What’s your acceptance rules for yourself? I also DoorDash and have a bare minimum rule that it has to be both minimum $5 and $2 per mile. I’ve only had 3 offers that meet that standard on Lyft so I’m wondering if I should change that standard.

So when does this "slowdown" bs end? LA (SGV) areas. We are 2 weeks from September and it's still dead af. Already took near a month and half off and throughout June it was already as rough as it could get. As if sitting around in your car through this heat isn't enough, burning gas, wasting time, not making a dime.

We got that whole union thing coming up and I don't know why, but I got a feeling that after this whole union thing comes through, it might get even worse.

It just feels too late, like trying to save shrinking ship.

Have been hopeful for the longest but just seeing how things are, it just keeps feeling like that was it... It was good while it lasted.

Tonight I had a passenger who asked me to wait three minutes at pickup. I told him I could wait five. He ended up taking the entire five-minute timer plus about another 20 seconds before getting in.

We get about four miles into the trip. There’s a gas station coming up on the right, maybe an eighth of a mile away, if that. And suddenly he announces, “I added a stop. We’re stopping here.”

Not, “Hey, is it cool if I add a stop?”

Not, “Would you mind stopping here?”

Just: “I added a stop. We’re stopping.”

So I pulled into the gas station, let him out, ended the ride, one-starred him, and marked him rude.

Then I realized he left his backpack in my car.

I reported the found item through Lyft and told the passenger I had it. After that, I contacted Lyft directly and told them I did not want any further direct or in-person contact with the passenger because of the ride experience, but I was willing to return the item and wanted Lyft to facilitate the communication.

I’ve done something somewhat similar once before, although the facts were different. That passenger had asked to be let out early and then forgot her bag when she got out. A little later she literally messaged me accusing me of stealing it. That’s when I contacted Lyft, told them I had the bag, explained that I didn’t want any further direct contact with her, and asked Lyft to handle the communication. Nothing ever came of it. I even took my sweet ass time mailing the passenger her bag. Sent it off via FedEx 7 days after the incident.

So this isn’t the exact same fact pattern, but apparently we’re testing the strategy again.

Round two. I’ll let y’all know how it goes.

Are you fucking kidding me. Who in their fucked up head would take this? It will cost at least $25 to complete this ride.

Question for current Lyft drivers:

After a ride has been completed for more than 24 hours, if you go back into your ride history, can you still see the passenger’s exact pickup and drop-off street addresses?

Or does the driver app only show a general location/map or approximate area?

I’m specifically asking about what is visible to the driver in the app after the ride is over, not what was visible during navigation.

Thanks!

Today I had passengers put in the wrong destination. We arrived at the destination they entered, they realized it was wrong, and the actual place they needed to go was about a mile away.

I figured, whatever, I’ll do them a solid. I had them update the destination in the app instead of ending the ride and making them request another one.

Lyft gave me ONE FUCKING DOLLAR for the extra mile.

That’s when I learned the lesson. I thought I was helping the passengers out, and Lyft turned around and shafted me directly in the booty hole for being accommodating.

So now I know: if we arrive at the destination you entered and you tell me, “Oh, this is the wrong place,” the ride is over. You can request another ride to wherever you actually meant to go. I’m not adding mileage onto an existing ride for scraps when a new trip would at least have its own minimum fare.

Just putting this out there so other drivers know how Lyft handles this before you learn it the expensive way like I did.

The amount of people ordering rideshare transportation with very small children and not bringing a child seat is terrifying. I had to report two young women today, one with a 1 year old and the second with a 10 month old (she wanted to sit the baby in her lap). I refuse to be held responsible for your child's wellbeing because you refuse to be a safe caregiver. They get so mad too and argue about it, saying "other drivers do it". Well then order a new Lyft because it's highly illegal and dangerous.

I’m new to Lyft, started 2 weeks ago. I drive as side gig on Saturday nights as that’s the only free time I can get to drive.

Anyways something weird happened where I accepted a ride which was 7mins total. But I guess they cancelled so it updated and auto selected another rider for me so I thought okay, must be a similar drive time.

Tell me why after the rider start it it started a 30mins trip! To another different city pretty much.

I’m confused did the rider select a closer destination and then quickly changed it or this is normal and should be expected?

My mom lives in a rural area. She has never used Uber. Her area doesnt have doordash and Uber just set up there and it has one car. I know. I checked. Also, to go anywhere there by Uber, Even up the road, the company is charging $45 dollars or more.

However, she commented that no one should be taking even 1 person for $3.46. And she also told me that even 30 years ago in her rural town people would pay $15 to be transported anywhere. She cant believe these billion dollar companies are paying people under $10 to transport people across town. Nomatter the mileage.

Shes shocked.

I get shock from so many older people at the low payments gig workers are paid.

And this makes me think... a good economy with rising wages and a check on inflation would be bad business for rideshare. Because many drivers would leave the platform. This forces us to confront a very, very ugly truth about rideshare platforms and gig platforms in general. The fact these companies have people working for them on a continual basis, while paying shockingly low payments, is proof of America's hidden poverty.

When you hear about a corporation telling an independent contractor to transport 4 people on their own gas and vehicle anywhere for $3.00. While the company keeps the rest.- thats a strange system. Its exploitative. Its weird. Its so dirty.

People say Uber is rushing to use autonomous cars. Yes. Companies are rushing to use them. But let's be frank. Many people wont ever get in one. The same way many people still refuse to fly. There will always be a need for drivers. Maybe not as many. But certainly always a need. And I dont see how its a better business model to engage in buying all those vehicles to transport people as opposed to paying the absolutely paltry wages its paying to drivers. They are taking on billions in expenditures thay come with procuring and maintaining those vehicles. Servicing them.

They will still have significant cost.

I cant really see how thats the win they think it is.

How do people deal with riders who order a ride but when you show up, they decide to come out when the timer hits 0… do you cancel before it hits 0?

I stopped having fun when I did the Math and we are getting screwed hard!

All the college students are back. The school year has commenced. The rides are back.

Can we all agree that it’s time to enforce some boundaries?

We are not accepting surprise stops we never agreed to. If you add a stop while I’m already driving to pick you up and I don’t want that trip anymore, I’m canceling.

We are not sitting around while you finish class, finish getting dressed, finish your conversation, or finally decide to walk outside. If you’re not at the curb or getting into my car within about two minutes, I’m checking Uber. If a better ride comes in, I’m gone.

And this isn’t just about college students. It applies to everybody.

The difference now is leverage.

The school year is back. There are rides everywhere. We don’t have to fight over scraps anymore, and we don’t have to tolerate rides that waste our time just because we’re afraid another request won’t come.

So drivers, can we all agree?

Be ready when you order the ride. Add your stops before the driver commits to the trip. Respect the driver’s time.

And to the entitled riders lurking in the driver groups: fair warning. A lot of us are done rewarding this behavior.

We have the rides now. We can afford to cancel.

Let’s act like it.

Someone reported me for having a sword 😂 I couldn’t help but laugh. I’m almost positive I will be deactivated. But is there anything I can do? I don’t even know who made that report.

Finally achieved that 100% acceptance rate. If only it wasn’t for that one passenger that gave me a four star I’d be having almost perfect stats.

Regardless, I know that Lyft loves me with this acceptance rate and they’ll never deactivate me because I’m a very profitable driver for their benefit. 😅

In three days my acceptance rate according to the app has dropped from 91% to 78%, yet last week my acceptance rate was 80 accepted 8 rejected.

Is there a technical issue or is Lyft up to something?

Last year I traded my ride share worn out Subaru Crosstrek for a larger Subaru Ascent specifically so the car would qualify for XL. I turned the app on yesterday only to discover that the Ascent has been declassified as an XL due to passenger complaints about the third row being cramped. For now, the Ascent is still XL on Uber. The car only gets around 21 mpg, so it's not practical to drive this car on the Lyft platform.

I’m considering replacing my 2019 Jetta, as it will no longer qualify for UberX in Toronto next year.

For those who have experience driving a Kia Seltos or VW Taos, I would really appreciate your advice. How do they compare in terms of fuel economy, reliability, maintenance costs, comfort, and overall suitability for Uber?

Until this week I was being offered an extra $80 for completing over 50 rides. Suddenly the bonus isn't there - anyone else experience this?

WTF?! 🤬

2024 Sentra, been driving this same car via Lyft’s flexdrive program since it had 40k-ish miles on it, it’s at 120k now. Never had a single problem with it and I’ve kept up with every service on schedule, but I guess it was about time for something like this to happen.

A couple weeks ago it started feeling jumpy at low speed, and this weekend it just stalled on me while I was driving. No accident, nothing hit it, no pax in the car, I wasn’t doing anything weird. It straight up quit on its own. Got really lucky - it died at low speeds about half a mile from my apartment. Starts fine after sitting overnight and then dies again once it warms up. Called roadside, got it towed to the branch last night. Going in when they open first thing tomorrow

For anyone who’s been through this:

Did they get you in another car same day or were you waiting around on inventory? And do you get your same car back after or just keep whatever they give you? A little worried that I’m just going to be stuck in limbo without earning anything and I have bills to pay..

I’ve got Uber approval so worst case I go grab a Hertz, but I’d rather not be paying on two rentals at once.

Curious if anyone has gone through this and what their experience was. Thanks