Do you tip Lyft/Uber drivers?

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Anonymous wrote:No, I don't tip. And I have a 4.9 rating.

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[Anonymous]

Yes, I tip. Usually in the 20% range.

[Anonymous]

Of course I do! How can this even be a question. You think they live off the percentage of what the drive costs? They must buy gas, have car insurance etc. I tip well and above 20 percent. I don’t even calculate the percent.

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Anonymous wrote:The Uber model was never sustainable. It was all a scam to destroy the taxi industry, subvert regulation, and line the pockets of investors. It was never meant to give a better life to the drivers, more pay to the drivers, or remove the need for tipping.

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Although taxi industry was no model of customer service many drivers used it to make a decent living.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never ever. I hate tipping culture. No one should have to rely on tips to eat or provide themselves shelter.

People who hate tipping culture should absolutely never go anywhere or use any service in which the workers live on tips. Ever. Never ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Uber model was never sustainable. It was all a scam to destroy the taxi industry, subvert regulation, and line the pockets of investors. It was never meant to give a better life to the drivers, more pay to the drivers, or remove the need for tipping.

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Although taxi industry was no model of customer service many drivers used it to make a decent living.

lyft/uber have been losing billions, and their stocks are in the dump...not sure which investors you're referring to.

[Anonymous]

Depends if they do good work. It's tight for me too and no-one gives me a break.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, I don't tip. And I have a 4.9 rating.

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Same, I talk to them nicely, treat them with respect and always give them 5 star. I don't hv a lot of extra $s so that is my tip.

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Anonymous wrote:No! The whole appeal of Lyft and Uber, in the beginning, was to not have to worry about tipping, exchanging money, etc. Tipping culture is outrageous!

Yup, it is getting a little outrageous.

You buy something for $10, then tax, then extra charges from restaurant like credit card fees, then service charge sometimes which servers say is not for them and then the top. WTH, the meal becomes $20 now.

It should be all inclusive instead of all these hidden fees,

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Anonymous wrote:Never ever. I hate tipping culture. No one should have to rely on tips to eat or provide themselves shelter.

As PP pointed out, you are not disrupting the system. You are just making that person rely on other people's tips instead of yours to provide themselves shelter. Good job jerk.

You must not understand basic economics. If people who rely on tips go get jobs that don't rely on tips, then restaurant owners need to adjust their business plan to pay a living wage. So maybe I'm not "disrupting the system" as one person, but collectively, we can disrupt the system.

So no, I don't tip Uber drivers because I have paid a lot of money for the ride. I tip at restaurants when I have a server because I really have to. This is what happens when we allow the rich to get richer and the poor to stay poor.

"Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi took home $19.9 million in 2021, compared with $12.2 million the previous year and $42.4 million the year before that." This is nauseating.

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The people who are driving Uber/Lyft are people trying to earn extra money and they are hustling to do so. I do not understand the people here who have a problem giving a few extra dollars for a job someone does for them. I respect people trying to make ends meet or driving part time to make a little extra to survive with inflation the way it is. Please come off your wallets and be generous to the drivers.

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Anonymous wrote:The people who are driving Uber/Lyft are people trying to earn extra money and they are hustling to do so. I do not understand the people here who have a problem giving a few extra dollars for a job someone does for them. I respect people trying to make ends meet or driving part time to make a little extra to survive with inflation the way it is. Please come off your wallets and be generous to the drivers.

People who work at Walmart are part time workers too. Should I tip them?

[Anonymous]

Completely depends. Often, yes. If the driver is blasting terrible music or muttering or cutting off other drivers, no. Also hard for me to tip when a 10 minute ride costs $40.

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Anonymous wrote:No! The whole appeal of Lyft and Uber, in the beginning, was to not have to worry about tipping, exchanging money, etc. Tipping culture is outrageous!

Exactly. I thought this was part of the point.

Nooooooo. That was never it. Ever.

You couldn't be more wrong. When the apps first started, they didn't even use private owners. They worked with taxi companies and limo/black car services to offer another way for riders to get quick rides without having to deal with cash which made it safer for taxi drivers and a way for car services to make extra money between scheduled rides. Even when they added in private car owners, uber in particular was adamant that you would never feel the pressure of tipping. And now they've changed that. I absolutely will not tip. I just checked and my Lyft rating is 5.0 and my Uber rating is 4.8.

I'm good.

Gosh, you sound like a lovely person. Someone provides you with a good/safe service, and you refuse to give them a few dollars.

The Pps point was actually that it was safer for the drivers (because they don’t have to carry around large amounts of cash/risk robbery) not the customers.. Uber specifically advertised itself as a tip free alternative to taxis. Do you regularly tip all customer oriented workers that provide you with good service? If not you’re just as morally lacking.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. I know they actually work only for tips - Uber and gas take the actual fare.

That’s not true