' Ballston!!!!!
The worst part? After I drop the two pax, I see Adams Morgan and Foggy Bottom are still surging. That's like a 6 minute hop from where I was, so I decided to try and salvage the night and head up there. As soon as I arrive in Foggy Bottom, the surge ends, and it's in LeDroit Park and Columbia Heights. At that point, I sit there for a few, then drive back to E Street Expressway and head home. 7 minutes later, I'm stepping out of my car, and just as I do, I look at the damn app, and Foggy Bottom/Adams Morgan has the same, crazy surge I just missed out on. Crap.
GRRRRRRRRR.....
What was the way to handle the pax stealing?
koffee
I get a second pax and that is at 2.1X, so I take that one. I literally pull around the corner to that one, and I get a phone call from that pax. I say "Hello?" like in Adele style, and the guy says hello back... then nothing. I hear him talking to someone, and then silence. Another Uber driver stole another fare of mine!!!!!
I don't blame the pax as much as I blame the drivers- what kind of souless, scum sucking, bottom feeding piece of $h*t steals another Uber driver's pax? I mean, we're all in this together!
The next ping comes much slower- and it's 1.5X. I check the app... no more rates out there higher than 1.5, so I take it. I get two chicks- one with mascara rimmed eyes telling me "we're not going too far- just Ballston". Effin' Ballston!!!!!
The worst part? After I drop the two pax, I see Adams Morgan and Foggy Bottom are still surging. That's like a 6 minute hop from where I was, so I decided to try and salvage the night and head up there. As soon as I arrive in Foggy Bottom, the surge ends, and it's in LeDroit Park and Columbia Heights. At that point, I sit there for a few, then drive back to E Street Expressway and head home. 7 minutes later, I'm stepping out of my car, and just as I do, I look at the damn app, and Foggy Bottom/Adams Morgan has the same, crazy surge I just missed out on. Crap.
GRRRRRRRRR.....
What was the way to handle the pax stealing?
koffee