Pretty sure I’m in the minority here, but I see enough of this that there should be official rules for this shit.
Passengers: unless specifically told otherwise, like it’s your brother or something, be ready to pay for your trip.
And for the love of God don’t be adding extra stops. Maybe one at the quik-stop or something is OK.
And when they pull up to get you, you should be out the door before they’ve even come to a complete stop. No one should have to wait for you.
Drivers: your job is to drive. Don’t be fucking with the radio and texting and shit. Drive us safely.
And for my money, if I’m riding, I expect a straight ride home. We ain’t stopping at Tyler’s so he can fight with his girlfriend for a half hour. We’re not doing a full Walmart shopping trip. We’re not going out to eat unless the whole group is down. And then, take anyone else home first.
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There is a story there isn’t there?
I understand car pool etiquette just fine. No diving in the shallow end and no jumping in the pool until 1 hour after eating.
So a taxi (no driver should ever be fucking with their phone on route though)
Drive yourself then, brokeboi. Lol
If you want to dictate how your ride goes, have your own car. If I’m nice enough to give someone a ride they can deal with me making a stop.
I gave my neighbor a ride once, and he wouldn’t stop asking for random stops and even asked if I could take him to McDonald’s. He asked for another ride and I said no, and he went, “why not? You gave me a ride before!”
Between him and my family, I’ve realized that people who can’t drive are genuinely the most annoying people on the planet.
Wait, are you complaining that a ride (for a free or reduced rate) with a friend/acquaintance is NOT the same as a taxi?
Honey just call an Uber or a Lyft ffs.
People still carpool?
I rarely carpool because I want to be as flexible as possible. In a carpool, I understand everyone with a license and a car drives at some point, so why should anyone pay anyone?
Also, I’d never expect anyone to pay me for the ride since we’re either going to the same location anyway or it’s a simple favor like driving a neighbor to the airport, driving a friend home etc. I don’t expect money, it’s enough for me to assume they’ll do the same for me. Or help me out in another way.
Really carpooling sucks.
Carpooling is a different thing than bumming rides from a friend.
In cities where actual carpooling is common, there is an etiquette to it.
UpVote unpopular opinions (: if I’m driving, and you need ride, and we’re passing a store that I need to get to for a something, reasonable chance I stop
Totally agree with you! I rarely ask if I can get a ride and hate when people ask so I have to take a detour but sure if I can I can do it but not daily as people tends to want if you say yes once.
But if I really need a ride to somewhere I never ask if we can stop because that person is taking their time to help me so why waste more of their time? Same with if someone ask me then as I wrote I can take that detour but I will never go to the store and sit and wait 20-60 minutes of my time for it.
Then it’s a whole other thing if there’s someone that actually asks if I can get them to the store because they really need something and so on but asking for a ride and someone accept then they can’t keep asking for more when they already got a big thing.
Isn’t car pooling where you take it in turns to drive and not charging. I’ve never heard of anyone charging friends to get from a to b
That what it is in UK/Ireland
If you’re charging me, I might as we catch a taxi
If you’re riding, don’t be annoying, have your money ready, don’t make a million stops, and be outside on time. If you’re driving, just drive, don’t be on your phone and dragging everyone into your drama.
I don’t even ride with friends to events for these reasons. But yeah if it’s an actual carpool arrangement with shared responsibility then this is the bare minimum of basic etiquette and self awareness.
They know..they don’t care..you can’t force your choices on others. .therefore you adapt and move on..