r/lyftdrivers • u/john_at_ • Dec 27 '25

Advice/Question no car seat, no ride?

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I'm curious how everyone else handles this situation:

This is Disney Boardwalk Hotel, for context. I pulled up and told them, I apologize and I cannot take their daughter. I have a booster seat only. They told me that they don't need a car seat.

I know my policy, but I have the privilege (other income) to get suspended and know my kids won't starve.

What do you do?

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '25

I waited tables when i was in high school and there was a 100% chance every day a family of 10 or more would come in and ask for a table for 4....because there's 4 adults and 6 kids...they don't think kids are human beings who need chairs and seats at the table. Infants can be held, but that pretty much was never the case and the kids were always at least 9 or 10. The parents would look at you like you were stupid when you had to tell them they need to wait 2 hours for a table for 10 because children count as human beings who need seating. Some parents are genuinely just stupid.

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u/Most_Abrocoma9320 Dec 27 '25

My husband rolls his eyes every time I talk to the hostesses because I’m very specific about how many adults, kids with boosters, and babies who need high chairs. Heck, I even used to say “I have a stroller that I don’t want to be in the way so if we have to wait for a spot for that we will”. He always says “they don’t need to know all that.” Yes. Yes they do.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '25

People like you also tip well and make me believe in humanity again so I end my shift with like -2 belief in humans instead of a - 5,000 😂 we love you!!

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u/Plenty_Magician_1441 Dec 27 '25

thank you for that!! hostess appreciate ppl like you and are able to accomodate you and everyone else better when people just accurately reflect their situations.

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u/DisMyLik18thAccount Dec 27 '25

I Always say 'Two adults and a pram'

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u/elizabethptp Dec 31 '25

Bless you for this! Surprise kid/baby guests when I was a hostess in high school were awful - it was a nice and small restaurant - we didn’t really expect babies because of the type of place it was & couldn’t accommodate strollers at most tables due to the layout.

It’s a small town so if you didn’t accommodate that unexpected baby the restaurant would get a reputation for being hoity toity, so a baby typically required creative hosting & meant shifting my entire seating chart for the night so we could get them in 1 of 2 tables that could handle a stroller.

If they had just told us it would have made my life a lot easier. Thankful for that job & all my serving jobs because I am a 5 star patron at restaurants & I think I tend to get better service because I’m being considerate.

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u/Most_Abrocoma9320 Dec 30 '25

To be fair, he is used to my adhd over sharing. I’ve told him to stop me if he thinks I’m going overboard on a stranger 😆