[UberXTampa]

the riders are retaliating on drivers lately.
My ratings tanked.
I look at weekly statements, average for my market tanked as well.
Uber's toxic behavior is spreading to everything it touches.
For now, as drivers we are at risk because of the endless supply of new drivers.
I started to seriously think that uber really doesn't want a veteran driver.
All it wants is your new car.

 

[UberXTampa]

Today I drove close to the USF campus and parked at a shopping plaza.
For solid 30 minutes that I was there, the pings from USF students were back to back.
I did not take even one of them out of fear that these bastards will randomly give a poor rating for no reason at all.

My lyft app was on as well.
In Lyft you can see names with ping.
When all you see are names typical of certain people and nationalities, you know these bastards have gotten so many bad Uber ratings that, as uber pax they cannot even get a ride anymore. They have to use Lyft which is more expensive! And again, as Lyft driver you will get low rated because of that as well. I did not take a single Lyft ping too.

I could have easily averaged a $20.00/hour or maybe more (not too much, but still it is something) in exchange for shit ratings. But I didn't do it as much as I needed that money.

**** you uber!

 

[UberXTampa]

A lot of uber partners should not even be driving due to being too looney to accept cristicism bit that's beside the point. I think showing comments would only improve service as log as rates are not cut.

We should also not be pusses with pax that give us less than 5* if partners give them less than 5* for not tipping them. We knew before we started that tips are not encouraged by uber, so why b1tch about it, it's not the pax fault. If you went to a restaurant and the sign in front said "service charge included" or " tip not encouraged" would you leave a tip?

Uber said "tips are included" and it was a lie, they got sued for it.
They reworded their intent by saying "tipping is not required" and this is a fact for every service business.
Tipping has never been required in any kind of service business.
Uber's malicious attempts are the problem. And the ignorant or smart ass people that know better are making it worse.
I started to believe, those who tip also rate low nowadays. since they have learned the relationship of tipping to their loser short fares, they try to tip to avoid bad rating. but, when they exit, they still one star you.

this weekend I had one such couple. they made me wait close to 10 minutes after I drove 9 minutes to pick up. While I was waiting, they came out a couple times saying they are coming now, in a minute etc.. I was nice and never made an issue. they even came into the car with a drink. I ignored it for the first time. I said, what the heck, they are in back seat, they will drink it there and I don't want to confront them. Trip was nice and when we finished he tipped, I stated "you are not required to tip" but then he responded saying "but I know this is not what drivers really think" and with a sense of parting away with his tip unwillingly, he handed his tip. I am sure, I got a very bad rating from that couple.

Uber started the cycle of evil. It is byting everyone in the ass. Uber is the evil and decaying the society. If you can't see that, you have a problem.

Uber has to be an ethical company and not play games and gimmicks on everyone in order to decimate all competition and be the only game in town.
Clearly, Uber has chosen this path as the only way to market domination.
I wish a deep pocketed competitor such as Google and even Tesla soon enters the market so we have some hope.

 

[UberXTampa]

You could eventually possibly theoretically get sued for discrimination. Why don't you park where the "good" people are?

Before I can get sued, I can sue some people for rating me unfairly if Uber were to open their books.
I have always rated people with no bias as to their backgrounds.
Probably the average ratings I have issued are greater than the average ratings I have received. I have a higher value for other people than other people have for me.

But, this is about to change or just recently changed for me.
I started to rate pax a little lower.
I profile people based on my own personal experiences. This is not racism.
If you know certain people with very recognizable names when ride with me I always tank, I try to avoid this and to protect myself, when I see such a name, I cancel.
This is not even remotely racism. It is self defense against being deactivated.

I can easily prove that to you. If I do the reverse profiling and only accept people that would potentially rate me lower, I will definitely be gone in no time.