Saying a "tip" is included is just a matter of semantics in Uber's pricing structure. The driver gets paid a certain amount for giving a ride. Let's say it's 10 bucks. Now, you or Uber could say that that breaks down to 8 dollars for the ride and 2 for the tip, but either way, the driver gets 10 bucks.

No, generally regular cab drivers don't get paid a wage—something that Uber haters don't seem to understand. They pay a daily or weekly lease fee. They buy their own gas. Drivers in places like NY or Chicago often have to work about 8 hours before they have even covered the lease. They are one step above independent…

Um, that's how Uber works. You drive your own car and buy your own gas and you get paid a certain amount of money for each ride you provide. If she doesn't like it or keeps hoping that people will tip her for a service that explicitly advertises that tipping is not an expectation, she probably should either learn to…

If it was the kind of snow that formed a layer of ice because the roads were untreated, you can't entirely blame the drivers (it is a universal belief that everybody else is a worse driver on snow than you are). I saw videos of halted SUVs sliding down slopes sideways. There are conditions where driver skill does not…

And her friend is a producer!

You say the Flint water situation “killed 10 people” as if that were just a fact (along with “sickened 10,000,” whatever that is supposed to mean). I assume you are referring to the number of deaths from Legionnaire’s disease since the change to river water. Some have speculated a link between the water switch and the…

It’s not even hard arithmetic!