Ride share users...stop griping about the vehicle you get!
Mar 14, 2018, 12:36 pm
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Ride share users...stop griping about the vehicle you get!
As a driver, I'm getting tired of this. I drive a 4 door 2015 Pickup, clean, and safe. A few times I have pulled up for a ride, only to have a rider get grumpy and tell me no way they can step up into the truck. Ok, fine....but I drive what I drive people and it meets Lyft requirements. If you don't like the vehicle, canx the ride right away and get a new one!
its not that difficult...
its not that difficult...
Mar 14, 2018, 12:42 pm
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As a driver, I'm getting tired of this. I drive a 4 door 2015 Pickup, clean, and safe. A few times I have pulled up for a ride, only to have a rider get grumpy and tell me no way they can step up into the truck. Ok, fine....but I drive what I drive people and it meets Lyft requirements. If you don't like the vehicle, canx the ride right away and get a new one!
its not that difficult...
its not that difficult...
Mar 14, 2018, 12:45 pm
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Agree, but when the driver with the pickup accepts the ride the rider knows what he is driving, and if he doesn't like it, he can canx and get a new ride immediately.
Mar 15, 2018, 3:52 pm
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I've been in subcompact cars so small where the backseat requires one rider to put his feet up, and Uber requires all cars to hold 1-4 passengers at a minimum, so yes, we get the right to gripe.
Mar 19, 2018, 1:28 pm
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um, no you really don't. If the car is clean and the driver courteous and the ride safe, you are out of line docking the driver on his/her car. YOU accepted the ride with said car and declined to cancel and get a new ride with what you would define as a 'better' car. Your bad, not the drivers.
Mar 19, 2018, 8:15 pm
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um, no you really don't. If the car is clean and the driver courteous and the ride safe, you are out of line docking the driver on his/her car. YOU accepted the ride with said car and declined to cancel and get a new ride with what you would define as a 'better' car. Your bad, not the drivers.
Mar 20, 2018, 7:09 am
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Of course you can gripe. I’ve gotten rides that had no room in the trunk because of a big speakerbox. You may also not be familiar with a car model. Sometimes it not until you try to get in that you have problems. In Europe I had an Audi that was a tight fit getting in.
Mar 21, 2018, 8:02 am
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and devoted to rideshare service.
I'm not sure of that one. Isn't a big part of the ride hailing app model letting/encouraging non-taxi drivers (average people) to use their personal cars for extra money in their spare time?
I'm not sure of that one. Isn't a big part of the ride hailing app model letting/encouraging non-taxi drivers (average people) to use their personal cars for extra money in their spare time?