Can I Reject a Rider?

I had that happened to me. This lady got in my car, and I thought I was going to wreck with the stench she brought with her. Can you tell someone that is already in your car to get out? I would think that would be rude.

Nina [8D]

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Originally posted by dambam
[br]In the last few weeks, I picked up an individual who had a major case of B.O. going on. Several other people who I pick up on a regular basis also noticed. There is just no polite way of addressing this problem with a stranger. But after 3 or 4 times of having to endure the unpleasant odor, I decided enough was enough. The next time this individual asked to ride with me, I simply told them that I was not going to their destination. Hopefully, this individual will get the hint.

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I must disagree on this to a point. If you pull up to the line and happen to see somebody you know, then by all means, ride with them! If that happens to you by chance, that is your lucky day!! Now, if you re pulling the same people out of line day in and day out, then I would "suggest" a car pool. If that were me, I would still pull up to the slug line, because I like the freedom of being able to roll up to the line anytime I feel like it, rather than commit to a certain time to meet someone. That is just me. If I see somebody I know, they have a 50/50 chance of getting called out of line. Whatever I feel like. That's what I love about slugging, you can do whatever you want (pretty much) on your own schedule. You are committed to nothing short of basic slug etiquette, which is based on common courtesy, which I have no problem with.



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In response to Nina, slugging is not about riding with people you know. It is a system that works because of people being respectful to one another. If you want to arrange to ride with someone you know, you should meet them somewhere other than the slug line. It is totally disrespectful to pull people out of line.

The reason slugging works is because of the rules of etiquette and common courtesy. It has never been considered courteous to have someone cut in line. Haven't we been taught that since grade school? Now like tondalea said, if you see a friend in line and then still take someone from the front of the line that would be considered somewhat appropriate but to call out to someone in the back of the line just because you know them is not courteous.

And you know what this subject is getting old,people can pickup who they want to pickup in their cars, you no why because it is just that THEIR CAR,I listen to some of people in the sluglines and you would think that you made the car notes, insurance and personal property taxes on these vehicles. STOP the nit picking and just RIDE!

TBell

"Will Call—the driver’s option to pick a particular slug not at the front of the line. This situation usually happens when a driver sees a friend in line and simply calls for that individual."

The above is a direct "copy and paste" quotation from the etiquette section of this web page. According to 30 years of slugging by which (and this is just an assumption, but a pretty good one, I think) that section was based, the majority of slugs are in acceptance that every once in a while, someone sees someone they know. They then pick them up. It's really not that big of a deal. You will still need the same amount of people to ride the HOV, the line will decrease in people just the same. If someone in the front has to wait for the next ride, so be it. Nobody gets devestated, no one is heartbroken. You just shrug it off. The slug system works, and it works relatively smoothly. I don't hear too many stories of folks getting stranded, so we'll all get a ride to work/home.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, I'm not denouncing anybody's. I'm just saying that perhaps there are better things to be upset over than someone being called out of line. Like the other day when somebody said they would take me to Crystal City and decided that he can't be late for his meeting at the Navy Annex and forced me to walk from there, in a skirt, in freezing temperatures. By the way he picked me up from the 17 lot in a green Jeep Grand Cherokee, so ladies, beware.