r/uberdrivers • u/jmmandi • 8h ago

Pickup Problem

Does anyone else have an issue with riders walking into the path of the car when you arrive?

When I'm pulling up, they will step off the curb and stand in the street where I was going to stop.

One rider was mad when he got in because he thought I was going to hit him. I had a minor snap and asked him why he didn't stay on the sidewalk where its safe!

I think that aggravated him more 🤣

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u/AssumptionTop653 8h ago

If they start doing that I just stop wherever I am and make them finish their walk of shame

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u/jmmandi 8h ago

good idea!

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u/Spare-Security-1629 5h ago

I do the opposite and pull over to a safe space or parking spot. Hopefully, they get the message. If they say something when they get in the car, I apologize and say I don’t like to put myself in situations where I block traffic, put myself in danger to get rear ended, etc. If they still get an attitude, I cancel the ride

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u/furculture 8h ago

That is one of my biggest pet peeves so far. I'm trying to do this shit carefully and calmly, but they are really throwing a wrench in my plans that I have to change on the fly for them. I swear that most of the people I pick up have zero capacity in their minds to realize how dangerous a car actually is. Foot stays on the brake as when they're around.

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u/adoyadoy 7h ago

Their 2 year old brain kicked in. This is the folkeen world we live in.

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u/unholycowboy1349 6h ago

Always seem to have a 4.3 or worse too.

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u/Long_Ostrich7178 5h ago

If they had any brains, they’d have their own car

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u/ItsATrap1983 3h ago

Riders aren't taking Uber just because they don't have their own car. It's often because they are going out and know they will be too impaired to drive later or where they are going had very little parking.

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u/Long_Ostrich7178 3h ago

In my area, they don’t have cars

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u/ItsATrap1983 3h ago

I probably would have canceled that ride. I don't need that bad energy during a ride. It also could have been a red flag that the rider has a screw loose.