So, Are You Supposed to Tip your Uber/Lyft Driver?

Tipping sucks, but we should still tip our ridesharing drivers. Here’s why.

Last year, I drove for Lyft in the Denver area. I recently posted an article analyzing my tips, discovering that under a third of my riders actually tipped me. To my surprise, this article received polar reactions on the issue of Uber/Lyft tipping etiquette. Many readers were floored that Lyft passengers don’t tip:

As a fairly frequent rideshare rider, I’m SHOCKED that so many people don’t tip, ESPECIALLY for…

Yet, most others defended their no-tipping practices:

I’m sick of tipping people for doing their job.