#Lyft Driver

[midnightfunk]

My, Dude.

#james bode #allies #lyft driver #racism

[rxbiteme]

https://x.com/palashp40616755/status/1708268666347811194?t=iRejimE-7H_Buh0Gdcbw6g&s=09

Lyft driver in Austin Tx drove off with op's cat and doesn't have her. It's a mess. Heart breaking. Share for help maybe.

#Lyft #stolen cat #stolen pet #ride share #lyft driver

[iww-gnv]

Thousands of drivers for ride-sharing platforms Uber, Lyft and food delivery app DoorDash will strike across the United States on Valentine’s Day seeking fair pay, drivers’ groups said on Monday. The strike call is the first since Uber and Lyft went public in 2019. Drivers will picket outside airports and Uber offices, two of the groups said.

#news #labor news #uber #lyft #doordash #strike #uber strike #lyft strike #doordash strike #delivery workers #delivery drivers

[gowns]

my lyft driver was egyptian and we talked about palestine ❤️ 🖤 💚 he was playing arabic music; i told him about my lebanese stepdad and then he trusted me. he told me how he has never cried at a funeral but this past month he has been crying watching videos from gaza. i told him, me too. we talked about it for the whole 20 minute ride. it was a good connection

[revretch]

Got all geared up to go to the cafe and work but then I had a whole adventure saving a hummingbird and taking it to the bird alliance and getting abandoned by a Lyft driver

Also before that confronted a guy who was threatening to hit his wife so it has been. A day

#rev retches #hummingbird #at least the lyft driver who took me back was nice #and the hummingbird was adorable

[birdclowns]

on the way to the airport to meet @cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut I am going to Scream And Cry

#if my lyft driver doesnt fucking kill me #thick russian accent. driving like its a fucking race #my heart may just give out before i see Jamie #i talk

[r0semultiverse]

I refuse to hop in a Zoox car in my entire life if I can avoid it. I refuse to hop into any self-driving robo taxi (or robotaxi) that uses AI to keep it’s passengers “safe.” If this is actually a service they are legally allowed to provide publicly, there’s about to be a whole bunch of new laws made in hopefully very little time! Now you know me, obviously fuck the law, many laws are unjust, but sometimes we need some regulations to keep up with the shit that rich Silicon Valley tech bros “put out” while claiming it’s allegedly their own work. These rich bastards are dangerous! Now I’ll pass along the questions that my partner & I jokingly pondered. If something happens that the AI & detection systems doesn’t know how to handle, will us as the passengers be held legally responsible say if a child gets punted into the air by the self driving car & we can’t do anything to stop it? What if we’re asleep assuming the car is safe & it runs over a legally endangered animal? What if we’re on our phones & these self-driving robot cars cleave someone in half? What if it crashes into someone’s private property? Are we held responsible in any of these cases or is the big rich guy’s company? If it’s anything like Tesla, you should get your kids or pets out of the road when you see a Zoox car coming, it could allegedly cause some mortalities. Two more things. What’s stopping someone from hijacking, hacking, or planting a virus on these self-driving taxi services? What if one of them gets hijacked to take someone to a human trafficker meetup spot? Will the company be held responsible at all? The gifs below pretty much summarizes my feelings.

#I would sooner trust an Uber driver even though I’m kind of paranoid; than trust a robot with no legal responsibilities #we’re trying this post again since apparently I hit a key word that the algorithm didn’t like in my post or tags #I’ll put my trust in a random stranger before I put my trust in an AI whose owner is probably a billionaire or millionaire #zoox & any other robotaxi or robo taxi services who do self driving cars; I don’t trust like that #regulations for stuff like this often only happens once it’s too late & I actually hate that so much #robots are stealing our jobs & the government is just letting them; they don’t care about us #these tag rambles are probably gonna get my post wiped from being seen by anyone #I’m anti-AI btw just to clarify; in case that wasn’t blatantly obvious #I’ll always be anti AI #I’ll trust a Lyft driver before I trust a robot with no sense of self awareness of its own #mine #op #self driving vehicles #2024

[eternalistic]

'MINNEAPOLIS — A rideshare co-op is launching services in Minneapolis in the coming weeks."

"The Drivers Cooperative, founded in New York City in 2021, touts itself as the world's first driver-owned rideshare platform."

"More than 12,000 drivers have joined since then, providing more than 300,000 trips in both the Big Apple and Denver"

#uber #lyft #driver cooperative #minneapolis minnesota #wages #minimum wage #business #economy #ride share #rideshare

[leggy-martian]

We went to a fastCAT trial today! Which means, fancy pro photos soon!

Here's Marte being endlessly patient with me as I tried to get an uber ride home; but alas, uber abandoned us.

#marte #borzoi #russian wolfhound #sighthound #dogblr #snootblr #lyft got us home #the poor driver made a mistake and we went 59 miles in the wrong direction first tho 😳

[fadedlovemp3]

SHE GOT ME A FLOWER AND A LITTLE CAT FIGURINE AND ASKED ME TO BE HER BELATED VALENTINE

#also my Lyft driver is playing house remixes of 80s music and imdrunk

[agentjayrock]

Uber? Lyft? What the hell is going on?

Ever had to contact customer support and heard over an automated voice instead of a human? How about contacting them and once you explain to them your issues only for them to give you ready-made responses as they haven't clue of what you're talking about? Well, that's been my excrcuiating experience as a driver for both companies at the same time. So, let's dive into how ludicrous it's been.

Let's start with Uber since it's rich with crazy stories. Uber has kind of a fair hourly wage going $25-30. You can receive payments on weekly basis like most jobs and contracts. Or you can have instant access to your money and even cash out once you've finished your shift with the Pro Card. Of course, I would choose the latter because why not? Normally I cash out directly to my debit card and needed I new one some time ago. I went in to change the details for the new card and had to undergo a security code verification via text message. I never received it so I had to contact support. I explained the issue I had and was told to whilelist my phone number from a text message. That's strange. How come I can receive text messages from Pro Card just fine when logging in, but not for this? Because this didn't work. I thought that this had to be a problem in their end. Now, a good tech support agent would troubleshoot such an issue should a solution like that not work. Not here; they "took it to further support" (Bear with here. I couldn't remember exactly what they said.) in order to resolve my issue. Their response: logout and in, reinstall the app and restart my phone. None of that worked because it's the most half-assed set of solutions of all time. Imagine if EA told you do that with their games you try to boot up. It'll just add the notoriety they're known for having.

It didn't feel like I was chatting with a human, so I decided to call support for a better chance. I had to wait (Get ready for this) ONE MOTHERFUCKING HOUR just to talk with someone. I can't believe I had the patience for that. I finally get to talk with an agent, only for them to tell me the same. Damn. Thing. Dude, what the fuck? Is Uber run by Skynet or something?! I kept contacting until I remembered why I had to whitelist the phone number I've been using with my account: it's because it's believed that it was being blocked by the provider. The number here is one I had setup for business reasons via TextFree, so I contacted them about it and they told me there was no issue on their end. Is Uber screwing with at this point? But, I went and switched the number on my account to my personal one, thinking that the business number is being assumed to be a VoIP, which is not allowed with some services. I finally get the code needed to finalize debit card changes to my Pro Card account.

Now this next story really interfered with my job significantly. I've been doing rideshare look normal, steady with a consistent schedule I setup for myself. The one thing that annoys me is that I have to verify my facial identity every once in a while. I mean, you know what I look like. Nothing too drastic has changed about me. So, why do I gotta go through this as I begin the job at a desired time? One day, I randomly go into the trip preferences menu to see it go from this:

To this:

Note: the Uber Eats food delivery preference is suppose to be there, but I didn't take a screenshot before it disappeared.

Of course, I had to talk to an agent. But this was more aggravating. I tried my damnedest to explain this issue. The agent, however, couldn't seem to figure out what I mean. Did they not have any job training? Once that was sorted, the agent said things like "This should be the type of experience for you to have" or "We understand your concern". Do ya, really? Because you should've went deeper into it by now. Continuing with this chat, guess what they told me then: the same solution from the Pro Card "troubleshoot", but that didn't work because THE APP IS NOT THE FUCKING PROBLEM! I disconnected and got in contact with a different agent. This bullshit repeated, but I got a whole new response. I got confirmation of my eligibility to have these preferences, including UberXL, and it was still approved. They also actually spent the time to look into it for a few minutes, although it was longer than. The problem involved the inspection of the vehicle I have registered. They wanted me to show an image of a newly documented inspection, but I don't have to worry about it for another 6 months. In my state at least, (I'm from the USA) I have to perform an annual inspection for legal validity of driving the vehicle, and it's $100. Doing this every 6 months makes no sense and it feels like it'll lead to an endless money pit, as a certain mechanic would say.

After that was sorted, I went back to doing the job like normal, only for it to happen again the next week. Starting to feel like Uber has a grudge against me. I go back to dealing with the same ol' crap more frustrated than ever, even angry, and get an unexpected response: I'm not eligible to perform UberXL rides. Well, isn't this the most inept thing to happen here? I drive a minivan, goddammit. What do you mean I'm not eligible? I just disconnected and almost didn't bother to reach another agent. But, I'm managed to collect myself and get it sorted out like last time. I'm certain this will happen again however.

On the Lyft side of things, the same issue with support, except this is about emblems. Speaking of those emblems, the adhesive is weak sauce. So, I needed new ones. You can order new ones from the site or app with the push of a button. It's suppose to arrive within week, but didn't as that time range passed. I had to contact an agent, but it was hard to do it on the app because for some reason, they have too high of expectations that problems are solved with FAQs. But this is a troubleshooting issue; there's no way they can believe things can work fine that easily all the time. I had to go to the site to get help, and they responded by arranging a new order, which did arrive. Thing is, I've had this problem since I first signed up. I didn't even get my training kit with the cool pink mustache. After those emblems wear out too soon, I had to order another pair. Here's me thinking "Maybe they sorted out that issue with the delivery". But something even worse happened:

And as of the date of this blog post, it's still like this. Why? I even contacted them with this screenshot and they just gave me an automated message saying they'll just reship the emblems. This shouldn't have to be the only way to obtain new emblems beside the Express Hubs, which is too far from where I live. And they didn't arrive this time. If I contact them about any other problem, it'll just be the same type of response instead of troubleshooting.

Now, I don't know too much about the experience with support for riders since I've not used rideshare often. But I'm sure there's similar issues. The fact that this is the type of support we receive is unacceptable. It's as if they only measure their success financially based on the quantity of users. With the money they make, you'd think they could hire more competent employees for tech support, but they just found some random people with barely any tech skills to speak of and brought them in. There's got to be some kind of union strike or something because we can't keep letting them get away with this.

#uber #uber technologies inc #lyft #lyftblr #lyft inc #ride share #ridesharingapp #customer service #tech support #job #independent contractor #driver #driving #car #minivan #rider #passenger

[iww-gnv]

Thousands of rideshare app drivers are going on strike on Valentine’s Day across 10 U.S. cities to protest low wages and poor safety standards, alongside expressing their concerns about job security. Uber, Lyft, Doordash and other drivers will not be offering rides to or from the airport in Austin, Chicago, Hartford, Miami, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rhode Island, and Tampa, Fla. on Feb. 14. Justice for App Workers, the union representing more than 130,000 rideshare drivers and delivery workers, said drivers will be striking all day. “Uber and Lyft pay rideshare drivers poverty wages so low they’re below the minimum wage in some states, forcing drivers to work up to 60-80 hours a week in mobile-sweatshop conditions just to be able to pay their bills,” the union said in a statement to TIME. “Drivers are striking to transform our industry, and to upend Uber and Lyft’s systems of exploitation to create instead a more just future, where our labor and humanity are treated with dignity.” Drivers at these companies are independent contractors, not employees. That designation means that drivers do not get the same legal protections other full-time employees do under federal labor law.

#news #labor news #uber #lyft #doordash #uber strike #lyft strike #doordash strike #delivery workers #delivery drivers #delivery strike

[bonesandpoemsandflowers]

we had our friends crashing at our place for days and days and we played pathfinder and went to dragon con and went dancing until (the v modest hour of) 2 am and I wore fantastically slutty outfits for like half of that and once again I took zero pictures

#also a lyft driver almost murdered doctor horsegirl

[sigilmint]

talk radio is so funny it's like,, why is your shitty podcast where you say nothing and make no points more important than anyone else's,,,,

#hearing guys talk about financials is so fucking annoying #also shoutout to lyft drivers who don't give a SHIT about how annoying it is to be in their car lmao we are listening to MY shitty podcast #so true king

[nat-20s]

Being weird with ur gender is 100% contagious btw in a very cool and fun way. Turns out that when you live ur best "you can do whatever you want forever" life in general it's contagious. This is why being a weird little freak is also contagious I always loved hanging out with sorority girls bc something about my personality made it so I was the one that they felt completely comfortable being like "my secret shame is that I can do a REALLY fucking good Billy Crystal impersonation and I have to suppress it so that I'm not in Billy Crystal mode constantly" I'd just be like "ok girl well let's hear it!" And it was pretty solid

#humans are social and be mirroring #sometimes you existing as is gives other people permission to exist as is and 9/10 times it fucking rules #shout out to the #hmm not necessarily conservative but definitely grew up with strong delineations of mans man and girly girl #(in im guessing small town west Virginia) #lyft driver i had who was actually quite nice especially bc it was a long as hell drive AND he was willing to come get me at 3 am #for the drive back #and b: within about. hmm. 10 minutes started telling me about how happy he is for his gay son that recently moved to California #but he also misses having him around #AND on the way back was like 'i actually love crocheting my grandmother taught me how but i don't tell most people that' and i was like #HELL YEAH THAT RULES I LOVE CROCHET!

[ohello0]

Must be an awful feeling having to rely on someone with no car or prospects to get you somewhere in an emergency

#taking my granny to the er with the help of my accom #taking my granny to the er with the help of my accommodating lyft driver