“I’d be ready if I knew when my Uber was coming.” Can someone explain this logic to me?

Yesterday, I made [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/uber/s/SVdyyL1xN1) about drivers not being required to wait for passengers. It got quite a bit of attention, and one of the most common responses genuinely has me scratching my head.

A lot of you said some variation of, “Well, Uber’s arrival estimates are never accurate. Sometimes it says 10 minutes and the driver shows up in two. I’d be ready if I knew when they were coming.”

Okay. I’m trying to understand the logic here.

You don’t know when your driver is going to arrive, so instead of getting ready BEFORE requesting the ride, you request it while you’re still getting ready and just hope they don’t show up too soon?

How does that make any sense?

If the arrival times are as unpredictable as you’re claiming, wouldn’t that be even MORE reason to be ready before requesting?

You could be sitting on your couch, shoes on, belongings gathered, scrolling through your phone until your driver arrives. Nobody is asking you to stand outside for 20 minutes.

I completely agree that Uber’s estimates can be wildly inaccurate. But I don’t understand how that translates into making someone else wait because you weren’t ready.

And I’m genuinely curious because so many people made this argument.

Why is getting ready before requesting the ride apparently less reasonable than expecting the driver to wait while you finish getting ready?

Make that make sense to me.