<story><title>Uber Revenue Growth Slows, Losses Persist as 2019 IPO Draws Near</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-15/uber-results-show-revenue-growth-slows-amid-persistent-losses</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nostromo</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s fairly rude to make them wait at all.  They&amp;#x27;re not being paid while they&amp;#x27;re waiting for you.</text></item><item><author>liquid153</author><text>Has happened to me, I was uber pissed. The Uber driver waited less no more than 2mns Max.</text></item><item><author>benatkin</author><text>Today I missed getting picked up by an Uber. I think the driver must have waited like 30 seconds before giving up. Still, it was my bad.&lt;p&gt;He apparently accepted the ride before cancelling it, because the pickup and drop-off addresses were different. I got a $6.50 charge instead of the normal $5.00 cancellation charge. I wrote into Uber about it, and instead of refunding me $1.50 they refunded to full $6.50 amount.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes my Uber fares are super cheap. I paid $3.00 to go a mile in snowy weather in Denver the other day. It was a shared ride but nobody picked up.&lt;p&gt;I think Uber is spending lots of money, and could probably make their numbers better by tightening up. They&amp;#x27;d lose some of my rides, but probably less than half of them. In more than half of them public transportation is inconvenient or unavailable for the full route (the last mile problem is relevant to me).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jessriedel</author><text>When you order an Uber, you are buying an included 2 minutes of wait time plus the option to pay by-the-minute for wait time thereafter.  This is part of the contract.  One way you can tell is that if they wait 90 seconds for you and then you cancel, you get a bill for ~$5.&lt;p&gt;Shared rides (Uber Pool) is different.  In that case, you&amp;#x27;re making other riders wait and, unlike the driver, there&amp;#x27;s no reasonable way to compensate them for the time.  Thus, being late is rude.</text></comment>
<story><title>Uber Revenue Growth Slows, Losses Persist as 2019 IPO Draws Near</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-15/uber-results-show-revenue-growth-slows-amid-persistent-losses</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nostromo</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s fairly rude to make them wait at all.  They&amp;#x27;re not being paid while they&amp;#x27;re waiting for you.</text></item><item><author>liquid153</author><text>Has happened to me, I was uber pissed. The Uber driver waited less no more than 2mns Max.</text></item><item><author>benatkin</author><text>Today I missed getting picked up by an Uber. I think the driver must have waited like 30 seconds before giving up. Still, it was my bad.&lt;p&gt;He apparently accepted the ride before cancelling it, because the pickup and drop-off addresses were different. I got a $6.50 charge instead of the normal $5.00 cancellation charge. I wrote into Uber about it, and instead of refunding me $1.50 they refunded to full $6.50 amount.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes my Uber fares are super cheap. I paid $3.00 to go a mile in snowy weather in Denver the other day. It was a shared ride but nobody picked up.&lt;p&gt;I think Uber is spending lots of money, and could probably make their numbers better by tightening up. They&amp;#x27;d lose some of my rides, but probably less than half of them. In more than half of them public transportation is inconvenient or unavailable for the full route (the last mile problem is relevant to me).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>maaaats</author><text>If one could reliably order an Uber that would be great. But no way Im waiting outside in -10C while the app lies about someone about to pick me up.</text></comment>