Air conditioning in Ubers in Bangalore

Almost every uber I’ve taken, whenever I ask for the AC to be switched on it feels like such a favour from the cab drivers- they sometimes switch it on to 1, don’t increase it when you ask them to, and switch it off in last few minutes of the journey. With the increasing pollution and dust and the returning heat during the day, if I’m paying crazy amounts to travel just a few kilometers, I shouldn’t be made to feel guilty about asking for the air conditioning to be switched on. A lot of cabs also just say their AC isn’t working and don’t turn it on at all. While this post is a mainly a rant, I also thought I should let you know that Uber has a dedicated complaint “category” for especially this part- just try to look for the “provide driver or vehicle feedback” and click on anything that looks like AC not working/ Driver refused to switch on the AC. I did this today because the driver did not turn his Air conditioning on, and I got almost a 100Rs as refund. I don’t think the refund is too important, but maybe if enough people keep reporting this, maybe something can be done about this. I feel like every time someone starts a discussing, this just dies down.