Do Not Ride With!

I can't find the Do Not Ride With List so here it is.

Details: Pick up point was Potomac Mills 2/14/05, gray/silver Chrylser - new one, husband and wife - Middle Eastern descent, Going to 14th Street

Picked up at Potomac, decided en route to go to L'Enfant area, sat in traffic forever, weaving and bobbing around 12th Street, tried to drop me off at 13th & G but I refused, finally took me to 14th & NY

I was late to work because of this. I work all the way on 15th & K so being dropped in an area like 13th & G and already being late and add the cold and rain - it was too much.

Had they stayed on 14th like we agreed on, we would have made it up 14th before 9:00.

Don't ride with them unless you are looking for a tour of the city.

Cruisin in HOV

Pana, there's nothing wrong expecting to be dropped off at the place you were told the car was going when it picked you up. If they told Koakui they were going to 14th, then to 14th they should have gone. That's common courtesy.

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Originally posted by PanaRican
[br]If you were going to go to 15th & K then you should have left your house earlier so that you could wait for a car that was going that far instead of settling for a ride that was "close enough" and then complaining about it later. It's a free ride, what do you expect?? = p

Besides, you never make it to work on time!

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Maybe you should read the driver rules - are you never late! It doesn't matter if she was late or not, nor if it is a free ride - a driver should go where they say they are going. PERIOD!!

Pana, you must not slug. Slugging is a great way to get to and from work. If drivers and riders work together most times no one is late. Sometimes due to traffic or such, a person can be late but normally this is not the case. How it works is that when a driver says they are goig somewhere they aren't supposed to deviate off of the agreed upon route. In this case they did without koa's consent. This made that person late. I'm happy they posted this. I'll look out for that car. I go to Potomac myself so I'll be on the look out. Pana, I know you are trying to help on some level but by being negative to this post, it doesn't promote slugging at all. Please think before you post. Have a great day!

You may not think this is worthy of "Do not ride with," but this driver made me too nervous. I'll avoid in the future:

Location: Horner to Pentagon
Time: 6 a.m.
Car: Red Ford, smallish (Focus?)
Plate: 2391LF
Reason: Had Blackberry out checking e-mails most of the way up. Had to brake hard a couple of times on wet pavement.