[GoGo Girl]

Will Uber ever update their rider app so riders can request a non-smoking car (and vice-versa)? I was shocked to see other Uber drivers sitting and smoking in their cars while waiting at the airport! As a non-smoker, I would NOT want to have to pay good money to have to ride in a smoker's vehicle. Riders and Drivers, alike, should be able to request smokers or non-smokers.

I realize that riders and drivers can always rate the experience low and, as I understand it, if you rate a 3 that rider/driver will be blocked from receiving future requests from you; however, why should either one have to suffer through a bad experience first? Just give us the OPTION in advance so that every ride can be a good experience for all, whether a smoker or non-smoker.

I certainly will NOT tolerate someone smoking in my vehicle, and I shouldn't be "punished" if I have to rate them low for it.

 

[Jermin8r89]

Theres alot worse things then cig smoke. Fukashima leaking into the ocean makeing my tunafish radioactive

 

[wk1102]

I realize that riders and drivers can always rate the experience low and, as I understand it, if you rate a 3 that rider/driver will be blocked from receiving future requests from you;

That's lyft, there is no such policy with Uber.

Theres alot worse things then cig smoke. Fukashima leaking into the ocean makeing my tunafish radioactive

Imagine having to eat radioactive tuna in the back of an uber full of smoke from Newport lights?

Marlboro I could see... Camel, maybe....

But Newport lights.. yuck

 

[Jermin8r89]

The smell of smoke tuna and my fabric sheets air freshener.

Id think im at the laundrey mat downtown.

Radioactive tuna imagine if you became a mutant from tuna. I start turning into magneto. Coooool! Id eat it well smoke a newport. I havent had camel for a while now you got me wanting to get camel wides. I need to fill up on another pack and go to new hamphshire where theres no tax

 

[entrep1776]

https://uberpeople.net/threads/pax-lights-up-after-being-told-no-smoking-my-options.147973/

 

[wk1102]

. I havent had camel for a while now you got me wanting to get camel wides

My choice for many years...

 

[Back it up Uber]

This could be the funniest complaint I have ever read. I do smoke but my vehicle never smells of smoke when I pick up a pax. Over 3000 trips and not one complaint.

If there was ever an option for drivers to say whether they are a smoker or non-smoker, they would put non-smoker regardless. Even though I smoke, I don't want a pax smoking in my car. They would leave ashes all over and potentially burn holes in my seat.

Get over yourself. They are not paying good money like you stated. You sound like an uber troll or pax.

 

[freakydisco]

This could be the funniest complaint I have ever read. I do smoke but my vehicle never smells of smoke when I pick up a pax. Over 3000 trips and not one complaint.

If there was ever an option for drivers to say whether they are a smoker or non-smoker, they would put non-smoker regardless. Even though I smoke, I don't want a pax smoking in my car. They would leave ashes all over and potentially burn holes in my seat.

Get over yourself. They are not paying good money like you stated. You sound like an uber troll or pax.

UH... okay, now let's say you just spent an hour getting ready for a date or a job interview and when your car arrives, it reeks of fish. Is it acceptable for you (as a passenger) to show up at your destination smelling like something nasty when you're trying to make a good first impression? This thread is absolutely a legitimate complaint. But because smokers feel they're entitled to inflict their habit on other people, you think it's silly. If you were in my car and came out smelling like fish or marijuana or some strong ethnic cooking right before an important situation, you'd surely complain. And, similarly, riders like me are allowed to complain when we wake up, shower, get dressed, get in a car and come out smelling like an ashtray. This happened to me today. And now, only an hour after getting ready, my hair smells and my clothes smell -- only an hour into the day. It's disgusting. I had to take a car back home just to shower again and change because it's highly inappropriate for me to go where I'm going if I smell like this. Here's a newsflash to all you smokers: you stink. And it's an awful, unattractive stink that gives people headaches. Non-smokers don't want to smell like your habit any more than you want to smell like a garbage truck. Would you be fine with a crackhead sprinkling crack all over your clothes? Or a mud-wrestler spraying mud all over your clothes? No? So, why should I be okay smelling like cigarettes simply because it's YOUR problem?

The assumption should always be that a car service is clean and smells fresh. That's a basic sanitary condition, otherwise we can all go back to taxis. It simply doesn't occur to a professional business owner like myself to call up my driver and ask about their bad habits, because I assume they take the same care as I do with my own business: keep it clean and professional. If you don't make people happy and do your best, the customers don't come back and they give bad reviews. Unfortunately, some people have to accept the stinky ride without complaint because they don't have time to wait for another. I had car problems today, had to rush my car to the shop at 8:30 am and get back to work. After waiting 10 minutes for my ride to arrive, I had to accept it as I didn't have the time to wait for another. But when I realized how bad I smelled, I absolutely had to change my workday around to compensate. That makes Uber/Lyft drivers who smoke an inconvenience and more of a cost to us in lost time, so it's absolutely a legitimate complaint. Showing up smelling like something could ruin a job interview or date, because even if you're not smoking while I'm in the car, the stink is still all over the inside of the car and it transfers to your hair and your clothes.

 

[Back it up Uber]

UH... okay, now let's say you just spent an hour getting ready for a date or a job interview and when your car arrives, it reeks of fish. Is it acceptable for you (as a passenger) to show up at your destination smelling like something nasty when you're trying to make a good first impression? This thread is absolutely a legitimate complaint. But because smokers feel they're entitled to inflict their habit on other people, you think it's silly. If you were in my car and came out smelling like fish or marijuana or some strong ethnic cooking right before an important situation, you'd surely complain. And, similarly, riders like me are allowed to complain when we wake up, shower, get dressed, get in a car and come out smelling like an ashtray. This happened to me today. And now, only an hour after getting ready, my hair smells and my clothes smell -- only an hour into the day. It's disgusting. I had to take a car back home just to shower again and change because it's highly inappropriate for me to go where I'm going if I smell like this. Here's a newsflash to all you smokers: you stink. And it's an awful, unattractive stink that gives people headaches. Non-smokers don't want to smell like your habit any more than you want to smell like a garbage truck. Would you be fine with a crackhead sprinkling crack all over your clothes? Or a mud-wrestler spraying mud all over your clothes? No? So, why should I be okay smelling like cigarettes simply because it's YOUR problem?

The assumption should always be that a car service is clean and smells fresh. That's a basic sanitary condition, otherwise we can all go back to taxis. It simply doesn't occur to a professional business owner like myself to call up my driver and ask about their bad habits, because I assume they take the same care as I do with my own business: keep it clean and professional. If you don't make people happy and do your best, the customers don't come back and they give bad reviews. Unfortunately, some people have to accept the stinky ride without complaint because they don't have time to wait for another. I had car problems today, had to rush my car to the shop at 8:30 am and get back to work. After waiting 10 minutes for my ride to arrive, I had to accept it as I didn't have the time to wait for another. But when I realized how bad I smelled, I absolutely had to change my workday around to compensate. That makes Uber/Lyft drivers who smoke an inconvenience and more of a cost to us in lost time, so it's absolutely a legitimate complaint. Showing up smelling like something could ruin a job interview or date, because even if you're not smoking while I'm in the car, the stink is still all over the inside of the car and it transfers to your hair and your clothes.

Lol, why is thread back after 9 months??? Again, my car never smells of smoke. Over 4000 trips now and not one complaint. If it smells like smoke, riders will complain and after a bunch of complaints, the driver will be deactivated.

Using the fish example you provided. You are saying that if a driver even once had transported fish in his car, they should never be allowed to pick up a pax ever again. If it doesn't smell like fish (smoke) when you pick up the pax, then why would it be an issue if they transport fish (smoke) when they don't have a pax. Go back to your safe place!

 

[Fearmonger]

I wish there was a place where drivers could request non-smoking passengers. I hate having to roll around in the winter with my windows down to air things out because the last PAX has to take one last drag before they get in the car.

 

[goneubering]

I wish there was a place where drivers could request non-smoking passengers. I hate having to roll around in the winter with my windows down to air things out because the last PAX has to take one last drag before they get in the car.

Febreze works miracles.

 

[Johnydoo]

Quit smoking four years ago, so only non smokers in my fusion.

 

[goneubering]

My car. My rules. No smoking.

 

[Dropking]

The rating system takes care of this problem. If the car reeks, low rating. Pax sees rating and cancels if uber hasnt already deactivated the account.

 

[ScandaLeX]

About a month ago I had 2 pax in the back seat (4 in the car total) each light up like it was just cool like that. They waited until we were on 95N to do it. At first I’m thinking to myself, is that smoke I smell??? I tell them no smoking & they tell me they’re not but I’m still smelling it.
I then said you leave me no choice but to pull over to the side here & let you out- that’s when they (supposedly) tossed them out the window but when they got out the car at their drop off something told me to get out car & check the rear (as they’re running as fast as they can away from the car & where I dropped them at).

These degenerates put their cigarettes out on the floor of my car & had been using it as an ashtray during the ride.

It was my luck to get a ping just before dropping them off. The next pickup wasn’t even a min away- not enough time to air the car out. Now I’m in a situation explaining to this next set of riders what the previous passengers did while having them look at me like it was me who was smoking.

Yes, they got 1* & reported. I got a cleaning fee but guess what- the pax that had to sit in that stink also gave me 1* for something I didnt do. Uber said they’d remove the low rating.

 

[4.9 forever]

California forbids smoking in the workplace. Case law has said that truck cabs are workplaces. I bet that if pushed case law would determine the same about TNC vehicles.

 

[Julescase]

I wish there was a place where drivers could request non-smoking passengers. I hate having to roll around in the winter with my windows down to air things out because the last PAX has to take one last drag before they get in the car.

There is nothing more annoying than watching someone take one last long pull from their cancer stick as they slowly stroll towards your car....then you're forced to sit in that wretched stench for the duration of their trip, if not longer.

Just happened to me on Sunday morning at 3:30 AM, I almost rolled away and cancelled but I'm glad I didn't because the pax ended up being really funny.

 

[Another Uber Driver]

why is thread back after 9 months???

^^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Merc7186]

Theres alot worse things then cig smoke. Fukashima leaking into the ocean makeing my tunafish radioactive

... accept my car does not smell like Fukushima rotting tuna fish.

Want to smoke, go call a dirty taxi then. I had a Pax light up an e-cigarette after I specifically told him he could not do it, sent it in to Uber requesting a cleaning fee and got $20. Dash cam for the win.

I wish there was a place where drivers could request non-smoking passengers. I hate having to roll around in the winter with my windows down to air things out because the last PAX has to take one last drag before they get in the car.

This. Or worse when they take that last pull the exhale inside the car. I have purposely rolled down the windows until I'm satisfied that it is gone from the car...I don't give a shit if it's snowing outside.

 

[Another Uber Driver]

Want to smoke, go call a dirty taxi then.

What about a clean taxi?