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I run both Uber and Lyft at the same time. If I get a ping from one, I disable the other until I'm dropping off the pax. I'd just finished a Lyft run, turned Uber back on, and got a request. It only took me maybe five minutes to get to the mall for the pick up. As I'm pulling in to the mall, the pax messages asking if I will pick her up at JC Penny at 1600. I look at the clock and it is 1530. I agree to wait, but should another ride come up, I'm taking that one. I had forgotten that I disabled Lyft when I accepted this trip, so I sat there until 1600 with no other trips coming in. A few messages back and forth and she asks me to pick her up at Old Navy. Ugg.. sure. She gets in the truck, I slide the slider over to start the trip. This woman is going .6 miles away to pick up her car at the repair shop!
So for being so nice and waiting almost 30 minutes for this ride I got:
Always agree to wait and at 5 minutes if they aren’t there just leave. They want a ride at a certain time the they can schedule it. Uber doesn’t pay anything close enough to wait time that worth it, maybe a dollar a minute I’d wait, but not whatever cheap rate they pay
Ain't no thinking about it. Not only should you have said "no". Not only should you have said "a thousand times no". Not only should you have said "HELL, no!". You should have said "A THOUSAND TIMES HELLNO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
We used to have this poster here, @Desert_Driver. I used to disagree with him vehemently on most things. There was, however, one saw that the veterans of these boards all will repeat to you: Always Be Compensated. This is a business. It is not a charity. It is not social welfare. You are not out here to be a nice guy. You are out here to make a profit. Profits come first, last, always and the public BE DAMNED. NEVER DO ANYTHING GRATIS.
You made a newbie mistake. :Learn and do not repeat it. If you run across this again, and, odds are that you will, simply decline. Do not argue. Do not try to get them to tip you in cash. If they complain, and complain they will, there is a checkbox that reads "Driver demanded cash". Even though you demanded it only as a tip, that is immaterial to Uber or Lyft. You will get one warning, if you are lucky on that. If they offer the cash, take it. Do not even hint at it, though. Simply decline. If they tell you that they will tip you in-application, simply decline. Most who promise to do that never keep it. Do not tell the that, simply decline to do it.
I run both Uber and Lyft at the same time. If I get a ping from one, I disable the other until I'm dropping off the pax. I'd just finished a Lyft run, turned Uber back on, and got a request. It only took me maybe five minutes to get to the mall for the pick up. As I'm pulling in to the mall, the pax messages asking if I will pick her up at JC Penny at 1600. I look at the clock and it is 1530. I agree to wait, but should another ride come up, I'm taking that one. I had forgotten that I disabled Lyft when I accepted this trip, so I sat there until 1600 with no other trips coming in. A few messages back and forth and she asks me to pick her up at Old Navy. Ugg.. sure. She gets in the truck, I slide the slider over to start the trip. This woman is going .6 miles away to pick up her car at the repair shop!
So for being so nice and waiting almost 30 minutes for this ride I got:
Exactly. Unless it has the +45 minute indicator, assume that every trip is $3 and no tip. If they are really nice and seem like decent people I MIGHT wait up to ten minutes because they will probably tip me. It all depends on my mood. But 30 minutes? No way!
I run both Uber and Lyft at the same time. If I get a ping from one, I disable the other until I'm dropping off the pax. I'd just finished a Lyft run, turned Uber back on, and got a request. It only took me maybe five minutes to get to the mall for the pick up. As I'm pulling in to the mall, the pax messages asking if I will pick her up at JC Penny at 1600. I look at the clock and it is 1530. I agree to wait, but should another ride come up, I'm taking that one. I had forgotten that I disabled Lyft when I accepted this trip, so I sat there until 1600 with no other trips coming in. A few messages back and forth and she asks me to pick her up at Old Navy. Ugg.. sure. She gets in the truck, I slide the slider over to start the trip. This woman is going .6 miles away to pick up her car at the repair shop!
So for being so nice and waiting almost 30 minutes for this ride I got:
I run both Uber and Lyft at the same time. If I get a ping from one, I disable the other until I'm dropping off the pax. I'd just finished a Lyft run, turned Uber back on, and got a request. It only took me maybe five minutes to get to the mall for the pick up. As I'm pulling in to the mall, the pax messages asking if I will pick her up at JC Penny at 1600. I look at the clock and it is 1530. I agree to wait, but should another ride come up, I'm taking that one. I had forgotten that I disabled Lyft when I accepted this trip, so I sat there until 1600 with no other trips coming in. A few messages back and forth and she asks me to pick her up at Old Navy. Ugg.. sure. She gets in the truck, I slide the slider over to start the trip. This woman is going .6 miles away to pick up her car at the repair shop!
So for being so nice and waiting almost 30 minutes for this ride I got:
Are you sure you're not a member of the Trump legal team? You sound like you would fit in nicely. Waiting for 30 mins?
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