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Re: How to find your Uber passenger rating

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Post by Nicholas_C »

BrandonM wrote: post #141
lambda wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

* Leave a tip for efficient service I always thought part of the point of Uber was not having to deal with cash and tips. I've never left a tip for my driver, and never really had an opportunity to as it's all paid for by your credit card on file. However, I do most of the rest (never really thought of complementing anyone's car, they pretty much all run together to me), and have a 4.9. I never even thought about mak…

> From the conversations, Morocco sounds like the best place to go visit; the guy from Morocco waxes the most poetic about his homeland. Maybe for guys, sure. You can find many stories like this one: http://www.neverendingfootsteps.com/2013/12/02/travelling-mo...

Wow, that's really terrible. I've always wanted to visit Morocco but now (as a male) I'm not so sure.

Re: How to find your Uber passenger rating

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Post by jwilliams »

Hmm. Suspect there is a bug with this - All my ratings are five, besides a handful of zeroes. At least a couple of the zeroes I remember being perfectly amicable rides (I mean, I'd assume something extreme is necessary to get a zero)...

My suspicion is that zero is equivalent to unrated, so shouldn't be in the sum?

Re: How to find your Uber passenger rating

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Post by colinbartlett »

Zipster wrote: post #143
lnanek2 wrote: post #36

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Zip car is the same way. They have a picture of the vehicle, but it isn't the right color, just some generic picture.

In the US market every Zipcar has its name on the back to make identifying them easier, and if you're using the iPhone app you can see the license plate as well as details about the make and model. Currently you can't tell the colour from the mobile app but it's a good idea. I've passed it along to the mobile team to see if it's feasible. (Disclosure: I work for Zipcar)

Please do this, it frustrates me to no end because I see a photo of a blue Audi and think I should be looking for a blue Audi but instead it's red. Pictures would be great but even just showing the color in the app is fine, as I can never find the color without going to the website.

Re: How to find your Uber passenger rating

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Post by joshfraser »

brador wrote: post #156
po wrote: post #70

My twitter stream is now full of people, some of whom I am sure do not have the skill to evaluate if something is a JavaScript security threat or not, who have copied and pasted a random script they read on the internet into the developer console. Granted, this one is pretty simple and easier to evaluate than most, but still… you really get why Facebook hacked the console to warn people not to do that. edit: This twe…

What's the worst that could happen?

Grabs your account information and sends it along to the hacker.

Re: How to find your Uber passenger rating

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Post by aetherson »

politician wrote: post #170
jrockway wrote: post #153

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"Nope, up to you." Not really worth being annoyed about.

Well, remember that you're paying by the mile or minute. Unless you want to rack up additional charges, I'd suggest asking for either the shortest or fastest route. That's why I don't like the preferred route question. Do I want to pay more for a longer trip? No.

From my experience with cab drivers (not Uber drivers), the idea is supposed to be that if you do not have a preferred route, the driver takes the most efficient route based on some kind of gestalt between lowest cost and fastest service.

The deal is, some passengers are convinced they know the best route from point A to point B, and will accuse drivers of trying to con them if they don't take that route. So if the passenger has a route they want to take, even if the route is stupid, you just shut up and do that. Otherwise, you take the best route.

In theory, of course. I have no doubt that there exist cab drivers and Uber drivers who run up the meter. Hopefully, Uber does some monitoring of routes and catches at least egregious cases.

Re: How to find your Uber passenger rating

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Post by chadillac »

joshfraser wrote: post #174
brador wrote: post #156

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What's the worst that could happen?

Grabs your account information and sends it along to the hacker.

Yikes...

     >window.Uber.pingData.client.paymentProfiles

     [
     Object
     cardExpiration: "2014-03-01T00:00:00+00:00"
     cardExpirationEpoch: 1393632000000
     cardNumber: "[last 4]"
     cardType: "MasterCard"
     id: [payment id]
     useCase: "personal"
     uuid: "[uuid of payment option from their system]"
     __proto__: Object
     ,
     Object
     accountName: "[acct number]"
     billingCountryIso2: "US"
     billingZip: "[billing zip]"
     cardExpiration: "2017-09-01T00:00:00+00:00"
     cardExpirationEpoch: 1504224000000
     cardNumber: "[last 4]"
     cardType: "Visa"
     id: [payment id]
     tokenType: "braintree"
     useCase: "personal"
     uuid: "[uuid of payment option from their system]"
     __proto__: Object
     ]

Re: How to find your Uber passenger rating

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Post by politician »

aetherson wrote: post #175
politician wrote: post #170

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Well, remember that you're paying by the mile or minute. Unless you want to rack up additional charges, I'd suggest asking for either the shortest or fastest route. That's why I don't like the preferred route question. Do I want to pay more for a longer trip? No.

From my experience with cab drivers (not Uber drivers), the idea is supposed to be that if you do not have a preferred route, the driver takes the most efficient route based on some kind of gestalt between lowest cost and fastest service. The deal is, some passengers are convinced they know the best route from point A to point B, and will accuse drivers of trying to con them if they don't take that route. So if the p…

I'm willing to agree with you about cabbies, but doesn't it seem absurd that Uber drivers ask for route information when they are already using a GPS-enabled smartphone with access to Google Maps' best routes for any time of day anyway?

It seems like a flaw in the Uber app that the customer can't just provide an intersection or an address, and the driver gets immediate turn-by-turn navigation. Yes, Uber still needs to blind the driver to destination until pickup, but it's not a huge obstacle.

Re: How to find your Uber passenger rating

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Post by Zipster »

colinbartlett wrote: post #173
Zipster wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the US market every Zipcar has its name on the back to make identifying them easier, and if you're using the iPhone app you can see the license plate as well as details about the make and model. Currently you can't tell the colour from the mobile app but it's a good idea. I've passed it along to the mobile team to see if it's feasible. (Disclosure: I work for Zipcar)

Please do this, it frustrates me to no end because I see a photo of a blue Audi and think I should be looking for a blue Audi but instead it's red. Pictures would be great but even just showing the color in the app is fine, as I can never find the color without going to the website.

We'll look into it. It's slightly trickier than it could be because that database field is completely free-form, so looking up an image from it or translating it is harder than it needs to be. Thanks for the input though, I've passed it along :)

Re: How to find your Uber passenger rating

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Post by xmodem »

hnha wrote: post #149
diminoten wrote: post #147

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I think everyone can see colors, even color "blind" people. Those folks just have a hard time distinguishing between shades of particular colors. I don't think anyone's literally living in greyscale.

there are but it is very rare and comes with drastically limited eye sight anyways. Red/Green confusion is quite common though, there are estimates of up to 8% of ("western") males. Definitely a number to consider if you want your whatever to cater as many people on the market as possible.

> there are but it is very rare and comes with drastically limited eye sight anyways.

As one of those very rare individuals you allude to (see everything in greyscale), you should be aware that my eyesight (and many people with a similar condition to me) is "limited" but not to the point where i can't cross the street or need to use a screen reader.

Having said that, even for me knowing the colour would be useful even if I can't exactly distinguish it (e.g. I'm waiting for a white station wagon, its definitely not that black hatchback that slowed down in front of me)

Re: How to find your Uber passenger rating

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Post by aetherson »

politician wrote: post #177
aetherson wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From my experience with cab drivers (not Uber drivers), the idea is supposed to be that if you do not have a preferred route, the driver takes the most efficient route based on some kind of gestalt between lowest cost and fastest service. The deal is, some passengers are convinced they know the best route from point A to point B, and will accuse drivers of trying to con them if they don't take that route. So if the p…

I'm willing to agree with you about cabbies, but doesn't it seem absurd that Uber drivers ask for route information when they are already using a GPS-enabled smartphone with access to Google Maps' best routes for any time of day anyway? It seems like a flaw in the Uber app that the customer can't just provide an intersection or an address, and the driver gets immediate turn-by-turn navigation. Yes, Uber still needs t…

Well, there will always exist people who believe that their route is better than the Google Maps route. Some of them will even be correct!

The other thing is that users just HATE typing in addresses on smartphones. It's like the worst-case scenario for smartphone data entry -- lots of different fields, and words that are not in the dictionary/don't autocorrect well. So Uber (and Lyft, and (ahem) Flywheel (which I work for)) do not require that a user input a destination.

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