14 Things Uber and Lyft Drivers Wish You Would Stop Doing

14 Things Uber and Lyft Drivers Wish You Would Stop Doing

Where are your manners? You are a guest in a stranger’s car, yet you act like they are your personal driver. Cut out these 14 things and your driver will appreciate it.

—Don’t sing “Africa” at the top of your lungs.

—Don’t ask to go to the drive-through so you can order 10,000 hamburgers for your extended family visiting from 43 states and 155 countries.

—Don’t break out a table and place setting so you can eat a complete meal during the trip.

—Don’t leave a one-star rating because you don’t like that the driver plays German country-rap.

—Don’t order your ride and then proceed to clean the house, walk the dog, cook dinner, take a shower and review your stock portfolio while they wait.

—Don’t cancel a ride as they roll up in front of your house after they drove 35 miles through a snowstorm from a neighboring town.

—Don’t immediately begin placing demands as you get in the car: “Turn on the AC, hand me a power cord for my iPhone, and shine my shoes at stoplights.”

—Don’t refuse to wear your seat belt because you don’t want to wrinkle your $9,000 linen suit.

—Don’t touch the driver’s phone. Ever, ever, ever.

—Don’t ask to take eight people in a car that can only legally handle four, unless some of your friends don’t mind riding on the roof.

—Don’t get so wasted you forget where you live.

—Don’t set up a full bar in the back seat and start pulling draft beers for your friends.

—Don’t ask if the driver has free candy, water, soft drinks, haircuts, discount coupons, t-shirts, bumper stickers, gas cards or day spa passes.

—Don’t move away from the pin and then call the driver and say, “Where are you?” when they are at the pin where you told them to pick you up.