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Hi everyone . So I have been driving for Uber 4 years . It’s been a while. Have to say , even though I felt always underpayed, but this job payed for bills , and I could save enough to go every year back home for 2-3 months . The best year was the first . I think everybody remembers that’s surge on Friday and Saturday in Lincoln Park . And the 4x surge in downtown in the rush hour a couple years ago. Surprisingly , this last 4-5 months have been pretty good. I work always 35-40 hour weeks and make total around a 1000$. Not to bad. I do Uberx and select ( which is almost dead) . I say even for new drivers , you can make pretty good money from this gig if you work smart and the right way. So a couple of moths ago , I picked up my longest ever fare , from Illinois to ohio, on a surge plus they tipped me 50$. I work only suburbs and airports, sometimes , downtown are if there is surge or events . Last couple of weeks have been good because of weddings all over , so people order select more then usual . I have to say that people in the suburbs are always more nice and tend to give better rating then city liberals. And less traffic . It’s kind of a pain in the butt to be stuck on highway at 9 pm going from O’Hare to Chicago . Can’t deal with Chicago . My rating is 4.90. I try to give my best service . But I have zero tolerance for stupidity . So people that are crazy - i ask them to leave the car . I also use a dash cam that shoots front and back . I don’t give any treats but always up for a conversation . And I always put the luggage in O’Hare myself . Most wont tip , but some do and that brings extra money . That’s is my story . I could put more in it but it will be too long to read .
