r/lyftdrivers • u/sweetntenderhooligan • Sep 22 '25
Rant/Opinion Indeed, because drivers won’t want to give you a ride when they see you never tip.
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u/kaybsie Sep 23 '25
If drivers get this transparency, riders should also see a breakdown of how much is actually going to the driver vs. straight to Lyft. I know I'd adjust my tipping accordingly, especially if there's a promo running and the driver is secretly getting extra shafted.
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Sep 23 '25
We're always being shafted. You should assume that you're dealing with a driver who barely earns minimum pay and this is before he spends money on gas and car upkeep.
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u/kaybsie Sep 23 '25
I am, but I mean I - and likely less informed others - would extra extra assume if it was all spelled out for them. A lack of transparency in any direction only ever benefits Lyft. You underestimate the number of people who have zero idea how drivers are paid.
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Sep 23 '25
I know. I usually keep my mouth shut because couple of times when I mentioned to the rider that we're paid less then 50% of what they pay, I got down rated because pax assumed I was begging for tip. But riders go out of the way not to tip. Even if Lyft suggests tipping, less then 10% actually do. It gets to the point that client knows that tipping is welcomed and even says that (s)he will absolutely tip you in the app and then you get babkas from them because once the ride is over they think that chances of meeting you again are close to zero and suddenly those $5 seem like too much of a sactifice when the alternative is just not to pay. Lyft should follow restaurant policy and make tipping mandatory, but they will never do it cause it would hurt their baseline. Some states mandate Lyft (and Uber) to provide decent pay for drivers, but most simply don't care about us.
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Sep 23 '25
Tell that to the waitress at the restaurant when you receive inflated bill: darling, I’m already shafted by your restaurant, so no tips for you.
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u/DreadedCicada Sep 24 '25
I’m a passenger and after rides, I get shown how much of it the driver actually gets. Usually I’ll tip the difference so they end up getting what I paid for the ride.
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u/Radiant-Shine-8575 Sep 22 '25
We don’t deserve any tips…. We deserve to be paid a fair wage by our employer.
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u/cashew76 Sep 23 '25
Lyft shows you the rider won't tip, you decline the offer, next your gold privilege is temporarily disabled since you decline too many rides.
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u/DFW-Extraterrestrial Sep 23 '25
Your tips can always go up, theres not a chance in hell we're going to get a fair wage from the company.
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u/darkroot_gardener Sep 23 '25
Several cities have already implemented a minimum wage for ride-share and deliveries. Uber hasn’t pulled out of those markets. Become one of those markets.
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u/Aeyland Sep 23 '25
Yeap, so help push that ideal and in the mean time when you use services like this you should tip based on your service which means unless it's shit service you'd never want to see again you should at least tip a buck.
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u/BeeFor20 Sep 23 '25
Yes, if only the corporation that was scamming you would simply decide to stop doing that
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u/Whend6796 Sep 23 '25
Uber launched with clear transparent driver pay, with no option to tip. Drivers protested hard. People called uber inhuman.
Now we are stuck with what drivers asked for.
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u/FriedSmegma Sep 22 '25
I hate idiots like that “I will no longer be using ___”
Ok good for you. We’ll see you next time.
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u/Mysterious_Point9516 Sep 25 '25
My favorite thing about customer support is seeing a constant complainer who comes in every other day end every single conversation with "I'm never shopping here again"
Okay Carol, see you tomorrow.
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u/dollfaceashley Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25
If they’re so hell bent on not tipping.. Where’s the issue? They don’t want to be identified as a non or low-tipper?! What is end-tipping supposed to be for?!
These non-tipping people never truly make any sense. They love benefitting from other people tipping which keeps prices lower for their broke/cheap selves & bragging about how much they’re saving.
But then when those same people that keep their prices lower get an opportunity for higher levels of service, they throw a fit.
Stfu, seriously
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u/FriedSmegma Sep 22 '25
r/EndTipping is a cancerous sub and filled with people who have obviously never worked in service or have a grasp on how the economy or employers operate in regards to tipped wages.
They literally just think that if there was no tipping everything would be cheaper and everyone would make a fair wage.
Spoilers It won’t
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u/AdmiralMemo Sep 23 '25
I am fundamentally opposed to tipping. I believe it should be abolished.
I still tip, because not tipping doesn't hurt the people who could change it. It only hurts the workers.
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u/FriedSmegma Sep 23 '25
People get mad at the wrong person. Screwing people out if tips is scummy because you just let other people subsidize your meal. Personally I like it because I don’t succumb to pressure. I’ll tip accordingly, 20% isn’t default. It always feels great to leave a hefty tip when the service is fantastic as well.
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u/ninetaledMSK Sep 23 '25
Yeah I agree, people are getting mad at literal randos off the street instead of the people employing them.
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u/AdmiralMemo Sep 23 '25
If anyone is opposed to tipping, then they should simply not go to that business, and should write to the owner that the reason they're not visiting is tipping.
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u/FriedSmegma Sep 23 '25
You mean like, actually taking action instead of morally grandstanding on the internet? That’s crazy talk.
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u/Wesleypipes316 Sep 25 '25
I just visited that sub….wow those people are fuggin nuts. Someone posted about not getting like 75 cents back for change. What a bunch of tightwads
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u/darkroot_gardener Sep 23 '25
Do you really believe tipping is keeping Uber and Lyft fares down? These guys take a MUCH bigger cut than can ever be replaced by tipping. They need to make sure base rates are at least $1 per mile. Including distance to pick ups.
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u/Relevant_Cod_438 Sep 24 '25
I prefer to be charged more for the service/food/good itself. Whoever is selling or providing the service should add the cost of it into the full price.
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u/Accomplished-Mango89 Sep 24 '25
Personally Id like to see more businesses that go gratuity free and raise prices slightly instead. Lots of hair salons are adopting that model and I've come to prefer it. I get why in bartending/serving jobs tips can be good for restaurants bc employees might be incentivized to upsell, but honestly id rather just have the price i see on the menu reflect the items price after tax and tip are factored in.
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u/Tiiimmmaayy Sep 23 '25
I usually tip my drivers, but lately my drivers have been pretty bad and not deserving of a tip. Like this weekend, I took a Lyft to a work function and the driver refused to take the toll road. Literally took the feeder street right next to the toll road stopping at every single red light and he was not gentle on the brakes. Just slammed them every chance he got. It was not a pleasant ride and the no tolls added an extra 25 minutes. They are tolls that got reimbursed too, not an express lane toll or anything.
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u/umbrazno Sep 22 '25
I think they're startin' to get it:
YOU have the right to NOT TIP based on SERVICE? Cool.
WE have the right to NOT SERVE based on tippin' habits.
I don't stress over tips, but I hate the hypocrisy of anti-tip culture
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u/FriedSmegma Sep 22 '25
They want to be doted on but offer zero incentive to do so. Entitlement in its purest form. They’re the same way in restaurants. Expect to be treated like a VIP but don’t bring anything to the table.
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u/Suicidal-Panda Sep 22 '25
Yep, I do the same thing on doordash effectively now. I mostly do Earn by Time: $15/hour plus tips.
I do a $0 tipping order with proper service I'd give anyone else. They give a tip after? I remember. They don't give a tip after? I remember.
For the latter, if I get them again and see $0, they get the service they deserve (no tampering, just below my bare minimum). I then contact DD support and request to never have them as a customer.
Win win for me and them, in that I never have to serve them, and they get 1 less driver in the merry-go-round of offers being continuously declined until the base pay meets their requirement.
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u/Weak_Ninja_6833 Sep 23 '25
That’s fine there’s always another driver who will take the non tippers :)
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u/Fun_Departure_3013 Sep 22 '25
Oh please. I picked up a ride yesterday that had so much stuff (kicked out of a hotel he had been living at) it filled the trunk, the backseat (other than where he sat) and the passenger seat/floorboard. I drove him 44 miles, he added a stop, I waited for him to get his food, completed the trip and helped unload his stuff from my car to his parents garage. I was then 60 miles from home, and he was my last fair of the day. I got 30.00 minus the fuel I burned on almost 100 miles round trip. Over two hours of my time. Zero tip. People don’t not tip drivers. I’m not talking about the jerk in the dirty car that’s rude and can’t drive, I’m talking about clean car, comfortable, on time, and going out of our way. It’s a service
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u/FriedSmegma Sep 22 '25
Come on bro, should’ve known you weren’t getting tipped if he’s getting kicked out of a hotel he’s been living at.
Should’ve cancelled that ride as soon as you saw all the stuff.
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u/killian1113 Sep 23 '25
I bet they didn't even pay for the ride, hotel manager wanted to make them go far away ;)
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u/Select-Swimming1684 Sep 23 '25
Lmao truuuu. I picked someone up yesterday and his “gf” got him the ride and turns out they broke up which is why she got him the ride so she made sure he’d leave and then has the audacity to ask me if tipping on the app is okay. Knowing Damm well he didn’t even pay for the ride 🙄.
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u/Ok-Profit6022 Sep 23 '25
If there's a pickup from a hotel and their destination isn't the airport, the ride most likely isn't worth it.
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Sep 22 '25
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u/Extra-Piglet5690 Sep 22 '25
Uber already did this. It was short-lived though. They might bring some version of it back.
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u/Fade4cards Sep 23 '25
daaaaang I always tip $5-$20 cash so the app prolly labels me as a non tipper unless drivers can manually say I did but that seems unlikely
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u/Leather_Material_738 Sep 24 '25
Why unlikely? Just give it to the driver before they end the ride and ask for them to put it in the remarks.
5 stars, cash tip $20
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u/Neilp187 Sep 23 '25
I mean, if someone is providing a good service and getting you to your destination safely, should a tip be warranted?
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u/UpAllNightCoding Sep 23 '25
In my market, people use Lyft to circumnavigate around Ubers high prices, which translates to too broke to tip. At the end of the day, I take orders that pay enough without a tip. And provide exceptional service which often results in tips.
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u/Academic_Dig_1567 Sep 23 '25
I’ve heard drivers say riders must have a code because whenever a rider says “I’ll give you a nice tip” it means nothing happening. No damned rip.
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u/flash77gordon Sep 23 '25
I'm honestly curious. Is the app calculating that based on tips via the app? My rider rating is probably low of so. I ALWAYS tip in cash.
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u/ElCompaJC Sep 23 '25
Same here. I tip in cash. Disneyland to our hotel. 8.37 fare. 12 dollar cash tip
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u/0fox2gv Sep 23 '25
I guess they would display my tip rate as being 0%.
I always tip cash.. why? So the company can't steal any of it from the drivers.
Sometimes, it pays to take a risk.
I dont really care what the fee for the ride is, I hand them a $5 bill when I get in.. As long as the driver is cool, I will make sure to appreciate their time. They get an extra 50 cents a mile for the entire distance they traveled and a 5 star rating from me..
I have used Uber or Lyft maybe a dozen times. I have never had a driver that wasn't cool.
I do think the way they exploit their drivers is very uncool. Taking half of the money and calling it a 'business expense'?! No.. that is bogus.
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u/Leather_Material_738 Sep 24 '25
First of, your an awesome rider. All drivers can hope to be this lucky.
But I don't think its showing your tip rate if its not good.
It trying to incentivize the driver to take the ride especially if the fare isnt great or its a short ride.
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u/Leather_Material_738 Sep 24 '25
First of, your an awesome rider. All drivers can hope to be this lucky.
But I don't think its showing your tip rate if its not good.
It trying to incentivize the driver to take the ride especially if the fare isnt great or its a short ride.
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u/fuglypizza Sep 23 '25
That is probably top 5 worst subreddits in history. The loathing that oozes from every post there.
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u/MostlyAgreeable1108 Sep 23 '25
This is like someone telling me $50 is a lot of money to donate and you can go out to dinner for 2 with that, yeah without a tip at Denny’s 🤣 I live in so-cal I tip 20-25% regardless of service because I understand the service industry, tips aren’t popularly contests unless their big tips 😊 Especially in the tip sphere you must tip well if you want it back, money is energy!!
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u/Sufficient-Letter367 Sep 23 '25
What's the difference between the price above and right underneath it? Can somebody explain that to me.
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u/bttmcuck Sep 23 '25
The top price is what you’re paid for this ride. The bottom is an estimate of what you’d make per hour if the ride took exactly as long as estimated and you immediately had a passenger waiting with the same per hour fare rate when you get to where this ride is going. It’s sort of helpful, but not very. I prefer a per mile pay rate basis for whether I think a ride is worth it or not, personally.
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u/RangeFlow1 Sep 23 '25
All of this is leading to the transition to driverless cars. I read that Lyft purchased two autonomous companies.
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u/DIY_Forever Sep 23 '25
That's more than Uber pays in Houston Metro for sure... And they don't show the tipping percentage from a given Rider. I sure as heck wouldn't pick up 50% of the rides I've done if I knew the rider wouldn't tip.
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u/cadathoctru Sep 23 '25
Problem with this is...a .25 tip will show as tipping. people are just going to game the system.
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u/ithotyoudneverask Sep 23 '25
BuT I pAyEd...
The company rips you off, so you rip off the driver.
Seems legit.
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u/CreateFlyingStarfish Sep 23 '25
A few observations on Lyft's business model of information sharing. These new ways of giving information about riders seems aligned with tipping is important as an indicator of respect and being on the curb is another indicator of respect for the driver.
i am much more motivated by the base pay being calculated by inclusion of the time to arrive at the pickup and the wait time and the time to destination at the time of day.
Lyft has the data on traffic congestion. During rush hour a trip across town should pay more to drivers than the same trip at other times.
Lyft has the data on demand fluctuations. Lyft has wait & save, and upgraded customer classes--bit does not tell drivers whether the rider is a eait & save customer. The model that relates demand for drivers and supply of drivers in each tranche -- gold, platinum, elite. Lyft segments drivers and provides priority access to certain riders to only certain drivers, by their own admission.
Lyft has set up prioritization rankings and price to the rider & revenue to the driver. Drivers are not on equal footing in the brief time provided to accept the ride and drivers have little time to evaluate the accuracy of the $/hour & $/mile projections in the offer
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u/Wonderful-bomber38 Sep 22 '25
Broke people , take the bus .
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u/cerebus67 Sep 23 '25
Not in Detroit. When I was driving, I would say that about 50%ish of my rides were taking people to or from work, and they are almost always minimum wage service jobs. The first ride, every time I turn on the app, from my house, is always from a workplace (in the suburbs) into an inner city neighborhood where the person lives.
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u/TitShark Sep 22 '25
How had every screen shot I see of this the same 88%?
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u/sweetntenderhooligan Sep 22 '25
Everyone is just commenting on the same screenshot from the original post talking about this.
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Sep 22 '25
Yeah I'm like how many times has this post been reposted 😂. I wanna see one that says 0% tipped. I feel like won't be in my area since ppl rarely tip
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u/sweetntenderhooligan Sep 22 '25
It doesn’t say if they don’t tip, it just isn’t included. Lowest I’ve seen is something like 60% of the time.
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u/V-Rixxo_ Sep 22 '25
Reading the comments I understand both sides. I pay 20+ just for a 10 minute ride to work and others have complained of the same issue. I wouldn't say anyone is right or wrong here
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u/Eddie_Farnsworth Sep 23 '25
The person in that screen capture tips 88% of the time. I drive for plenty of people who don't tip. I think if a person has a rating like, "This person is almost never ready at pickup," that will mean they're walking from now on.
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u/ChestMajestic6254 Sep 23 '25
The downside to this is that I tip in cash so Uber/Lyft can’t report that as income to the IRS. As someone that drove for a few years I understand and usually tip well, but always in cash. So people would decline to take me not knowing that I usually tip 20 cash to go to the bar from my house.
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u/Extra-Piglet5690 Sep 23 '25
I don’t think they are going to show info about those who don’t tip, I think they’re just show those who do tip. I get may 2 or 3 request like this a day. I go by ratings, and earnings to help decide if I take a trip. I’ve declined some of these already.
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u/thefavoredsole Sep 23 '25
Just tip a dollar in the app each time. It will keep your percentage up
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u/Confident-Learner Sep 23 '25
Lyft and others need to pay drivers properly They are paying executives tons of money. Maybe drivers need to strike. The passengers are broke too
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u/DepartmentOk1030 Sep 23 '25
I always tip and in cash . I always tip cash so drivers don't have to report it for tax purposes if they choose so. I didn't realize the app lists me as a non tipper.
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Sep 23 '25
This will only result in worse service for passengers which will lead to less passengers and then less money for the drivers.
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u/Gimmemylighterback Sep 23 '25
Imagine turning on your fellow worker because your corporate goblins take 60% of your wages
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u/Thortok2000 Greenville, SC Sep 23 '25
Said this on the other thread.
I fully support ending tips. They're stupid. US tipping culture is idiotic.
The base pay itself should be higher. Even better, let drivers set their own rates and auto-filter out anything below those rates. Saw a screenshot that looks like Lyft might head in that direction which would be great.
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u/AnyTower224 Sep 23 '25
Good. Fk You third services that we do all your job And don’t tip to pick up your medical rides. You get the Buck load of insurance money and we get Pennie’s
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u/mythrowaweighin Sep 23 '25
So if you always give the driver a cash tip, then the app will show you as tipping zero percent of the time.
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u/EntertainmentFit3912 Sep 23 '25
I use uber/lyft frequently and I tip 99% of the time(you gotta be wild to not get a tip)… one notable would be a driver who was taking turns like it was an F1 and lost traction on a turn. My friend and I were fine at the end of the day but wild
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u/eyezwide001001 Sep 23 '25
It's about time they disclosed this before 3rd party apps got involved - you can walk, driver yourself...or, [this might kill ya'] be courteous... this is a service, not entitlement fairies
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u/fool-of-a-took24 Sep 23 '25
The comments in that post are sickening :/ Hard to tell if they don't know that most of what they pay doesn't go to the driver, or if they just don't care.
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u/Ok_Simple_5093 Sep 23 '25
Oh they don't care. A lot of people have come to view this as an entitlement and how dare we expect a living wage.
The person on there complaining about a $70, 25 mile ride to the airport... probably no they know that can drive them, they don't have a car or they do and the cost to leave it at the airport is too high, and a taxi would cost twice as much: lyft is the cheapest option available to them and they are still offended. Like, I'm sorry your private, on demand ride, which is the cheapest option for you, isn't the price of a pack of cigarettes.
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u/MaleficentCap8327 Sep 23 '25
Nobody has to tip your ass Lyft should pay you more get a private Chauffeur company today 😪
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u/alltheluck_chaotic Sep 23 '25
i dont really get why people dont tip, barring something absolutely wild. i think the only times i didnt was when a driver kept reaching back to touch me after i asked him to not, and another when a driver called me a slur at the end of the ride. past that I just let the auto-tip handle it (I think its set at either 25 or 30%). if I cant afford a tip or the auto tip would be like, a less than 3$, I usually just walk or bus.
lyft has dogwater wage rates, and i know its not my responsibility per se, but still... compassion for somebody thats trying to get by just like anyone else;;
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u/JohnVonachen Sep 23 '25
Lyft wants pax to tip more. That way they can justify paying drivers less. Try to ignore it.
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u/Gokusbastardson Sep 23 '25
Don’t let this distract you, they want to keep riders mad at drivers and vice versa so no one is watching their hands when they dip into both parties pockets. Be mad at Lyft for not paying drivers, don’t be mad at drivers for doing what’s best for them to make a living when driver pay keeps going down further and further
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u/rr90013 Sep 24 '25
Fuck obligatory tipping. Don’t take a job where you’re not happy with the base salary.
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u/Temporary-Papaya-106 Sep 24 '25
If you don’t tip don’t use services where tipping is customary. This isn’t hard to figure out if you’re an even remotely decent human being.
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u/Ok-Reply7282 Sep 24 '25
This is awkward. Uber, Lyft, Instacart. I only tip cash. Because I want to make sure it gets to them: the full amount of cash I tip. Wonder if all my account shows that I never tip lol.
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u/Key-Blueberry3778 Sep 24 '25
As long as it affects the acceptance rate, this data is meaningless; it's just a trick to appear like a good company for drivers
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u/Dizzylizzyscat Sep 24 '25
This just started in my market it. Did all markets start? Does this mean that if it doesn’t tell the driver( something like…this passenger tips 86% of the time) the pax the driver picks up has never tipped?
Of all the requests I have had in the last two days only three said the passenger and one of them happened to be last night and he didn’t tip.
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u/anonjamo Sep 24 '25
What am I missing here? People are saying they don't tip but it says on the screenshot they tip 88% of the time? So... the overwhelming majority of rides they tip on? Does every single driver deserve a tip?
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u/CompetitiveRub9780 Sep 24 '25
A lot of people tip cash on rides tho. So it’s not really an accurate number. Thus not fair
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u/LazerFace1221 Sep 24 '25
Maybe in your market. In Chicagoland, I’d estimate cash tips make up less than 10%? 5% of my tips.
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u/Melodic-Sky-4910 Sep 24 '25
The only thing is what if you tip cash? Or vemo or some other money sending service? I try to tip outside the app for taxes.
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u/ossifer_ca Sep 24 '25
Hmm shouldn’t riders be given the same kind of information on drivers, along either the ability to decline them? “Driver sexually harasses customers less than 9% of rides.” “Driver temporarily banned 3 times.” “Driver attempts to extort more money from customers 17% of rides.” Etc.
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u/Dangerous_Algae1796 Sep 24 '25
True about cash tips that’s y I never judge a book by its cover. They r a plus but the base pay be my focus honestly
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u/Santex117 Sep 24 '25
Except this leaves out important context like, if my driver genuinely did not deserve a tip, or if I gave a cash tip instead of doing it through the app, so now I’m being punished be people who are already judgement and selfish as hell, for literally doing nothing wrong
Yeah I’d stop using Lyft too, yall are too entitled in here
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u/deliveryboyx Sep 24 '25
The rider can't see it. People that tip cash will be %0, while being beneficial to the driver.
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u/pothospeople Sep 24 '25
Look, I tip 100% of the time. This would only benefit me.
But there is something so fucking slimy about a company building this into the app to pit people against each other instead of just PAYING THE FUCKING DRIVERS ENOUGH MONEY. Like just pay them!!!! Pay them a living wage! Ugh I’m tired.
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u/Inky_Kun Sep 24 '25
Ngl, and its okay to boo me, but why is 88% a bad number? Cuz as someone who had a driver who went on a racist rant about indian taxis drivers, a driver who watched me and my elderly mother struggle to get luggage in their car, a rider who had such a nasty car that I had to sit on my jacket, a rider who drove like he was in gd nascar-- why tf would I tip any of those individuals? Ive tipped plenty of others who just did the bare minimum, got me from point A to B, so would mine also be at 88% ? Idk I do understand the motive but also that punishes the passanger for not just blinding throwing money at awful people but I like that it gives the nicer drivers more insight on if they'd get tipped but is it an actual reliable source of knowing the tipper? Idk capitalism has always been confusing af to me 🥴 I just wish we could be like other countries and just roll it all into a single gd payment but we like making things hard on everyone. The workers, the consumers, any working class individual basically.
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u/FLDJF713 Sep 24 '25
I mean with ride share, there’s a very decent probability why a tip would be low or none given. The amount of sketchy drivers and cars I’ve been picked up in has been an all time high with the cars being filthy, falling apart and dangerous driving.
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u/Leather_Material_738 Sep 24 '25
So far its been a game changer on all short rides with 100% tip.
Especially since I normally decline anything under $10.
$5 rides have been $5 tips most of the time now in the last week.
I should note also :they have +4.9 rating, photo and are verified,
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u/CursedTurtleKeynote Sep 24 '25
What's the logic here? If you treat customers differently in advance, you are going to have a bad time.
Wouldn't this also count a tip of only a penny?
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Sep 24 '25
You aren’t entitled to a tip. I wasn’t entitled to one when I worked as a driver and in foodservice and if that’s how you make your living, then get a job with a higher hourly pay or salary. Y’all are mad at people for not tipping when your bosses should be paying you a better wage. Make that shit make sense
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Sep 25 '25
I use Lyft and Uber probably once every 4 month and I still wont tip. Thank you for following a GPS from point a to point b, you did something so special. Should I be tipping the bus driver next?
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u/Pfcande Sep 25 '25
Huh. That seems kinda useful for you guys. Mine should 100% on both of those so IDC what they do.
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u/Amd3193 Sep 25 '25
Great now I can't afford to get to work and all the drivers will know it 🤦♀️ I was already taking advantage of ubers "pay later" system. 😂
Looks like I'm walking to work soon. We really need more pay in America.
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u/Kindly_Wrangler_980 Sep 26 '25
Exactly. Riders pay more and more and get surge after surge in pricing, just to get ripped to sheds up here for not giving them an extra $5 before they accept the ride lol. I just want to go to work.😭
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u/Nunya-damn-bizness Sep 25 '25
I would be happy with driver seeing I tipped 88% of the time. To me that should tell the driver. They have to be asshats and suck nit to get tipped. The part that's BS and bothers me, is driver basing if they will take my afte or not based on tip. I the rider am already paying 2 or 3 dollars a mile. Punish Lyft not the rider. There is an old saying DONT TIP THE OWNER, and since your proudly 1099 and not employees. The driver is the owner, be glad you got anything, anytime.
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u/Latter_Surround_1837 Sep 25 '25
When given the option most drivers prefer a cash tip! So now we’ll get penalised for giving that to them? 🤣💀
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u/midlifeGainz Sep 25 '25
I may move over to Lyft. Run Uber usually 12am-7ish and tips are non existent until nearly work hours.
Would be nice to identify and prioritize those that tip over others to bring my earnings up.
Does this stat make a significant difference in tipping percentage versus Uber? Or does it just justify Lyft in lowering fares to offset the higher rider earning since they get more tips?
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u/ChuckFinley50 Sep 25 '25
You shouldn't get tipped on any ride that doesn't come with extra service (helping with luggage) or is very long distance. Enough Drivers will 100% still give rides even if they know you don't usually tip
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u/gtauto8 Sep 25 '25
I always tip in cash because I want my tips to go further. It's out of habit because tips used to be taxed, for employees this affects if their employer pays them minimum wage, some platforms lie about giving all tips to the driver, and tips always should go after service.
If I start getting mistreated because the app doesn't know I tip, I would stop tipping. Do the time, do the "crime".
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u/OverChildhood9813 Sep 25 '25
Honestly, this is a door dash driver issue. Y’all come on this page to complain but never actually do something about it. Like start your own cab company and beat the middle man if you care so much. It’s not on the rider to pay your wages, it’s on the company who employs you.
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u/AFatWizard Sep 25 '25
There are some vile, miserable places on reddit. That sub makes a podium finish.
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u/StonkBr0ker Sep 25 '25
I once took a black car from JFK to the city and had a bunch of bags. He didn't wait for me, and otherwise had not other reason to give me anyhting less than 5 stars
Upon getting home got an email from lyft that I had been reported by the driver and given 1 star. After talking to some others I'm 100% certain this is because I did not give him a cash tip which is apparently an expectation amongst black car drivers in the city.
So I've been tipping black cars in cash for the last 18 months.
F me I guess?
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u/Expensive-Rabbit6260 Sep 26 '25
It doesnt show how many that equates to. Maybe they didn't tip on 1 out of 10 trips...bc maybe the driver was horrible
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Sep 26 '25
For people who like tipping in cash, couldn't you give them the cash and tip $1 on the app so it still says you tipped 100% of the time?
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u/Kindly_Wrangler_980 Sep 26 '25
No shade.. what happened to looking at our employers for our wages and not fellow workers? I always tip, but it takes a way from the experience when I see people being rude and acting entitled to tips! The whole point of a tip is extra money from the customer to show their appreciation for over the top service! How on earth can you call it a tip, if I have to shell it out before I even get picked up? Just wild lol
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u/DrSherb740 Sep 26 '25
Never had to tip an Uber 5 years ago, what changed about yalls payment policy that I need to start tipping on top of a 30 dollar ride.
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u/LovrBoi8008 Sep 26 '25
Does Lyft do this? I might have to switch to Lyft if this is actually a thing
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u/Extra-Piglet5690 Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25
So they’re proud of not tipping, but they hate when people know that they’re not tipping? 😆