Author: Duane Mitchell
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Break time Sunday morning
The morning started off pretty busy but then it just died. That’s not unusual. So I’ll take my break at the McDonald’s in Brighton and get ready for some more work. Once people start waking up, they’ll start moving around. View of Boston from across the harbor in East Boston. They’ve got a beautiful series…
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Lyft vs. Driver Pay: The Hidden Costs Explained
Long rides are loser rides with Uber and Lyft. Here’s an example backed up with receipts. This is a receipt from a Lyft ride from Quincy, MA to Manchester, NH. The driver was paid $49.17 while the customer paid $90.03. How does that happen? The business is not based on time and distance. There is…
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Morning break Nov 3
My favorite Macdonalds for a break is on Western Ave in Brighton. I’ve been to a lot and most are about the same but I like this one best. Easy parking, fast service, and clean restrooms. After dropping off at the airport this morning, the Uber app instructed me to go to the waiting lot.…
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Logan from Brighton $10.47
Not enough. I know that. Uber knows that. The customer probably knows that too. So the question is how much did the customer pay? $14.45 includes a tip. What’s the refund for? This might not be too bad but since they no longer use time and distance rated we don’t know.
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$32.50 per hour? Nope.
It’s commonly thought that the Attorney General’s settlement with rideshare companies guarantees that drivers will be paid $32.50 per hour. Not true.
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Coffee Break
Taking my morning coffee break. After driving a couple hours, I like to take a break and use the bathrooms. This morning I’m at Panera bread in Dorchester. It’s been a busy morning. I can’t complain. 
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Introduction
This is a series of posts and pages on the rideshare industry. It’s a complicated business and each post will deal with a single issue or aspect. Similar to the complicated financial instruments which brought down the world economy in 2008, the rideshare industry has an opaque mathematical system for determining fare amounts and driver…