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I just checked my rating and i'm a 4.62. I have never had a problematic ride, i'm always waiting exactly where I summon the Uber to. Not once have I made an Ub

I just checked my rating and i'm a 4.62. I have never had a problematic ride, i'm always waiting exactly where I summon the Uber to. Not once have I made an Uber wait for me. I sit in the back and don't say a word unless spoken to.. is that what i'm doing wrong?

AnotherGoodName 3y ago
Have you always lived in the USA? My country rates differently and I've heard stories from my countrymen of difficulty getting an Uber when visiting the USA since not everyone in Australia gives 5 stars.
jghn 3y ago
If you don't have many rides a single 1 star review can knock you down a lot. Also, I lurk in r/uberdrivers and one thing I've found is that a) some drivers are just jerks and 1 star at the drop of a hat, and b) some of it seems regional as well in that some countries/areas are more likely to use the 2-4 star options for minor things. IIRC Lyft only looks back over the last 100 rides, which allows old ratings to cycle out. I know I've only been dinged once on Uber in the last several years but the rating is still held down by some old dings in the early teens.
vxNsr 3y ago
You don’t tip. I have a similar rating for the same reason. Tipping is obnoxious, especially when it’s asked for at the start of the transaction.
- alkonaut 3y ago
  The Uber app should ask the driver to rate the passenger before knowing whether they tipped. Otherwise it's just a rate of tipping which together with local expectations is a recipe for just making it useless. Do drivers really see tips before rating riders?
  - jghn 3y ago
    There are drivers out there who'll ding you for not tipping *in cash*
- Jamie9912 3y ago
  Forgot to say. I live in Australia, we don't tip
Simulacra 3y ago
Passengers get rated on a lot of things but I think your willingness to tip is foremost, and then from there it's a lot of biases, racial, gender, etc. I've been hit on by a lot of drivers and I've wondered if politely rejecting their advances has caused me to have a lower score. 4.8 on Uber, and a 5.0 on Lyft. Go figure.
- jghn 3y ago
  One I've seen brought up a lot in driver forums are smokers. So if you reek of smoke they'll ding you. Which makes sense I suppose because their complaint is that the smell lingers in the car and then *they* get dinged by the next rider
daveoc64 3y ago
I saw the Uber driver give me a bad rating once because he complained I'd tricked the app into giving me a fare that was too cheap.

AnotherGoodName 3y ago

Have you always lived in the USA? My country rates differently and I've heard stories from my countrymen of difficulty getting an Uber when visiting the USA since not everyone in Australia gives 5 stars.

jghn 3y ago

If you don't have many rides a single 1 star review can knock you down a lot. Also, I lurk in r/uberdrivers and one thing I've found is that a) some drivers are just jerks and 1 star at the drop of a hat, and b) some of it seems regional as well in that some countries/areas are more likely to use the 2-4 star options for minor things. IIRC Lyft only looks back over the last 100 rides, which allows old ratings to cycle out. I know I've only been dinged once on Uber in the last several years but the rating is still held down by some old dings in the early teens.

vxNsr 3y ago

You don’t tip. I have a similar rating for the same reason. Tipping is obnoxious, especially when it’s asked for at the start of the transaction.

alkonaut 3y ago
The Uber app should ask the driver to rate the passenger before knowing whether they tipped. Otherwise it's just a rate of tipping which together with local expectations is a recipe for just making it useless. Do drivers really see tips before rating riders?
- jghn 3y ago
  There are drivers out there who'll ding you for not tipping *in cash*
Jamie9912 3y ago
Forgot to say. I live in Australia, we don't tip

Simulacra 3y ago

Passengers get rated on a lot of things but I think your willingness to tip is foremost, and then from there it's a lot of biases, racial, gender, etc. I've been hit on by a lot of drivers and I've wondered if politely rejecting their advances has caused me to have a lower score. 4.8 on Uber, and a 5.0 on Lyft. Go figure.

jghn 3y ago
One I've seen brought up a lot in driver forums are smokers. So if you reek of smoke they'll ding you. Which makes sense I suppose because their complaint is that the smell lingers in the car and then *they* get dinged by the next rider

daveoc64 3y ago

I saw the Uber driver give me a bad rating once because he complained I'd tricked the app into giving me a fare that was too cheap.