Uber rolls out in-app tipping
Posting on a throwaway because of tipping stigma.<p>I take close to 1,000 Uber trips per year.<p>The biggest disappointment about this change to me is that I won&#x27;t be having conversations with Uber drivers anymore.<p>Uber drivers will now be obligated to make pleasant conversation with me. I have no interest in speaking to somebody who&#x27;s obligated to make pleasant conversation with me.<p>When you add tipping, you&#x27;re essentially attaching a financial penalty to sincerity.<p>All economic arguments aside, it&#x27;s just not right to penalize someone for being in a bad mood that day or not wanting to talk to you. We force these workers to maintain these totally fabricated upbeat emotional states and we act like it&#x27;s normal. It&#x27;s not normal anywhere else in the world, and I can&#x27;t stand it.<p>Every time I see someone making conversation with a waiter or waitress, it honestly seems rude to me. They have to talk to you, they have to agree with you, they have to smile and laugh at your joke. By having a conversation with them you&#x27;re forcing them to do all of these things, and if they don&#x27;t, you&#x27;re going to take money off their tab. That is just rude.<p>Uber will have access to all the data related to tipping, the fare splits will be adjusted accordingly, and Uber drivers&#x27; pay will normalize to exactly what it already would have been without tipping.