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New York Plans To Force Uber To Add Tipping Option (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission announced a proposal today that could force Uber to finally allow riders to tip drivers within its app. The full proposal will be introduced in a few months and would require "car services that only accept credit cards" to let passengers tip with their cards in the app, according to The New York Times. "We have not seen the proposal and look forward to reviewing it," an Uber spokesperson told The Verge. "Uber is always striving to offer the best earning opportunity for drivers and we are constantly working to improve the driver experience." Cash tips have long been a part of a New York City cab ride, and Uber hasn't explicitly stopped riders from tipping its drivers in cash. But the touchscreen interfaces of New York City taxis allow riders to tip a driver even when paying with a credit card. Uber's app, meanwhile, has never had a similar option for including credit card-based tips.
The last time I took a New York Taxi, as I paid the fare, the driver reminded me I have to give him a tip. So the tip I gave him was to drive more carefully so he doesn't run into the back of the car in front on the Grand Central Parkway, delaying my journey to the airport by 10 minutes, and to get in lane for the I-678 so he isn't almost forced into the concrete divider by other drivers who don't take kindly to arseholes trying to cut the queue.