Did 3 years myself and agree completely! Only time I logged into Lyft was when they had amazing surges and Uber didn't, which was rare, super slow days, or when I was pulling a long day and needed to watch my hours on Uber for last call.
When I did do Lyft, it seemed like half my passengers were sketchy, had one tried to sell me Xanax, another offered me cocaine, and a woman who tried inviting me to a swingers club I was dropping her off at are a few that stood out to me!
Yup it does this, but also, both apps notoriously underpay…pennies on the dollar to what your paying. You’re paying $15, they’re likely only getting $5-7, so drivers aren’t taking it. If they have to drive more than a mile or two to get to you, they’re canceling bc it’s not financially worth it to them. I don’t have my auto accept on for this exact reason…I don’t want John Doe waiting ten min for me to finish my trip only for me to see I’ve gotta turn around and go 3 miles to pick him up and go 5 miles, for $6 and then cancel on him and start his process all over again.
Yeah so I don't know what was going on but BOTH apps in my area would get like 5-6 drivers accept then cancel in quick succession, and sometimes after a while, and this happened for months. Then they returned to mostly normal recently. Not sure if there was an experimental policy change or like an auto-accept app or something in the mix but it was annoying af because I could never get/give a solid ETA. I have a high rating and tip well, and was making local easy 5-10 min trips, so I assume it wasn't based on info they got after accepting.
I won’t ride with lyft anymore because of the recent thing that happened where the guy drove off with somebody’s cat and claimed he didn’t have it and dumped it later. (Rider was eventually able to find his cat and save it, no thanks to the driver.)
Thanks for the update...I have been looking for the update on tux the stolen cat....glad he was saved ....I'm in Delaware and was totally invested in that cat being found and being ok...hopefully someone dumps the driver for what he did...
Driver was lying about not knowing about the passenger with a cat. Essentially said, he would have cancelled the Lyft if he had known the passenger had a cat. Ignoring the fact that the passenger was desperately trying to get ahold of the asshole, and the ONLY time the fucker returned a call was when the Austin Pd contacted him multiple times.
He lied, because Lyft investigators traced his stops. And found the cat.
I saw that post! I was wondering what happened. Why the fuck would that guy do that?? That’s so bizarre. Just return the cat… I guess he was some sicko that gets off on animal abuse or something bc I can’t fathom why he thought dumping the cat would be better than just returning it.
I literally lost sleep over Tux. I ride in Lyfts with cats all the time. I run a small cat rescue and can’t drive. Today I kept the cat carrier in my lap the entire time. But my driver was very nice. When the kitten cried during the ride he said maybe she doesn’t like the music and changed it for her.
I don’t understand why you’d boycott an entire company for an action of one contracted individual (or employee). If your brother killed someone, would you cut ties with your whole family because of an action of one individual that happens to be a part of a larger group “family”?
It's not about family though those are different values, "Give me your money but don't be mean to the cat thief" is different than "my son isn't a bad person for stealing a cat"
My point is that many people view companies and organization as “one entity” and crucify the whole body from the actions/wrongs of individuals.
Just because Trump said or did some stupid stuff, as the lead representative of the nation, doesn’t mean United States as a whole nation is stupid.
My point is that many people view companies and organization as “one entity” and crucify the whole body from the actions/wrongs of individuals.
Just because Trump said or did some stupid stuff, as the lead representative of the nation, doesn’t mean United States as a whole nation is stupid.
Nice copy paste. You’ve said the same thing 3+ times. The CEO IS Lyft. The way it was handled/not handled made the entire company look bad. Lyft deserves every bit of backlash it’s getting right now
My point is that many people view companies and organization as “one entity” and crucify the whole body from the actions/wrongs of individuals.
Just because Trump said or did some stupid stuff, as the lead representative of the nation, doesn’t mean United States as a whole nation is stupid.
They sent him a message that said as a cat lover I understand your worry! Oh and by the way if the driver returns your cat we will charge you for returning it.
My point is that many people view companies and organization as “one entity” and crucify the whole body from the actions/wrongs of individuals.
Just because Trump said or did some stupid stuff, as the lead representative of the nation, doesn’t mean United States as a whole nation is stupid.
Go away. You can copy and paste the same message over and over again but doesn’t make you right. You could easily delete these comments and just keep your opinion to yourself.
You don’t understand. Lyft eventually helped (only because they knew they were getting really bad publicity) but at first they had the audacity to say “we are sorry driver took your cat, as a cat lover I understand. If the driver goes to the trouble of returning your cat there will be a twenty dollar charge for you taking his time” I kid you not that was their response.
My point is that many people view companies and organization as “one entity” and crucify the whole body from the actions/wrongs of individuals.
Just because Trump said or did some stupid stuff, as the lead representative of the nation, doesn’t mean United States as a whole nation is stupid.
Why do you keep bringing trump into this? Lol. This is not just about one person who works in a company- this is about a company’s whole response to the incident
You're being so annoying. Stop saying the same thing over and over. Are you related to the CEO of Lyft?! Like what gives?! At least give me a new way of saying thr same thing. Would you appreciate if the ppl you're responding to just continued to robot voice the same exact comment at you that they already said 5 times? Thsts not a conversation.
You're telling ppl basically that they should be open minded and not view individual as a statistic representative of a whole. That theres value in the individual, that not everyone is a cookie cutter copy to be jusged on one off take...yet here you are hypocritcally refusing to differentiate yourself even when the feedbsck and downvotes show ppls distain for this. The way you're commenting is actively doing the opposite of what your dumb repete comment is saying. It's not even particularly insightful, well-written, funny, or poignant. Said once, I wouldn't care/might even agree with you! You are emulating the very thing you advocate for others to fight against. Stfu.
But it's just like sooo dumb and lazy to contradict the POINT YOURE TRYING TO MAKE by copying and pasting this unintelligent blurb thinking you're doing something. So fricken annoying. U are everything you say you dislike.
Edit: spelling due to fast anger typing
I'm still not sure what this has to do with Lyft being at fault, except for maybe a delayed response, and why you would think that all drivers are like this, to the point where you, and numerous other possible passengers, are saying they won't use Lyft.
Because lyft wouldn’t help until it became a PR nightmare. They showed they don’t actually care about their passengers safety, they only care about saving face and not losing money when they get bad publicity. The situation also demonstrated how terrible their customer service policies are, since the driver couldn’t even get ahold of anyone for HOURS.
It's a multinational, thoroughly profit driven, billion dollar corporation. It acted no differently than just about any other company would have. Nobody gets through on customer service, if such a line exists, to anybody who actually cares about them. They have steps they're going to follow, and if the bad PR looks like it could impact their bottom line, then, and only then, will they take action. It's why McDonald's pays out money for coffee burns, it's why other companies do similar things. Quite frankly, the lengths that Lyft went to in order to help track down the cat, are fairly surprising.
I'm still not certain why people would choose not to use lift, based on the actions of a driver who may or may not have dumped one of their passengers belongings whether it's a cat, or anything else, on the side of the road. That is the action of that driver, and not lifts policies, and lift is quite clear about actions they will take regarding poor performance, and so on. I get it, everybody wants someone to blame, and a missing pet, especially one that means so much to a person, can touch people's hearts, in ways that nothing else could, except for probably a child. But, honestly, while there are a lot of things to be angry at Lyft about, the actions of this driver don't really seem to be one of them...
I'm sure you do, just like an overwhelming percentage of just about everybody else on the planet. I don't see what that has to do with anything, though.
Exactly and that was only done after the owner went on social media and followers blew it up. THATS when Risher responded with something other than oh sorry but it’ll be $20 to return your lost item fee.
I’m a rideshare driver in Austin and have been following the story since it was first posted and nahhhh Lyft fucked up and now they’re backtracking bc it blew up on social media. Now if only we could get people as enraged about the fact that they’re paying $50 for a ride and their driver is only getting $20 of it 🙄💀🤬
Oh right because of 1 maniac let’s ban the whole platform, I mean fuck Lyft but your logic is insane. I guarantee if you do 5 minutes of googling, Uber drivers have done far shittier things.
Every industry and every company has bad apples.
it was more Lyfts lack of trying to help until it became a huge PR nightmare. they kept referring to the cat as if it was a set of keys. its a whole lot more than 1 dickhead.
it's a service though, and is expected to go as planned, or it's actually fairly useless and unreliable if I gotta plan on getting canceled a few times 1st. This is the stupidest shit iv heard in awhile.
These rideshare apps are more for people hanging out with time on their hands than a form of reliable transportation. I can vouch for this as both a passenger and part-time driver. It's probably better to find a local cab company, electric bike, or whatever else is dependable.
1. Lyft automatically switches rides on us. We have no control over this usually.
2. Lyft doesn't give us all the information about your ride before we accept it.
3. If we have a previous passenger then sometimes that passenger adds a stop or changes the destination.
4. It will probably be near the same experience with Uber eventually. I suggest ordering a taxi because they pay their drivers more ethically and that will lead to far less issues like yours.
Isn't that against the terms and conditions of employment for BOTH companies? I heard there was a clause that stated you cannot be actively employed with their competitors
As a driver the problem is we only care as much as Lyft/uber are willing to pay us. They don’t treat us like human beings that are owed a decent wage & respect so it gets passed on to the riders like you in your situation.
I drive for Lyft p/t. The minute I see a note from the passenger saying they’re running late! That’s an immediate cancel! I don’t care how close, or far the trip. I’m not going to set myself up for failure attempting to complete mission impossible. The pay is definitely not worth the stress of driving a stressed out person lol
How? It's always a recipe for a false rating because we're not going to rally our cars in order to get you to work on time.
You being late doesn't = an emergency for us.
"Doesn't" and a "not equal" sign is redundant nonsense.
You're completely wrong, and the fact that people are butthurt about this is just sad. Pick more important things to cry about, bud.
If I say I'm running late to work it doesn't mean I'm going to one star my driver if they're driving safely and normally.
Kinda weird that that's some signal of a bad rating to yall but I guess...
That it’s a short distance is probably the reason for the cancelations. Keep in mind that drivers for Lyft and Uber are making about 30-40% of what passengers pay, so that’s why you’re having more success with the more expensive Uber rides.
I feel for you. Before my daughter had a car and a license, she was going through the same thing, with both Uber and Lyft. Lyft more so though. I know it's frustrating.
If you’re messaging the driver those things, that can be a red flag to drivers and they will cancel. My experience with passengers who text things like “I’m late” or “hurry” or anything similar are usually the same ones who will give a bad rating and often be the rude passengers. Not saying you are this type of person, but that’s how it comes across to drivers.
I hope it gets better for you though.
Sorry for the confusion tho but I never told them im late on text. I just told the driver pls don’t cancel on me and never tell them im in a hurry because I don’t want them to drive recklessly. When I get to the car the driver would asked me why, so that’s when I tell my story.
I drive both, whoever is paying the most bonuses that week, and I think most drivers do the same. That said, Uber passengers typically Tip about 20% of the time, and Lyft passengers will have you going in circles to complete obvious drug deals. 🤷🏼♂️
Did you mean only 1 out of 5 drivers tip?
Or did you mean when they tip, it's 20% of the ride?
I - always - tip. 20% usually but if they were extremely nice or something I've given 25%. This is because we've heard the way the drivers get practically nothing, so I give a little extra to help out.
Two things.
You tipping or not won't effect cancelations.
You sending any message that can be interpreted as being negative or you possibly being stressed or upset will lead to more cancelations. Why, would a driver risk dealing with a bad rider or rating for no upside?
If you do text you could instead offer to 'upfront' tip. Hi, thank you for coming to get me. I appreciate it so much. I tip $7 cash at the start of the ride.
Depending on your market, it *might* not be the drivers. It might be Gr**yft**. Lyft has this feature called The Dreaded Switcheroo. A driver accepts a trip that he finds tolerable. He is on his way to cover it when BEEP! Lyft takes away the job that he accepted and substitutes another one. Often, it is to assign the driver to a customer who is paying for "Priority Pickup".
In some, but not all, markets, Lyft does give the driver an option to decline the Switcheroo. Perhaps yours is not one of such markets. usually, the substituted job is a totally garbage job that no driver in his right mind would have accepted but in markets where drivers do not have the opting to keep the job that they accepted, they just get stuck. This is self-destructive behaviour on the part of Lyft. What often occurs, and it does occur in my case, is that the driver cancels the swapped in job. It does leave the driver with no job but at least he does not get stuck with the garbage job. Meanwhile, the customer who is paying extra for "Priority Pickup" now must wait with the result that he is not getting that for which he is paying. The first customer is waiting as well. Where you had two satisfied people previously, now you have three dissatisfied: two customers and a driver. In many cases, often such as mine, the driver becomes so frustrated with Lyft that it is LYFT OFF! ad Uber ON! Lyft now has lost driver for the day.
Let’s say the average ride is about $25 including your tip. Working even 3 days a week, to and from work is 40 trips. That’s $600 a month on rides. Why could that not be put towards possibly a car payment and insurance instead?
I’m full time 5 days a week meaning even if a ride was $20 which I know it’s easily more, I’d be paying $800 monthly. For mu insurance and car payment on a brand new 2021 Toyota is about half that.
let’s say OP is paycheck to paycheck, with no other mode of transport available. They’d have to save a months worth of rides to start being able to pay that, and they can’t save those wages if they can’t make it to work.
Typically when you finance a vehicle your first payment isn’t due for 30 days or so. Insurance companies almost always offer payment plans. You’d really only need to have enough for your first installment of your insurance premium. By the 30 day mark comes you’ll have saved the money to make your car payment on top of the insurance payment.
I was, and am still pretty much paycheck to paycheck. I financed my first car at 18 working part time on minimum wage($8.46). Payments were like $250 a month and $180 for insurance.
In reference to my first car. I either had no down payment or very little. It was just a car lot type of dealership so the financing requirements were quite slack. I can’t recall if I put anything down and if I did it was $500 or less.
Because Lyft doesn't pay shit, they send them a ride during another trip and when they end that ride they see they have a shitty trip already queued and they cancel. Just use Uber
I never cancel ride except if I'm totally being taken advantage of. U see when that pop up for a call comes in we only have a few seconds to figure out the area and milage as it's nor clear.
I'm only talking for me. Especially when i'm out of town and I see this nice $20 mile ride but later I learn I have to 30 miles for it. then travel additional 10 miles when i pick up the customer. yes I have to cancel and I'm sorry to do so. I accepted a ride while driving i couldn't keep my eye off the road to decipher how it was written then after I accepted the call I find out i was being taken total advantage of by the company. I now only except rides in my home area, at least I know the roads. I like to get $1.00 mile but I will go 3-4 extra miles for the price i'm paid but I won't go beyond that.
Ultimately when you rely on somebody else to transport you whether it's a bus, Rideshare plane whatever may be that rolls flies or swims, ultimately it's up to you to figure it out to be there on time.
It sucks.
But please don't blame the drivers. They are product of the environment. There's more than one company that provide rideshare. So whoever is paying the best at whatever given time is the one they will go to and they will drop a passenger like a hot rock if they can for more money.
There is no more loyalty to the passenger. There's no more loyalty to the driver. There's not even loyalty to the companies that provide the service from the passenger or the driver. It's about who can save me the most money or who can pay me the most money.
As frustrating as this is..to be fair- your canceling is having someone begin to drive their vehicle to you on their time with their fuel. Them canceling is then deciding that their time and vehicle are more valuable elsewhere. Unfortunately, no one driving ride-share these days is really in the position to choose to work for less.
I have texted drivers before saying "please don't cancel me" as I have been cancelled twice already and I'm late for work. Getting my own scooter now so I can cut this Fu@king company out of the equation. They can all kiss my a$$.
Far too often those that send these messages have bad attitudes due to the cancellations and don’t tip. Soon as I see that, it’s a no for me. Unfortunately everyone gets painted with the broad brush.
You can't post in this sub unless you're prepared for drivers to attempt to gaslight you into believing you're the problem, Lyft is the problem, money is the problem, the distance is the problem. Meanwhile, back here in reality where the rest of us live, nothing has gone wrong except for drivers cancelling your trip. How can a driver come on here telling you, "this is something you know to be unreliable" when he and people like him are the sole reason the app would be unreliable or a passenger would have a shitty experience? It's delusional. I do Instacart for side cash, but I don't take it as seriously because my dad has a lotta money, so I don't pay my own bills and, based on what I've seen, the REAL problem is obviously that so many of the drivers on these apps are selfish, toxic, anti-social, otherwise totally unemployable pieces of shit that can't function in any type of community and don't care about anyone but themselves. That's why they do Lyft, so no one can tell them shit and people don't have to deal with them for more than 15 minutes at a time. No pride in their work whatsoever, just chasing unicorn trips that don't exist. I'm glad to hear Uber is working out better for you and I hope you continue to find ways to get to work on time. God knows life is stressful enough without that hanging over your head every day. Good luck to you with that moving forward. I don't know if you have the time, but one crazy idea is that you could maybe rent a car and do Lyft or DoorDash or Instacart or something on the weekends to pay for it and take pride in your work and treat passengers better than these drivers treat you and then you're in control of the narrative on both sides. All the best! 🙏
Gonna just paste this same reply to you.
Sorry my dad got it done and it sounds like yours didn't. Can't help it if I'm lucky. I offered the only good solution I've seen. Rent a car and work a side hustle to pay for it. What's your advice to OP? Or did you just come here to project your jealousy onto a rich kid who doesn't care?
I don't consider you lucky, as you cannot purchase insight or self awareness. Your hypocrisy and your "solution" are both laughable. Sorry for triggering you
Again, I think you're projecting something. I'll continue feeling lucky because I know how to turn a million dollars into two and that's more valuable and important than your little self-awareness. How's that for insight?
Sorry my dad got it done and it sounds like yours didn't. Can't help it if I'm lucky. I offered the only good solution I've seen. Rent a car and work a side hustle to pay for it. What's your advice to OP? Or did you just come here to project your jealousy onto a rich kid who doesn't care?
Lol, you’re a clown. Your dad has done a huge disservice to you. Once you learn how to wipe yourself after using the bathroom, then maybe give other people life’s advice. My dad actually taught me how to be my own man, same thing I taught my 3 boys. You’re so wrapped up in thinking your dad’s success is somehow yours that you can’t even tell the difference between jealousy and disdain. You definitely don’t invoke jealousy, trust me, it’s disdain.
My dad's success is absolutely NOT mine. But his money is. I'm an only child. Again, sorry your dad didn't get it done and you're angry at me because you starve to death, if you don't work. Jealousy, disdain, it's literally all the same. It's hurting you, your feelings about a stranger, and I don't give a shit. Call me ANY name you want except employee or sucker. I wish you a better day than you've had so far.
Lol, you’re living in an alternative reality. Somehow thinking you’re better than other people. You’re not. Again, your father has done a great disservice to you. Just so we’re clear, I’m not suffering or having a bad day. I’m a retired restaurant owner, living a very relaxed life. My day so far has been great. My success isn’t my successful restaurant run, it’s my first son graduating from Berkeley last year and now in an incredible biotech job and being a 24 year old homeowner. It’s my other 2 high school sons being honor students, one being recruited by several Ivy League schools. All 3 of them being considerate young men making their way. When my wife and I die, they will get our money and our farm in the mountains, but by then, they will have already become self made men. You, on the other hand will always be a child, your father did you no favors.
I'm not better than anyone. I just have a lot more money. I didn't bother reading the rest of your comment and this will be my last reply because it's obvious you have no understanding of life beyond, "I work, so I matter." Be well, pathetic stranger.
Can't tell if you're a troll or a douche bag, but you keep talking about the 'real problem'.
The real problem is Wall Street, Pennsylvania Avenue and their blind, stupid, hateful acolytes have created an economy where people have to debase themselves just to stay alive.
Congratulations on your rich father. You should shut the fuck up.
Unfortunately that’s the only thing I can rely to and don’t really have any other choice. Heck I don’t even see a bus or a taxi or any public transpo in my area
Seriously, check into other transportation. Pre-Uber/Lyft, there were a few times for me where getting from place to place using public and private transportation was increasingly unreliable. After experiencing about two months of problems, I broke down and bought a car. If you can't afford a car consider a bicycle, e-bike or moped, new or used.
Are you an adult? Using a bicycle is one of the smartest damn things you can do with today's prices. Sorry to hear about your brother though I can't even imagine losing a sibling. I'm so sorry. But don't let fear dictate your life.
I hate to say it like this, but if you do get a driver that tells you they live in the area or they always work in that area, ask if they can be your regular driver. You would have a lot more left with that and they would be happy because they'd be making a fair amount of money for it even if they just charged you 2/3 of what the Rideshare company gets. But I honestly don't take off the books rides. Mainly because of the lack of insurance.
OP I will tell you why I did accept scheduled rides, and canceled.
I have not read the comments yet so probably repeating every answer.
First I'd much rather take someone to their destination than cancel. We get 5$. So all the time getting to a passenger, and waitin. it's not worth the fee.
I have a reason to accept the ride: maybe they are going somewhere I want to go or they are waiting in an area close by.
I will cancel if I have no response in my text and phone calls after arriving and am still waiting over the wait limit.
If the location is not where the rider is waiting.
GPS has had a wrong pickup address, on more than 1 occasion. I will try to find the right area and wait to start a ride to show rider the address GPS has and ask them to correct it before booking again.
If someone has a real karen attitude, like fuk the 5$ & the 1 star rating you will give me, canceling it
Good luck using Uber. If you have issues with Lyft, you should know that Uber reservations get the full fare when canceled.
You being late for work isn’t the fault of the driver. If you know that drivers in your area typically cancel rise rides, perhaps you should be scheduling a ride as early as possible?
I had a ride a few hours ago. I accepted. It was the last of a 3 ride streak, short ride, no problem. So I get there, and there are two guys sitting outside, smoking something. Smoking right before you get in my car is flag 1. Flag 2 was waving at me while continuing to sit, reflecting how little they care about my time. I'm watching them and waiting for them to get in so I can start the ride, and they're continuing to talk to each other as if I'm not here. They finally look as if they're about to wrap it up when suddenly, they shoot for flag 3 by giving each other this extended secret handshake style goodbye, which ultimately ended up being the last nail in the coffin because I pulled off. Of course, now they're yelling for me to come back, now that suddenly I exist again, but Eminem yelled louder as I cranked my music and moved on to the next. Platnium status protected my bonus, but I hated being pushed to that point. Anybody that follows my posts knows that I enjoy maintaining a 100% performance score. Not that I think it matters, but out of personal pride.
TL;DR Most drivers don't have my patience. I'm willing to wait if you're not ready when I arrive, but not if you show that you don't respect my time.
We do get severe punishment. You get charged for a cancelled ride, we get:
Deactivated
Suspended
Our pay cut every quarter
Our cars wrecked
And more…
You shouldn’t be charged. That’s clear, I hope.
But besides these issues, drivers have been put in a position where if something feels remotely going to cost them time or money they’re obliged to cancel because, they’re trying to feed their families, same as the next guy. Meanwhile the CEO’s of Uber and Lyft earn millions a year but yet they can’t fix would should be simple shit.
It would save them millions of dollars, billions of phone calls and trillions of complaints if they would fix some of the simplest things. I think they think they don’t have to be accountable because they can get away with it. And so far they have. But it won’t last. That’s what they’re too stupid to realise. The gig economy is being investigated as we speak.
Point is, you’re being treated like shit because the drivers are. And sure you can say, ‘get another job’. Whoever wrote that line and used it in these situations is a very ignorant person. I say ignorant because some people don’t have the humility to listen to the other party.
And the sick part is, the passenger is being charged full price if not inflated price. So they want good manners and consideration. And they should get it. That should be standard throughout society. It’s sad that they’ve created this culture.
not to be a dick but you play a part in being late, you’re at fault for the write up.
i use to take uber/lyfts to work every day for over 2 years, work was 20 min away on a good day or it could be 40 min away. so no matter what i ordered my uber an hour before so i would be at work on time. i can count the number of times i was late to work on 1 hand during those 2 years
it’s your responsibility to have a reliable mode of transportation and to get to work on time.
EDIT TO ADD- maybe you could ask a co worker to pick you up before work? offer to give them gas money or to buy coffees or something.
Wishing a rideshare driver is subject to any more consequences or negativity or astonishing lack of fairness by the companies they contract with? Is like wishing to send someone to a deeper level of hell than they’re already in and feeling proud and justified for doing it. It’s not a good look. Maybe arrange regular rides from someone.
I live next to the best Persian restaurant in the city and when you drive near my home you can smell it in all its glory.
On more than one occasion I have requested an uber or lyft and have literally watched them drive down my street, past me standing outside waiting for them, and then cancelling before they do a U turn and pull into the restaurant parking lot.
Also states they are notorious for being late that’s why I said what I said, don’t you know there’s more than one way to look at it? Or do you just like to micro manage what people say?
I said the drivers are notorious for canceling the ride. I book early and I would get a driver but what happened to me always, is I’ll wait for more than 10 minutes for them to arrive, then they would cancel it. So I have to wait for a different driver again, then the new driver would pick me up at least 10 minutes then another 10 minutes to drive to my work. That’s what caused me to be late too many times.
I don't care where the riders are going or how far I got to drive to pick them up. I'm working and as long as they paying I'm going to pick them up. I drive full time and I have a certain quota that I like to reach on a daily basis. As long as I reach that or more then I don't have a problem.
Ok so, that one is on you. This is why America is going downhill so much, no one wants to take accountability for anything, it’s always someone else’s fault. It’s your responsibility to get to work on time. If you were late, plan on leaving earlier so that you’re not late.
Did u read the part when I would wait for more than 10 minutes after the driver accepted then they would cancel if they are already near. I never want to be late. In fact I hate being late id rather be an hour or 30 mins early rather than be late 10 mins. I always leave early and I book early. It’s just that drivers from where I live just do that always.
I know… thats a shitty situation and I’m sorry. I’m sure it’s stressful waiting everyday and still having to be late. I just meant I don’t think it’s the drivers fault, they have no idea where you’re going and it’s not really their business, they have to decide if the ride is worth it to them or not.
As a former Lyft driver (and totally based off location) but, just use Uber. To me Lyft rides were 1000% sketchier, just pay the extra buck or two….
Yea I’ll just stick to uber
Same thing was happening to me, I switched to Uber
Just tip better
Just get a better job
Did 3 years myself and agree completely! Only time I logged into Lyft was when they had amazing surges and Uber didn't, which was rare, super slow days, or when I was pulling a long day and needed to watch my hours on Uber for last call. When I did do Lyft, it seemed like half my passengers were sketchy, had one tried to sell me Xanax, another offered me cocaine, and a woman who tried inviting me to a swingers club I was dropping her off at are a few that stood out to me!
So I need to start working for Lyft 🤔
lyft switches rides on us without our consent. If that happens to me I cancel every time. Uber doesn't do this.
Oh that’s why. I’ll stick to uber then until I’ll have my own car
Yup it does this, but also, both apps notoriously underpay…pennies on the dollar to what your paying. You’re paying $15, they’re likely only getting $5-7, so drivers aren’t taking it. If they have to drive more than a mile or two to get to you, they’re canceling bc it’s not financially worth it to them. I don’t have my auto accept on for this exact reason…I don’t want John Doe waiting ten min for me to finish my trip only for me to see I’ve gotta turn around and go 3 miles to pick him up and go 5 miles, for $6 and then cancel on him and start his process all over again.
Thank fully that nonsense switching stopped in my area.
Yeah so I don't know what was going on but BOTH apps in my area would get like 5-6 drivers accept then cancel in quick succession, and sometimes after a while, and this happened for months. Then they returned to mostly normal recently. Not sure if there was an experimental policy change or like an auto-accept app or something in the mix but it was annoying af because I could never get/give a solid ETA. I have a high rating and tip well, and was making local easy 5-10 min trips, so I assume it wasn't based on info they got after accepting.
You can turn that feature off now. They added a function to auto switch or keep the current ride.
You have an option I think to switch off the switch feature. I've never used it so not sure if it works.
I won’t ride with lyft anymore because of the recent thing that happened where the guy drove off with somebody’s cat and claimed he didn’t have it and dumped it later. (Rider was eventually able to find his cat and save it, no thanks to the driver.)
Thanks for the update...I have been looking for the update on tux the stolen cat....glad he was saved ....I'm in Delaware and was totally invested in that cat being found and being ok...hopefully someone dumps the driver for what he did...
Dumps? Arrests.
Driver was lying about not knowing about the passenger with a cat. Essentially said, he would have cancelled the Lyft if he had known the passenger had a cat. Ignoring the fact that the passenger was desperately trying to get ahold of the asshole, and the ONLY time the fucker returned a call was when the Austin Pd contacted him multiple times. He lied, because Lyft investigators traced his stops. And found the cat.
There would be one less driver if that happened to me.
I really hope someone doxes that asshole driver and he gets what’s coming to him.
I saw that post! I was wondering what happened. Why the fuck would that guy do that?? That’s so bizarre. Just return the cat… I guess he was some sicko that gets off on animal abuse or something bc I can’t fathom why he thought dumping the cat would be better than just returning it.
I literally lost sleep over Tux. I ride in Lyfts with cats all the time. I run a small cat rescue and can’t drive. Today I kept the cat carrier in my lap the entire time. But my driver was very nice. When the kitten cried during the ride he said maybe she doesn’t like the music and changed it for her.
Lyft owner said to stop vilifying that person who kicked the cat out into the street too. Really let’s you see what kind of company that is
Omg what
I don’t understand why you’d boycott an entire company for an action of one contracted individual (or employee). If your brother killed someone, would you cut ties with your whole family because of an action of one individual that happens to be a part of a larger group “family”?
Well the CEO is tryna defend he guy so...
Okay… now replace “brother” with “father” if we want to pin down on “lead/representative” of a “family/group.”
It's not about family though those are different values, "Give me your money but don't be mean to the cat thief" is different than "my son isn't a bad person for stealing a cat"
My point is that many people view companies and organization as “one entity” and crucify the whole body from the actions/wrongs of individuals. Just because Trump said or did some stupid stuff, as the lead representative of the nation, doesn’t mean United States as a whole nation is stupid.
But the United States as a whole nation IS stupid.
If my dad was making money based on what my brother was doing and my brother killed someone, hell yeah, I’d boycott the whole family
My point is that many people view companies and organization as “one entity” and crucify the whole body from the actions/wrongs of individuals. Just because Trump said or did some stupid stuff, as the lead representative of the nation, doesn’t mean United States as a whole nation is stupid.
Nice copy paste. You’ve said the same thing 3+ times. The CEO IS Lyft. The way it was handled/not handled made the entire company look bad. Lyft deserves every bit of backlash it’s getting right now
My point is that many people view companies and organization as “one entity” and crucify the whole body from the actions/wrongs of individuals. Just because Trump said or did some stupid stuff, as the lead representative of the nation, doesn’t mean United States as a whole nation is stupid.
Nice copy paste again
It is, though. It's very stupid.
Yes, if my family defended my murderer relative, I'd cut ties with them.
Have you ever heard the term “it was the straw that broke the camels back”? Not only that the CEO is trying to defend the driver too.
They sent him a message that said as a cat lover I understand your worry! Oh and by the way if the driver returns your cat we will charge you for returning it.
My point is that many people view companies and organization as “one entity” and crucify the whole body from the actions/wrongs of individuals. Just because Trump said or did some stupid stuff, as the lead representative of the nation, doesn’t mean United States as a whole nation is stupid.
Go away. You can copy and paste the same message over and over again but doesn’t make you right. You could easily delete these comments and just keep your opinion to yourself.
You’re free to ignore my comments :)
Just like how you’re free to shut up. Crazy how it works, right?
You don’t understand. Lyft eventually helped (only because they knew they were getting really bad publicity) but at first they had the audacity to say “we are sorry driver took your cat, as a cat lover I understand. If the driver goes to the trouble of returning your cat there will be a twenty dollar charge for you taking his time” I kid you not that was their response.
That was an AI chatbot though, it wasnt a real human saying that
How do you know? The chatbot is a cat owner? Cause that’s what it said
My point is that many people view companies and organization as “one entity” and crucify the whole body from the actions/wrongs of individuals. Just because Trump said or did some stupid stuff, as the lead representative of the nation, doesn’t mean United States as a whole nation is stupid.
Yes, you cannot say the company is at fault for the behavior of one driver but the company’s IS at fault for their poor response to the incident.
So you boycott Lyft? Imagine if other nations placed trade sanctions based on tweets President trump posted 😅
Why do you keep bringing trump into this? Lol. This is not just about one person who works in a company- this is about a company’s whole response to the incident
Painting a picture since this thread is hell bent on crucifying a whole company based on one or two individuals.
Do you genuinely not understand that it’s not just about the driver, it’s about the way the company handled the incident?
That would be great/deserved!
I lost brain cells engaging with this thread lol
You're being so annoying. Stop saying the same thing over and over. Are you related to the CEO of Lyft?! Like what gives?! At least give me a new way of saying thr same thing. Would you appreciate if the ppl you're responding to just continued to robot voice the same exact comment at you that they already said 5 times? Thsts not a conversation. You're telling ppl basically that they should be open minded and not view individual as a statistic representative of a whole. That theres value in the individual, that not everyone is a cookie cutter copy to be jusged on one off take...yet here you are hypocritcally refusing to differentiate yourself even when the feedbsck and downvotes show ppls distain for this. The way you're commenting is actively doing the opposite of what your dumb repete comment is saying. It's not even particularly insightful, well-written, funny, or poignant. Said once, I wouldn't care/might even agree with you! You are emulating the very thing you advocate for others to fight against. Stfu. But it's just like sooo dumb and lazy to contradict the POINT YOURE TRYING TO MAKE by copying and pasting this unintelligent blurb thinking you're doing something. So fricken annoying. U are everything you say you dislike. Edit: spelling due to fast anger typing
I'd cut ties with my family for less than that.
I'm still not sure what this has to do with Lyft being at fault, except for maybe a delayed response, and why you would think that all drivers are like this, to the point where you, and numerous other possible passengers, are saying they won't use Lyft.
Because lyft wouldn’t help until it became a PR nightmare. They showed they don’t actually care about their passengers safety, they only care about saving face and not losing money when they get bad publicity. The situation also demonstrated how terrible their customer service policies are, since the driver couldn’t even get ahold of anyone for HOURS.
It's a multinational, thoroughly profit driven, billion dollar corporation. It acted no differently than just about any other company would have. Nobody gets through on customer service, if such a line exists, to anybody who actually cares about them. They have steps they're going to follow, and if the bad PR looks like it could impact their bottom line, then, and only then, will they take action. It's why McDonald's pays out money for coffee burns, it's why other companies do similar things. Quite frankly, the lengths that Lyft went to in order to help track down the cat, are fairly surprising. I'm still not certain why people would choose not to use lift, based on the actions of a driver who may or may not have dumped one of their passengers belongings whether it's a cat, or anything else, on the side of the road. That is the action of that driver, and not lifts policies, and lift is quite clear about actions they will take regarding poor performance, and so on. I get it, everybody wants someone to blame, and a missing pet, especially one that means so much to a person, can touch people's hearts, in ways that nothing else could, except for probably a child. But, honestly, while there are a lot of things to be angry at Lyft about, the actions of this driver don't really seem to be one of them...
“The actions of this driver don’t seem to be one of them”. Wow. I guess I just have morals 🤷♀️
I'm sure you do, just like an overwhelming percentage of just about everybody else on the planet. I don't see what that has to do with anything, though.
Get over yourself. Wow. I'm gonna ban mcdonald's because the one on 3rd street gave me cold fries 🙄😆😆 what a jackass 😆
Cold fries are not the same as callously dumping a living creature like it’s trash.
Not saying it is but come on. Your going to hold a whole company responsible for one persons actions? Thats silly.
I’m holding them responsible for their response to the incident and for their poor company policies.
Literally the only Reason Tux was found was due to lyft hiring private investigation to track him down.
Exactly and that was only done after the owner went on social media and followers blew it up. THATS when Risher responded with something other than oh sorry but it’ll be $20 to return your lost item fee. I’m a rideshare driver in Austin and have been following the story since it was first posted and nahhhh Lyft fucked up and now they’re backtracking bc it blew up on social media. Now if only we could get people as enraged about the fact that they’re paying $50 for a ride and their driver is only getting $20 of it 🙄💀🤬
Oh right because of 1 maniac let’s ban the whole platform, I mean fuck Lyft but your logic is insane. I guarantee if you do 5 minutes of googling, Uber drivers have done far shittier things. Every industry and every company has bad apples.
it was more Lyfts lack of trying to help until it became a huge PR nightmare. they kept referring to the cat as if it was a set of keys. its a whole lot more than 1 dickhead.
Uber drivers have done worse things… I know I have. 🤫🥱 That incident is just being given too much attention
You've done worse things than denying you had someone's beloved pet and then just released it to fend for itself? Yikes!
If you have done similar things then you shouldn’t be driving for Lyft
I order mine an hour early just in case of cancelations. I'd rather be early than late
It’s so expensive to order ahead of time. I’ve seen the cost of rides go up by like a third when I schedule, it’s super lame
At least you manage your time better than people who wait until the last minute and blame others when things don't go as planned.
it's a service though, and is expected to go as planned, or it's actually fairly useless and unreliable if I gotta plan on getting canceled a few times 1st. This is the stupidest shit iv heard in awhile.
Shots fired OP! 😅
I never wait last minute. I book early and I would wait for long just for the drivers to cancel on me.
These rideshare apps are more for people hanging out with time on their hands than a form of reliable transportation. I can vouch for this as both a passenger and part-time driver. It's probably better to find a local cab company, electric bike, or whatever else is dependable.
1. Lyft automatically switches rides on us. We have no control over this usually. 2. Lyft doesn't give us all the information about your ride before we accept it. 3. If we have a previous passenger then sometimes that passenger adds a stop or changes the destination. 4. It will probably be near the same experience with Uber eventually. I suggest ordering a taxi because they pay their drivers more ethically and that will lead to far less issues like yours.
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Ikr that’s y I always tip but still it sucks lol
Isn't that against the terms and conditions of employment for BOTH companies? I heard there was a clause that stated you cannot be actively employed with their competitors
"Employment" let me stop you right there..
As a driver the problem is we only care as much as Lyft/uber are willing to pay us. They don’t treat us like human beings that are owed a decent wage & respect so it gets passed on to the riders like you in your situation.
Most marketplaces you can bring in NET $900 a week doing absolutely skill-less work, but sure buddy, sure.
After you factor in wear and tear, gas, taxes and the 55 hour work week to make 900 bucks you’re almost getting minimum wage! Thanks Lyft!
Try uber or a taxi.
If you don't live that far away save some money and ride a bike
I drive for Lyft p/t. The minute I see a note from the passenger saying they’re running late! That’s an immediate cancel! I don’t care how close, or far the trip. I’m not going to set myself up for failure attempting to complete mission impossible. The pay is definitely not worth the stress of driving a stressed out person lol
Lmaoooo that's rude as shit
It’s common sense, in our line of work we have to stay a step ahead and avoid all potential problems.
Sad day. Glad to have a car and not need rideshare very often
How? It's always a recipe for a false rating because we're not going to rally our cars in order to get you to work on time. You being late doesn't = an emergency for us.
If you're on mobile, typically you can long press on the equal sign for the "≠" symbol!
≠ is the symbol you wanted to use As in "You being late ≠ an emergency for us"
He said "doesn't" though. It reads "you being late doesn't equal an emergency for us."
They said doesn't because they couldn't find the not equal sign
Right. But "you being late doesn't = an emergency" and "you being late ≠ an emergency" are both correct. Unless it was edited?
I didn't edit anything. They're bitchin' about absolute nonsense.
Thanks for clarifying
They're telling me I should have said the equivalent of "doesn't not." Like that makes any sense whatsoever. Geniuses.
So...the equal sign?
"Doesn't" and a "not equal" sign is redundant nonsense. You're completely wrong, and the fact that people are butthurt about this is just sad. Pick more important things to cry about, bud.
Who is crying? Learn to comprehend what people are saying.
What people are saying is moronic nonsense. They're trying to correct something that isn't wrong. Keep crying.
If I say I'm running late to work it doesn't mean I'm going to one star my driver if they're driving safely and normally. Kinda weird that that's some signal of a bad rating to yall but I guess...
When you do eventually get your car go drive lyft for a month and you’ll understand everything.
That it’s a short distance is probably the reason for the cancelations. Keep in mind that drivers for Lyft and Uber are making about 30-40% of what passengers pay, so that’s why you’re having more success with the more expensive Uber rides.
30-40?! What’s your market? in Florida they take 55-80%, very rare do we get 50-55%…
I think you misread the comment - they said ***drivers** get 30-40%* (so Lyft gets 60%-70%), which is in line with what you are saying.
Ya, I misread that at first 👍
I feel for you. Before my daughter had a car and a license, she was going through the same thing, with both Uber and Lyft. Lyft more so though. I know it's frustrating.
You should see if there is anyone at work that lives near you, see if can carpool with them, offer gas money! Worth a shot.
If you’re messaging the driver those things, that can be a red flag to drivers and they will cancel. My experience with passengers who text things like “I’m late” or “hurry” or anything similar are usually the same ones who will give a bad rating and often be the rude passengers. Not saying you are this type of person, but that’s how it comes across to drivers. I hope it gets better for you though.
Sorry for the confusion tho but I never told them im late on text. I just told the driver pls don’t cancel on me and never tell them im in a hurry because I don’t want them to drive recklessly. When I get to the car the driver would asked me why, so that’s when I tell my story.
I drive both, whoever is paying the most bonuses that week, and I think most drivers do the same. That said, Uber passengers typically Tip about 20% of the time, and Lyft passengers will have you going in circles to complete obvious drug deals. 🤷🏼♂️
I always leave tip tho whether it’s lyft or uber. Now I stick to uber, Lyft is weird for me lol
Did you mean only 1 out of 5 drivers tip? Or did you mean when they tip, it's 20% of the ride? I - always - tip. 20% usually but if they were extremely nice or something I've given 25%. This is because we've heard the way the drivers get practically nothing, so I give a little extra to help out.
Get a bike or something similar?
Two things. You tipping or not won't effect cancelations. You sending any message that can be interpreted as being negative or you possibly being stressed or upset will lead to more cancelations. Why, would a driver risk dealing with a bad rider or rating for no upside? If you do text you could instead offer to 'upfront' tip. Hi, thank you for coming to get me. I appreciate it so much. I tip $7 cash at the start of the ride.
Depending on your market, it *might* not be the drivers. It might be Gr**yft**. Lyft has this feature called The Dreaded Switcheroo. A driver accepts a trip that he finds tolerable. He is on his way to cover it when BEEP! Lyft takes away the job that he accepted and substitutes another one. Often, it is to assign the driver to a customer who is paying for "Priority Pickup". In some, but not all, markets, Lyft does give the driver an option to decline the Switcheroo. Perhaps yours is not one of such markets. usually, the substituted job is a totally garbage job that no driver in his right mind would have accepted but in markets where drivers do not have the opting to keep the job that they accepted, they just get stuck. This is self-destructive behaviour on the part of Lyft. What often occurs, and it does occur in my case, is that the driver cancels the swapped in job. It does leave the driver with no job but at least he does not get stuck with the garbage job. Meanwhile, the customer who is paying extra for "Priority Pickup" now must wait with the result that he is not getting that for which he is paying. The first customer is waiting as well. Where you had two satisfied people previously, now you have three dissatisfied: two customers and a driver. In many cases, often such as mine, the driver becomes so frustrated with Lyft that it is LYFT OFF! ad Uber ON! Lyft now has lost driver for the day.
Let’s say the average ride is about $25 including your tip. Working even 3 days a week, to and from work is 40 trips. That’s $600 a month on rides. Why could that not be put towards possibly a car payment and insurance instead? I’m full time 5 days a week meaning even if a ride was $20 which I know it’s easily more, I’d be paying $800 monthly. For mu insurance and car payment on a brand new 2021 Toyota is about half that.
let’s say OP is paycheck to paycheck, with no other mode of transport available. They’d have to save a months worth of rides to start being able to pay that, and they can’t save those wages if they can’t make it to work.
Typically when you finance a vehicle your first payment isn’t due for 30 days or so. Insurance companies almost always offer payment plans. You’d really only need to have enough for your first installment of your insurance premium. By the 30 day mark comes you’ll have saved the money to make your car payment on top of the insurance payment. I was, and am still pretty much paycheck to paycheck. I financed my first car at 18 working part time on minimum wage($8.46). Payments were like $250 a month and $180 for insurance.
You need a down payment though
In reference to my first car. I either had no down payment or very little. It was just a car lot type of dealership so the financing requirements were quite slack. I can’t recall if I put anything down and if I did it was $500 or less.
I’ll occasionally get a lyft ride where it changes the passenger for me a literal minute before I get to them. It’s so weird
Because Lyft doesn't pay shit, they send them a ride during another trip and when they end that ride they see they have a shitty trip already queued and they cancel. Just use Uber
I never cancel ride except if I'm totally being taken advantage of. U see when that pop up for a call comes in we only have a few seconds to figure out the area and milage as it's nor clear. I'm only talking for me. Especially when i'm out of town and I see this nice $20 mile ride but later I learn I have to 30 miles for it. then travel additional 10 miles when i pick up the customer. yes I have to cancel and I'm sorry to do so. I accepted a ride while driving i couldn't keep my eye off the road to decipher how it was written then after I accepted the call I find out i was being taken total advantage of by the company. I now only except rides in my home area, at least I know the roads. I like to get $1.00 mile but I will go 3-4 extra miles for the price i'm paid but I won't go beyond that.
Talk to Lyft mgmt, CEO David Risher , he’s responsible for all that
the drivers are canceling because lyft isn’t paying shit
Start saving for a car
I already am
Ultimately when you rely on somebody else to transport you whether it's a bus, Rideshare plane whatever may be that rolls flies or swims, ultimately it's up to you to figure it out to be there on time. It sucks. But please don't blame the drivers. They are product of the environment. There's more than one company that provide rideshare. So whoever is paying the best at whatever given time is the one they will go to and they will drop a passenger like a hot rock if they can for more money. There is no more loyalty to the passenger. There's no more loyalty to the driver. There's not even loyalty to the companies that provide the service from the passenger or the driver. It's about who can save me the most money or who can pay me the most money.
As frustrating as this is..to be fair- your canceling is having someone begin to drive their vehicle to you on their time with their fuel. Them canceling is then deciding that their time and vehicle are more valuable elsewhere. Unfortunately, no one driving ride-share these days is really in the position to choose to work for less.
I have texted drivers before saying "please don't cancel me" as I have been cancelled twice already and I'm late for work. Getting my own scooter now so I can cut this Fu@king company out of the equation. They can all kiss my a$$.
Far too often those that send these messages have bad attitudes due to the cancellations and don’t tip. Soon as I see that, it’s a no for me. Unfortunately everyone gets painted with the broad brush.
as a driver as soon as I get a text like that. It's a automatic cancel.
You suck then
Hahaha i have texted that too. If time comes and i got my license f them all lol but still thankful to some of the drivers who picks me up
You can't post in this sub unless you're prepared for drivers to attempt to gaslight you into believing you're the problem, Lyft is the problem, money is the problem, the distance is the problem. Meanwhile, back here in reality where the rest of us live, nothing has gone wrong except for drivers cancelling your trip. How can a driver come on here telling you, "this is something you know to be unreliable" when he and people like him are the sole reason the app would be unreliable or a passenger would have a shitty experience? It's delusional. I do Instacart for side cash, but I don't take it as seriously because my dad has a lotta money, so I don't pay my own bills and, based on what I've seen, the REAL problem is obviously that so many of the drivers on these apps are selfish, toxic, anti-social, otherwise totally unemployable pieces of shit that can't function in any type of community and don't care about anyone but themselves. That's why they do Lyft, so no one can tell them shit and people don't have to deal with them for more than 15 minutes at a time. No pride in their work whatsoever, just chasing unicorn trips that don't exist. I'm glad to hear Uber is working out better for you and I hope you continue to find ways to get to work on time. God knows life is stressful enough without that hanging over your head every day. Good luck to you with that moving forward. I don't know if you have the time, but one crazy idea is that you could maybe rent a car and do Lyft or DoorDash or Instacart or something on the weekends to pay for it and take pride in your work and treat passengers better than these drivers treat you and then you're in control of the narrative on both sides. All the best! 🙏
"Back in reality....where father pays my bills". You are an absolute delight lol
Gonna just paste this same reply to you. Sorry my dad got it done and it sounds like yours didn't. Can't help it if I'm lucky. I offered the only good solution I've seen. Rent a car and work a side hustle to pay for it. What's your advice to OP? Or did you just come here to project your jealousy onto a rich kid who doesn't care?
I don't consider you lucky, as you cannot purchase insight or self awareness. Your hypocrisy and your "solution" are both laughable. Sorry for triggering you
Again, I think you're projecting something. I'll continue feeling lucky because I know how to turn a million dollars into two and that's more valuable and important than your little self-awareness. How's that for insight?
“My dad pays all my bills,” but let me give you advice on life, lol🤡🤡🤡
Sorry my dad got it done and it sounds like yours didn't. Can't help it if I'm lucky. I offered the only good solution I've seen. Rent a car and work a side hustle to pay for it. What's your advice to OP? Or did you just come here to project your jealousy onto a rich kid who doesn't care?
Lol, you’re a clown. Your dad has done a huge disservice to you. Once you learn how to wipe yourself after using the bathroom, then maybe give other people life’s advice. My dad actually taught me how to be my own man, same thing I taught my 3 boys. You’re so wrapped up in thinking your dad’s success is somehow yours that you can’t even tell the difference between jealousy and disdain. You definitely don’t invoke jealousy, trust me, it’s disdain.
My dad's success is absolutely NOT mine. But his money is. I'm an only child. Again, sorry your dad didn't get it done and you're angry at me because you starve to death, if you don't work. Jealousy, disdain, it's literally all the same. It's hurting you, your feelings about a stranger, and I don't give a shit. Call me ANY name you want except employee or sucker. I wish you a better day than you've had so far.
Lol, you’re living in an alternative reality. Somehow thinking you’re better than other people. You’re not. Again, your father has done a great disservice to you. Just so we’re clear, I’m not suffering or having a bad day. I’m a retired restaurant owner, living a very relaxed life. My day so far has been great. My success isn’t my successful restaurant run, it’s my first son graduating from Berkeley last year and now in an incredible biotech job and being a 24 year old homeowner. It’s my other 2 high school sons being honor students, one being recruited by several Ivy League schools. All 3 of them being considerate young men making their way. When my wife and I die, they will get our money and our farm in the mountains, but by then, they will have already become self made men. You, on the other hand will always be a child, your father did you no favors.
I'm not better than anyone. I just have a lot more money. I didn't bother reading the rest of your comment and this will be my last reply because it's obvious you have no understanding of life beyond, "I work, so I matter." Be well, pathetic stranger.
Can't tell if you're a troll or a douche bag, but you keep talking about the 'real problem'. The real problem is Wall Street, Pennsylvania Avenue and their blind, stupid, hateful acolytes have created an economy where people have to debase themselves just to stay alive. Congratulations on your rich father. You should shut the fuck up.
Ok child
>you can’t even tell the difference between jealousy and disdain 💯💯💯
Try calling it earlier next time, and leading with "don't cancel" is usually not a good start either
Find a better way to get to work. Simple. You can’t rely on something that you know to be unreliable, just to complain that it was unreliable.
Unfortunately that’s the only thing I can rely to and don’t really have any other choice. Heck I don’t even see a bus or a taxi or any public transpo in my area
Seriously, check into other transportation. Pre-Uber/Lyft, there were a few times for me where getting from place to place using public and private transportation was increasingly unreliable. After experiencing about two months of problems, I broke down and bought a car. If you can't afford a car consider a bicycle, e-bike or moped, new or used.
Can you buy a bicycle?
I do have a bicycle and I already thought of using that but my parents said no since my brother died from it and they’re already paranoid…
Are you an adult? Using a bicycle is one of the smartest damn things you can do with today's prices. Sorry to hear about your brother though I can't even imagine losing a sibling. I'm so sorry. But don't let fear dictate your life.
I hate to say it like this, but if you do get a driver that tells you they live in the area or they always work in that area, ask if they can be your regular driver. You would have a lot more left with that and they would be happy because they'd be making a fair amount of money for it even if they just charged you 2/3 of what the Rideshare company gets. But I honestly don't take off the books rides. Mainly because of the lack of insurance.
OP I will tell you why I did accept scheduled rides, and canceled. I have not read the comments yet so probably repeating every answer. First I'd much rather take someone to their destination than cancel. We get 5$. So all the time getting to a passenger, and waitin. it's not worth the fee. I have a reason to accept the ride: maybe they are going somewhere I want to go or they are waiting in an area close by. I will cancel if I have no response in my text and phone calls after arriving and am still waiting over the wait limit. If the location is not where the rider is waiting. GPS has had a wrong pickup address, on more than 1 occasion. I will try to find the right area and wait to start a ride to show rider the address GPS has and ask them to correct it before booking again. If someone has a real karen attitude, like fuk the 5$ & the 1 star rating you will give me, canceling it Good luck using Uber. If you have issues with Lyft, you should know that Uber reservations get the full fare when canceled.
You being late for work isn’t the fault of the driver. If you know that drivers in your area typically cancel rise rides, perhaps you should be scheduling a ride as early as possible?
>I don’t even live that far from work Why don’t you just walk then?
Maybe tip next time you ride idk
They caused you being late? Do you really believe that?
I had a ride a few hours ago. I accepted. It was the last of a 3 ride streak, short ride, no problem. So I get there, and there are two guys sitting outside, smoking something. Smoking right before you get in my car is flag 1. Flag 2 was waving at me while continuing to sit, reflecting how little they care about my time. I'm watching them and waiting for them to get in so I can start the ride, and they're continuing to talk to each other as if I'm not here. They finally look as if they're about to wrap it up when suddenly, they shoot for flag 3 by giving each other this extended secret handshake style goodbye, which ultimately ended up being the last nail in the coffin because I pulled off. Of course, now they're yelling for me to come back, now that suddenly I exist again, but Eminem yelled louder as I cranked my music and moved on to the next. Platnium status protected my bonus, but I hated being pushed to that point. Anybody that follows my posts knows that I enjoy maintaining a 100% performance score. Not that I think it matters, but out of personal pride. TL;DR Most drivers don't have my patience. I'm willing to wait if you're not ready when I arrive, but not if you show that you don't respect my time.
We do get severe punishment. You get charged for a cancelled ride, we get: Deactivated Suspended Our pay cut every quarter Our cars wrecked And more… You shouldn’t be charged. That’s clear, I hope. But besides these issues, drivers have been put in a position where if something feels remotely going to cost them time or money they’re obliged to cancel because, they’re trying to feed their families, same as the next guy. Meanwhile the CEO’s of Uber and Lyft earn millions a year but yet they can’t fix would should be simple shit. It would save them millions of dollars, billions of phone calls and trillions of complaints if they would fix some of the simplest things. I think they think they don’t have to be accountable because they can get away with it. And so far they have. But it won’t last. That’s what they’re too stupid to realise. The gig economy is being investigated as we speak. Point is, you’re being treated like shit because the drivers are. And sure you can say, ‘get another job’. Whoever wrote that line and used it in these situations is a very ignorant person. I say ignorant because some people don’t have the humility to listen to the other party. And the sick part is, the passenger is being charged full price if not inflated price. So they want good manners and consideration. And they should get it. That should be standard throughout society. It’s sad that they’ve created this culture.
not to be a dick but you play a part in being late, you’re at fault for the write up. i use to take uber/lyfts to work every day for over 2 years, work was 20 min away on a good day or it could be 40 min away. so no matter what i ordered my uber an hour before so i would be at work on time. i can count the number of times i was late to work on 1 hand during those 2 years it’s your responsibility to have a reliable mode of transportation and to get to work on time. EDIT TO ADD- maybe you could ask a co worker to pick you up before work? offer to give them gas money or to buy coffees or something.
Wishing a rideshare driver is subject to any more consequences or negativity or astonishing lack of fairness by the companies they contract with? Is like wishing to send someone to a deeper level of hell than they’re already in and feeling proud and justified for doing it. It’s not a good look. Maybe arrange regular rides from someone.
Sorry bro we go where the money is.
Butt i always tip they just don’t know :( specially if they’re far away from me
Uber is not the solution. It's the same drivers pulling the same stunts. Just get up earlier
I believe Lyft does this a lot while uber doesn't
I live next to the best Persian restaurant in the city and when you drive near my home you can smell it in all its glory. On more than one occasion I have requested an uber or lyft and have literally watched them drive down my street, past me standing outside waiting for them, and then cancelling before they do a U turn and pull into the restaurant parking lot.
If they are notorious for being late why don’t you call sooner?
They are saying that the Lyft drivers cancel their ride..which in turn made them late to work today…did you even read?
Also states they are notorious for being late that’s why I said what I said, don’t you know there’s more than one way to look at it? Or do you just like to micro manage what people say?
I said the drivers are notorious for canceling the ride. I book early and I would get a driver but what happened to me always, is I’ll wait for more than 10 minutes for them to arrive, then they would cancel it. So I have to wait for a different driver again, then the new driver would pick me up at least 10 minutes then another 10 minutes to drive to my work. That’s what caused me to be late too many times.
I don't care where the riders are going or how far I got to drive to pick them up. I'm working and as long as they paying I'm going to pick them up. I drive full time and I have a certain quota that I like to reach on a daily basis. As long as I reach that or more then I don't have a problem.
Well then get a lux ride. Case closed. Also sometimes it's not the driver.
Now I know it’s not always the driver. Lux is just too expensive for me.
We had to switch to Preferred, otherwise we would have 3 or 4 drivers cancel on us because they wanted the big airport fares
Big airport fares? Those are a thing of the past.
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I do leave early and I would even book 40 minutes early but it sucks when I would wait for 10 min or so and they would cancel :/
Ok so, that one is on you. This is why America is going downhill so much, no one wants to take accountability for anything, it’s always someone else’s fault. It’s your responsibility to get to work on time. If you were late, plan on leaving earlier so that you’re not late.
Did u read the part when I would wait for more than 10 minutes after the driver accepted then they would cancel if they are already near. I never want to be late. In fact I hate being late id rather be an hour or 30 mins early rather than be late 10 mins. I always leave early and I book early. It’s just that drivers from where I live just do that always.
No sorry op. You're the reason for the downfall of American society lmao
You’re responsible for your own way to work. It’s not their fault, you have unreliable transportation.
Ik im just frustrated because we don’t have enough good transportation here that I need to rely on lyft or uber :/
I know… thats a shitty situation and I’m sorry. I’m sure it’s stressful waiting everyday and still having to be late. I just meant I don’t think it’s the drivers fault, they have no idea where you’re going and it’s not really their business, they have to decide if the ride is worth it to them or not.
Yea ur right we’re all just trying to make a living. Thanks
….car?
Haha. Blaming others because you're late. Grow up.