An indie-beauty creator who rarely makes auto content was compelled last month to post a video about a $150 Lyft damage fee she says her friend was hit with days after an uneventful eight-minute ride in Houston.
Houston: An Eight-Minute Lyft Ride
Noelle says the ride itself was unremarkable. “We were in Houston, and we called an eight-minute Lyft ride in the middle of the day. It was completely uneventful. Like, we weren’t carrying any food or drinks. We weren’t rowdy. Like, nothing happened.”
She says that a few days later, the friend received a Lyft notification of a $150 damage fee. The friend reportedly asked Lyft for evidence and was sent a photo of a door armrest panel pulled out of its housing.
Noelle says of the photo, “I feel like you can pretty clearly tell that the driver just ripped this out, took a picture, and probably popped it right back in. Also, notably, this was on my side of the car, and y’all, I’m like five feet tall. I don’t work out. I don’t even know that I could rip this out if I tried.”
