I refuse to carry cash. If I were to take Uber, I'd have drivers one-starring me and giving me a bad reputation for not tipping them. With Lyft, I can tip in the app and avoid all that mess.
For the record, my rating was around 4.5 last time I checked so it doesn't seem like drivers are penalizing me for not tipping.
Not having to do the mental/social gymnastics of tipping is a big feature of the Uber experience for me.
If you were a driver, a rating of 4.5 could get you kicked off the platform. So, yes, drivers are rating you poorly.
Except I'm not a driver. 4.5 is, in any realistic rating system, perfectly fine.
Also, why do I care if you think I'm being rated poorly? It's not like it affects my experience in any way.
It was because the guy let me bring my dog (in her large cage) in his van which was definitely a bit beyond normal.
> So we compiled a list of seven things you might be doing to annoy your Uber driver and destroy your rating. Avoid these behaviors to ensure a smooth ride for both you and your driver.
> 2. You don't tip.
From one of the biggest Uber driver blogs: http://therideshareguy.com/should-uber-passengers-tip-their-...
> I often see drivers referring to passengers that don’t tip as ‘cheap bastards’ or ‘pieces of shit’
> As a driver, if tips really are important to you, then you need to educate your passengers about how Uber used to pay a better wage and drivers were ok with not accepting tips and now that rates are lower, more and more drivers depend on tips to make a live-able wage.
The vast majority of Uber riders do not tip. [1] There's not an expectation that you do (even the driver blog you cited admits that). I don't really know why you're trying to create this perception that it's expected, but it certainly isn't.
[1] http://www.cnet.com/news/to-tip-or-not-to-tip-drivers-that-i...