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Woman Refuses to Pick Up Friend at 3 A.M. After Rebooked Flight, Tells Her to Get an Uber Instead

Woman Refuses to Pick Up Friend at 3 A.M. After Rebooked Flight, Tells Her to Get an Uber Instead

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After repeated delays and a rebooked red-eye flight, one woman refused to pick up her friend from the airportNEED TO KNOW
A woman agrees to pick up her friend from the airport until delays push the flight late into the night
After her friend rebooks for an even later arrival, she decides she's no longer comfortable making the drive
When she suggests an Uber instead, her friend pushes back, and she turns to Reddit to ask if she's in the wrongA woman turns to the Reddit community for advice following a tense disagreement with a friend over a late-night airport pickup.
What started as a simple favor quickly spirals into a frustrating series of events, pushing the woman to question whether she's in the wrong.
'So this last week, I had agreed to pick up a friend/neighbor at the airport around 10 pm,' the woman writes in her post. Her friend, who doesn't drive due to physical limitations, frequently relies on others for rides and tends to travel with excessive luggage — 'two large check-in bags, as close to the 50lb max limit as possible, and 3 carry-on bags.'
She also points out that her friend has a habit of booking the latest possible flights, often arriving late at night. 'She likes to stay up late so always books the latest flight to arrive back in town,' the poster explains.
Making matters worse, she's increasingly anxious about driving near the airport at night due to safety concerns. 'The last 3 times I have gone to the airport, I have almost gotten into accidents with drivers cutting me off when heading to the airport,' she shares.
On Tuesday, her friend's flight was scheduled to land at 9:50 pm, which already puts the actual pickup closer to 11 pm. 'From the time she lands, it usually takes her close to an hour to get her bags and get to the pickup area,' she says.
Wanting to stay informed, she asked her friend to text when the flight takes off. That's when the evening begins to unravel. 'She texts me that the flight is delayed and her flight sits on the ground for at least 2 hours.'
Eventually, the flight was canceled due to weather, and her friend was left to rebook her travel plans in the middle of the night. 'Finally, around 1 am Philly time, she tells me the flight is canceled… there is a long line to reschedule flights and there is an app she can use.'
The woman then set a clear boundary about late-night pickups. 'I tell her that I don't want to be driving to the airport after 10 pm to pick her up,' she writes, noting that safer, earlier flight options are available.
Despite this, her friend booked a flight with a 9:20 pm departure and an 11:50 pm arrival. But the woman pushed back again, saying, 'I remind her that I don't want to be driving around after 10 pm and that it would take her an hour to get out of baggage claim.'
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The situation only became more frustrating when her friend responded that her bags have already been sent ahead, and she might be out by 12:30 am. 'I told her I would not be coming out at 12:30 am to pick her up,' she says, holding firm to her boundary.
Things didn't get any easier when her friend's rescheduled flight left at 1 am Philly time and landed in Las Vegas around 3 am. At that point, the woman tells her friend to use Uber instead, a decision that leads to yet another surprise.
'She needed a credit card to set up an account. Her reply was, 'I didn't bring a credit card with me.' Who does that?' she writes, clearly frustrated by the lack of planning on her friend's part.
Faced with the chaotic series of delays, poor planning and a friend unwilling to adjust or understand her limits, the woman turns to Reddit to ask, 'So does that make me an AH for not agreeing to pick up someone at 3 am instead of 9:50 pm?'
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