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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You've mentioned customers not making you wait for them a few times. Why is this such a problem? I use uber a lot and sometimes they end up at my house a little sooner than anticipated and I'm not quite ready to walk out the door. I do try to rush but it does happen. [/quote]

Not OP. Isn't this obvious? Because you're tying him up and they're not making any money.[/quote]

Yeah, I figured that, but is that it? I mean, no other reason? [/quote]

That's enough of a reason. I wouldn't want to sit at my job and not be getting paid.[/quote]

Thank you, you get it.

I'll put it plainly...every 3 seconds you make an uber driver wait is the same as stealing a penny from him or her.  The meter starts when you get in the car, not when you request the ride or when the driver pulls up.   Do you steal pennies from the tip jar at Subway?   Does a taxicab wait for you?  No, you're waiting on them while trying to flag one down.  Let's split the difference and meet each other at the curb at the same time.

If you're requesting a ride, you should be ready to go then.  When the notification pops up that the driver has arrived, please, please, please either be on the curb already or heading out the door.   This is a business, not a charity.

And to wrap up the back end, uber drivers are free to cancel the ride as a no-show if you don't show up within five minutes of the driver arriving.  You get charged $5, $4 of which goes to the driver.  Since that $4 will be earned for driving zero miles, you better believe that you are on a countdown timer if I'm your driver.   I cancel as no-show a second past five minutes without mercy.[/quote]

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