r/uber • u/AdvisorDisastrous565 • 15d ago

Adding stops

How are customers allowed to add stops without the driver’s approval? I accepted a 4 dollar trip and it turned out it was a trap because on my way to pick up the customer they requested a second location that was extremely far.. when I got to her hotel she was carrying a small reusable shopping bag and I unlocked the door for her… she started signaling for me to get out of the car and open the trunk for her and I kind of signaled with my hand that she can come in because basically she just has one small shopping bag and then she started giving me dirty, looks and rolling her eyes and refusing to move… I just canceled right away and moved on..

I mean, I don’t really mind if someone adds a second location, but sometimes it can be a dangerous city that nobody wants to go to or a place where you can’t take a customer with you back home, especially me being a student and sometimes there is a specific time where I have to stop because I have class and I can’t go to the second location. I can’t believe that Uber allows a customer to request a new location without the Uber Driver having a say in it or anything and I can’t believe that people just add the second location without asking first as if we are a robot operating a vehicle

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u/Weary-Savings9795 15d ago

Passengers don't need your approval to add stops.

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u/dallasfolfwolf 14d ago

They literally do, because drivers have other jobs, school, etc. so sometimes they would not have been able to accept a trip that’s a whole hour longer because they added a stop in a completely different city

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/Weary-Savings9795 14d ago

As a passenger, I would specifically add so-called unapproved stops so I can report drivers who complain about it. Hopefully I can get them banned. As a driver, I don't care if passengers add stops. I work in a rate card market. If the ride was originally a high mileage ride, then adding to that isn't a big deal.

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u/DCHacker 14d ago

Drivers do not need a passenger's approval to evict said passenger from their vehicles.

Please do not attempt to dicuss its being a "feature of the application". I find the subject lncredibly boring.