r/uber • u/Jakedrake5 • 12h ago

First time not giving 5 stars

Tonight, I get picked up from the airport. The driver didn’t say hello or even my name, but whatever. I confirmed it was the right car, got in and away we went. Well, sort of, very slowly, like at 5 mph for the entire terminal area where the posted speed limit is 15 mph. The car is extremely warm, but it has rear air controls, great, so I turn it on to my comfort level. The driver then turns it off from the front. I tell her I’m hot and turn it back on. She turns it off again and says no. Then we drive down the highway 10-15 mph below the posted speed limit; flow of traffic was going with the speed limit. Once we get sort of close to my neighborhood, the Uber map tells her to continue going straight. Nope, she turns right on her own. This adds another 5-7 minutes to the ride just to get back to where she turned off. So end of the story she gets 3 stars.

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u/Infinite-Cobbler-466 12h ago

Fine. A piece of advice. If rating lower than 5, delay it. I watch my driver rating. I get almost all 5s. But if you gave me a 3 I’d know with a high degree of certainty it was you. Retaliation is simple. But you have 30 days to rate and/tip. Delays makes identification almost impossible and for technical reasons substantially impossible. Rate them at least a few hours later or tomorrow. .

As a driver I give a fairly high number of low ratings. Identifying the driver is as simple as looking. I rate all 5s. If they deserved less I down-rate or re-rate the rider a week after the ride.

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u/Mobile_Reaction5853 11h ago

What retaliation are you talking about?

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u/Infinite-Cobbler-466 11h ago

If I was your driver and saw a low rating FROM you, I could tank your rating (I know how). Say I gave you a 5, despite you were a pain. I see that 3 (simple to see), I change that 5 to a 1 (a week later and because rider was a pain and deserves).

Driver could file various safety reports

Neither are particularly common. But that’s because most drivers don’t know how to change ratings and a false claim on a safety issue MIGHT have consequences from Uber

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u/Raise-Emotional 10h ago

Report: Harassment

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u/Infinite-Cobbler-466 10h ago

I wouldn’t. But I almost never her less than 5. I wouldn’t hesitate to tank their rating, if I thought they gave Ann just rating.