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.
Possibly to reduce "rides" that are just drug deals. But equally possible just Uber being shitty.
It's always a good idea to carry cash around, for circumstances like this
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.
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.
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.
Take a taxi, don't give your cash to a company who s on the BDS list.
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.
"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.
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.
Venmo it directly to the driver.
A cab ride cost you $400 before tipping???
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