Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Lyft might build a ‘zen mode’ to let drivers know you don’t feel like chatting

Ride-sharing apps are a godsend, but they sometimes come at a cost that goes beyond the $8 or $10 you spent to get home from the club. Chatty drivers can turn every ride into an awkward simulacrum of a first date. Where are you from? How long have you lived here? What do you do for work?

Of course, many of these icebreakers lead to great conversations. I genuinely enjoy chatting with the incredibly nice people who are taking time out of their day to drive me, on demand, to a place of my choosing. And yet sometimes it’s 4:30 in the morning, and I’m headed to the airport for work, and all I really want to do is close my eyes and go to sleep — without offending the driver. Should ride-sharing companies build a “quiet mode”?

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