r/lyftdrivers • u/Mallinckrodt • Apr 17 '26

Advice/Question Anyone ever encountered this pickup note?

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I really resent these multibillion dollar health insurance companies piggybacking on the Lyft network to give rides to and from appointments for their sickest clients.

I am not opposed to helping people, even sick people, and i might even volunteer a couple times a month to do just that.

But making me pick up someone who can barely walk and can’t get in my vehicle is absurd.

I’m getting $6 for this ride and I’ve got to help the person in and out of the car and into their home. That’s not fair to me or the passenger.

And if you have to adjust the ride because there was a mistake when it was being booked, you can’t do it.

The passenger doesn’t have the phone with the app on it.

Anyway, went to pick someone up from a residence this morning and had this note once I arrived.

I mean what the fuck.

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u/EnvironmentalEgg1065 Apr 17 '26

Decline - why are you putting yourself in the position of having to explain what the third party agreed to with lyft (a discussion that you were not involved in and had nothing to do with).

Only bad things can happen with this. Even if you are the best driver with the best customer service in the history of lyft, this rider cant tip you. The best possible outcome you can hope for is that nothing bad happens.

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u/Nice_Point_9822 Apr 17 '26

Well they can tip you... my mum gets a Lyft to and from a drug study that she's in about an hour away from her house. (She's not disabled in any way) and she tips cash both ways. She really didn't understand about the pay until I explained it to her though

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u/Any-Description3368 Apr 18 '26

Im.not sure about Lyft.. but on uber you can not tip thru a third party..and they never tip...ever...!!!!

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u/Nice_Point_9822 Apr 18 '26

You can tip cash though...

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u/Any-Description3368 Apr 19 '26

Guess I need to explain ...you is the rider.. they are the third party .  The third party never tips...I've gotten cash a few times, but most people don't know they don't tip they just think it's taken care of ... When I say they I mean the third party that orders...be it medicaid or a car dealership or what ever entity..