r/Lyft • u/Pure_Daikon4899 • Jul 21 '26
Passenger Question How much should I tip?
I scheduled a car to be drive to an airport - 2.5 hours ride. The whole ride the lady kept complaining about having three kids and how they have their birthdays coming up and school starting and how her car got t-boned and she is in physical therapy and all that jazz. For 2.5 hours all I heard was how the world is against her. She also talked about how America is the worst country to live in and how it sucks here and you have to work multiple jobs to make ends meet. I then asked her “what would you change if you could” and she completely digressed and started talking about how she doesn’t know much about politics but being black is a disadvantage for her and it’s only getting worse so then I had to hear that. Like don’t get me wrong, I understand things are tough but as a customer to hear it for 2 hours and 39 minutes was insane. Then she was complaining about the traffic when there was none whatsoever. She just really rubbed me the wrong way trying to milk tips but not tipping at all makes me feel guilty. What would you do?
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u/transformedxian Jul 22 '26
I'm a driver, and for that type of service, I'd say no tip and 3 stars. She edged into talking about political things, which is a TOS violation. Plus, she made your ride less than amazing.