I've taken Lyft a handful of times, and in my experience, it seems like it's only the new drivers that are awkward about this---after that, they usually do a good job of reading my body language and responding appropriately. I think I'd taken Lyft 5 or 6 already times before the first driver ever awkwardly initiated an actual fist bump.

Then again it's a paid service not kindergarten.

Holy hell is that off-putting. I had a few coupons for Lyft but I'll pass.

I should mention, though, that you can have the healthy culture of driver respect at a place like Lyft with the professionalism of Uber. Sounds like the sweet spot to me.

well, they also say things like this, to be fair: http://view.lyftmail.com/?j=fe5012797d6400747012&m=fe6915707...