When I get a name that sounds foreign, or I am going to a place where I¡¯ve never been before, I¡¯ll turn on my GPS. That¡¯s how I found out that the driver was headed back towards home.
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On Aug 6, 2024, at 9:38?PM, joseph hudson <jhud7789@...> wrote:
?Oh wow, I would've done that too. A lot of the times whenever I went right on our local hot bus, I will keep my GPS going just to see where all they were trying to take me before I got home.
On Aug 6, 2024, at 8:34?PM, Jeff Kenyon <jkenyon7@...> wrote:
Many of the non-English speaking drivers will know as much to say they don¡¯t speak English and leave it at that, and I get the feeling they want pity. A few years ago, I was going to a therapy appointment and the driver was quiet until we got there and then he kept saying he didn¡¯t speak English, and I finally said ¡°it¡¯s about time you learned.¡±
Interestingly enough, my worst experience with Lyft wasn¡¯t with a non English speaking driver, but a driver who had picked me up and I had a couple of places I needed to go and he was in a wheelchair van, and he kept going on and on about his handicap. I also had to repeat the final destination to him and he asked what the place looked like. It was an AT&T store in a rather popular part of town. I¡¯m glad that I had my GPS app going because he almost ended up driving me home, and was going in the opposite direction of the store. I was fuming when I got to the store, and gave him a 1 out of 5 stars, and wrote a lengthy complaint to Lyft.
On Aug 6, 2024, at 8:56?PM, joseph hudson <jhud7789@...> wrote:
?Well, that's good. I'm glad for that one.
On Aug 6, 2024, at 7:46?PM, Jeff Kenyon <jkenyon7@...> wrote:
I only had one driver who had me talk to a translation app to translate from English to Spanish. Other than that I haven¡¯t had any luck. I¡¯ve actually had better luck texting back and forth with someone who is deaf or hard of hearing, which in a lot of instances when I get alerted about a deaf driver it turns out they can communicate with no problem.
On Aug 6, 2024, at 8:33?PM, joseph hudson <jhud7789@...> wrote:
?No, they should be able to copy the text, and put it into an app and do the translating that way. It's not that hard to copy and paste someone's wording. If they can't do that, they definitely don't need to be driving for Uber.
On Aug 6, 2024, at 12:20?PM, Jeff Kenyon <jkenyon7@...> wrote:
Will a text that I send in English be translated into the language they speak? Many times, these drivers end up being rude.
On Aug 6, 2024, at 2:17?AM, joseph hudson <jhud7789@...> wrote:
?Hi Jeff, have you tried resulting to texting the driver in this instance? This might be better results as they can use apps to translate your text into their language.
On Aug 4, 2024, at 11:01?PM, Jeff Kenyon <jkenyon7@...> wrote:
Hi guys, I am wondering how you all handle situations where your driver doesn¡¯t speak English? I have run into situations like this from time to time and the outcome has been negative more times then positive. Take last week for instance, I was dropped off down the block from my destination, and when I asked the driver a question, I was simply ignored. I didn¡¯t give a good rating. Other times, I have been a little luckier but am not feeling comfortable. For transportation I use Lyft. I had one driver a year or so ago even laugh at me when we had to find the right location and that was several blocks away. I just let him leave me at the location, and reported him to Lyft and then ordered another ride home.
