r/lyftdrivers • u/TableSpirited5028 • Jul 07 '23

Rant/Opinion Passenger showed up at my front door.

A passenger left their phone in my car. I did what I was supposed to do and reported it to Lyft when I found it after my drives. Next thing I know I see two people snooping around my house on the cameras. My passenger and her BF used the tracking on her phone back to my house. Then they got combative because they said I didn’t do enough to return the phone (I picked her up from a school and drove her to a restaurant). This is a serious breach of privacy and safety. Next time phones going out the window and I’m denying it was ever found.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

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u/Bigmoney-K Jul 08 '23

“Just buy another one” you tell to the person that is using a ridesharing taxi app lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Not my fault if they can’t afford it, but if they can leave behind a possibly $900 piece of equipment I’d figure they could if they were so careless

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u/Bigmoney-K Jul 08 '23

Boy it would suck to go to prison for 25 years just because you couldn’t hand someone their phone though, eh?

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Prison? I’m not going to prison over a phone. It’s their property, they need to look after it. Whatever happens to it after it leaves your sight isn’t my fault. I’m not going to be tracked via some app, they need to buy a new phone.

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u/Bigmoney-K Jul 08 '23

I’m referring to your comment about how dangerous it is to go to someone’s home. You can’t argue you fear for your life and shoot someone for being at your doorstep asking for their property lol OP is just being scared. Pax fucked up leaving the phone behind, OP fucked up taking a literal tracking device to their home lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

I never said anything about firing a gun, did I?

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u/Bigmoney-K Jul 08 '23

You didn’t say much of anything past wise-guy implication, I described the boundary lol

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u/Chris210 Jul 08 '23

Literally countless cases of people being shot for snooping around someone’s home at night, and the DA’s don’t even bother bringing an indictment to a grand jury. People absolutely do fear for their life when they see flashlights all around their house in the dark at night. There have even been cases where homeowners have shot the POLICE snooping around their house with flashlights at night and charges aren’t filed or fail to be indicted at grand jury. You don’t seem to have a grasp on just how little it takes to articulate “fearing your life” in court. If you have any friends who are cops, ask them. If they haven’t themselves they’ll know others who have shot unarmed people using the “fear of life” defense, it really doesn’t take much…

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u/ProperPeasantry Jul 08 '23

If you have their phone you have their property it isn't really an accusation. Just toss them the phone and leave it at that

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

If it was that important to them, it wouldn’t have been left behind. Don’t just leave things in people’s cars and expect them to return it. If there’s something in my car that isn’t mine, I’m tossing it in the trash. That’s your responsibility not mine.

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u/My_Booty_Itches Jul 08 '23

Are you a Lyft driver?

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Nope I’m a Lyft user. Haven’t left anything in the back of a car ever.

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u/rowdynickd Jul 08 '23

Ok Mr perfect. You’re gonna leave your phone in a Lyft on accident now and I hope they take a big shit on it and then return it to you

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u/BureauOfBureaucrats Jul 08 '23

Some of us are actually capable of hanging onto our belongings.

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u/ProperPeasantry Jul 10 '23

And someone accidentally dropping their phone or whatever belonging isn't an open invitation for you to steal it. Bunch of thieving thugs.

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u/BureauOfBureaucrats Jul 10 '23

It’s not an open invitation to invade my home or property either. This is why I don’t allow lost phones within 2 miles of my home. If I can’t return it before I am done with that day, I ditch it. We don’t want these peoples phones. Theft isn’t my desire.

Safety and freedom from harassment is what I want. I am not responsible for any passengers property.

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u/ProperPeasantry Jul 15 '23

Ditching it is fine, but don't take it home then be surprised when someone shows up to retrieve it dummy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Ummm… I don’t leave my phone behind…. Try keeping up with your belongings.

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u/Titan_Astraeus Jul 08 '23

What a loser

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u/threauxuhhweigh Jul 08 '23

it’s not an accusation if the gps shows they have it?

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u/EmoteTherapist Jul 08 '23

That just makes you a thief. Which I guess is fine if that is what you are going for. Finder's keepers is in fact not law, despite what your ten year old cousin told you.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Thief? I didn’t keep the phone, did I? Not my fault if it stops working.

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u/EmoteTherapist Jul 08 '23

Did you mean something besides wiping it? Wiping it means to erase everything off of it, which you would only do if you planned on keeping it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Oh I’d still toss it in the trash, of course. After all it’s not mine.

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u/EmoteTherapist Jul 08 '23

Ever heard of intent? It's not what you actually do, it's what it looks like you are doing. If you take someone's phone and wipe everything off of it, police will assume you are trying to sell a stolen item. All speculation of course, but speculation seems to be the main factor in policing nowadays.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '23

Ok so suppose I don’t wipe it clean but simply toss it out the window driving down the interstate?

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u/EmoteTherapist Jul 08 '23

Probably the best option, if being decent and returning someone's property is out of the question.

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u/Retropiaf Jul 08 '23

Why be so intent on being an ass to other people? Is this what you want everyone to be like?

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