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Tipping is often associated with both corruption and racism: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/09/05/study-countries-with-more-tipping-are-more-
by arafa 9y ago
Tipping is often associated with both corruption and racism:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/09/05/study-countries-with-more-tipping-are-more-corrupt/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/09/05/study...
http://scholarship.sha.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1030&context=articles http://scholarship.sha.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?artic...
I have actually almost entirely stopped using Uber after they made tipping part of the app. I've worked in a place with tipping, and my experience directly corroborates those links.
- Simon_says 9y agoTipping is part of Uber now? That was what I liked about it! Did they at least lower the base rate to compensate?
- 45h34jh53k4j 9y agoits more expensive than ever. i refuse to tip via uber (of course I get downvoted by the driver due to tip extortion). Screw uber!
- libertyEQ 9y agoWe honestly need less comments on HN that end with, "Screw X!"
- jessaustin 9y ago[downvoted for excessive irony]
- libertyEQ 9y agoSaying we need less comments of some sort does not equate to saying "screw them!" I can't DV, so you all can create an aggressive environment on HN if you want, but it won't help you IRL if you say this. If you want to create a toxic environment for discussion, that is up to dang.
- zodiac 9y agoTechnically the last two words of your comment are "screw X"
- ssambros 9y agoI am not sure Uber drivers are allowed to see how much you have tipped, or are they?
- gamblor956 9y agoYou can't get downvoted by drivers for refusing to tip. They don't find out if you tipped until after they've rated you, unless you actually tell them, "I'm not tipping you."
- Hydraulix989 9y agoSome drivers still ask for cash tips ("Uber takes a cut if you tip in the app").
- astura 9y agoDon't forget tax evasion too!