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Then the public should never give us destination. Instead, we will have back seat drivers guiding us the entire trip.
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I believe Uber will not change until the drivers demand it, and refuse to give up! That means we need to strike on the weekend of Oct 16-18th. There are some points I don't agree with and others I agree with. However, I don't believe anything will occur until we strike against this corrupt and greedy company.... Take the weekend off and enjoy it with your family and friends.
LET"S DO IT YALL.
LET"S DO IT YALL.
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You are talking about two different things:
1. Input destination in app so you can navigate safely
2. Give you destination to help you decide whether it is profitable for you or not
#1. is OK.
#2. is NOT OK.
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A destination in advance it's already required by many airports.
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A strike would be best to do a 2 day strike and not make it the weekend. You don't need to bring it to a halt. Most drivers do weekends. Not all do middle of the day Thursday. A strike would work best when full time drivers are the bulk of the cars you see. Part time drivers make a lot during surge on weekends. Asking them to not drive those days will mean they won't strike or they flood streets during the week causing no surge and a lot of waiting around. #2 suggestion is stupid and it will involve cherry picking. With a tip option, rates can go to $1.25-$1.35 a mile and drivers will be excited Compared to $1-$1.10 now in SoCal.
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We had #2 and Uber removed. Public didn't even know.
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Uber removed when it was publicized in this forum and more drivers became aware of it.
I was one of these drivers.
I used it in a few difficult to justify trip requests when I was far away from home.
When I realized I would not deadhead back, I took the long time to pick up.
But that lasted only about 1 week for me.
If 100% of drivers know destination 100% of the time, it will get a lot of attention from regulators where Uber wants to have a footprint.
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why is it you feel any driver should be duped into taking a unprofitable job?
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How did it work in Dallas? What were the results?
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Yeah its all you want is money why not paying us to rate the rider. It's something we're forced to do we should be paid for it because it's part of the ride and it's done off the clock or off meter
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I guess taxi drivers are smarter than you. They just say, "Where to?"
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The reason Uber exist is because cabs refused to take unprofitable trips. Now you want to act the same?
Good luck with that.
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/facepalm
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Many of my pax are annoyed we don't have it when they find out. Especially those who wanted to go to the airport and had a driver turn down the trip because of needing trips for guarantees (airport run kills that here).
But until that happens most assume we have it.
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There are 3 weeks till this strike. Here are some suggestions for things to do to inform other Drivers about#UberSTRIKE
1) Write comments on Uber related news articles informing other Drivers, with links to UberPeople.Net
2) Use burner phones with fake rider accounts to request rides, text the Drivers the strike info with links to UberPeople.net, and then cancel the ride.
3) Drive to other Drivers in your market by finding them on the Rider App & inform them in person.
4) Write the #UberSTRIKE info on your friends & families cars back windshields with chalk markers.
1) Write comments on Uber related news articles informing other Drivers, with links to UberPeople.Net
2) Use burner phones with fake rider accounts to request rides, text the Drivers the strike info with links to UberPeople.net, and then cancel the ride.
3) Drive to other Drivers in your market by finding them on the Rider App & inform them in person.
4) Write the #UberSTRIKE info on your friends & families cars back windshields with chalk markers.
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To have maximum exposure, the striking drivers should hold a protest on Friday 10/16 afternoon in order to get coverage on local evening news. So they should gather in front of their local Uber office at 3pm local time for the protest. In markets without Uber offices, they should hold the protest in front of their City Hall.
once the fare is raised to $1.60 per mile and there is a prospect for a tip, the final destination won't matter. we will want to make runs no matter how long or short. the only way i can see this being beneficial for us drivers is that at the end of our day we can choose to accept a ride that's gonna take us close to home. no more dead miles essentially. we will also begin to accept more trips, so acceptance rates won't be a factor. we won't mind going to pick up a pax 10 plus minutes knowing that the pax is now allowed to tip. the more trips you take the better your chances of getting those pax that tip for quality service.
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