Is it a thing for older people to be picked up from the airport?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s an age boomer thing I don’t get why they have to be picked up and coordinating that mess and parking and getting out of airport when they could literally get their luggage if any hop in Uber hop out. I don’t expect family to wait for me and specifically ask not to be waited on since it’s more effective

I’ve Ubered out of SeaTac and LGA in the last few months. I can see an older person who doesn’t fly often struggling with this.

I like the idea of arranging a taxi service if you can’t pick him up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow! Your dad is coming and you will not pick him up?

Wait? Let me guess. You are a WASP?

No wonder you guys don't reciprocate even after you stuff your faces at the dinners I host. If you cannot show manners to your parents...I am asking too much of you!

LOL 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me blow your mind… They still have taxis at the airport. FOR REAL. My mom isn’t comfortable Ubering either. I do my best to pick her up but if I can’t, she gets a taxi.

Right? My parents often take a taxi (we don't have a car). It's super easy. No apps required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s an age boomer thing I don’t get why they have to be picked up and coordinating that mess and parking and getting out of airport when they could literally get their luggage if any hop in Uber hop out. I don’t expect family to wait for me and specifically ask not to be waited on since it’s more effective

I’ve Ubered out of SeaTac and LGA in the last few months. I can see an older person who doesn’t fly often struggling with this.

I like the idea of arranging a taxi service if you can’t pick him up.

You don't need to arrange a taxi service. There will be a taxi stand with a line of cabs waiting at the exit.

[Anonymous]

I try to pick people up at National if I can, though I make it clear that if they come in when I can't get there because the park is going the wrong way, they'll have to take a cab.(Getting a cab at National is a lot easier than messing with an app and finding your Uber driver, btw. Just go to the perfectly well-organized queue outside the terminal and let the coordinator get you into a cab. Easier for old people. I speak as an old person.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My in-laws are coming to visit and plan to stay in a hotel rather than with us. That's fine, but they also refuse to rent a car or Uber, and expect DH to transport them back and forth every day. They're 70 and FIL only recently fully retired, I didn't realize they would lose their self-sufficiency so quickly.

Refuse and they will rent a car.

[Anonymous]

On another note, I've been hearing that taxis from DCA are now cheaper than Uber or Lyft. If you end up asking your dad to make his own way to your house, make sure he checks out the price difference.

[Anonymous]

So many gross ageist people!

The polite thing to do is to pick up your guest(s):at the airport. I've known this since I was ten.

The only time I did not do it was when my 20-something stepbrother called me from the Greyhound station at 3 AM, wanting a ride to my house. He never even told me he was coming! I said, Walk. Or take an Uber. I should have told him to just go home.

Your elderly father, though? You can't be bothered to give him a lift?

[Anonymous]

It’s very odd that you expect your elderly father to Uber in from the airport during covid. Does he even know how to Uber? I know my parents wouldn’t be able to figure that out.

Pick your dad up. I am confused why you can’t since you have two parents. Don’t be a jerk.

[Anonymous]

I pick up. Old, young, middle- everyone. I also take them to the airport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let me blow your mind… They still have taxis at the airport. FOR REAL. My mom isn’t comfortable Ubering either. I do my best to pick her up but if I can’t, she gets a taxi.

This. It can be overwhelming to try to find the Uber at the airport. I always grab an actual taxi. They are right. there. No app, no looking for the right car, etc.

[Anonymous]

It would literally never occur to me to not pick my parents up from the airport. I would park and be at the security exit waiting for them and then I’d carry their bags to the car. And they would do the same for me until recently when they gave up highway and night driving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Normally I'd say that refusing to take a 10AM flight due to personal inconvenience and choosing a flight that gets in at 5:30 instead, during rush hour traffic and conflicting with your work schedules, is incredibly rude. But since it's the day after Thanksgiving and traffic should be light, yeah, you should pick him up. I do think it's fine for him to wait an hour or so if you need to handle daycare etc. first. But I assume your DH can do that?

we didn't know that it was going to be the day after Thanksgiving - now my brother is going to pick him up (but will have to drive 1+hour each way)
My DH does not handle the dinner time / bedtime on his own.

Your useless husband needs to step up his game because there is no excuse for that unless he’s physically or mentally incapacitated.

[Anonymous]

It’s not an older thing, it’s a being a good host thing. Age has nothing to do with it. I’ve never heard of someone flying to visit and you don’t pick them up. It’s not a business trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it’s kind of rude to not pick up your dad at the airport if he wants you to. Is there no way to adjust your schedule to pick him up?

FYI - my mom (73) is fine ubering TO the airport, but will literally wait and read a book at the airport if our schedules don’t mesh.

This is idiotic.

Retired person: What time is a good time to come in?
Parent of (at least) 4 kids: There's a flight that gets in at 10:00 am.
Retired person: Oh, I don't want to wake up early! I'll get in at 5:30 pm!
Parent of (at least) 4 kids: OK, Dad, can you take an Uber?
Retired person: Oh, it won't be too much trouble to pick me up!

And you think the Parent of (at least) 4 kids is the rude one here? Come on.