You want to penalize the driver so harshly that you do not think they deserve any pay for the 25 minutes and however many miles they took you? I mean, sure your time is valuable but is the driver’s time not also valuable? If it was a malicious act, that is one thing. But it sounds like this was a simple mistake to…

Thank you. I had a passenger tell me that because there is a base fare, that buys them at least 15 minutes of wait time.

Uber does not pay wages—we get a percentage of the fare, and at times we do earn minimum or close to minimum wage. Further, over the years, Uber has cut rates again and again so that drivers earn a fraction of what the once did.