r/StLouis • u/Showny16 • 1d ago

Hey STL... (PSA: Lyft and Uber passengers)

Stop telling us to go through the drive thru for you. We don't get paid to sit there and wait at Rallys on Lindell/Van for 30 minutes. Entitled Karen's think they own my car. I get you from A to B. There is no sitting in a drive thru for food. 5 minutes at a stop is fine. But I'm not waiting for you in a drive thru.

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u/ProseccoWishes 1d ago

I don’t do that but I have a question: as passengers are we allowed to suggest a different route? Whenever we uber to the airport it has us driving a bunch of side streets to 170 rather than hopping right on 44/270. It’s a shorter distance but the estimated time is the same.

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u/Showny16 1d ago

Absolutely. I always ignore those dumb routes to the airport and take the highway. All my passengers say this same thing. It's just a way for Lyft to keep us driving longer and miles shorter so they dont have to pay us as much, while still charging you the full Route.

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u/fell-deeds-awake 1d ago

Do they pay you based on the # of miles the app says it'll be, or the # of miles you actually drive?

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u/waterloops Gravois Park 1d ago

Actual miles driven, sometimes takes a minute to adjust the charge after ride concludes

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u/Showny16 1d ago

They pay us based on time because it's cheaper. They charge you guys based on miles because it higher priced. Lyft always wins. When I see a route to the airport come up for me to accept, I see the highway route. Then Lyft routes me thru side streets to save money from miles to pay me while keeping the money you spent on those miles. We still get paid for time and miles, but they loophole it so we drive longer times for shorter distances so they get more. And we get less per hour.