If you're still nursing a hangover from the New Year's Eve, we have something that might help: schadenfreude. Even though Uber did a fair job of warning users beforehand, last night's surge prices blew away many people too turnt to drive. We gathered some of the most extreme rates posted to twitter, ranging from a multiple of 2.8 (why is this person even complaining) to a debilitating 10.
Be glad this wasn't you. And if you were rocked by Uber, try and find some solace in knowing you weren't alone.
@Uber_BLR WTF surcharge is OK but this is too much..common guys reduce the rate of surcharge @Uber pic.twitter.com/IbmpRtrgRz
— Manoj S Nagendra (@manojshesh24) December 31, 2014
@Uber_LS you said it would be standard rate on NYE yesterday. AND he took me the long way to make more? Awful service pic.twitter.com/izxad5cY5g
— Rach Clarke (@Rach_VC) January 1, 2015
RT @aospital99: @Uber you should be ashamed of yourself! This was a 19 min ride! pic.twitter.com/ZwNvFjmNnz - got em lol
— Nigel Int'l D. (@Nigel_D) January 1, 2015
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/s7t4bMRx2F
— LowKeyUHTN (@LowKeyUHTN) January 1, 2015
传说中的Uber Surge Rate pic.twitter.com/eI3NxYcF7I
— Zeqing Li (@ZeqingLi) January 1, 2015
LMAO RT @clodge6: 8.2x the normal rate...$60 to go 2 miles... @Uber @Uber_Support #seeyanever pic.twitter.com/AdLFbtTyX9
— #RestingBitchFace (@BeezyMcGee) January 1, 2015
RT: @Tom_Cattlehorn HEY @Uber PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS pic.twitter.com/4SfH9IZuWe - it is called #SurgePricing bruh
— Nigel Int'l D. (@Nigel_D) January 1, 2015
nice rate, @Uber. highest i've ever seen. pic.twitter.com/3G2a9fpCOE
— andrew j. mcclure (@andrewjmcclure1) January 1, 2015
Yowsers! @uber_CT at a X10 rate, minimum R500 - my calculations make it R1600 to get home. I'll stay and party rather pic.twitter.com/HrTqDdeAta
— Warren Harding (@BizWazza) December 31, 2014