Dr. G. just might be right. The more I Uber, the more I feel like a sucker. Too bad, though; because I actually ENJOY it - and it is a great part-time venture. Well, at least it WAS.
With the recent rate cuts AND saturating the Richmond market with several hundred too many Uber partners, it has become nothing more than a hobby with the benefit of a tax write-off. I was out a few hours last night and IT SUCKED. All little $5 and $6 trips. I bailed and went home before the drunks and the pukers were looking for rides home.
I expect things to start picking up at my day job (paid on commission for what I haul) and then I'll barely Uber at all - just enough to stay 'active' in their system. Lyft will soon be coming on-line in Richmond - so perhaps they will offer a bit more money.