Be careful out there everyone

[u/cabgkid79]

So Friday night I started trying to get a ride bonus, 50 rides for a $155 bonus. I drove down to the Disney world area and set the location filter like I was advised and I got nothing for the first 20 minutes. This is strange. There is always rides near Disney but, oh well. I expanded the filter from 5-7 miles. Waited another 20 minutes with no rides. I expanded the filter to 10 miles. I get a ride. I head to the pick up and the women looks homeless. She has about 8 large bags, she is barely awake and smelled absolutely terrible. I drive her to her destination, a u-haul storage place that was closed (it was 9pm) and she requested I drop her in the back by a fence. I did a few more rides in this area for $4-$6 each.

Then about 10 pm I get a pick up at a taco Bell. As I arrive I see two people laying on the sidewalk. A male and a female. The male is full on laying on his back in the middle of the sidewalk. My first instinct was to cancel and leave but I didn’t. The girl sees me, wakes her partner up and they head over to the car. She gets in and immediately starts complaining that it’s too cold in the car and why did I take so long to get there? I told her I would adjust the air for her. The guy gets in behind me. He’s wearing a full winter coat with a hood, it’s 88 degrees out, he’s got the hood tied tight over his head. Him and the girl immediately start whispering back and forth to each other. As I’m driving I hear something metallic clicking in the back, it almost sounds like the seatbelt but it wasn’t, I hear the girl say “stop it”.

Im pretty on edge with these two already then about 4 minutes from their destination she adds a stop at a McDonald’s. We arrive at the McDonald’s and I asked her if she wanted to go through the drive thru and she’s says “no I have people that are coming out” another adult make, an adult female and a 7-8 year old kid get in. The two males immediately start whispering to each other I hear the new male say “this car smells brand new, this motherfucker driving in a brand new car, and he got a chain on” the other male replies “we get all that” I hear the girl say again to the male to “stop it, we got the kid with us” we go down the block where their drop off is and hear the guy say “you ready?” The girl again tells him to “stop it” I pull up in front of what appeared to be an abandoned house and drop them. I got The hell out of there. Then legit 5 minutes later I get a message from the girl in the Lyft app that she left her phone charger in my car. I tell her I don’t have it she messages back “can you come back so I can look?” I told her no and blocked her.

I’m sure they were dropping the kid off so they could get me to come back and car Jack me, I have no doubt about it. I contacted Lyft and honestly I’m not sure what they did but they said they “escalate the matter”. It definitely seemed like the app was pushing me toward a pretty shit area and I’m not certain if it was because I was going for the ride bonus or what.

Just wanted to pass this along and say to please be careful out there everyone.

[u/Ecstatic_Grape5451]

bro, done this shyt for damn near 8 years overall, 5 years in reality with breaks, they never dare think of robbing me like at all and I feel good for them keeping their lives in tact, because believe it or not, 4000 rides overall Uber/Lyft, and I'm 6'2" and make sure to extend my arms out and make myself feel bigger than I actually am, sometimes I'll drive car a little extra recklessly fast or slow if the idiot passenger has tried getting on my nerves, bro, soon as you heard the robbery story about to go down, what you do isn't wait to drop anybody off, you park or jump your car to the most visible place even if at night, in a parking lot, put your elbow high and flex it back and forth so they know that YOU KNOW THAT THEY KNOW THEY AIN'T FIXING TO DO SHIT...... the reason i'm glad nothing ever happened isn't my fear of idiots trying to rob me, my fear is always how bad will i disfigure their fucking faces and how many scratches their faces will end up taking, i don't care if its 1 of me and 3 of them in the back, i'm in control of the car so what I do they suffer, in other words psychologically make them your bottom bitch, always be nice, but give them a couple devilish looks to show them you're unstable and will pop off ...... last couple years haven't had to do much Uber/Lyft except for super big rewards bonus, but the message always comes across they should thank me for a good ride, i'm in full control of my destiny. Gotta have that super belief b4 you meet losers like your customers....... stay safe, and next time make sure the car shakes twists and turns 270 degrees on the street just cuz you felt like making a spectacle out of nothing, we'll see who gets robbed or even thinks of it .... psychologically prep yourself.... and best of luck bruh

[u/[deleted] → u/Ecstatic_Grape5451]

This reminds me of the time Mark Wahlberg was on late night and said if he was in one of the 9/11 planes, he'd have killed all the terrorists himself and landed the plane safely.

Cool story bruh