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I'm not surprised: I've only done one Lyft ride in my life. I arrived into Newark Airport and needed to get to New York City. Uber had a 3x surge, so I download

I'm not surprised: I've only done one Lyft ride in my life. I arrived into Newark Airport and needed to get to New York City. Uber had a 3x surge, so I downloaded the Lyft app. I saw that Lyft was offering $5 if I did their ride share option, so I chose it. - Driver picks me up quickly, no problem - Driver makes 3 loops around the airport to pick up my ride share, but she cannot understand the Lyft app's GPS/map and is unable to find the person. - Driver decides to just leave the airport without picking the ride share person - Lyft app cancels other ride share's ride AND my ride, while at this point we are on the high way. - Lyft driver tells me to re-request the ride, but after a couple of attempts, I am unable to pair back with the driver whom's car I am in (kept pairing me with other drivers) - Eventually I get out of the car, on the side of the highway, and order an Uber. - Because I'm not in the airport geofence, I didn't get a surge :O

econner 10y ago
Is it possible that your experience is not representative?
karma_vaccum123 10y ago
Wait...what? The Lyft driver ordered you out of the vehicle on the shoulder of the highway?? Because his own app isn't functioning??? How does this person still have a driver's license let alone a job? If that was me, I would have told him, "tough luck, sorry your app sucks, but I'm not getting out of this car, feel free to phone the police...sure they would be interested in hearing about your plan to drop me off on the highway shoulder..."
- chrisabrams 10y ago
  They didn't order me out of the car; I actually chose to get out and order an Uber because this driver took me to a random warehouse area off the highway. They said if we waited there a few minutes that the app would let us pair up and then they could drive me. I didn't feel safe so I decided to not participate any longer; I requested an Uber near the highway entrance ramp.

econner 10y ago

Is it possible that your experience is not representative?

karma_vaccum123 10y ago

Wait...what? The Lyft driver ordered you out of the vehicle on the shoulder of the highway?? Because his own app isn't functioning??? How does this person still have a driver's license let alone a job? If that was me, I would have told him, "tough luck, sorry your app sucks, but I'm not getting out of this car, feel free to phone the police...sure they would be interested in hearing about your plan to drop me off on the highway shoulder..."

chrisabrams 10y ago
They didn't order me out of the car; I actually chose to get out and order an Uber because this driver took me to a random warehouse area off the highway. They said if we waited there a few minutes that the app would let us pair up and then they could drive me. I didn't feel safe so I decided to not participate any longer; I requested an Uber near the highway entrance ramp.