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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.…

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.

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. 

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…