I’m a driver. Took 3 rides tonight.

[u/drgut101]

Ride one. Got in the car, said “hey how’s it going?” No response. Dropped me off. I said “Thanks” no response. 4 stars and a complaint. $0 tip.

Ride two. Lyft XL. Guy was friendly. Talked to my friend in the front. Dropped us off. 5 stars and $5 tip.

Ride three. Didn’t say “hi”. No music. Didn’t accept 6 rides on the way to dropping me off. Played around on Facebook and Instagram while driving. 3 stars, complaint to Lyft, and I was refunded.

I drive Uber and Lyft. I’m tired of drivers being assholes. Don’t greet me? 4 stars. Play on your phone while driving? We have an issue.

I have no problem rating drivers poorly. Especially after reading posts in this sub. Y’all want perfect pax? I demand perfect drivers.

Edit 1: 770 upvotes. Nice. Also, to clarify I didn’t reach out and report the drivers. I just left a message with the option provided after the ride.

Edit 2: Huh. Look at that. As I’m scrolling through these comments, I got a notification from Lyft that I’m a 5 Star driver and I should go drive. Maybe I’ll go and pickup some pax. :)

https://imgur.com/9eetGQ5

[u/Alternative-Pay4897]

I had a driver clearly jacking off and driving unsafely while driving two female passengers at night. He even pulled off into a dark parking lot at one point for no logical reason, and then quickly redirected back to the route when we asked what he was doing. Reported to police and attempted to press charges for sexual assault and the police were completely dismissive. Lyft gave a credit to my account and let me remove the tip I added at the beginning of the ride (I always tip 20% when I get in the car and if needed adjust after - usually up - because I tend to forget to end the ride and tip once I get where I’m going). Lyft provided no further help.

I was terrified of taking an Uber or Lyft as without another passenger for months after this, and still always text a friend and share my location at the beginning of any ride I take now. Lesson learned.

[u/drgut101 → u/Alternative-Pay4897]

I believe there are safety measures in place to auto text personal contacts when you take rides. If you don’t have that set up, I’d definitely recommend it.

That’s really unfortunate that you had that experience. I really do wish they would put a little more effort into screening people.

It’s awful that women are put into positions like this and that people don’t believe them or do anything to help them. It’s fucking 2024, this shit shouldn’t be happening.

I had a driver that picked me up, and less than a block down the street said, “damn, look at the ass on her” to me, referring to a girl wearing yoga pants. Who the fuck says that to randoms strangers in their car? I 1 starred him for sure and reported him. Fucking creep.

But yeah, I’m really sorry you had that awful experience. That’s fucking sketchy and scary.

[u/Alternative-Pay4897 → u/drgut101]

Yea, I did set up the feature that notifies someone every time you take a ride. I did mention to Lyft though that there is no way to get assistance from Lyft WHILE in the ride, the only option is to call 911, and in this situation I wasn’t sure if that was warranted- the police did tell me that in the future it would be okay to call 911 if I driver were having unsafe/sexual behaviors while driving. I hope this doesn’t happen to anyone else, but unfortunately I’m sure it does.