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This guy was very helpful and informative, and there was a really bad accident on the other side of the highway he was going to have to deal with on the way back. I was going to tip ~60% but apparently I'm restricted to about ~30%.

It's very unfair and corrupt that a corporation of Uber's size can limit tips to the workers that are the entire reason they exist.

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[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Uber is shitty and absolutely steals tips in inventive ways, source I am an Uber driver. But I know they don't limit it to a percentage because I get plenty of $10-$20 tips on ~$10 rides.

[–] TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I used to do food delivery for Uber/DD/Grubhub, etc. so I kind of know how it goes... I also never use Uber personally except for the few times I've been to foreign countries without good public transport, so this is the first time I've seen asshole behavior on the customer side of Uber.

I'm well aware of how shitty they are to their drivers. I remember getting $4usd orders some days. It just makes me feel ill knowing that he probably got a shitty cut of the full bill, and I can't tip him what I feel is fair.

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[–] queeradjacent@sh.itjust.works 82 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Possibly to reduce "rides" that are just drug deals. But equally possible just Uber being shitty.

[–] barnacles@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or scams, theft, or literal extortion. I'm not saying the limit should be 30%, but no limit would be extremely reckless.

[–] FisicoDelirante@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Or even a simple feature against misclicks

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago

This ^.

It’s anti fraud.

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[–] Garfunkel@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Take a taxi, don't give your cash to a company who s on the BDS list.

[–] Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org 9 points 1 day ago

Thats eaiser said than done when Uber in alot of areas wiped out other taxi businesses.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Or add more in cash." Honestly, I don't believe that Uber doesn't steal from tips so cash tipping is what I'd do if I was rich enough to use Uber.

[–] CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Uber drivers should start hauling around ATMs in their cars.

They could get one of those little credit card terminals that attach to your phone but that's kind of a pain to have to pull that out if someone wants to tip more. Easier would probably be just listing their cashapp or Venmo or whatever username and having it posted somewhere in the vehicle. But then you'd probably get that one customer who ruins it for everyone by like reporting it to Uber like 'i felt pressured to leave an extra tip'

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, that's a great idea. If they empty ATMs the they won't have to drive Uber anymore. And it's a victimless crime to boot.

[–] CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's....not.... what I meant.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 4 points 1 day ago

But it is a good idea!

you said what you said

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's always a good idea to carry cash around, for circumstances like this

[–] TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 days ago

Agreed, but in this situation I was out of the car before opening the app to tip. If I had known beforehand, I definitely would've given him cash.

[–] WongKaKui@piefed.ca 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How I see it is:

If you accidentally tapped an extra zero, you'd probably be extremely infuriated. I guess they made it this way so that doesnt happen. Cuz corporate dont wanna deal with chargebacks.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago

the proper way to fix this would be to ask to hold a button for confirmation for any tip above e.g. 30%, not ban it

[–] jdr@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 days ago (8 children)

It's very unfair and corrupt that a country of USA's size has an artificial culture of voluntarily paying people whatever because you can't just agree on an upfront price like rest of world.

[–] YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's very annoying that people from the USA assume everyone else is. This coming from a USAian. The screenshot literally shows Mexican pesos

[–] EnsignRoApologist@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Figured I'd specify in this case since Mexico is also American, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mexico is even technically a US of A, because they're the officially (when translated to English) the United Mexican States, and in America

[–] chewypoops@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Buddy, the screenshot is in Mexican Pesos. Why are you talking about the USA?

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It’s to suppress money laundering and fraud.

Uber is greedy, but this makes perfect sense. If they didn’t do this, they’d already be bankrupt or shut down.

[–] stephner74@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Bet the rate would be low in usd

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

Honestly, I'd give him cash because I'm sure Uber would find some way to take their cut. Say it's to cover credit card charges or processing fees or something.

[–] Vegan_Joe@anarchist.nexus 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

A cab ride cost you $400 before tipping???

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It looks like it is in Mexican Pesos. 250 pesos is about 13.50 usd.

[–] Vegan_Joe@anarchist.nexus 6 points 1 day ago

Ah. That makes more sense. Thank you!

[–] chewypoops@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It really didn't occur to you that MX$ isn't USD?

[–] Vegan_Joe@anarchist.nexus 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes. I don't use Uber, so I did not know what MX$250.00 meant in that app.

It did not occur to me to refer to another country's currency in terms of dollars, which is how that looks to me (MX$ = "MX Dollars").

Also, thank you for correcting me, but you also come across as a bit rude.

[–] chewypoops@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Mexican Pesos have existed long before Uber, lol. "MX$" isn't unique to the Uber app...

[–] square@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

$ was used for pesos before the U.S. existed. It evolved from an abbreviation of ps for Spanish peso.

[–] Vegan_Joe@anarchist.nexus 6 points 1 day ago

TIL. Today's lucky 10,000. Thanks!

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

There are a lot of countries that use a currency called "dollars", Canada, Australia, NZ, Hong Kong, Singapore, Fiji, I'm sure there's way more that I don't know or remember.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The taxi ride I'm going to make today will probably cost that much. 20 miles, Germany. But my health insurance pays.

[–] Vegan_Joe@anarchist.nexus 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think I would buy a bike, ride it there, and abandon it at my destination for that price!

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

but my health insurance pays

I imagine that might have something to do with why he's taking a cab

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I have a bike, but I can't ride it because I've had an operation.

[–] BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

So I went down a rabbit hole on this... Yes, it's complete bullshit technicality.

It's called a "controlled tip", because it flows through the company payment process via credit cards or payment method. In case anyone was wondering. At least as far as I know.

Legally, tips are 100% property of the employee.

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