re: What’s your Uber rating?

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my a-hole coworker made the Uber driver stop for dip

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Stopping at the store or going through a drive through is the worst. Drivers get paid 2 rates - per mile and per minute, at least for anything that goes above the minimum fare. The per mile rate is much higher than the per minute one, so waiting at a store or a drive through is an opportunity cost - you're only getting paid the miniscule per minute rate by just sitting around and you're also wasting time for when you can get your next pickup since you can only do so many rides per hour.

I started declining any rides that had multiple stops because of this. If I picked up someone that wanted to stop somewhere without putting it as a stop beforehand it kind of depended on my mood and what time of day it was. If it was close to closing time and there's a surge happening because of all the bar pickups, no I'm not waiting in the 10 car drive through line so your drunk arse can get jack in the box.

Some riders understood this and gave extra when they made these requests. For example I did pick up one of you baws a while back from L'Auberge. You gave me a $100 bill to stop at Mr Ronnies when they were still open, and I saw you have Tigerdroppings out on your phone while we were waiting on the food. Whichever one of you that was, I appreciate it.