Uber Made Ridiculous Money On New Year’s Eve Thanks To Drunk Riders
10 years ago

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Normally Uber is that trusty buddy of yours who doesn’t drink, doesn’t judge you for being drunk off your ass and always offers to drive you home from the bars for the price of a Taco Bell combo.

That’s not necessarily case when Uber’s surge pricing hits for big events like New Year’s Eve, though. Surge pricing on the night supposedly hit upwards of an average of 9.9 times the normal fare minutes after the New Year’s Eve ball dropped and it cost riders big time. It turned $20 trips into $200 trips.

Sweet baby Jesus, that’s a shit ton of money for a short ride home. You know how many Crunchwrap Supremes that buys?!

If you’re unfamiliar with what Uber’s surge pricing is, it’s essentially when demand gets higher than the amount of Uber drivers on the road. It turns out, when you’re several whiskey gingers deep and you’re trying to get an Uber to drive you and your New Year’s Eve crush to Poundtown, USA, you don’t essentially care about the surge pricing. You’ll care about it in the morning, but not right then, so you accept the charges because anything beats riding with a smelly cab driver that will more than likely murder you.

Most of these bills are absolutely ludicrous and cringeworthy, but a Canadian man is supposedly the winner. CBC reports Uber charged an Edmonton man $1114.71 CAD ($796.85 USD) for a ride home for him and his friends.

The lesson here is stop relying on random strangers to do nice things for you. Buy your own private driver, ya pussy.

Image via Uber

    1. TFMappsucks

      We need a column of all the things we’ve called bacon. I remember “the grinch dipped in bleach” being a good one. Also something about a lesbian was another

      10 years ago at 4:14 pm
  3. TheHazeologist

    As if they’ve never made money of drunk drivers before….nice one “el taco” piece of shit.

    10 years ago at 3:56 pm
      3. keg__atron69

        Better watch out, now that dorn knows your drunk he might “take advantage” of you. And I’m not talking about your money

        10 years ago at 4:19 pm
      4. TheHazeologist

        My apologies Kegatron..these articles have been so bad that I’ve needed a drink or two….or 12

        10 years ago at 4:53 pm
  6. Blues_Ghost

    People actually didn’t expect uber to do this? Why don’t they just create their own app and hire a bunch of privately contracted drivers to take them wherever they want to go on a whim?

    10 years ago at 4:23 pm
  9. FuckTuco69

    Uber takes advantage of drunk drivers worse than clemson takes advantage of retarted football players

    10 years ago at 5:37 pm
  10. FrattyPat

    I guess no one realized AAA would tow you and your car wherever for free on NYE

    10 years ago at 6:25 pm
  11. GoodbyeNormalStreet

    I’m at universal studios every year for New Years so I’ve never had to worry about it. My buddy and I always take a boat from the hotel to the citywalk and they throw a big party and have clubs and bars down there. I can imagine if I was at home for New Years I’d probably just stay home.

    10 years ago at 7:32 pm