Originally Posted by
Jai7123
Hello.
Having worked in the service industry, cash is king for tips. It's immediate cash for Lyft and Uber drivers.
I make it a point to hand a couple dollars to the driver on my way out of the car.
It's up to them to report tips on their tax returns, none of my business.
Besides they don't have to wait to see if they were tipped, a Uber and Lyft don't get involved, they don't know/take a cut etc.
On a $20 - $25 trip, I'll hand the driver $3-$4. They really appreciate it.
And it's good karma.
Yes, it is my business to not knowingly aid someone's tax evasion. So no, I will not be tipping an Uber or Lyft driver with cash...ever.
Besides, cash is inconvenient for me. I don't carry it often, and I'm certainly not making it a precursor to using a rideshare service when one of the two dominant platforms intentionally built a no-tipping model and the other one enables tipping within its app.
Took a Lyft from PHX this morning and tipped a little over 20% in the app. No problem with that at all.