Sharing a Lyft is fun.
I get in the front seat of the car, and there’s a parent-child duo in the backseat. We exchange our pleasantries and head off to drop them off before it’s my turn.
Parent: All right, so we have to go over to Home Depot
Child: Wait, Home Depot?
Parent: Yeah. We need stuff from there.
Child: That’s not what you put in the directions.
Parent: It is, too. Driver here is taking us there.
Driver: No, I’m not.
Child: You have to cancel the ride.
Parent: I can’t cancel the ride, I’m IN the ride!
Me: Why would you even go to Home Depot? It’s like 6 miles from here and there’s a Lowe’s right around the corner.
Child: Cancel the ride.
Parent: Driver, how do I fix this?
Driver: You can cancel the ride. I think.
Meanwhile, Driver is taking us to the original, wrong destination.
Child: Tap that button right there
Parent: I don’t see a button.
Driver: I’m not sure where the button is.
Child: It’s riGHT THERE
Parent: Here it is!
Driver: We’re here.
Parent: Well, since we’re here, run inside and grab somethin real quick.
Child runs out of the car and into a nearby house.
Parent: They’ll just be a second.
Me, internally: ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyygodddddddddddddddd
Child returns after a couple minutes. Driver departs.
Parent: So now we’re off to Home Dep… Lowe’s, I guess. Oh, thank you…
Parent checks their phone.
Parent: Matt! Let’s get Matt to his destination first.
Me: Please.
Parent: Where’s the Lowe’s?
We talk directions for WAY TOO GOD DAMN LONG before we finally make it to my destination.
Driver: Thanks so much! Have a good night
Me: That wasn’t worth the $3 I saved.