“We’re going to the airport, right?” the Lyft driver asks.
“Yup, unless you want to drive me back to Los Angeles.”
I’m joking, but according to the Lyft driver, some people actually hire Lyfts for the 270-mile trip from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. He thinks some drivers make good money doing this, but they have to be willing to eat the cost of the return trip because there’s “no guarantee” they’ll find another passenger who wants to take a Lyft from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. Also, he says, it’s a little “scary” driving with a stranger on such a long trip.
“What if there’s a dispute?” the Lyft driver wonders. “If I’ve got an issue with a passenger in Vegas, I drive to the police station, or kick them out of my car. But what do I do in the middle of the desert? It’s a lonely highway to LA. Maybe they got a gun, or know jiu-jitsu. Personally, I’d worry about being murdered.”
Personally, I’d worry more about being stuck with a boring Lyft driver for six hours, s…
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