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A neighbor at my campground drives Uber in Chicago. She and her husband.
No details, except that they both like what they're doing. He earns $2000/wk... 5 days, and she earns an average of $400, working the weekends. This allow both to give quality time to their two young 7 and 9 y.o. daughters.
Am sure there are downsides, but her comment "people are almost always nice" said it all for me.
Would you use Uber in a city like Santa Rosa CA with a population of 170k ? Thinking of doing this soon.
Just make sure you don't get burned by rate upcharges - that will show up on your phone when you request a ride.
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Kinda got burned by that yesterday. I thought there was a cap to surge pricing rates (1.5x or 2.0x) and that changes would be slow in coming as more drivers came online.
I kept delaying calling the uber yesterday after I saw surge pricing in effect with an expiration of 2 minutes. It kept going up and up. Kinda like trying to buy/sell securities in a rapidly moving (against you) market.
Finally gave in at around 3x when I was worried I would be stranded and not make it to my event in time to get a good seat.
Good news is that I still paid about 30% less than my peers who parked onsite instead of 2 miles away (for 'free') like I did.
-gauss
the estimated cost to go 25 miles was between $195-$220. I could have called a helicopter for that price!
Cross-posting to both active Uber threads
"When the woman got in Done’s car, he informed her that she needed to pay him in cash. They stopped at an ATM before he drove her to a secluded location and sexually assaulted her.
Done reportedly hit the victim and attempted to strangle her during the attack, locking the car doors so she wouldn’t escape and covering her mouth so she would remain quiet.
Done was subsequently linked to several other attacks on women in previous years, thanks to a DNA match. He was ultimately charged in connection to five different assaults. "
Boston Uber Driver Convicted Of Rape, Sentenced to 10 Years In Prison
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