Noticeable price cut on reserved trips ..read more

With my car being in the shop for two weeks, I decided to rent an AVIS car to drive for UBER. $214/weekly seemed like a good deal. Taxes brought the total to @ $250. I found out that the free insurance that comes with the car is for liability. Does not include theft or damage to the car. That's an additional $30/week which I got as well. So I reserved the car online, and went to Avis at Pentagon City Mall (Arlington, VA) this morning. The associate took me to a KIA FORTE (The associate told... Do not rent an UBER car from AVIS at Pentagon City, Arlington VA ..read more

"Devastated because our heart is broken; we don’t know how they have been rescued yet; we are just waiting for the news," said Jesús Campos, Luna’s coworker, describing the heart-wrenching situation. He expressed sadness over the ordeal, stating, "It hurts my heart to see what is happening. We are human beings, and they are my folks." Campos earlier informed The Baltimore Banner that the missing individuals are from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. These are some of the people... Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse ..read more

Do you get lots of XL rides making it worthwhile? I'm not the kind of driver who can camp out at the airport - I'd get bored. I'm see them everywhere, so it makes me curious ..read more

After 8 years in this racket, with my Uber cancellation rate often above 20%, sometimes as high as 35%, I finally got this note in my app. Anybody seen this? I haven't "encouraged riders" to cancel; I've had no conversations with any pax about cancelling. I've just accepted some rides and cancelled per usual ..read more

shocking headline. I know. Just FYI to anyone else who’s (relatively) new like me and isn’t aware of the depths of bullsht this company will pull to steal the money you earn Yesterday I accepted a pool trip. Waited two min in the spot. The timer ran out. Rider was nowhere to be found. App said eligible for cancel fee. I canceled. 5 min later I get an x request. drive to the spot. Find out it’s a school and the riders cant prove that they’re 18. I ask them to cancel. They do. 10 min... Uber is so ****ing full of shit ..read more

For your consumption, when UberX was still something worth doing ..read more

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https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/man-charged-with-assault-after-farting-in-uber/?utm_source=reddit.com Title is misleading, but technically true. Passenger farted, driver told him to get out, passenger attacked driver, driver defended himself. Passenger was fined $650 and given a 6mo jail time. Worst part is, driver broke his finger defending himself, couldn't drive, lost his Uber acc/car and ultimately his house and had to move back to Bulgaria. All over a fart ..read more

Excerpts from Wash Post story 1/27/24: "Starting Monday, D.C. drivers could be fined $100 for driving, parking or stopping in a bus lane. " "... 80 feet in front of a bus stop and 20 feet after it " "WMATA will mount cameras on 140 of its buses to capture video of vehicles that block bus lanes or zones. " Full article: https://wapo.st/4914Ofw ..read more