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As a customer experience I prefer Lyft because they let me give tips. I doin't think Uber drivers make a living wage, so I like trying to figure out what can be

As a customer experience I prefer Lyft because they let me give tips. I doin't think Uber drivers make a living wage, so I like trying to figure out what can be added to offset the low base/fees so the drivers can do okay.

dangoor 8y ago
Uber lets you tip now.
paxys 8y ago
Uber has supported tipping for a while now.
- chrstphrhrt 8y ago
  Awesome! Sorry out of the loop since only use them when visiting the states. Vancouver is so backwards :(
teen 8y ago
uber added this like 2 years ago
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parthdesai 8y ago
Tbh i preferred Uber exactly because of no option to tip, but like other people have pointed it out, you can tip in Uber.
- PhasmaFelis 8y ago
  > Tbh i preferred Uber exactly because of no option to tip Why? If you're not concerned about the driver's pay, you shouldn't be concerned that they might feel stiffed.
  - parthdesai 8y ago
    Because the tipping culture to me doesn't make sense? Not everyone is from NA, where it is mandatory to tip. I would rather pay more to Uber upfront and have them pay more to drivers than me paying extra on top. Also, who says Uber drivers are getting stiffed? One of my really good friend does Uber full time in Toronto right now and takes home around $4.5k/month (before tax). He drives around 6 hours a day, 5 days a week.
    - PhasmaFelis 8y ago
      > I would rather pay more to Uber upfront and have them pay more to drivers than me paying extra on top. Pretty optimistic of you to assume that "no option to tip" means "drivers are paid better up front."
- mehblahwhatevs 8y ago
  Me too - now that the Uber app has tipping I choose to tip a nominal amount ($2 usually each trip). But prior to them adding it I was happy to not tip at all, even if in the end the price point for the trip was $2 higher. I'd prefer driver compensation to be worked out on Uber's end of things rather than being passed to the consumer. I know that's what tipping is - but I'm against payment structures that require tipping. I still tip because I don't want to put it on the driver/waiter/whatever, but I'd prefer for the price point to be higher and to not tip.

dangoor 8y ago

Uber lets you tip now.

paxys 8y ago

Uber has supported tipping for a while now.

chrstphrhrt 8y ago
Awesome! Sorry out of the loop since only use them when visiting the states. Vancouver is so backwards :(

teen 8y ago

uber added this like 2 years ago

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parthdesai 8y ago

Tbh i preferred Uber exactly because of no option to tip, but like other people have pointed it out, you can tip in Uber.

PhasmaFelis 8y ago
> Tbh i preferred Uber exactly because of no option to tip Why? If you're not concerned about the driver's pay, you shouldn't be concerned that they might feel stiffed.
- parthdesai 8y ago
  Because the tipping culture to me doesn't make sense? Not everyone is from NA, where it is mandatory to tip. I would rather pay more to Uber upfront and have them pay more to drivers than me paying extra on top. Also, who says Uber drivers are getting stiffed? One of my really good friend does Uber full time in Toronto right now and takes home around $4.5k/month (before tax). He drives around 6 hours a day, 5 days a week.
  - PhasmaFelis 8y ago
    > I would rather pay more to Uber upfront and have them pay more to drivers than me paying extra on top. Pretty optimistic of you to assume that "no option to tip" means "drivers are paid better up front."
mehblahwhatevs 8y ago
Me too - now that the Uber app has tipping I choose to tip a nominal amount ($2 usually each trip). But prior to them adding it I was happy to not tip at all, even if in the end the price point for the trip was $2 higher. I'd prefer driver compensation to be worked out on Uber's end of things rather than being passed to the consumer. I know that's what tipping is - but I'm against payment structures that require tipping. I still tip because I don't want to put it on the driver/waiter/whatever, but I'd prefer for the price point to be higher and to not tip.