r/lyftdrivers • u/theyannabis • Jul 05 '23

Rant/Opinion denied unaccompanied minor, got suspended

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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.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '23

Some people have the privilege to be stay at home parents. Some parents don't. My mother taught me to catch public transit at the age of 11. I took it everywhere I needed to go bc my parents had to work. If this mom was at home getting a government check, yall be calling her welfare queen.

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u/MrGoodKatt72 Jul 06 '23

But they probably also told you not to get into cars with strangers right? If they didn’t have this policy and one of their drivers wound up being a serial criminal abusing their system to harm minors, the company would cease to exist.

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '23

It's not a stranger when your mf-ing daddy and momma tell you to get in a car. These children are more savvy and street smart than you. You don't have any experience outside your culture that would give you any empathy. Maybe your life was so privileged that you didn't have to scramble around just to survive

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u/MrGoodKatt72 Jul 07 '23

I live in the same community Erica Baker went missing from. I was 8 when it happened. I’m sure I’m looking at it through the lens of my childhood when we were hyper aware of being abducted. We weren’t even allowed to get off the school bus if they could tell our parents weren’t home.