Payment/ride summary: Aug 8-14

After the comparison of Uber vs Lyft I got in the previous week, I decided to go more Uber this past week. I don't know what has changed again, but I didn't get the oversaturated feeling enough at any point to switch back to Lyft - in fact, at some points I was busier than I expected or wanted to be!

Over the course of 3 days, I spent 7 hours and 30 minutes online, gave 21 trips, and earned $168.29. In the previous update I said tolls aren't summarized well, but I lied, they're in the e-mail, just not in the web interface. $10.75 of this week's total payout was tolls. And I did get an additional $2.00 tip!

My most notable trip last week was a combination, actually - I took a couple down from Boston down to the Blue Hills Reservation in Milton, and then was surprised to pick up a trip request from Quincy almost immediately. The pickup was 11 minutes away, which is one of the longest I've had, but I guess I just got lucky. Normally I expect to go riderless from down there, and I was getting ready to head home, so I had actually planned to fire up Lyft with a destination filter. But Uber magically provided, go figure! That ride went smoothly (though it was sadly a Pool, earning less money, but all the way to Cambridge, so at least there's that), and then I did just head home.