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Consider yourself warned. Uber is going to start charging you to return lost property. And I know you need to know this, because you’re irresponsible and leave your shit everywhere and anywhere when you’re half in the bag and taking an Uber 0.9 miles up the street because you are physically incapable of walking on the sidewalk in a straight line.
Per The Telegraph:
Uber plans to charge riders for their forgotten smartphones and bags, introducing a lost item fee to compensate drivers who return lost property.
The $15 (£12) fee has been added to the ride-hailing service in some US cities to reward drivers who return items that have been left behind by passengers.
The lost item return fee will initially affect customers in Boston and Chicago, but could soon be added more widely.
The update is the latest in a number of recent changes Uber has made to its policies as part of its “180 Days of Change”, a project to improve the experience of its thousands of self-employed drivers.
So, to all my homies back in Boston and my amigos de Chicago, head on a swivel. You leave your phone and bingo bango bongo, you’re in the hole fifteen bingo dingos just for getting it back. And I have to say, I think you’re getting of scot-free.
At the moment, what’s a driver’s incentive for bringing back a lost phone, or a lost wallet, or a lost ID, or a lost vibrator. I mean, you’ve already hit them with that 5-star rating, they’re halfway across the city by now, and how are you going to get in touch with Uber to complain? You can’t because they have your phone. There’s nothing stopping this Uber driver from taking your phone, wiping it clean of all your noodz, and then doing literally whatever they want with it, because that shit is theirs now. Possession is, what, nine tenths of the law? (Sidebar – it’s unclear what the other tenth of the law is, but all legal advice should be funneled through Dave and/or the Texas Law Hawk)
So by giving these drivers a reason to bring your shit back, ($15 is fifteen slices of $1 pizza, that’s nothing to scoff at), I think the ones coming out ahead here is YOU, the irresponsible drunk rider who can’t keep their shit in their pockets for five fucking minutes. Now when you think you left your stuff in an Uber, you can rest assured knowing that it’s going to get brought back to you. Having said that, I have NO idea how they’re supposed to get in touch with you considering they have your phone. But that’s all semantics. .
[via The Telegraph]
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Boston Max
Spending my retirement fund at Trader Joe's and trying to remember to check my mailbox semi-regularly
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The only thing I lose in Ubers is my dignity.
“Do you realize how lucky you are to be here?”
Jesus that’s when you know it’s bad
The other day my driver had the new really nice GMC Denali truck. I asked if I could use the AC seat and he became very confused and didn’t even know his truck had that. I then asked “oh is this your truck or do you just borrow it for Uber?” Which then turned into him going off on me about my “cocky white attitude” and how I shouldn’t assume just because he drives for Uber he can’t afford a truck. What’s really upsetting about all of it is the fact that he has a truck I can only dream about and he doesn’t even utilize AC seats in Houston?!
Was this in the River Oaks or Midtown area?
Completely unrelated but we should have a Houston Meetup soon
I’m down
River Oaks
Sounds about right and that’s why i avoid that side of town
This is completely reasonable actually. Can’t believe it took this long. Frankly, you’re an idiot if you lose your shit and $15 is a bargain to get your phone back.
The things I do when I’m drunk should never have consequences
OK, Mr. High Horse. Get out of here with this take. Was it even a great night if you didn’t temporarily misplace something?
I’m not saying I’ve never lost some of my items, I am an idiot after all. But you deserve to be charged for them coming and dropping it off for you.
I’ve always gone to them to pick up my stuff. Never even thought of them to bring it to me.
Exactly… It takes no more than 3 seconds to do the pocket check after you get out of an Uber.
Use Lyft
As a Chicago girl, this news just ruined my day
A tequila shot would probably make you feel better
I’m not a tequila guy but if this keeps going, I will be drinking gallons of it at your tequila themed wedding
One step at a time
Sup?
I wanna know what happens if you lose your bag of drugs in an Uber. Do you call the guy and tell him to return your bag of drugs? If he does, does he realize that he’s an accessory to a crime after that? Do you then realize that and black mail him into oblivion and have him become your drug distribution guy for the drug cartel you are now about to create? All you have to do is threaten his family’s life and tell him you’re gonna keep him alive so he can witness everything he loves be swept away in an instant if he decides to “do the right thing”
Guys, these are the hard hitting questions that you need to be thinking about and asking when trying to “hack the experience”
If they can do this in exchange of adding 15 cents to my fare for “waiting fees” when in reality they’ve driven past my apartment because they can’t find it, that’d be great.
As someone who has left their phone in an Uber far too many times, I really hope this doesn’t become a charge in DC. The shame my uber drivers usually give me the next day when I pick up my phone from them is enough.