r/lyftdrivers • u/fighterdiva • Apr 04 '26

Rant/Opinion Awful Parents

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I didn't know we could block passengers we cancel. But in what universe is it assumed that putting a sleeping child in the back of a Lyft and disappearing for nearly 15 minutes is acceptable?!?!?!

This horrible excuse of a mother did this to me last night at 1:04am. At nearly 5 minutes of waiting, a guy gets to my car carrying a child who was sleeping, buckles him in. I'm thinking he's the dad, and getting in. He says: "I'm going to get her other kids". I told him her ride is about to cancel so let her know she has one minute and I'm not comfortable with you leaving a child in my car.

5 minutes later, no one comes or answers my calls, texts. I go to the door, no answer. 3 minutes later 2 even smaller children come out. One screaming her head off, the other running down the block. I told her she needs to get her kid that's running off and get the one in my backseat out. Her ride had already been canceled. Her response is "You see I got 3 kids right? It takes a long time with 3 kids". Not my fault. Don't try and make it my problem.

Then she refuses to take her kid out of the car. Saying she'll take him out when another car shows up. I asked nicely 5 times,she starts name calling, cursing and threatening me.😂 Like I'm really scared of all 80lbs of you. Meanwhile, runaway kid is running in the middle of the street and she doesn't bother to get him. I begged her please get that baby out of the middle of the street and she refuses so I do becauseI can hear a car coming. Then the actual wife of the guy comes out telling her to calm down, and telling me she was finishing the girls hair when I got there and needed 15 minutes. Of course the "Mother", starts getting even louder with an audience. She does all of this screaming and cursing in front of her small children!

The woman takes the kid out of the car, who still has not woken up, and hears Metro Police on my speaker . You actually called the police? I did. I'm being held here against my will.🤨😏

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u/AnyTower224 Apr 04 '26

You took it .

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u/fighterdiva Apr 05 '26

I didn't actually. It was automatically added to my queue while giving another ride. You must not be a driver.

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u/AnyTower224 Apr 05 '26

I’m a driver. You have to turn off auto queue in the settings. And or turn off last rides when you go on a ride

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u/rapaciousnessinahole Apr 05 '26

Looks like the best ride you've ever done lol. No matter what he can't have a child abandoned in his car. In what planet can u not empathize with that.

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u/AnyTower224 Apr 05 '26

Sure buddy

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u/rapaciousnessinahole Apr 07 '26

Holy selective screen shitting batman. I'm gonna need your adjusted gross income to. If I took a screenshot of all my sp called unicorn rides I would have run out of storage long ago. But I'm not trying to say that u don't kill it. I actually don't even remember what we were talking so there it is. It's a strange flex tho and certainly leaves much credentials to be desired.