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Nearly two-thirds of Uber customers don’t tip their drivers, study says
- aphextim 7y agoI still prefer to carry cash on me for in the event I need to tip I just give the driver or person cash directly. The other day when I was on a business trip to Florida my driver in pouring rain, loaded my travel bags into the trunk, opened and closed the door like a chauffeur and was very nice talking about various local things I may find interesting. Sure this may be the norm in order to try to get good ratings, but I hardly have to use an Uber to know how common this is. Ride was $28, paid in app and then handed the gentleman $10 cash after her handed me my bags and he seemed very surprised. He said I could just tip him in the app, which I replied, "I don't want uber getting a cut of your good service". The smile and genuine thank you he gave back was easily worth that 10$. Even through I agree that the culture of tipping would be better if it didn't exist, I am not going to fight the system by boycotting this individual who is just trying to make it. Now after reading this article, to me what I assumed was a normal interaction/typical tip was a lot more uncommon than I realized which is probably why he seemed so caught off guard with cash.