Are Uber's always late!!
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Please explain what you mean by " they always arrive super late". I assume you get an estimate of when they will arrive when you book, but they get there later than the estimate.
Unfortunately your pick up might be a "stacked ping" meaning the driver is currently on a trip, he has to finish dropping off their passenger, then start driving to you.
The estimate would be based on the driver going directly to you, but it does not take traffic, traffic signals, etc. in consideration.
Drivers make money when they have passengers and are moving. None are going to stall picking you up just to stall.
Unfortunately your pick up might be a "stacked ping" meaning the driver is currently on a trip, he has to finish dropping off their passenger, then start driving to you.
The estimate would be based on the driver going directly to you, but it does not take traffic, traffic signals, etc. in consideration.
Drivers make money when they have passengers and are moving. None are going to stall picking you up just to stall.
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With you being in Memphis, there may be an issue of pickup location that some drivers may... avoid.
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Steve's exactly right. Drivers don't discriminate against people, they discriminate against neighborhoods. If you live in a bad neighborhood, you wait longer. Period. That's why a nowhere craphole like Riviera Beach has surges every afternoon. Not because demand is that high but because no one wants to pick up there.
If you're in Orange Mound, you can forget it. There's no way I'd drive rideshare anywhere in Memphis. Maybe Germantown or Bartlett.
If you're in Orange Mound, you can forget it. There's no way I'd drive rideshare anywhere in Memphis. Maybe Germantown or Bartlett.
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Contact customer service and see what they say. Lol
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Haha, yea I'd hate to drive Rideshare in Memphis. I lived in TN for a while, Memphis is rough and this is coming from someone that drives Downtown Atlanta!
Although I avoid the Bluffs and SWAT (South West ATlanta). It routinely surges in the Bluffs and further west. I don't care if it's surging 10x, I ain't touching that area with a 1000 foot pole...
Oh yea, I always pay attention to my tipping indicator when driving to a pax pickup. Better get those tips up OP!
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They are waiting for you to cancel after 5 minutes. When they see that you are not going to give them free money then they go get you.
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It doesnt matter what color your skin is or what your name is... if you live in Da hood 7/10 drivers won't touch your ping with a 10 foot pole.
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Well if your name is Emma, Mila, or Megan, I might risk it just one time.
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It doesn't even have to be the hood here. If you live in Mirasol out by the PGA golf course, where they have a giant, two-story fountain by the gate, 7/10 drivers won't touch your 15 minute pickup there, either. Not all the hated neighborhoods are in da hood.
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Consider the possibility of traffic, accidents, wrong turns, U-turns, delayed GPS signals, "frozen" phones. Trips are not always as straightforward as we would like them to be.
Take the bus? Call a cab? Walk?
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Actually that reminds me why are riders always late. I confirm my arrival about a minute before I actually pull up and they are still not outside when the two minute timer on pool expires a minute later.
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