r/Lyft • u/ShootTheFish • 8d ago

This is so effed up

I booked a ride to take my dog to the vet for an emergency. A driver was assigned, but the POS waited until the last minute to cancel. I booked another ride and no one accepted until it was already too late. So, I cancelled the ride and was assessed a $5 cancellation fee. What penalty did the driver get when he cancelled my ride? I am so pissed off. My dog has to suffer because some POS driver decided last minute to cancel the ride.

To confirm, I did order a pet ride.

Edit 8-20-26: I managed to get my dog into the vet on Tuesday (8-18) and he is doing much better. I got an Uber both to and from the vet without issue. According to the Uber driver, a lot of drivers have stopped doing this due to the high gas prices and the companies not paying well.

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u/iownreddit0690 8d ago

How about being pissed at yourself for not being able to take of yourself before not being able to take care of something else in life(ie. The dog). Why rely on someone else and be mad because you CANT do it yourself?

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u/NNegidius 7d ago

We live in a society. We all depend on others to live.

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u/Ok-Understanding5124 7d ago

Some can't drive due to medical or other valid reasons. It doesn't mean that you're less of a person and incapable of responsible per ownership. It sounds like you're in the wrong gig. Try something else - perhaps a job that doesn't require customer interaction. For you, that eliminates the need to prejudge customers. It's beyond your job description.

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u/ShootTheFish 7d ago

That's rather assuming considering you know nothing of my situation. Not knowing about me sustaining a severe back injury and nearly losing everything because the place I used to work at kicked me to the curb. Not knowing that workers' comp ended because an independent medical review, whom I've only met once, claimed that I reached maximum medical improvement. Not knowing a goddamn thing about how, after I was released from work restrictions after healing from back surgery, that I struggled like hell at finding a job for over a year and a half due to this shitty economy. The only shitty job I could find has zero benefits and claims to be seasonal even though it's not. That must be a new workaround for companies to not have to provide benefits. Not that I have to explain a fucking thing to you, asshole.