Refusing rides

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Originally posted by CJ

So as a slug its pretty easy for me to refuse a ride from someone. you just look the other way, pretend you're going somewhere else, whatever. lots of ways to be passive aggressive about it. As the driver it's a bit bit more difficult to avoid confrontation if you don't want the chronic smoker or the gum-popping farter or the holy-roller who wants to convert you in 30 minutes or less. How do you deal with that?

CJ

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For the smoker-passenger - see above. I take a few deep breaths before taking off, while they're getting buckled - if someone's perfume or eau de cigarette is starting an asthma attack - I politely let them know they need to find another ride - and why.

Just about anyone else - you'd probably have to just suck it up. I do recall that some time ago, for Potomac Mills, there were a few slugs from Rosslyn that would get refused entry.

As for the high-roller - I'd politely tell them to drop it, and make a note of them - to post a description here as well as to avoid them in the future. And if they didn't, I'd likely roll down the window on that side so I couldn't hear them - with the latch locked to keep it down ^_^

I've HAD that discussion, when my plates were VA WITCH, or VA WICAN. And most either had a mature discussion or dropped it. Those that didn't, I generally just turned up the radio & ignored them. One of the rights I served to protect was freedom of religion, both mainstream & not. And that will never change.