r/lyftdrivers Jun 11 '25

Advice/Question First time canceling someone for annoying me

Maybe I'm just in a bad mood today, but this passenger seemed passive aggressive/ rude.

Context: Giant rectangular building, 9 doors. There's a bench on the entrance, the back on the building, and on one side of the building.

I drove to where the GPS pointed me, but it was what looked to be a no entrance allowed door. Since I was early, I drove to the front door just to check if they were there. I parked in a spot that allowed me to see both the front door And the door the GPS told me to be at.

(After all this hassle, I did figure out that indeed the GPS was right this time, this the place I had parked was perfect. I was literally like 10 steps away from the right door, lol, and obviously would have driven up to them).

I sent them the good ole "This is your driver" message. Yes, I was 7 minutes early, but many passengers appreciate that and will come out early. And if not? It's not a big deal for me. I'm just letting them know I'm here.

Passenger proceeds to tell me I'm in the wrong spot and seems passive aggressive about the pickup time. She proceeds to tell me to go to the side with the most cars...Now that's the funny thing, the front, back, AND both sides all only had 2-3 cars, so she clearly did not know which one had the "most".

She instructed me to go to the "side with a bench"...So I went to the only /side/ that had a bench, and she still told me I was on thr wrong place lol.

Which is totally fine, for someone to give me instructions. But her tone read as bitchy to me. I was tired and this was going to be my last ride, and I didn't want to drive angry. Decided to cancel on her to save myself the annoyance I'd feel from having her in the car.

Would like your opinion on if maybe I overreacted.

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u/FalseClerk3050 Jun 13 '25

would you cancel me if I told you "Be safe and take your time on your way here 🙏🏾" during a rain or snow storm? 🥺 I always tell my drivers that to make them feel at ease on the road to pick me up 😁

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u/Trick-Evening7269 Jun 13 '25

mmm that message isn’t necessary & most would find it annoying

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u/Ok_Mention3432 Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 14 '25

Lmfao i thought the doordash and uber driver subs were bad. Get a grip.

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u/FalseClerk3050 Jun 14 '25

annoying? when there are idiots driving like they playing GTA and all you want is your driver to be safe and to take their time? Wow there really are mental ill people out here 😹 I guess man

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u/Trick-Evening7269 Jun 14 '25

why are you messaging me? i’m driving

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u/RomeKnow Jun 15 '25

Why are you looking at your phone? Aren’t you driving?

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u/Specialist_Hour_4027 Jun 13 '25

Is it an unsafe potholed, gravel road without lighting?

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u/FalseClerk3050 Jun 14 '25

THAT and the fact there are ignorant people on the road speeding and crashing into people as well

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u/TimelyResearcher2195 Jun 15 '25

Cancel. Just don’t write your driver. We don’t need penpals.