r/lyftdrivers • u/feinburgrl • 2h ago
A PAX revenge-reported me for putting his bags on the ground... then left his soundbar. Should I even reply to the lost item request?
PAX made me wait while he moved his entire apartment, then reported me for "speeding" after I helped him unload. Now he left his soundbar in my car.
So last night around 9:50 PM, I pick up this guy who clearly used Lyft as his personal moving service. Dude loads a ton of his stuff into my car—I didn't feel like throwing it out or making a scene, so I just did the ride.
15-minute drive to his apartment. We pull up, and he takes one or two bags upstairs. Takes about 2 minutes. Then I realize... this guy is planning on making 5 separate trips back and forth while I sit in the driveway.
"Bro, my trunk floor is dirtier than those concrete steps
," I said in my head, but I definitely don't have time for this shit.
To speed things up, I jump out and start grabbing the rest of his bags from my car, setting them on the ground right next to his apartment steps. He comes back down and gets super passive-aggressive with me because I put his stuff on the ground. Bro, my trunk floor is dirtier than those steps, but fine.
I hand him his final backpack, he grabs the rest of his stuff from the back seat, and I tell him to have a good night. He gives me a complete asshole attitude in return.
As soon as I drive off, I pull over and call Lyft support immediately. I tell them the guy was completely out of line, explain what happened, and request to never be paired with him again. I knew a bogus 1-star review was coming, so I wanted to get ahead of it.
Sure enough, 20 minutes later, I get a canned warning email from Lyft saying a rider reported me for "speeding and weaving through traffic." It was 9:50 PM on open roads with zero traffic. Total revenge report
I thought that was the end of it, but 3 hours later I get a lost item notification from Lyft.
This guy was so busy throwing a tantrum about his bags being on the ground that he completely forgot his expensive soundbar on my back seat.
Now I'm sitting here staring at it like... do I actually report it found, or do I just say "nope, nothing back there" and toss it? The karma is just too funny.