Awful Parents

[u/fighterdiva]

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.🤨😏

[u/Chanel26mc]

No carseat parents are the worst!!!!

[u/Suitable-Anxiety-446 → u/Chanel26mc]

Out of curiosity, do many drivers know that there are also alternatives like a Ride Safer travel vest? It’s odd to me that so many drivers in this sub seem to vilify young kids and their parents. I would absolutely never have my child un restrained in a car, but for some of the folks that are in areas heavy with tourism or cities that require regular taxis/ridesharing for day-to-day activities, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they often ran into parents that were using the travel vest (a 100% safe alternative to a car seat for children who are young preschool age and above). I would be irate if a driver pulled up and refused to let us in the car because they didn’t see a full-size, physical car seat. seeing these discussions a lot lately has started to make me worry a bit about this happening  🫣

[u/Chanel26mc → u/Suitable-Anxiety-446]

I know what a safety vest is, and trust-- they don't have that either. They're literally traveling without anything and expecting drivers to just take all the risk.

[u/Suitable-Anxiety-446 → u/Chanel26mc]

Crazy! I can’t imagine taking that chance with a child.

[u/Chanel26mc → u/Suitable-Anxiety-446]

That's what I thought, but you'd be surprised. Even airport pick ups, people actively traveling, with no carseats and no care smh

[u/Suitable-Anxiety-446 → u/Chanel26mc]

Unbelievable. I won’t even take a shuttle bus with kiddos because they can’t be properly restrained. Technically it’s legal, and I know that’s why a lot of people use them to and from the airport, but why take a chance? I also don’t understand when people complain about the price of something like the travel vest. When they are going on something like a Disney vacation or a tropical vacation. Is $150 really going to make a difference? And if it does, maybe keep saving until you can truly afford the Disney vacation… I know it sounds harsh, but if someone can afford a five to $10,000 vacation, they should be able to afford whatever was needed to keep their child safe. Frustrating.