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I. M. Gei posted:Also from Lyft's CEO, in the comments. that seems to be a really ineffective way of doing damage control over this
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Bad Purchase posted:why? cat carriers are pretty big, much easier to get into the back seat of a car than a front seat, especially if you need to put it in sideways They usually take up one seat, so OP could've sat in the back too. It says the animal was on the floor so...having one seats floor taken up, and sitting in the other seat, seems fine to me. Riding in the front next to the driver when there's space in the back is a weird choice. Especially since lots of people like to comfort their pets on car trips. That said I'm mostly baffled how the driver drove away when this person was banging on the car. Did he think the rider was going to rob him? Why did he deny having had the cat, hours later? What is this legitimate explanation the Lyft CEO mentions? StrangersInTheNight fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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StrangersInTheNight posted:What is this legitimate explanation the Lyft CEO mentions? "I am an unfathomably huge piece of poo poo." It's not the best justification, but it's all they've got.
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Oct 2, 2023 19:02
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I've almost had multiple Lyft drivers straight up drive away with my luggage at the airport. I'm not surprised this happened considering some of those drivers are braindead. You have to leave the door open until you've gotten all your poo poo before closing it so they don't take off.
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Oct 2, 2023 19:07
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From the owner's Reddit thread.
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rabble rabble posted:cat was no angel I would say the cat was a demon. The cat used its demonic powers to brain hijack the driver. The lyft driver will now lose their only means of income and most likely lose their car and get evicted. It's just what the devil cat wanted.
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Bad Purchase posted:why? cat carriers are pretty big, much easier to get into the back seat of a car than a front seat, especially if you need to put it in sideways The more normal move would have been to slide the carrier over and get in the back next to it.
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Dude was in the wrong but I just get that Britta quote from community in my head when the vengeance fantasies come out.
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Black Noise posted:Dude was in the wrong but I just get that Britta quote from community in my head when the vengeance fantasies come out. revenge fantasies are stupid, he committed a felony that carries a 10 year max and he can't apologize for it now
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I. M. Gei posted:He didn't "let" the cat do anything. He straight-up picked the cat up out of the car and dumped it on the side of the road to die. gently caress his rear end. Settle down, Beavis, you are splitting hairs about a word choice when you and I are in agreement
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Oct 2, 2023 19:59
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All he has to say is "whups didn't see it" and he's off the hook. Like when you intentionally plow down cyclists in a big rig.
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The cat should have finished the job when it had the chance. This lyft driver WILL strike again.
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Zero VGS posted:All he has to say is "whups didn't see it" and he's off the hook. Like when you intentionally plow down cyclists in a big rig. Nah, the cat somehow went from inside the car to dumped on the streets, which as it turns out is a texas felony Which I am to understand might mean that the lyft driver and the cat owner need to have an old west showdown
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rotinaj posted:Nah, the cat somehow went from inside the car to dumped on the streets, which as it turns out is a texas felony Exactly, "somehow". "Whups, didn't see it, maybe it was up against the door and fell out when someone opened it" "Maybe another rider stole it" "I thought it was a ferret"
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rotinaj posted:Settle down, Beavis, you are splitting hairs about a word choice when you and I are in agreement I know we're in agreement, but there's a pretty big legal distinction between "letting the cat go" and "intentionally dumping the cat off somewhere". The first one implies that the cat may have escaped on its own by accident, while the second one means the driver willfully and purposely took the cat out of the car and left it somewhere, on purpose. The former could be written off as a tragic accident; the latter is a literal state felony crime with a possible prison sentence. I. M. Gei fucked around with this message at 20:25 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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The cat was in a carrier and there was no carrier when they found it. The driver consciously took it out and dropped it off. I don’t think it’s even possible to generously assume that the cat just bolted.
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I. M. Gei posted:I know we're in agreement, but there's a pretty big legal distinction between "letting the cat go" and "intentionally dumping the cat off somewhere". Sure and as soon as the judge in the case is taking posts in GBS as evidence to throw this guy in jail, i will become more concerned about what word I use in my legal briefs E: Zero VGS posted:Exactly, "somehow". Pleading ignorance in the commission of a felony is a heck of a strategy, let’s see how that one works out for him
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rotinaj posted:Pleading ignorance in the commission of a felony is a heck of a strategy, let’s see how that one works out for him My guess is the driver genuinely didn't notice the cat was in the car when he drove off, saw it later, panicked because he thought he was already in deep rear end trouble by then, and ditched the cat thinking that that was the only way to save himself. I've worked a gig job in Austin and can confirm that overwork and inattention are motherfuckers sometimes, although I never loving stole someone's pet and then lied about it. The owner's Reddit updates also say the driver was allergic to cats and wouldn't have taken the ride if he'd noticed it included a cat, so that may have factored into it as well. I. M. Gei fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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I'm gonna be real and say that the people doxxing and sending threats over this probably only superficially care about the cat and are more using this as an excuse for them to be horrible to what they consider a justified target. Really just the nature of internet "justice" campaigns, like no well-adjusted person does that poo poo, doesn't change just because it's directed towards a PoS lol.
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I. M. Gei posted:From the owner's Reddit thread. This is the point at which I would hire a lawyer. I mean we all already knew Lyft corporate was a bunch of motherfuckers. This is essentially news about Hitler kicking a dog.
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Whole lot of people letting their cats out getting mad over this even as their cat is like slurping up the liquid poo poo of a dead rat outside while being inches away from a lifted truck's massive wheels.
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Vegetable posted:The cat was in a carrier and there was no carrier when they found it. The driver consciously took it out and dropped it off. I don’t think it’s even possible to generously assume that the cat just bolted. Definitely sounds like the driver did it, but I got a fabric carrier years ago that my cat managed to muscle his way out of (the zipper came apart, luckily I was there to grab him.) I'm not gonna trust a zippered carrier again
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If u work for Uber of Lyft corporate you are a bad person.
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Flavahbeast posted:Definitely sounds like the driver did it, but I got a fabric carrier years ago that my cat managed to muscle his way out of (the zipper came apart, luckily I was there to grab him.) I'm not gonna trust a zippered carrier again How buff is your cat
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Chinatown posted:If u work for Uber of Lyft corporate you are a bad person.  all corporations are bastards
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:I'm gonna be real and say that the people doxxing and sending threats over this probably only superficially care about the cat and are more using this as an excuse for them to be horrible to what they consider a justified target. Really just the nature of internet "justice" campaigns, like no well-adjusted person does that poo poo, doesn't change just because it's directed towards a PoS lol. Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Whole lot of people letting their cats out getting mad over this even as their cat is like slurping up the liquid poo poo of a dead rat outside while being inches away from a lifted truck's massive wheels. Is this bait? I. M. Gei fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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Jelly posted:This is the point at which I would hire a lawyer. Not to defend Lyft but it is no surprise at all that the $20 "return your item fee" would be rattled off by some outsourced script-reading call center agent.
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:How buff is your cat 
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Zero VGS posted:Not to defend Lyft but it is no surprise at all that the $20 "return your item fee" would be rattled off by some outsourced script-reading call center agent.
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:How buff is your cat My cat kicked open his plastic clamshell carrier so hard he broke a toe, he's a little buff psycho and I love him. Now we just wrap him in a towel and he behaves the whole time I carry him on the way to the vet. Moe and his beautiful face  And the beefboy legs 
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Bad Purchase posted:they have an algorithm that matches the worst drivers with the worst tippers To be fair if a driver kidnapped my cat I wouldn't tip them either
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WHY didn’t the cops are meow
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Austin cops loving suck poo poo, just fyi
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Bro was getting fired anyway because the second his next pickup saw his rear end turning back to return the cat they’d be lighting his phone up and blasting him on X for being 2 minutes late.
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Jelly posted:even if that were the case, charging the customer by default for driving off with their poo poo is an absurd choice 20 bucks is a bit much but I'm willing to be it started bc of the sheer amount of people who leave bags or phones in the Lyft and then the driver has to turn around to bring it, likely after their next fare, and from god knows where - which loses them time and essentially, money. Having to bring you poo poo means they can't be earning a fare, so if that money is going to paying for the driver to return the poo poo, great. In the past, you'd have had to haul your rear end to the taxi depot yourself to get it, but those don't exist no more so...pony up. Cabbies deserve cash for their trouble and lost time - not in this case, ofc, but in general, cabbies deserve $$ if they're bringing the item back to where you are and handing it to you. If Lyft is just pocketing it, gently caress them. StrangersInTheNight fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Oct 2, 2023 |
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:Bro was getting fired anyway because the second his next pickup saw his rear end turning back to return the cat they’d be lighting his phone up and blasting him on X for being 2 minutes late. Why would getting blasted on a porn site get you fired from Lyft?
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I. M. Gei posted:Is this bait? No, fatigue from working as a vet tech and seeing the dichotomy of people being outraged about overt animal cruelty while regularly failing to do anything about their own more mundane version of it in their own homes that they practice out of ignorance and laziness.
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Most people who own pets don't deserve them.
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Sorry man prob being over emotional that job took a mega toll on me lol
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