@AlteredEgo,
The smells driving ride share must be all over the place.
Weed. It's almost always weed. If you get into a ride-share, and the windows are closed, but at some point the driver opens the windows, moon roof, and vents, someone in your party stinks. And they probably smell like weed. Second most common odor is garlic. Third is sweat, fourth is arm pits. Nobody ever got in smelling like crotch or sex.
You know what happens if you leave weed funk in a ride-share? The next passenger tells the company the driver was high, and the driver gets fired. I often sprayed air freshener or cologne directly on these people. I tried to make it seem like their own idea, or a special service I was providing. These were some of my most gracious passengers.
Only once did I report one such passenger to the company. In that case, they were my second to last riders of the night. I transported them for nearly two hours. At some point in the ride I was impaired. That is how much smoke came off of them. It was too cold and too much highway driving to keep the windows open. They did not smoke in my car. I considered ejecting them, but it was 3A.M. and they needed to get to a hotel room really far away. I don't like to strand people.
Anyway, I felt sober by the time they got out, so I set the app to accept rides that would get me closer to my house and made one more pickup before I went home. The next afternoon, I got in the car to pick up some take-out, and the weed smell was strong. I had aired the car out by driving fast on the highway with the vents and windows open when the car was empty, and I had sprayed an odor neutralizer all over my clothes and the car before picking up the last lady. I was afraid she might have reported me for using herb. When I got into the car that afternoon, it smelled like someone was sitting next to me smoking right that second. So. Strong. I had no choice but to report them. I asked for a cleaning fee. I do not remember, but I don't think I got it. I left my windows open for two days and shampooed the fabrics. It took that to be rid of the smell.
If someone's crotch had done that to me, I think I would have driven back to where I left them and told them so. Going back to look for previous passengers is a breach of contract. But neither Uber nor Lyft will pay to clean odors. I would have gone to ask them to compensate me for cleaning and lost wages. I would have shamed such a person into having my car detailed if need be. But only if it was extreme, like when it took several days to get the weed funk out.
