I would hope Uber supports me in that regard.
(2) Flirty man wants to sit up front with me during ride. Nope. Please sit in back seat. (I prefer PAX to sit in back, anyway.)
(3) Thereafter, they are warned that continued banter will result in end-of-ride, even if that means it ends on the side of the road, near a field.
(5) PAX couples who want to engage in anything beyond kissing receive a polite request to "keep it PG rated). Those who disregard my request risk being ejected from my car at any given location along the route.
You would hope that "Uber supports [you]"? As we say on the stage, "break a leg". The majority of the outsourced CSRs will be unable to read and comprehend your explanation and will reply with non-answers that come from cue cards.
2. Try piling some newspapers, a cooler, books, anything on the front seat. If you have bucket or a split-bench seat, push the right front seat as far forward as it will go. Make sure that the flirty male passenger sees how difficult it will be for you to let him ride in the front. If he insists, insist that you will move neither seat nor stuff.
3. While I can not disagree with your doing an immediate discharge if you do not feel safe, there are a few problems that could come up.
A. A better strategy might be to play along until you can get to a "safer place". If you are on the freeway, and know that there is a gasolene station or a Seven-Eleven close to the exit ramp, get off, pull up and order him out. You will have witnesses to anything that he tries. There will be people who can call the police if he puts his hands on you.
If you are not on a freeway, but somewhere that there is no gasolene station or Seven-Eleven, but know that you will pass one soon, again, play along until you arrive at the place where there are lights and potential witnesses. I know that playing along is something less than pleasant, but, if you try to order him from your vehicle in a remote area, you are likely to be in trouble with no potential help available.
B. Over the past fifty, or so, years, not only the law, but private firms, as well, have taken a view that stresses the imagined "rights" or "privileges" of the wrongdoer, actual or potential, over the rights or needs of the wronged or potential wronged. Thus, despite your legitimate concerns, it is not impossible that Uber would stress your "violation" of its policy that you discharge a troublesome passenger in a "safe" place over your legitimate worry about being violated or assaulted. Mind you, Mademoiselle, I do not defend this, not by any means; I simply explain the situation. If for no other reason than if I feel that I am in peril, there is no CSR or even no prosecutor that has any right to tell me that my fears were unfounded or that any measure that I took to keep myself from bodily harm or any other harm was inappropriate.
5. See Number Three. In the case of this one, though, give them their warning. If they ignore it, let them do what they will. Odds are that they
are not paying attention as you exit the freeway. Pull up to the gasolene station, then interrupt them with a loud voice and order them from your vehicle.
One thing, when ordering them from your vehicle, do it once. If they balk, pick up your telephone and summon the police.
Watch the pax ratings. On weekend nights, don't pick up below 4.6 unless there's a surge.
If the flirty man who wants to sit up front is going to the airport, let him. In fact, everyone going to the airport should sit up front so you don't get a ticket.
Give a 1 star to every guy that flirts with you. We don't want those pax. They're going to give you 1 star if you don't sleep with them.
Carry a knife and pepper spray. Hope you don't have to use it.
Guys might give you their number or ask for yours. Consider exchanging numbers if you can do business with them, such as if they live far and need rides to the airport. Regular customers are great. Take their money (or their company's money) with a smile.
Even if a surge, size up the less-than-4,6 as you pull up with locked doors. If you do not like it, cancel and drive away.
That depends on someone's tolerance for flirting. From her language, I gather that the Original Poster's
ain't none too high. That is no complaint or criticism, mind you, simply an observation. Another thing is that it is not a good idea to accept trips off the TNC platform. As a rule, there is no insurance coverage and you could run afoul of local or state laws. While I do concede that the possibility of getting popped in a suburban subdivision is remote, if you keep it up, it increases the odds of getting popped. Further, Uber's computers will flag someone who keeps picking up the same person all the time.
If there is a high tolerance for flirting, letting him sit up front on the airport rides may earn a regular customer (with the above caveats), as odds are that since he has an aeroplane that he must board, he does not have time for too many "fun and games".
That is not unsound advice. The passenger is going to low rate you for not understanding that you just spurned someone that is so desirable that he puts ______________________to shame. In fact, I am wondering, myself, why Mr. Flirts has not appeared in any Holly
wierd blockbusters lately, or ever, for that matter. You would think that he would have appeared in at least a French or Italian movie, or two.
The pepper spray may be allright, but I would shy from the blade, unless you know how to use it. Never carry or keep a weapon that you do not know how to use. The odds of the wrongdoer's getting a weapon away from you and possibly using it on you increase geometrically when you try to use a weapon that you do not know how to use.
