Which completely defeats the purpose of the mask and ought to count as not wearing one.

If surgical masks are "known to do nothing" why do surgeons wear them, and continue to do so for decades?

So your comfort is more important than someone else's health and life?

They still cut your emissions by more than that, so masks primarily protect other people.

Since coronavirus is contagious for days prior to any symptoms, nobody knows that they don't have it.

Anti-maskers seem to make all sorts of excuses and rationalizations for what basically comes down to a lack of respect for others. I would not consider getting in a car with a maskless stranger. Question: If I call for an uber and then the driver isn't wearing a mask so I won't get in, is there still a way to complain? Technically I have not taken a trip.

You have to screenshot their info in the app before you decline the ride, because the driver will cancel the ride when you refuse to get in, and their info may disappear, so you have to do it before they arrive so you have it in your photos, just in case...After that there should be a way to report them...

I've ridden in a dozen or so Ubers/Lyfts since the pandemic, all in Atlanta. The experience has been the same as pre virus except they wear a mask and I wear a mask. Vehicle cleanliness and driving navigation remain as hit or miss as before.

Most NYC Uber/Lyft have clear shower curtains between the front seat row and the back. Every trip I've taken the driver is compliant and also wears a mask.
I've also asked for the A/C to be off and to open windows. Not that A/C gets to the back much with some of these shower curtains as some are very well secured top to bottem and some are just call it sneeze guards and open and the edges.
Of course when in traffic ind 90 degree humid weather with windows open or raining is not much fun.

The whole point of masks is to protect others. But people are selfish and they come first

I rode a Lyft back from RDU this week. The driver wouldn't take the hint that I didn't want to talk and informed me on his thoughts about rioting and "Chicago". Minus the masks it was just like the old days

I commute with Uber and Lyft, and it has been hell during the pandemic to get a ride. Wait times of over half an hour are typical. I've ridden with some Lyft employees (They work for Lyft but also drive) and they told me that it's a combination of many factors.

- Less demand means that drivers don't think they can make a lot of money to make it worth their time. This has caused the supply to fall faster than the demand. I was told that the trick to getting a ride was to try to request the rides around the time of hospital shift changes, as that's when the supply increases from a perceived demand.

- Unemployment. Part time drivers with other jobs are most likely furloughed at this time, and are collecting unemployment benefits. Since the pandemic unemployment compensation program adds $600 a week on top of their regular unemployment, there's no incentive to go out and risk their health to drive. Full time drivers are also eligible for pandemic unemployment benefits in some states, so if they can get by on that, then they will, instead of going out to risk their health driving. If they can't get by on that, they can collect the benefit while still driving.

- Due to some government systems being down during the early months of the pandemic, Uber and Lyft were not able to run background checks. Drivers who did not have their background check before the shutdown weren't allowed to drive, and drivers who were allowed to drive while their background check was in progress were deactivated.

I'm curious to see what happens in a couple weeks when the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (as part of the CARES Act) ends.

I haven't used the service for 4 months now, but I check occasionally and it seems indeed availability is not good. I would recommend pre-scheduling the rides, if that's still an option, for important occasions.

If you read the complaints on Twitter and in the app stores, many people are scheduling rides and still not getting rides on time.

I am glad you let me know, the solution to that is leave a lot of buffer time, for things like that. An even safer approach is to schedule two rides, one from Lyft and one from Uber, 10-20 minutes apart (and still with plenty of buffer time), and cancel the other one (which serves as protection) as soon as one of the two arrives. Unfortunately you may have to do $ht like that, unless you prefer to miss your flight.

Back before covid I would occasionally double call rides from both apps, especially when time-sensitive, because I had such a high ride drop rate (even with a near 5 rating), it was infuriating, so I had to.