Apr 24, 2016, 2:03 pm
Last edit by: RichardInSF
Uber recently added functionality to tip in-app after rides are completed.
Your driver will appreciate it.
I'm sure they would -- but what percentage of people (outside of NYC where everyone bribes, uh, tips, for everything) are doing it?
Your driver will appreciate it.
I'm sure they would -- but what percentage of people (outside of NYC where everyone bribes, uh, tips, for everything) are doing it?
Tipping Uber drivers
May 2, 2016 | 7:00 pm
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You are entitled to your opinion and decisions, but this issue with cash tipping happens in many other places unsolved including valet drivers, curbside check-in, hotel housekeeping, etc. Again, you may decide a tip is not necessary in these areas (because it would require cash and/or there is no receipt). However, I have not met a business expense reimbursement policy that does not allow for tips without receipt (within reason, of course).
The inconvenience of tipping is understood, but I think the reimbursement aspect is a bit of a stretch.
Rasheed
The inconvenience of tipping is understood, but I think the reimbursement aspect is a bit of a stretch.
Rasheed
May 3, 2016 | 7:22 am
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May 3, 2016 | 8:06 am
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Cash? I'm never doing that. I'll roll the dice and hope the tit-for-tat thing with ratings never materializes in the real world.
App? I'll begrudgingly play ball, like I do with Lyft, and leave a tip.
In cities where Lyft and Uber are both strong, and where drivers often take rides via both services, my sense is that the drivers prefer Lyft. I've been on Uber rides where the driver has given me his Lyft referral code.
May 3, 2016 | 9:07 am
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Just like I avoid taxis that don't take CC, an Uber driver expecting a cash tip will be disappointed due to expense report policies of my clients.
May 3, 2016 | 9:29 am
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Our expense policy accepts a paper taxi receipt. If I'm in a part of the world where cabs are commonly paid for with cash, I'd have no problem submitting a receipt including the tip amount.
But I don't think I'd submit a line item called "Uber receipts". That looks weird. There is no paper receipt. There's the standard Uber receipt that everyone is aware of by now. (I submit a screenshot of that.) I'd end up just not expensing the tips. It would drive me away from Uber on business trips, perhaps to Lyft or some other service.
But I don't think I'd submit a line item called "Uber receipts". That looks weird. There is no paper receipt. There's the standard Uber receipt that everyone is aware of by now. (I submit a screenshot of that.) I'd end up just not expensing the tips. It would drive me away from Uber on business trips, perhaps to Lyft or some other service.
May 5, 2016 | 8:05 pm
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I have gotten three 1 star ratings in the last week alone for not tipping an Uber driver because I don't have small change. No, I'm not going to tip the guy $5 for a $13 ride. Traveling internationally would make it even more of a hassle. Take UK for example, the primary reason I take Uber is so I don't have to find cash to pay the hackney cab drivers. Now if I have to find cash to tip the Uber driver it would be even more of a hassle (ATMs don't give out GBP2 coins at withdrawal.
May 5, 2016 | 8:24 pm
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In a regular low demand period probably not. During peak hours, drivers would probably cancel a request from a low rating rider. Just as we cancel low rating drivers. In their minds now, a low rating rider = non tipping rider.
May 6, 2016 | 1:06 am
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I mostly use Uber for transit to/from the airport. I remember when drivers would get out and help with bags, have bottled water and/or mints available, be friendly, and not expect a tip. Now I get the opposite.
May 6, 2016 | 8:30 am
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If the rider is waiting where he should be and completes the ride normally, why wouldn't he get five stars? The only reason...in this new world...would be because some drivers are expecting to be bribed for 5's.