Got a ride for pickup at Starbucks and drop off at some retirement home and figured it’d be a nice quick trip.

Pull up to the Starbucks and there’s no one waiting on the curb so I park, turn around and come back around because it’s a busy shopping mall parking lot. When I get up to the outdoor seating area I notice the old woman from the photo sitting there clearly staring at me.

I think to myself that it’s odd that I would get an elderly assistance ride for a normal ride rate and it didn’t tell me but I shrug it off as her not trying to pay the extra for it and I’m still willing to help the elderly out of the kindness of my heart. 

So I park as close to her as possible, pop my trunk, and turn to her to help her (she has a fold up walker) when I notice she has this horrible look on her face like she just witnessed a horrible murder.

I say “hello are you \*her name\*?”

And she goes “yes”

And I’m like “did you still need a ride?”

And she goes “yes”

And I’m like “would you care for some assistance?” (At this point I am extremely confused)

She goes “well yes I’d like assistance, but the app says I still have 4 minutes and I’d like to read my book”

It was at this point I realized she meant she was abusing the “WAIT FOR PASSENGER” timer until the last second so she could READ HER BOOK.🤦‍♂️

She can’t read her book in my car, or at her destination but has to do it while I’m literally sitting there waiting for her in my car. The sense of entitlement is insane and the willingness to just abuse another human for no reason like this is disgusting and a common theme among boomers for some reason. 

Anyways after I realized what had happened and I realized everyone in the Starbucks was watching and she was just meandering and taking her time to get up I just said

“No worries you can continue reading” and I turned around, walked away, got in my car, canceled and drove off all without ever looking back. 

I already knew this was a losing battle, almost certainly a bad start rating, all because I tried to go above and beyond and help the elderly. 

That $4 cancellation fee hit hard asf after that.

Whenever she is done reading she can order another ride🤷‍♂️

TL;DR Old Lady used wait timer to read a few extra pages of her book but got canceled on and left because my time is valuable.

BOOMER GRANDMA USES ‘WAIT TIMER’ TO READ MORE BOOK 👵