I have a pet rabbit. There is exactly one exotic clinic in my city, luckily, it's a good one, unluckily, there are no public transportation around that area, and I don't drive, so unless someone is available to take us there whenever she needs to go to the vet, I have to take an uber.
I always make sure to choose the uber pet option, which is more expensive, but if the driver accepts it, it's already on the assumption that they're driving a pet so it shouldn't be a problem, right?
Well in some cases it isn't a problem, they'll either drive silently or find it to be an oppurtunity to ask questions about rabbits or talk about their own pets, which always turns out to be a pleasant drive.
But sometimes, there are some drivers that are downright hostile. One of the things they complain about the most is my rabbit's carrier. Her carrier is made of fabric instead of plastic, because it's more maleable and comfortable, still, the bottom of the carrier is covered in thick absorbent fur and to be extra careful I place a training mat on top of it just to make sure there are no accidents (she's 8 years old and never had an accident but I like to be careful). And no matter how many times i explain all this, they'll still spend a whole ride lecturing me on my choice of carrier and that I should just get a plastic one. Sometimes they'll just side eye the carrier as soon as it goes inside the car and just very rudely tell me to put it on my lap because they don't want fur on their car. And then spend the whole ride complaining about pets in cars.
Nobody forced you to accept an uber pet ride, you did, why do you have to act so hostile about it?