[Lord Summerisle]

Yesterday I was basically one rider’s personal b*tch for an hour and a half. I had the privilege of visiting Autozone three times, the laundromat, McDonalds’ drive-thru, KFC, Yoshinoya (yes, this guy was fat) and returning to his house at least twice. All this was within a one mile radius of his home for which I received the princely sum of $16. I could have ended the trip at any time but I wanted to see just how ridiculous it was going to get.

I put each new destination into the app as he gave it to me. Given Uber’s propensity for screwing over their drivers, I wanted a record of each place we visited. Every time we reached a new destination, however, I received a “stacked” ping request, which I obviously couldn’t accept. This morning I received a text warning me about my low acceptance rate.

So my question really boils down to this: is Uber the most stupid company on the face of the earth or just diabolically evil, the grinning puppeteer as we twitch and jerk on their end of their strings becoming more desperate, broke and unhappy by the second?

 

[ABC123DEF]

"So my question really boils down to this: is Uber the most stupid company on the face of the earth or just diabolically evil, the grinning puppeteer as we twitch and jerk on their end of their strings becoming more desperate, broke and unhappy by the second?"

Yes.

 

[Tim In Cleveland]

If they are complaining that you don't accept stacked requests, you now have a reason to refuse to wait.

 

[McLovin]

Yesterday I was basically one rider's personal driver for an hour and a half. I had the privilege of visiting Autozone three times, the laundromat, McDonalds' drive-thru, KFC, Yoshinoya (yes, this guy was fat) and returning to his house at least twice. All this was within a one mile radius of his home for which I received the princely sum of $16. I could have ended the trip at any time but I wanted to see just how ridiculous it was going to get.

I put each new destination into the app as he gave it to me. Given Uber's propensity for screwing over their drivers, I wanted a record of each place we visited. Every time we reached a new destination, however, I received a "stacked" ping request, which I obviously couldn't accept. This morning I received a text warning me about my low acceptance rate.

So my question really boils down to this: is Uber the most stupid company on the face of the earth or just diabolically evil, the grinning puppeteer as we twitch and jerk on their end of their strings becoming more desperate, broke and unhappy by the second?

Here's the question everyone is waiting for to be answered....ready...drum roll please...did he tip?

 

[Lord Summerisle]

Here's the question everyone is waiting for to be answered....ready...drum roll please...did he tip?

Not a cent.

 

[McLovin]

Not a cent.

I kinda knew it...

 

[tripAces]

The stacking you can get around. By not putting in the destinations.
I had a guy make 3 stops with me. All in a mile. I gave him a one star. No tip either.
I hate the stacking!

But I use stacking alot to get out of multiple stops like stores now. If its 2 stops to let pax out. Then I am good with it. But will tell people I drop at a grocery stores etc can't wait I have another run to do. Its a new addition to streamline wait times.
Haven't had a issue. And get 5 star also til they catch on. Lmao

 

[uberparadise]

Yesterday I was basically one rider's personal b*tch for an hour and a half. I had the privilege of visiting Autozone three times, the laundromat, McDonalds' drive-thru, KFC, Yoshinoya (yes, this guy was fat) and returning to his house at least twice. All this was within a one mile radius of his home for which I received the princely sum of $16. I could have ended the trip at any time but I wanted to see just how ridiculous it was going to get.

I put each new destination into the app as he gave it to me. Given Uber's propensity for screwing over their drivers, I wanted a record of each place we visited. Every time we reached a new destination, however, I received a "stacked" ping request, which I obviously couldn't accept. This morning I received a text warning me about my low acceptance rate.

So my question really boils down to this: is Uber the most stupid company on the face of the earth or just diabolically evil, the grinning puppeteer as we twitch and jerk on their end of their strings becoming more desperate, broke and unhappy by the second?

That one goes down as the worst trip ever! Wonder if he realized just how ridiculous this was? Probably not, he is just another rider with the perception that the drivers are their for any service or job they can come up with.

 

[uberparadise]

Yesterday I was basically one rider's personal b*tch for an hour and a half. I had the privilege of visiting Autozone three times, the laundromat, McDonalds' drive-thru, KFC, Yoshinoya (yes, this guy was fat) and returning to his house at least twice. All this was within a one mile radius of his home for which I received the princely sum of $16. I could have ended the trip at any time but I wanted to see just how ridiculous it was going to get.

I put each new destination into the app as he gave it to me. Given Uber's propensity for screwing over their drivers, I wanted a record of each place we visited. Every time we reached a new destination, however, I received a "stacked" ping request, which I obviously couldn't accept. This morning I received a text warning me about my low acceptance rate.

So my question really boils down to this: is Uber the most stupid company on the face of the earth or just diabolically evil, the grinning puppeteer as we twitch and jerk on their end of their strings becoming more desperate, broke and unhappy by the second?

Tell him u must end the trip at his 3rd destination or his home once you got back there. Make him pay the srf fee multiple times. Just leave him, make an excuse.

 

[Lord Summerisle]

I kinda knew it...

Nope, no massive tip to elevate this experience above the level of grim servitude, no happy ending, no selling the rights of this trip to Disney...

 

[PTUber]

No offense but you admitted you could have ended the trip but wanted to see how ridiculous it got. I would not be that curious especially when you had stacked opportunities coming in. I rarely if ever defend Uber but why are they stupid or evil in this case?
Secondly this guy probably does this all the time and he will continue to do this unless the drivers end the trip sooner.

 

[Lord Summerisle]

No offense but you admitted you could have ended the trip but wanted to see how ridiculous it got. I would not be that curious especially when you had stacked opportunities coming in. I rarely if ever defend Uber but why are they stupid or evil in this case?
Secondly this guy probably does this all the time and he will continue to do this unless the drivers end the trip sooner.

I think it's pretty stupid to encourage their riders to pull this sh*t. Notice they removed the "multiple stops on a flat rate" complaint option. As Uberparadise noted, they lose out on their precious SRFs. And if you don't think that cutting the rates down to the bone is evil, you have some strange values.

 

[PTUber]

Of course I'm pissed at the new rates so much so I'm going to be driving less Uber and doing some limo driving with a buddy. But the point here is don't do it. After 2 stops end the trip drop him off and take the next ping. It's your choice.

 

[TwoFiddyMile]

Both.
Stupid AND evil.

 

[Lord Summerisle]

Of course I'm pissed at the new rates so much so I'm going to be driving less Uber and doing some limo driving with a buddy. But the point here is don't do it. After 2 stops end the trip drop him off and take the next ping. It's your choice.

Yes, I've learned my lesson with this. Don't put the destinations in, leave yourself open to the rider claiming you screwed up the route. Put the destinations in and trash your acceptance rate with missed stacked pings. From now on - one destination, that's it. Then sling your hook.

 

[McLovin]

Yes, I've learned my lesson with this. Don't put the destinations in, leave yourself open to the rider claiming you screwed up the route. Put the destinations in and trash your acceptance rate with missed stacked pings. From now on - one destination, that's it. Then sling your hook.

In theory, stacked calls are awesome. Just poor execution with it affecting acceptance rates. I'm not a programmer but it seems simple to fix by ignoring the acceptance rate metric while already on a fare.