Accepted a ride and immediately I get a text that says “I have diarrhea”… thought it was something unrelated to Lyft because I didn’t recognize the phone number, but it was in fact my passenger. He then calls me saying he was at a bar and he shit himself.

It also turns out that this was a medical ride and in the notes he listed his phone number to call when I arrived… wondering if this is some sort of scam or hopefully he was just messing with drivers and didn’t actually shit himself. The destination was only 0.2 miles from the pickup location so I thought it was weird that he wouldn’t walk his shitty ass home.

Enjoy

Chicago if it matters wondering if this has happened to anyone what happens with Lyft what's the process should I get a lawyer

Tldr my passenger wouldn't get out said I brought them to wrong address obviously went to address they put in (they were drunk) I get to address end ride (I'm still online) they won't leave I'm downtown say ok and start driving to get a cop he starts choking me I stop get out run away then I'm beaten savagely currently at the hospital police come take him away etc.

What can I expect from Lyft the ambulance guy told me the ride was gonna be 4k I can't afford that

Had a pax the other day gets in the car was completely disoriented and confused, I asked him hey buddy you’re ok? Guy has a fucking head injury bleeding from his head. I wanted to kick him out but felt bad for him so took him to the ER instead, turns out bitch sister instead of calling An Ambulance for her brother she ordered him a Lyft to hospital instead. What’s wrong with people? I eventually got him to the ER but guy was almost black out so had to help him inside. Shit like this is why I only do Lyft on the weekends now and sometimes. The ride was $6 dollars and not tip or even a thank you for helping my brother Society is twisted.

I received an order for $3.49. It was a slow day, so I decided to take it. The pickup was from a hotel and the drop-off was at a lounge pub.

On the way, the passenger asked if I could pick her up again when she was done. I said yes. Then she told me she would give me a $500 tip. I told her that would make my day.

She asked to stop at the bank first, and afterward, she gave me $1,500, saying it was the limit and she would give me more.

And yes—it truly made my day.

I picked this lady up from a grocery store and had a 30 minute drive. She gets her groceries, loaded in the truck. That's why I can get seated. We go on our way midway through the trip. Decides to take a piss in my backseat and not say anything. And get out of the truck grab a groceries and walk off like nothing happened. I got a $75 dollar cleaning fee, though

If I paid $40 dollars for a 15 min ride I would assume the driver would make over $20... no idea why the Lyft fee us $28.67

kid started to get in the car i asked her how old she way she said 9 i said i’m so sorry i cannot drive you, i cannot drive unaccompanied minors. 30 minutes later i get this.

What's the ground for this on lyft? 🤔

Lyft support is bs! How can she contact me if I didn't pick her up? Should I make a police report?

My daughter put her $20 allowance in a cup and said. Dad leave it there. Whatever is left at the end of the weekend we spend it together

The $100.00 was not a tip. Customer took $80 and left a $20. All the singles are 1 $20 tip. . Customers jump in and say whats this? I tell them what my daughter did and said to me. We going to disneyland 😂.

I'm curious how everyone else handles this situation:

This is Disney Boardwalk Hotel, for context. I pulled up and told them, I apologize and I cannot take their daughter. I have a booster seat only. They told me that they don't need a car seat.

I know my policy, but I have the privilege (other income) to get suspended and know my kids won't starve.

What do you do?

I pull up to the house, a woman walks out. She's obviously a bit distressed over... something. But I don't think much of it. But, when she gets near my car, her husband runs out the house, obviously drunk, waving a pistol around. He pointed it at her. He pointed it at me. He told her she wasn't going anywhere.

I looked at this guy. This is a fairly nice neighborhood. I immediately know, even drunk, he's not stupid enough to actually shoot. But, given the heat of the situation, I drove off, and went to the end of the road. I didn't cancel the call. Instead, I asked the woman if she could come down the road for me to pick her up. She said she thinks she can. I'm betting this man is not going to walk down this nice street in broad daylight waving a .45 around. Sure enough, minutes later, the lady made it to my car, and I took off, making sure we weren't followed. Turns out she received some Valentine's Day gift from a female friend her husband construed as a little more than friendly. I get the feeling from her vagueness (I wasn't asking details) he might have assumed correctly but either way nothing like that justifies pulling out the iron.

But, it all worked out. She tipped me an extra $10 for not leaving her there. I told her I have six sisters and a wife and a daughter and lots of female friends and if any of them were in a situation like this I'd want someone to help them too.

I’ve done 4 rides in 6hrs.

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. :)

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Last night I took a lady and her very ill teenage daughter to the ER. Pulled into the driveway with the lady frantically waiving at me. She had to nearly carry her daughter to the car who was bawling the whole time. She kept crying in the car with the mom saying, “we are almost there, we are almost there.” I didn’t ask what it was, just told her to let me know you need anything, I’ll get you to the ER as quick as I can. It was late night, pouring down rain. I’m not speeding and risking an accident. When we got there I jumped out to get a wheelchair and asked a paramedic for help. This girl could no longer stand and 2 people had to get her out of the car and in the chair. She never stopped crying.

It really sucks people won’t call for appropriate emergency transport because of the expense. Good to see our administration is sending $20 billion to Argentina to fund their universal healthcare. -End rant.

Edit: it’s great to see so many drivers posting that would take her or have done something similar in the past. I was losing faith reading so many posts about drivers cancelling if ride conditions are less than perfect, but it looks like just about all of us will step up when needed.

This is a woman who admitted it was a pickup for her 15yo son. Lyft actually responded by giving me a good fee.

So this ride was 3.5 miles away. After driving 2 minutes I start getting flood of phone call and text messages... enjoy. Yeah I got paid for wasting my time too. But this is the process to get paid have to wait 5 minutes at the pickup location then call the PAX at location after timer ends. If you don't wait then don't get paid. But we all know that. Just wanted to post for your enjoyment.

So last night I had a passenger that was clearly drunk that I picked up at one bar just to drop off at another bar. It was a unicorn ride because the ride was paying me $52 for the trip when the ride only had one stop and was a total of maybe 14-15 miles total.

Well the stop before the final destination was her apartment, and at her apartment she has trouble getting out my back door (I realized my child lock was on had a passenger earlier in the day with toddlers) and I get out to open the door for her. This lady straight up grabs my hand pulls pulls it to her face and says ," you want to come inside really quick, I'm horny." Sorry lady I'm married. Should've ended the ride there, but I was on the phone with my wife while she was inside at her stop and my wife straight up said, "shit $52 I wouldn't blame you for keeping the ride. She's clearly drunk she won't remember it."

Honestly, these rides are extremely awkward and uncomfortable as hell. But the pay tends to be sooo good for these rides so half the time I can't afford to just pass up the opportunity.

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.