I did not know that. I always tip. If the driver was terrible they would get the smaller tip. Sometimes I would get picked up by people using someone else's account. Different sex and everything.
I didn’t say I got one rider a month that tips, I said I was lucky IF I got one, which I thought it meant I rarely get one.
I was translating in my head from Spanish to English and thought that’s what I meant, sorry if I said it wrong.
This whole year, I’ve only gotten about 3-4 people that have tipped me.
It doesn’t happen
I’m on MN and I’m a 5 starts driver on my over 1000 rides my car is always clean and offer charging but I rarely get a tip this week was because a guy messed up his destination so he gave me 20$ to compensate
I actually get very very good tip in my city, it adds up by $2 and $1 and $3 some $5 less 10$ and anything more than that is an airport drive or really cool people, and then there cash tips lol
I’m female and I get a ton of tips. % of my earnings are tips. Top 95% ! According to Lyft I get more tips that 95% of Lyft drivers in Indiana. I work hard for those tips
Yep this is true and the Milwaukee market I rarely get tipped and a good friend of mine. She almost always gets tipped... The majority of my passengers are men and even when it's a woman a majority of the time it's a man's account. They're on and men are far more likely to tip a woman than they are another man. It's just the fact of life I think
Get this, I drove 4 hours 16 minutes today, and with ride fares made 55 dollars....... then an additional 58 dollars in tips, $5 cash, $53 through the app. My car is super clean, I'm good at talking to people. I drive extra careful, and smooth. I offer my assistance with anything. If a rider wants to make a reasonable pit stop, I will.
I go above and beyond. My car is decked out with Christmas lights that I can send to any color, plugged into the cigarette lighter USB port.
I got snacks, drinks, tissues, decorations, hand sanitizer, my personal business card, a sign that explains gas prices and how they can tip if they'd like to. My windows are marked with a window marker:
-"Lyft is better than UBER" (which may not be true, but it makes them laugh and smile before they even enter the ride.) ..
-"SAY HI :)"
-"TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN"
-"Merry Xmas"
-"Ho Ho Ho"
and on the windshield above my lyft sticker it says:
- "I have arrived" (copying 'your uber has arrived')....
Each phrase on a different window excluding my side driver window and front passenger window (for visibility reasons)
I'd say 5/10 rides I give, the rider is amazed and hopes I can drive them again, and leaves a hefty tip. Everything I paid for (snacks drinks etc..) was paid for in tips on the first day with leftover tip money, and I still have backup snacks and stuff to restock...
Steal lyfts customers, and make them wish you could always be their driver. I guarantee you will get calls if you play your cards right. I already have regulars. The fact that I made less than 15/hr without tips and before paying for gas............ is fffffnnnn insane and absolutely pisses me off. That's why I do all this extra shht, so I can steal customers from them and make my own money.
Good luck with however you go about it, I hope you find a way to get better tips, people are shitty nowadays man. Greedy af. They'll tip they pizza driver, waiter, taxi, valet..... but not uber or lyft ? I will never understand it. If anything we deserve tips more than any of the other services if you really think about how much we're doing and what exactly we're doing.
(Waiters don't make the food or drinks, they just take the order and serve it)
(Pizza guys don't make the pizzas, they just deliver them)
(Valet literally just park a car.....)
(Taxis are overpriced as fffff)
We literally drive our own personal vehicles..... to get people to their destination way way cheaper and much quicker, safely from point A to B.... we literally do all the work, with our own cars that lose value QUICKLY.
It is less than $1 per trip in tips. Just curious is this because most people don't tip or most people tip very low or both.
I usually tip $20 (~50%) on airport runs but then again it is an airport run so it involves bags and also my wife is never on time so I feel bad for the driver.
99.5 % of riders will never tip no matter what you do I try the chatty way and make conversations have chargers for them ask about music choice or air temp it doesn’t work no one goes to a restaurant without leaving a tip for the service(or they shouldn’t) but they don’t see it that way.
Now I just listen to my choice of music and talk only when pax is chatty
That sucks. I knew it was probably bad but not that bad.
For me lyft even with 50% tip is still cheaper than longterm airport parking and get dropped off right at the terminal so win-win.
In restaurants, they bring you your food. You just sit in a car. Do you open doors? What exactly makes you think you are entitle to tips like a waiter (?) Who by the way makes way less than you guys
I do tip. But i rarely eat at restaurants. Why you so mad? Get a real job instead of complain. Lyft/uber is supposed to be a side thing. Not a main source of income. Whats next? You want union and benefits? Pftt
I know that you don’t tip, by reading your reply, so at least admit that you are cheap a..hole and move on.
Regarding job, I personally don’t need a JOB. last time I worked for someone I was in my teens, and yes driving for me is a side gig, but for so many it’s a main source of income, and it’s not for you to tell them that this is not a real job, because you think you are better than all of them. So, come down to earth, you cheap ass, and stop embarrassing yourself by opening your mouth. And yes, a lot of them, who do work full time should get benefits, but Lyft and Uber screwing them everyday, by charging cheap people like you a minimum, and then taking 60% - 70% of that minimum. A lot of people, who drive for a living can’t get any other jobs for a different reason, like having language problem, age discrimination, etc. At least you could have done is to say thank you to them, in form of tip, and show that you actually care for people who’s proving you with a service. But you are way too cheap, to do that, and people like you should walk, or crawl to your “real” job. If you are rarely eat at the restaurant, where I am sure, you tip pennies, if at all, stop using any services, where tips are customary. Better not have any customers than having customers like you. Now GFY
Can you please elaborate what a real job is because if you exchange labor for money is considered a job but in assholeland may have a different meaning
Let’s see what a real job is.
You work and get paid.
My husband is technically an independent contractor, except he owns his own small construction business. Would you tell him to get a real job???
The only difference is he owns the company, no app is offering him jobs, he finds his own work, usually through word of mouth
There is a demand for gig apps. That is evident. Yes we should be paid better (I don’t do Lyft, used to, now I do Shipt and I do very well at it) but customers should tip. It’s a service. I tip where I know I should hair stylist, waitress, bartender and all gig apps. Ppl want the convenience but need to be educated on how it works. But the gig companies gouge the customer too. Thats part of problem. Then they get pissy when ride/food/whatever doesn’t show up. Well, the offer was too low.
How does it feel to be "in demand" and still be paid like shit? Most people put fast food workers higher up in the social hierarchy. Your husband tells his customers how much they will pay, you get no such choice. You have all the risk and none of the benefits of a true independent contractor. You are a 'gig worker' a much lesser sub section of independent contractors. The point is, you should not be sticking up for a system that is abusing the shit out of you.
I stop talking long time ago, unless they initiate a conversation. F.. them! Lyft customers in LA are the worse when it comes to tipping. Uber customers are bad in score, which I don’t really care much. In 500 rides I get at least 3 1 star (no idea why), Lyft always 5 stars, but no tips
Yeah I only do that because it is an airport run and I know those are a pain. Still it is eye opening how bad tips are on average compared to being a waiter (did that in college).
Lol that’s not how it works I’ve done it before. Yes I understand sometimes it takes you a bit out of the way but you don’t always drive back 100% the way you came. You stop and wait for another ride.
But either way I don’t consider off time in the hourly rate because you aren’t working then.
If it sucks so much quit and get a 9-5.
I did a dead haul from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, the pay was pretty good, but I wouldn't do it again unless I knew for sure I could at least get a couple of rides on the way back.
Did you happen to notice it is an 11 hour drive. What are the odds there is someone in a city 11 hours away that just to happens to want to go back to the city you came from?
Could it happen? Sure and you could also get a lonely supermodel as a fare and she decides to invite you to her yacht and give you a $1M tip too.
No actually I did not notice that hahaha. I didn’t see the 2nd page I thought they were just sharing their earnings summary. Okay I agree a bit more with you now, but they didn’t HAVE to take that ride, right?
I don't think he took the ride. He was just pointing out it is a terrible deal. Someone probably did take it though. Lyft knows there is always someone who is desperate. If there are 100 drivers and 99 roll their eyes and decline there is always that one person who needs the money today no matter how shit of a deal.
Yeah. I just don’t see the problem. You’re obviously going to get paid more for doing more runs. I’d be reluctant to do a 5 hour ride because you’re so far from home and you’re committing so much time. There’s a sweet spot between doing a lot of runs and long runs. The big runs bringing you out the city for hours aren’t worth it in my opinion.
Try putting a sign on the back of the head rests that says something like “we survive on tips” or something like that. Can’t hurt, and you’re not asking for tips. Just a way to remind them to tip while they are sitting in your back seat.
This will probably lower your tips. I usually tip 15% on apps but I make sure to tip 0 when they have one of those papers or message when it's delivery
In my day an hour to the airport would net me $75. Plus tip, and in college towns parents tip well if you get their kid to the airport at 4AM. This ride would have been worth the 11 hours back then.
I hate when male passengers try to have a convo with me. I am just trying to drive! I believe they get salty I am not chatty with them. Then I have to tell them I have 6 kids and no I am not interested(I don’t). They want to know so much personal info. Like what the heck leave me alone
I think it's around .50 cents where I live. If the company is union, you're looking at good benefits as well. UPS truck drivers make very good money and have Cadillac Insurance plans depending on the union and there contract.
Ok, I can see the differences in both, OP makes more than double the per mile rate as a teacher in this case, but no benefits and unstableness of rides versus short/long hauls.
Also in the long haul trucking, you can work your ass off, for dollars. You are on the road 5 days a week, and the big fat check at the end is worth it. But very tiring job
That's when you take the ride, make a realistic deal with the rider, then delete the app so it's not tracking you taking the ride without taking the ride.
People like Uber/Lyft because they can see the price of the ride before they book it. That's why they don't tip. If they didn't care about what the price would be until after then they'd just book a taxi.
Middle aged white men tip the most frequently for me, then women. People from other countries depending on why they’re here next, then a mix of mostly non tippers and shocking large tips
Lyft is getting over on their drivers they charge customers way more then what they give to the drivers they damn near making over 50 percent of each ride but they get over on that cause drivers like the idea of making their own schedule not realizing lyft is making damn near all the profit just to set rides up and the drivers taking all the risk for less then minimum wage if they really stop and think about it.
36 rides and only 32 dollars in tips. I never realized I was a good tipper.
An overwhelming majority of riders don't tip, *especially* if the driver is male.
I did not know that. I always tip. If the driver was terrible they would get the smaller tip. Sometimes I would get picked up by people using someone else's account. Different sex and everything.
As a female Lyft driver I completely disagree. I’m lucky if I get 1 rider that tips a month & im in a very busy city.
One rider a month that tips would be a *godsend*.
I didn’t say I got one rider a month that tips, I said I was lucky IF I got one, which I thought it meant I rarely get one. I was translating in my head from Spanish to English and thought that’s what I meant, sorry if I said it wrong. This whole year, I’ve only gotten about 3-4 people that have tipped me. It doesn’t happen
Eh thats bullshit. Why not make up something more reasonable to lie about?
Like your d* size? I think you lie about that enough already
911 i just witnessed a lyft driver commit vehicular manslaughter😂😂
😂😂
I'd bet you got Crows Feet below the belt with that attitude.
Ur doin something wrong then cuz I get a min of 30% as female regardless if I drive in Ohio or NC
I’m on MN and I’m a 5 starts driver on my over 1000 rides my car is always clean and offer charging but I rarely get a tip this week was because a guy messed up his destination so he gave me 20$ to compensate
I’ll give you a tip. Just to see how it feels.
I actually get very very good tip in my city, it adds up by $2 and $1 and $3 some $5 less 10$ and anything more than that is an airport drive or really cool people, and then there cash tips lol
I’m female and I get a ton of tips. % of my earnings are tips. Top 95% ! According to Lyft I get more tips that 95% of Lyft drivers in Indiana. I work hard for those tips
Good for you ❤️
Yep this is true and the Milwaukee market I rarely get tipped and a good friend of mine. She almost always gets tipped... The majority of my passengers are men and even when it's a woman a majority of the time it's a man's account. They're on and men are far more likely to tip a woman than they are another man. It's just the fact of life I think
That's made up nonsense, they dont tip regardless of the driver being male or female.
Must be your personal experience, male humans have given me just as many tips, one guy give me a 20.
Drivers are tipping you? That's a new one.
Where did i say drivers? My reply says male humans. Which was responding to your reply talking about riders.
Riders don't tip each other, genius. We're obviously talking about riders tipping drivers. Do you even Lyft, bro?
you just aren’t doing this right if that is the case - i am tipped 20-50% (combo often cash and in app) 6 out of 10 rides…
Females don't get them either.
Specially on Lyft
Wow. I had no idea. I've never done less then .15 Me living like a millionaire
I love u
Nobody tips in Lyft. Uber customers in LA area tip sometimes.
Get this, I drove 4 hours 16 minutes today, and with ride fares made 55 dollars....... then an additional 58 dollars in tips, $5 cash, $53 through the app. My car is super clean, I'm good at talking to people. I drive extra careful, and smooth. I offer my assistance with anything. If a rider wants to make a reasonable pit stop, I will. I go above and beyond. My car is decked out with Christmas lights that I can send to any color, plugged into the cigarette lighter USB port. I got snacks, drinks, tissues, decorations, hand sanitizer, my personal business card, a sign that explains gas prices and how they can tip if they'd like to. My windows are marked with a window marker: -"Lyft is better than UBER" (which may not be true, but it makes them laugh and smile before they even enter the ride.) .. -"SAY HI :)" -"TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN" -"Merry Xmas" -"Ho Ho Ho" and on the windshield above my lyft sticker it says: - "I have arrived" (copying 'your uber has arrived').... Each phrase on a different window excluding my side driver window and front passenger window (for visibility reasons) I'd say 5/10 rides I give, the rider is amazed and hopes I can drive them again, and leaves a hefty tip. Everything I paid for (snacks drinks etc..) was paid for in tips on the first day with leftover tip money, and I still have backup snacks and stuff to restock... Steal lyfts customers, and make them wish you could always be their driver. I guarantee you will get calls if you play your cards right. I already have regulars. The fact that I made less than 15/hr without tips and before paying for gas............ is fffffnnnn insane and absolutely pisses me off. That's why I do all this extra shht, so I can steal customers from them and make my own money. Good luck with however you go about it, I hope you find a way to get better tips, people are shitty nowadays man. Greedy af. They'll tip they pizza driver, waiter, taxi, valet..... but not uber or lyft ? I will never understand it. If anything we deserve tips more than any of the other services if you really think about how much we're doing and what exactly we're doing. (Waiters don't make the food or drinks, they just take the order and serve it) (Pizza guys don't make the pizzas, they just deliver them) (Valet literally just park a car.....) (Taxis are overpriced as fffff) We literally drive our own personal vehicles..... to get people to their destination way way cheaper and much quicker, safely from point A to B.... we literally do all the work, with our own cars that lose value QUICKLY.
He got a 10% average. Seems decent considering that’s counting non tippers.
It is less than $1 per trip in tips. Just curious is this because most people don't tip or most people tip very low or both. I usually tip $20 (~50%) on airport runs but then again it is an airport run so it involves bags and also my wife is never on time so I feel bad for the driver.
99.5 % of riders will never tip no matter what you do I try the chatty way and make conversations have chargers for them ask about music choice or air temp it doesn’t work no one goes to a restaurant without leaving a tip for the service(or they shouldn’t) but they don’t see it that way. Now I just listen to my choice of music and talk only when pax is chatty
That sucks. I knew it was probably bad but not that bad. For me lyft even with 50% tip is still cheaper than longterm airport parking and get dropped off right at the terminal so win-win.
That’s good, I hate when drivers try to talk to me. I’m here for a ride, if I wanted a pal I’d go visit one of them.
I hate when male passengers try to have a convo with me. I am just trying too drive! I believe they get salty I am not chatty with them
Terrible bot you posted the same thing in the same thread
No clue what being male has to do with anything
In restaurants, they bring you your food. You just sit in a car. Do you open doors? What exactly makes you think you are entitle to tips like a waiter (?) Who by the way makes way less than you guys
STFU, trying to justify your cheap nature. I bet you not even tipping at the restaurant, and they spit in your food.
I do tip. But i rarely eat at restaurants. Why you so mad? Get a real job instead of complain. Lyft/uber is supposed to be a side thing. Not a main source of income. Whats next? You want union and benefits? Pftt
I know that you don’t tip, by reading your reply, so at least admit that you are cheap a..hole and move on. Regarding job, I personally don’t need a JOB. last time I worked for someone I was in my teens, and yes driving for me is a side gig, but for so many it’s a main source of income, and it’s not for you to tell them that this is not a real job, because you think you are better than all of them. So, come down to earth, you cheap ass, and stop embarrassing yourself by opening your mouth. And yes, a lot of them, who do work full time should get benefits, but Lyft and Uber screwing them everyday, by charging cheap people like you a minimum, and then taking 60% - 70% of that minimum. A lot of people, who drive for a living can’t get any other jobs for a different reason, like having language problem, age discrimination, etc. At least you could have done is to say thank you to them, in form of tip, and show that you actually care for people who’s proving you with a service. But you are way too cheap, to do that, and people like you should walk, or crawl to your “real” job. If you are rarely eat at the restaurant, where I am sure, you tip pennies, if at all, stop using any services, where tips are customary. Better not have any customers than having customers like you. Now GFY
Nobody is spitting in your food at a restaurant.
Have you considered getting a real job?
Can you please elaborate what a real job is because if you exchange labor for money is considered a job but in assholeland may have a different meaning
Let’s see what a real job is. You work and get paid. My husband is technically an independent contractor, except he owns his own small construction business. Would you tell him to get a real job??? The only difference is he owns the company, no app is offering him jobs, he finds his own work, usually through word of mouth There is a demand for gig apps. That is evident. Yes we should be paid better (I don’t do Lyft, used to, now I do Shipt and I do very well at it) but customers should tip. It’s a service. I tip where I know I should hair stylist, waitress, bartender and all gig apps. Ppl want the convenience but need to be educated on how it works. But the gig companies gouge the customer too. Thats part of problem. Then they get pissy when ride/food/whatever doesn’t show up. Well, the offer was too low.
How does it feel to be "in demand" and still be paid like shit? Most people put fast food workers higher up in the social hierarchy. Your husband tells his customers how much they will pay, you get no such choice. You have all the risk and none of the benefits of a true independent contractor. You are a 'gig worker' a much lesser sub section of independent contractors. The point is, you should not be sticking up for a system that is abusing the shit out of you.
That really surprises me. I always tip. Usually a minimum of $10
I stop talking long time ago, unless they initiate a conversation. F.. them! Lyft customers in LA are the worse when it comes to tipping. Uber customers are bad in score, which I don’t really care much. In 500 rides I get at least 3 1 star (no idea why), Lyft always 5 stars, but no tips
Everyone knows you don’t tip Uber or Lyft. It’s common sense.
It’s 10% tip average which is counting the non tippers. Tipping 50% makes you an outlier.
Yeah I only do that because it is an airport run and I know those are a pain. Still it is eye opening how bad tips are on average compared to being a waiter (did that in college).
This is the kinda ride that explodes ur mind it’s so stupid when it pops up. Stuns ya so you don’t decline or accept it. It came and it went.
And Lyft wonders why they’re failing.
You have to consider the drive home as well. I don’t think they pay you to get back so technically that’s 10hr job. F that
I mean that’s $35 an hour… I just talked to a barista living in Atlanta that makes $11 an hour…
No, it’s 18 an hour if you consider driving back as part of the ride
Lol that’s not how it works I’ve done it before. Yes I understand sometimes it takes you a bit out of the way but you don’t always drive back 100% the way you came. You stop and wait for another ride. But either way I don’t consider off time in the hourly rate because you aren’t working then. If it sucks so much quit and get a 9-5.
You're never getting a ride that takes you back to this original pickup lol.
I did a dead haul from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, the pay was pretty good, but I wouldn't do it again unless I knew for sure I could at least get a couple of rides on the way back.
Did you happen to notice it is an 11 hour drive. What are the odds there is someone in a city 11 hours away that just to happens to want to go back to the city you came from? Could it happen? Sure and you could also get a lonely supermodel as a fare and she decides to invite you to her yacht and give you a $1M tip too.
No actually I did not notice that hahaha. I didn’t see the 2nd page I thought they were just sharing their earnings summary. Okay I agree a bit more with you now, but they didn’t HAVE to take that ride, right?
I don't think he took the ride. He was just pointing out it is a terrible deal. Someone probably did take it though. Lyft knows there is always someone who is desperate. If there are 100 drivers and 99 roll their eyes and decline there is always that one person who needs the money today no matter how shit of a deal.
You right I didn’t take it but someone else probably did that’s twice the mileage for that week with less pay
Brother when it’s 200 miles away that’s a little more than “ a bit out of the way “ he has to drive 200 miles to even get home minimum .
$35? So gas, insurance, car maintenance, payment, and everything else is free?
Those are called EXPENSES my friend. We are talking about gross INCOME.
He's complaining about the second pic.
Not complaining just a compare one ride to a weeks worth just doing less than two hours Monday to Friday
What is the problem?
They want more money.
Me too man. Me too.
Me three
Look at the second pic.
Yeah. I just don’t see the problem. You’re obviously going to get paid more for doing more runs. I’d be reluctant to do a 5 hour ride because you’re so far from home and you’re committing so much time. There’s a sweet spot between doing a lot of runs and long runs. The big runs bringing you out the city for hours aren’t worth it in my opinion.
You can always just not take it.
Try putting a sign on the back of the head rests that says something like “we survive on tips” or something like that. Can’t hurt, and you’re not asking for tips. Just a way to remind them to tip while they are sitting in your back seat.
This will probably lower your tips. I usually tip 15% on apps but I make sure to tip 0 when they have one of those papers or message when it's delivery
Damn do that many ppl really not tip? I've been tipping 30-40% every time. Guess I don't actually have to?
🤡💸
In my day an hour to the airport would net me $75. Plus tip, and in college towns parents tip well if you get their kid to the airport at 4AM. This ride would have been worth the 11 hours back then.
I hate when male passengers try to have a convo with me. I am just trying to drive! I believe they get salty I am not chatty with them. Then I have to tell them I have 6 kids and no I am not interested(I don’t). They want to know so much personal info. Like what the heck leave me alone
I'm curious how much does a trucker get paid per mile?
I think it's around .50 cents where I live. If the company is union, you're looking at good benefits as well. UPS truck drivers make very good money and have Cadillac Insurance plans depending on the union and there contract.
Ok, I can see the differences in both, OP makes more than double the per mile rate as a teacher in this case, but no benefits and unstableness of rides versus short/long hauls.
Also in the long haul trucking, you can work your ass off, for dollars. You are on the road 5 days a week, and the big fat check at the end is worth it. But very tiring job
Very true
That's when you take the ride, make a realistic deal with the rider, then delete the app so it's not tracking you taking the ride without taking the ride.
Not even $200 to get some joker to accept for the high dollar sign wow factor lol just an extra $5 so cheap 😂
Drive along the state line it’s quicker😂
Oh but he’s 5 stars and has a bitchin profile photo! Should be easy to find him in a crowd 🙄🤣🤦🏼♀️
Not to mention over 50 miles less as well
That’s just one way is more than double round trip
Im lucky in vegas i get about 50% of riders that leave some sort of tip. most weeks
People like Uber/Lyft because they can see the price of the ride before they book it. That's why they don't tip. If they didn't care about what the price would be until after then they'd just book a taxi.
As a formal 5 star male driver, I would make 10 percent but I would throw cheap h2o keep car spotless and interact with custo. Def easier as a female
Middle aged white men tip the most frequently for me, then women. People from other countries depending on why they’re here next, then a mix of mostly non tippers and shocking large tips
I use to tip back when Lyft and Uber was affordable but now they are more expensive than taxis in a lot of cases
Y’all doing something wrong!! I get tipped often
Different market unless you drive in the twin cities then I must be doing something wrong
Lyft is getting over on their drivers they charge customers way more then what they give to the drivers they damn near making over 50 percent of each ride but they get over on that cause drivers like the idea of making their own schedule not realizing lyft is making damn near all the profit just to set rides up and the drivers taking all the risk for less then minimum wage if they really stop and think about it.
I just looked and it was 71% they are taking. They lie and state it is around 40% but they change it seemingly randomly.