4.99 Stars

Well, I got a four-star rating. I might’ve actually gotten two, it turns out. Or one four-star and one three-star. Or one four-star and one one-star! Possibly even one four-star and one two-star, but that feels unlikely. Do people really give Lyft drivers two stars? I guess so. I’ve probably done that. Someone who got me there quickly but put my life at enormous risk and kept telling me their opinions about gateway drugs. That’d get two stars from me.

I’ve been driving Lyft for parts of four years now, and over the course of those four years, I’ve never had anything but a 5.00-star rating. I’ve given 2,811 rides, and I’ve never had anything but a 5.00-star rating. Until now. It’s 4.99 now.

What happened? Well, I thought someone had given me a four-star rating, and that’s true. That’s part of it. It was between October 21^st and October 27^th. Someone did give me a four-star rating, clicking “car” as the category of concern (unclear if it was the rattling noise, the squeaking noise, or the fact I left Fargo’s seatbelt latched in back in the back seat—they left no commentary). But upon further review, someone else in the last 100 rides I’ve given must have also given me a rating below five stars, because I guess Lyft doesn’t include your lowest rating in your score? I never had to check before. I’ve never been below 5.00.

So in addition to finding out I got my first four-star rating, I’m also now aware that I’ve been living a lie. I thought I’d never gotten anything but a five-star rating. Turns out I’d just never gotten two in a hundred-rating stretch.

I’ve got some reflecting to do.