Uber Has Now Rolled Out In-App Tipping In 120+ Cities

@Joe I can see youre all worked up over this, so lets run through this again.... Pretty sure I can handle a bag. And if your car is damaged, you can file it with Uber and they can deal with the issue. You're running on the assumption that people make it their goal to damage your car. Regarding your comment about me not "being the type of person to be considerate", is tipping a necessity for being considerate? If you dont like your wages, then demand higher minimums and raise the price across the board. Dont bitch about tips. "Okay, while I agree there is no time to “expect” a tip, your comparison of an Uber driver to a doctor is laughable. You may as well have asked “do you tip your president because it’s Christmas?” Why is it laughable? Do they both not provide a service? Or is it because you dont have a counter-argument? I dont tip my president because he is salaried. He is being paid to do his job, so you're making my argument for me. The most incorrect statement of the bunch… not everybody uses your particular airport, so your presumption that the average drive distance to every airport will net the driver 15-30 bucks is way off. In fact, where I live (Sacramento), from downtown to the airport will usually net the driver 10-12 bucks. From my particular place on the outskirts of West Sacramento it would be just under 15. (Cost of 17-22 for the rider minus fees and uber cut) –but more importantly than that is that his implication wasn’t that you tip him just for taking you to the airport! He clearly said “drop you off at the airport AND handle your bags” So if you’re gonna argue against tips, do it better. You're right about different geographies and wait times. But again, if the issue is that you're too close to the airport, then drive farther away from it when you are pulling customers. Its the cost of doing business that you will sometimes break even or take small losses. Lastly, if you dont like the returns you get from your job, then consider doing something different. Driving people around is not a skilled job, thus you get paid less. I sympathize with you that you dont get paid enough, but that is a matter for your employer to raise your rates so you get a bigger percentage rather than put the onus on the passenger to subsidize your wages.

Seems like a backwards step for the consumer. If drivers aren't being paid enough, raise the fares. One of the great strengths of uber is the simplicity and introducing tipping makes it that little bit more complex. I'll be out of pocket by the same amount regardless. Moreover I don't agree with the notion that tipping improves service. If that were true, then taxis would today offer better service than uber. In my experience at least, that's not the case.

Basically Uber is a business proposition from the driver to the customer. I will carry you X miles for Y Dollar. Both sides agree on this in advance. Why then change the calculation afterwards. If the driver doesn't like the price (s)he is at liberty not to take the trip. When too few drivers do, Uber ups the price with a surge. Then the customer can chose to accept or leave it. So simple its beautiful. If that is lost, then why user Uber anymore?

Tipping is the WORST. Catch up with the rest of the world, AMERICA, and abolish this tipping madness.

I am so tired of tipping in North America, and the notion of having to tip regardless or your service will be affected. Tipping, in my opinion, is if someone does an exceptional job OVER AND ABOVE what you are paid to do... which still does not mean you have to be tipped. There are a lot of other people who do good work that don't get tipped, like sales clerks, bus drivers, barristas... and they make a minimum wage or close to as well. I am very disappointed in this development with Uber as now you have an underlying pressure to tip.