I am a DC uberX driver since 2013 and have SEEN IT ALL...so please, AMA
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Anonymous
You're good, my friend. Drivers are ALWAYS out 24/7, even at 5am on a Sunday. There might be a wait of ten minutes at the most. There's a pretty dedicated crew of weekend drivers who cover midnight until daylight on the weekend. DC parties hard thru Saturday night. |
Anonymous
I'm the original PP who asked the late question. Thanks to this poster for summing up my issues as well. I'm happy to pay the driver for his time. I'd just rather not wait to request until I'm totally ready because I usually need every spare second. |
Anonymous
I've been driving the same car since 2010, 145,000 miles on the odometer, and hoping for 155,000 more to get to a nice, round 300k...fingers crossed. It's time to buy a new car when the one I'm currently driving stops running. You would have zero clue my uberX ride has that many miles on it by looking at it and riding in it. Cars are built to be driven, and when they sit idle, they rust. I buy new cars and then proceed to drive the hell out of them. I put 210,000 miles on my last one before repairs just weren't worth it anymore. In an ideal world, I'd tell you that I buy used cars that are four years old with less than 50,000 on them to get the best bang for my buck, but I just pull the trigger on a new one. I've bought three news cars in my lifetime. To justify the purchase, I know that I'm going to keep it for a long time, so might as well start fresh. My car buying tip: Buy late in the model year, for example buy a 2016 model in July/August 2016. You'll save a ton off the sticker price. |
Anonymous
He texted you that so he didn't lose his place in the DCA corral queue, but obviously that's not your problem. His number came up and he had to accept. He should've peed in a jug or a bush while he was waiting. None of this is rocket science and some drivers just happen to be idiots. This is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard of a driver doing, and I've seen some dumb stuff. I can't think of a bigger waste of someone's time. I'm sorry you had to suffer on that one. Be happy that you aren't as clueless as that guy. Feel free to call shit like this out to uber support and try to get a free ride credit out of it. |
Anonymous
I didn't mean it in a negative way. It's just that "baby mama" paints a better mental picture of the situation than saying something generic like mother & child. This has been a truthful telling of real stuff that happens in DC, not some Wapo fluff piece. |
Anonymous
This one sort of got off-track so I'll answer it all here. Telling a driver to "start the meter" really doesn't help anything. If you take ten minutes, I've made $1.70. I could have cancelled at five minutes, made $4 instantly, and then be on my way to making more. I do this for the money, not because I want to be your personal chauffeur. Once a driver starts a ride, the option to cancel as a no-show is gone. Every driver has a few regrets of "starting the meter" only to really get screwed because of it, so we're all a little wary of doing it. Bottom line: Request the ride, see the estimated arrival time, and try your best to be timely. The estimated arrival time is pretty accurate and good drivers, myself included, can shave a couple of minutes off it. I get it from your end too, things come up and you're running behind. But in this transaction there is a human being on the other end who is literally hustling his/her ass off to reach you and then get you where you need to go. Those who make every effort to meet me when I pull up, thank you. You're All-Star riders in my book. |
Anonymous
You're wrong, but I wish you weren't because you sound like a lot of fun 
Does my way of doing things make you think I'm a good lay too? |
Anonymous
Correct. Everything is a lot more covered than people want to believe. Yet...gray area, risky, and not a lot of guidance. I'll still play the game and take my chances. |
Anonymous
Thanks for the great Halloween costume idea! My friends would love it! https://youtube.com/watch?v=N8-h7JMO8fw |
Anonymous
Oh ! ok then. You just sound exactly like a special friend of mine. I might be missing way too much making out inside some Ford sedan and in some nice basement on the N 18th street in Arlington. 
Take care Mister Driver. |
Anonymous
God, you are annoying! Get laid much? |
Anonymous
| Do you look down on people who fritter away their paychecks and their livers ubering around town several nights a week? I've always been surprised at the number of folks in DC who are into the bar/hip restaurant scene well into mid-life. |
Anonymous
But why would you want to cancel when you have a rider who's about to get in your car?
But see, when you arrive early, I'm likely to not be ready because I'm using the estimated arrival time as the amount of time I have before I need to be outside. So although you're thinking you're doing me a favor by being early, I'm still thinking you'll be there in ten minutes instead of eight. |
Anonymous
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NP here. I've only used Uber a few times. Yesterday morning ~ 6:45/7am we took an Uber XL to Dulles. My husband, new to uber, didn't realize the implications of a 1.9 surge and we paid nearly $130 to get from Logan circle to Dulles (a ~$70 cab). Painful lesson learned, but help me understand surge- why early Sat morning? I understand rush hours, etc...
Best AMA thread I've read. You are a great writer & seem like a decent and interesting guy. Thanks. |
Anonymous
| Why did you do XL? |