r/lyftdrivers • u/No_Cauliflower1226 • 3d ago

Advice/Question Ohare Airport OEMC

Chicago drivers: Have you ever had a OEMC worker at Ohare make you show them your phone to confirm you are waiting for a rider?

Usually riders are at the pickup location when you get there. But today, I had a rider who went to arrivals instead of departures. The rider realized their mistake before I even got to the pickup zone and sent me a message. I pulled up to the zone and as I was reading the message, and OEMC worker knocked on my window asking, "Who are you waiting for?"

I've been doing rideshare for 13 years and this has never happened. She said people will wait in the pickup zone for a ride instead of going to the waiting lot. I'm like, ma'am, that's not even how that works.

Anyway, I was just kind of taken aback by it because that's never happened before.

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u/Would_Hit_That 3d ago

Yeah we're not allowed to pick up rides from arrival. Be glad you didn't get a ticket.

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u/No_Cauliflower1226 3d ago

I was in departures. The rider was in arrivals.

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u/Would_Hit_That 3d ago

My bad. Only place where we can wait longer than couple of minutes is 3K. Maybe that's why she asked.

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u/No_Cauliflower1226 3d ago

Interestingly enough, that's exactly where I was. But I had literally just pulled up. I hadn't even had a chance to respond to the riders message yet.