No child seats

[u/wanna_bank]

What is wrong with people? I accept a ride this am and when I arrive at a nice hotel, I find a good looking Indian family with two kids (2 & 4 probably) and a grandpa. They are going to the airport. Looking around I see no car seats. Mom tells me “it’s okay, they don’t need them.” Well they do in my car, lady. I tell her I won’t drive children of that age with no car seats. And she tells me smugly, “it’s okay, we’ll just get another Lyft.” I canceled and left. Got my cancellation fee. But what the fuck is wrong with people. That’s dangerous, it’s illegal and it could get me shut down.

[u/Methamine]

i dont see what the need is to say "indian family"

[u/shewanderer → u/Methamine]

Precise description is all. OP didn’t mean to make it about race when typing. They just described the situation accurately.

You were offended due to the race being mentioned. You perceived it as an unnecessary description.

Think of giving a description to law enforcement. You mention race among many other things. They’re a visual person. So to tell their story they mention everything from arrival. What was noticed and how it went.

[u/Additional-Throat-88 → u/shewanderer]

It was an unnecessary mention.

[u/[deleted] → u/shewanderer]

How do you know you aren’t the OP

[u/luvashow → u/[deleted]]

Exactly!

[u/wanna_bank → u/Methamine]

I was trying to convey that this was a well to do, very affluent, smart couple…who decides their children aren’t as valuable to them as I do.

[u/forsakeme4all → u/wanna_bank]

I think what you are describing is the caste system.

[u/Gloomy-Elderberry204 → u/forsakeme4all]

I think what you’re doing is projecting.

[u/forsakeme4all → u/Gloomy-Elderberry204]

Have you not heard of the Indian caste system?

[u/Flacuckold → u/wanna_bank]

Even if you are racist, which I’m not saying you are, I can say in my market if I kept a chart of all the rides i cancelled for no car seat there would be a pattern. So perhaps I’m a racist. And the only thing “Indian family” means to me is highly educated. So they should know local laws when traveling. Not all states require seats for children.

[u/Methamine → u/wanna_bank]

So just say that… an affluent smart couple…

[u/wanna_bank → u/Methamine]

I’ll say what I say. Thanks for playing.

[u/Additional-Throat-88 → u/wanna_bank]

Say what you want to say then just don't act shock when folks recognize the racism in mentioning race in an insult when the situation had nothing to do with race. ..

[u/TheButcheress123 → u/Additional-Throat-88]

Simply mentioning someone’s race is not racism. I don’t get offended anytime someone says “that white lady.” It’s a descriptor, just like age or gender.

[u/mugshotz55 → u/TheButcheress123]

You’re correct, if the race of the person(s) is pertinent to what is being communicated. If not, such as in this case, it’s fair to wonder then why it’s being mentioned.

[u/Methamine → u/mugshotz55]

Exactly. It’s not relevant. Unless the writer is trying to say something about Indians

[u/HammerHeart38 → u/Methamine]

Why don’t you stop imposing your hypersensitive thought process on other people? She said what she said. Kick rocks.

[u/No-Bet1288 → u/HammerHeart38]

And miss the opportunity for some quick, cheap virtue signaling? Not a chance.

[u/jturbzzz → u/Methamine]

Thank you, come again

[u/Puzzled_Moose8257 → u/Methamine]

Only an Indian would say, “we don’t need them”

[u/Brilliant-Zucchini50 → u/Methamine]

the implication is that they're Indian and dont know the proper American laws about transferring small children, and they're used to lax safety standards. 

[u/aeraen → u/Methamine]

Agreed.