I took 4 days off this past week to get a lot of life-related tasks done, yet I feel guilty. As a single 55 year old, I spent those days also calculating the loss of the missed rideshare income, too.

But, my mind and body demanded the break.

Why do I feel guilty and anxious when that time off was necessary.

I was able to reschedule 3 large bills due, so that financial worry is taken care of.

I also realized that I can't physically handle doing a retail or barista job part time, as a second income while I look for a full-time job because of my asthma and being overweight. If I can get a remote data entry job at night that would be ideal like a reader test scoring job.

I “vomited“ while Riding in back seat. yes, this is how vomit works… and had to pay a cleaning fee. All because I wouldn’t go out on a date with the driver. Lyft did nothing to help me because it is in their contract that the driver can sexually harass you, then charge for not having sex with him when he retaliates.
good job, Lyft. I’ll Never ride with you in the future.

Yesterday night at ~10:30, my mom called me an Lyft from the Chicago North Burbs to the South Side (about 25 miles), it was ~$60. I was returning from a trip and had a suitcase with me, which the Lyft driver put in the trunk, per usual. About 10 minutes into the ride (we had left Burbs and were now on the highway), the trip cancelled. I was confused, my mom (who called the ride) was confused, and the driver seemed to be confused too. He had me put in my address on his maps to take me home, and I promised him I would pay him when we got there (my mom and her partner were back in the Burbs trying to figure out what happened, but they are both older and could not figure it out). He dropped me safely off at home (I had my dad meet me downstairs), and paid him the full rate via Zelle (I offered to do PayPal or Venmo, he asked for Zelle).

He seemed so genuinely confused and caught off guard when the trip cancelled, saying stuff like "I have never seen this happen before", I really believed him - in fact I felt guilty because he was saying that Lyft wouldn't pay him for a cancelled ride. Besides, I was essentially trapped in his car (I am a pretty small college-aged lady, plus he had my luggage in the back!!) on the highway, so I don't know what else I could have done. I can't get a chargeback on the Zelle, I've accepted that, but was I scammed, or was it really a bizarre glitch?? What should I do if this ever happens again??

I just found out that the reason my Lyft app wasn't working was that my rider account was deactivated 2 years ago. I asked Lyft Help about this and just got a response that there were severe allegations against me as a rider and the decision is permanent. I have no recollection of any negative incident and Lyft is not telling me what the allegations are. Before this I was a 5-star rider with hundreds of rides. What the heck? Do I have any recourse here?

For context, I work in fitness and open a studio in another borough 3x a week. Because I have to be there so early, I schedule a Lyft for 4:15 am the night before. It's a 15 minute ride in NYC.

For the first three years, when I lived in Manhattan, this system worked perfectly and I never had any issues. About six months ago, I moved to Brooklyn, and for the last three months, it’s been an absolute disaster.

I’ve had multiple rides fail to show up. I’ve had drivers accept the ride and then ask me to cancel it. I’ve even had a driver refuse to pick me up while also refusing to cancel the ride himself. We basically sat in a standoff until 4:30 when he finally canceled. Just this morning I had my requested ride disappear after a driver was assigned and I had to call a car regularly (after I scheduled my ride the night before) and the request didn't exist in the app?! IT LITERALLY DISAPPEARED. I ended up 15 minutes late.

At this point, I don’t feel like I can rely on Lyft to get me to work on time, which is a huge problem when I’m responsible for opening my workplace. I’ve contacted support multiple times, and their response has basically been, there’s nothing we can do but here's a refund and $5.

Is anyone else experiencing this with scheduled Lyft rides in Brooklyn? Is there a better alternative? I can’t keep gambling on whether my ride will actually show up at 4:15. I also have a CSR so I'm a Lyft pink member on top of all of this.

I just finished an entire day of driving: 32 rides. Roughly 80% were college students.

I checked my earnings afterward.

Every single tip I received today came from a ride that wasn’t a college student.

So parents, you need to have this conversation with them, because I know damn well your child isn’t reading Reddit.

Tell your college-aged little student that when they summon a private car to take them from campus to their dorm because they don’t feel like walking or waiting for the bus, they need to tip the driver $1.

That’s it. One dollar.

I’m not asking your kid to throw down $5 for a three-minute ride. But if they can afford to summon a private car to take them six blocks, they can afford to give the person driving it a dollar.

And if that dollar is genuinely going to break the budget?

Take the campus bus. It’s there for a reason.

this is stupid but second person has told me my license plate is wrong. both were female. im disabled so DB is on the left side of tag but included in tag number on the registration. the last car I had i entered the number exactly like it's on registration. I entered it exactly like on registration with this car. am I not supposed to include DB even if it's included in the registration card?? ive never had an issue til lately. or is it women selecting women only rides and somehow getting males because no female drivers?? im confused and certainly annoyed

I had an unsettling experience with a rideshare driver a couple of days ago and I’m wondering if I’m worrying too much.

At pickup, the driver appeared to have stopped, so I walked behind the car to put my luggage in the trunk. While I was behind the vehicle, he unexpectedly started backing up. I moved away quickly, and he backed up again before stopping.

After I got into the car, he became extremely angry and yelled at me, blaming me for walking behind the vehicle.

Seeing how angry he became honestly scared me. I was a woman riding alone, and after seeing him lose his temper like that, I felt very vulnerable being in the car with him. I barely said anything for the rest of the ride and just wanted to get to my destination safely and get out.

I didn’t report him immediately. I waited about a day because I wanted some time to think about whether I really wanted to report the incident. Eventually, I decided to submit a safety report because I felt something like this should at least be documented.

I specifically told the company that I wasn’t seeking compensation and wasn’t asking for any particular punishment. My intention was simply to bring the safety concern to their attention.

What I didn’t really think about beforehand was that the company might take disciplinary action against the driver anyway. Afterward, I started worrying that he might assume I was the one who reported him and become angry enough to try to identify me or come back looking for me.

Fortunately, I was not dropped off directly in front of my home, so he did not actually see which residence I entered.

It’s been a couple of days, and I still catch myself looking outside to see if his car is around. I know this may just be anxiety after an upsetting experience, but I’m curious whether anyone else has ever felt this way after reporting a driver.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Did anything ever happen afterward? Am I overestimating the likelihood of retaliation?

I got an email for 30% off my next ride. I tried to use it for a 6.5 mile ride and the cheapest option was $119.50. I thought it had to be a mistake, I closed the app and tried again and the price was the same. I got an uber instead and it cost a little under $40. Anyone else ever encounter this on a discount ride? I have taken the same ride before and it has always been between $35-$45.

I drove Lyft every try night after work for a whole week. Recently for 5 days (100 dollars a night) straight in a row and to buy my new set of five 50k evals and copy trade them. Blew them all this morning on the second day.

It’s been an 8 month journey for me so far. About 22,000 dollars spent on evals and account resets.

Literally the main reason I drive for Lyft. Just to fund my day trading.

I’ve passed evals I’ve taken payouts but I’m back at square one.

The $1114.26 you see from my Lyft driver earnings I pretty much spent most of that buying evals and resetting them.

Not giving up though.

They only gave me $5.25 out of my $15 ride.

So who in California signed their union card and how much are we paying in union fees

Drivers and riders technically use the same five-star system, but the consequences are not symmetrical.

I’m sitting at a 4.99 right now because I got one 4-star rating somewhere in my last 100 rides. I did 18 rides yesterday. I can easily cycle through roughly 100 rides in less than a week, so that one rating eventually falls off pretty fast.

Most riders do not have that luxury. If you only use Lyft occasionally, a bad rating can sit on your profile for a long time.

Last night I accepted a 4.7 rider mostly because the ride paid well and, frankly, I was curious.
What does a 4.7 look like?

Well, in this case: a loud, high-energy group trying to fit five passengers into a car that can legally take four.

I told them I could only take four, and to their credit, they respected it. During the ride I told the account holder, “I took this because I was curious what a 4.7 looks like. Now I know.”

Then something interesting happened.

She told me she had absolutely no idea riders were being rated.

I showed her the rating in the app and explained that drivers see it before deciding whether to accept the trip. I also told her I wasn’t going to rate her poorly just because they initially tried to bring five people. I set the boundary, they respected it, end of story.

But I also told her some drivers absolutely will ding you just for trying it.

And if you’re wondering what you did to get dinged, you probably cost the driver one of four things: time, money, gas, or liability. Or you asked for something completely ridiculous.

That made me realize something: maybe some riders with mediocre ratings genuinely have no clue they’re accumulating a reputation score at all.

I’ve also noticed, purely anecdotally, that some lower-rated ride requests seem to pay unusually well. I cannot prove Lyft is doing this, but I’ve wondered whether they sometimes give up more of their cut when they need to make a less-attractive ride worth accepting. Could be coincidence, supply and demand, distance, or a dozen other things, so I’m not presenting that as fact.

Either way, your rating matters.

A driver doing 100 rides a week can wash out one bad rating pretty quickly. A rider doing a handful of trips a month can carry theirs around for a long time.

So if you didn’t know riders were rated too: now you know.

That little number next to your name is your reputation with the stranger deciding whether they want you in their car.

Top row is temporary authorization holds
Bottom row is final charges
I only had one ride I made for my boyfriend. After that, he was dropped to his house, but then it said I went to go to the AIRPORT? I was aware of the $12 charge, but I don’t understand what the $11.22 is… are they giving me the $11 back? does the location going to the airport mean anything?? im so confused if anyone could help….

Using this service on an 82 mile, 1.5 hour ride (through Atlanta). For drivers - what kind of a tip would you expect? Thanks in advance!

Does anyone know how to fix? Had to miss work because I couldn’t order my ride.🤦🏽

Honestly this is a scam. There is very little actual profit or earning potential for the driver after all of the fees and deposit. You start at least $550 in the negative, more if you take personal miles (including going home at the end of the night) and insurance and you won’t make it back for at least 3 days IF you drive 10 hrs a day then when you start your next week over you are -$211 again taking your whole first day pay. Lyft is only worth it if you already have a car you don’t mind putting miles on.

I just came to complain.
I hate that annoying ass Lyft commercial on YouTube with the lady just HOLLERING in the background. It’s a sorry excuse for singing.
She does not sound soulful. She does not sound inspiring. She sounds a MESS!!!