Comments Elsewhere

Annie: “Does the fact that riders are paying for their rides not figure into the equation?”

If the riders were being denied rides that they paid for, then they’d have a right to demand the money back. But having paid someone to give you a lift once doesn’t entitle you to demand that you can pay to get a lift from that person whenever you want in the future.

Scott: “Only over-privileged individuals think they are “entitled” to rides from other persons.”

True story: I cook for a pizza place located just off campus in Ann Arbor, and my one late night shift is Saturdays from midnight to 4:00am. One of the first nights I worked this shift, I got bawled out by some lightly buzzed college brat because I wouldn’t tell drivers (who don’t work for me) to drive out to take a pizza to him even though it’s not their job to drive where he lives. The store that served his address was closed, but he was positive that we had to not only make a pizza for him, but drive it out to his place, because he happened to live on a street that’s just off the street that our store is also on (which happens to be one of the main thoroughfares in town, and runs all the way across Ann Arbor and across most of Ypsilanti, too). I suggested that if he wanted the pizza that badly he could place a take-out order and come get his own pizza. This was met with an outraged tirade which lasted for several minutes before he wished me a “shitty night” and hung up the phone.

The poor lad. It is so hard to find good help these days.