Well that didn’t go as planned…

So I lose money and take a cancel hit? No thanks

Between bonuses, promotions, an event and tips, I made around $450 (few cash tips) on Wednesday working just 5 hours!! Purely UberX and it was a new record for me considering how short of a time I worked but what's the most you guys have made in a shift??

Haha!

Right after my passenger stepped out four cops sprawled out of a car and took the dude down. Couple more police vehicles pulled in after, dude I drove was definitely a tweaker but polite during the ride. 5 stars for wanted level. Cops told me if I "saw" them use force i should give a statement, he was glad when I told him I must of been looking away at that moment😄 🤣

EDIT: I see alot of folks are concerned if I witnessed police brutality. I definitely did not, the methed out passenger made a move to evade and was taken to ground. The original pickup spot was 2 blocks from my house and I didnt not see it necessary for my name to be linked to whatever case they have on him for my own safety. 15 years ago camping at the beach we were attempted robbed by 3 street gang members and put 2 of them in the hospital, 1 in critical ICU by defending ourselves. Our names got leaked to the attackers and we spent months worrying about retribution. Yes I have been arrested with unnecessary force before and magically the tape went missing, no it was not fun.

I fully advocate reporting of ANY police brutality, harassment, wrongful driving, etc. Again, there was nothing extreme about the manner in which he was taken down during apprehension.

Uber really sent this message to my inbox like they think we are happy to wait for $0.19 per minute. The lady in the image seems happy that she's burning her time and gas for half a hash brown. That smile has got to be fake. Enjoy your fake breakfast.

Gaslighting at its finest.

Decline Multiple Stops

Decline Waiting The Full Timer

Did anyone else get this bullshit?

Hello friends, I'm sure many of ya'll have concerns about Robotaxis like Waymo and Tesla taking your job. This is a real, and valid concern. No one wants to be jobless. It's not a question of if, but when self-driving vehicles take your job. They already deployed in over 15 U.S. cities and hundreds globally.

It's not a time to panic or protest.
With new technology comes new jobs and new opportunities as well.
Experts predict it will be 5-10+ years until most ride-sharing jobs are gone.
Many in early markets are already feeling the squeeze.
There is time to prepare for the future.

I put together some related and high demand jobs that you can start looking at or applying for.

Everyone has their own background and interests to consider, but perhaps pass this along or at least start thinking about options.

I just post this because I wish someone would have given me a heads up in my career and helped give me some advice before it was too late.

Best of luck to all of us humans! ❤️

1st ride of the morning I received $100 tip. I definitely appreciate it.

But also, click these 5 ultra fast terrible offers, let your rider know there’s a delay, tell us if there’s construction/traffic/speed enforcement ahead. And just when you’re checking for a crucial turn, here’s the worst offer ever that you’ll accidentally accept and then agonize over whether it’s better to take the cancellation hit or just do the terrible ride

So Christmas Eve I get a ride request for a 2 mile ride from a restaurant to a residence.
A couple walks up to my car, with a group of 6 getting into a van in front of me.
Couple gets in, man sits behind me wife next to him.
The wife says "I've always wanted to say this, follow that car!"
Got a little laugh out of me.
Come to find out it was their kids and grandkids in the car in front of us.
Couple starts asking me if I've ever driven anyone famous.
Which I reply yeah I've driven roni turiaf from the lakers and comedian Josh blue.
They start asking me what they were like, blah blah blah.
We get to the residence...and the man says
"Well you can add one more to your list"
To which I said "oh yeah who's that" and he says "Ron Howard, pleasure to meet you"
Then I recognized it was actually him.

After the ride looked up his wife's name, because that's who requested the ride, sure enough it matched.

Then hours and days went by, no tip.

Just oddly weird to make it be known I know who you are, you coulda been Joe Schmo and not tipped and wouldn't have cared. But damn Opi...

Hunger pains ain’t worth much nowadays 🤦🏾‍♂️

Hello Uber drivers,

I had a strange ride last night that made me want to ask you the question: are you allowed to deviate from the Uber in-app route? For example use Google maps or waze, etc, if it suggests a different route from Uber?

I took a long ride last night up a fairly secluded mountain road to a friends house. We encountered a dead end at a private gate that would normally require you to turn around and drive 10 minutes around in order to get to our destination. The Uber app suggested driving through the locked gate, and Google maps suggested driving the 10 minutes around. I explained this to the driver, and asked him to turn around and take the Google maps route so that we could proceed. Instead, he got very nervous and visibly irritated and said that if he deviates from the Uber navigation even slightly, his account would be banned. I asked what he wanted to do then and he contacted Uber driver support. He was on hold with them for a while (in the app), transferred departments, and ultimately never got a response. He got increasingly frustrated so I started getting weirded out and just cancelled the ride and got out of his car. It all worked out in the end and I was able to get another ride.

So: was he telling the truth? Would Uber actually ban you for following their (faulty) directions in this instance? Or was something else going on?

​I got a trip that was about thirty minutes in length. I arrive, she opens the door and yells "Uber!?". I said yup, she got in, and the trip started.

​3 minutes in, I started to pick up a smell. I can't describe it. Pretty sure I had the Penguin himself sitting in my backseat.

​I immediately shut the circulation off on the AC to prevent spreading the disease. I then continue to roll my window down halfway. That didn't work, so I cracked all the windows except hers. It was pure torture. I was legitimately wondering if Batman himself could survive this level of biological warfare.

​I was praying for the Bat-Signal to save me as I kept staring at the GPS. The second she got out, I went to town with my odor eliminator and seat cleaner sprays.

Do you sit with the smell or make it obvious rolling the windows down?

Hello!

I’m posting this as a means to help future drivers during the signup process, as I’ve seen other people facing this same issue.

When I went to sign up to become a driver, I was having issues with my insurance verification. My name is not on my insurance card, but Uber wouldn’t accept the card nor my insurance declaration with my name on it. I tried every method.

If you’re having this issue, call Uber support. As soon as an agent picks up, notify them that your insurance (or whatever document) is NOT going thru in the system, nor thru “escalation”. Ask to speak with a supervisor. They will transfer you to a supervisor who will review it over the phone and can validate it on the spot.

I’d been going back and forth with support for a WEEK trying to get this all sorted out, trying different methods suggested by Uber, Google, and Reddit. This is the only solution that worked for me (after maybe 50 rejected attempts?), and I wanted to share it since I know I’m not the only one to have dealt with this issue.

Happy money maki—I mean driving!

(P.s. I feel dumb to not have thought about asking for a supervisor before, but no one had told me to try it before. Any time I was OTP with a human, they said it would get “escalated” to some mysterious entity that never ended up working anyways)

They're desperate for new drivers, but still pushing shit offers lmao and with gas as high as it is, I wouldn't refer my worst enemy to drive for these greedy assclowns 🤡

This is God awful!

I was stopped at a red light on Figueroa, in the middle of a delivery, when someone hit me hard enough to total my car. Now I’ve got whiplash and a lower back that won’t let me sit for more than 20 minutes. I can’t drive and I can’t work, and honestly I’m kind of freaking out.
The other driver’s insurance made me an offer, but it doesn’t even cover my ER visit. My personal auto insurer keeps asking if I was on the clock, and the delivery app hasn’t responded at all. On top of that, I never told my insurer I do deliveries, so I’m worried my policy won’t cover this.
Do I need an accident attorney, or can I realistically sort this out myself? I’m not sure what to do here.
Am I doomed?

I had destination mode set on and I was finishing a ride and had another ride in a queue and in comes another request even though I had requests stopped on the uber driver app.

Also, My destination was set to North and the eta for destination mode was 10:35 PM and I get a request to go West at 10:20 Pm. Thanks useless feature