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Direct ride ask

Sometimes you don't want to ping a whole group — you want to ask one specific person. Same starting event as the group flow, different fork after tapping + Assign, and three ways to reach out. Here's what each side sees.

Companion piece to Group ride ask — same event, same first tap, different fork.
The flow
STEP 1 · PARENT
Basketball practice
Tue · 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Community Rec Center · Court B
Ride coordination
Pick-up
Not assigned
Tap
Drop-off
Not assigned

Tap + Assign

Parent opens the practice event and taps + Assign next to Pick-up — same starting action as the group ask.

STEP 2 · PARENT
Event detail dimmed behind the sheet…
Who handles pick up?
Pick a contactTap
Ask a group
Cancel

Fork: Pick a contact

Same first tap as the group flow, but this time Parent picks Pick a contact — the ask goes to one specific person.

STEP 3 · PARENT
Choose a contact
Ride contacts you've saved
🔍 Search contacts…
MC
Morgan Chen
morgan.chen@example.com
Tap
JP
Jamie Patel
(503) 555 · 0198
TK
Taylor Kim
taylor.k@example.com

Pick one contact

The contact picker slides up with saved ride contacts. Parent taps Morgan Chen.

STEP 4 · PARENT
Contact picker dimmed behind the sheet…
How should we reach Morgan?
📧 Email Tap
💬 Open Messages
📝 Just assign (no message)
Cancel

Pick how to reach them

Three ways to notify. Parent taps Email — SportsCal sends a formatted request to Morgan's inbox with Yes and No buttons.

STEP 5 · CONTACT'S INBOX

Email arrives

Morgan taps Yes, I can do it. Same rules as the group ask — the ride is locked in right away and the parent gets notified.

STEP 6 · PARENT
Basketball practice
Tue · 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Ride coordination
MC
Morgan Chen
✓ Confirmed pickup

Slot flips to Confirmed

Back in the app the Pick-up slot shows Morgan with quick Call and Text buttons. The pickup also shows up in Apple Calendar automatically.

Three ways to notify
📧
Email

Sends a formatted email with Yes and No tap-buttons. Same rule as the group flow — first tap wins.

Best when · you have their email but not their phone
💬
Open Messages

Opens iMessage with the request pre-filled for one recipient. Parent can tweak the text before sending — good for a personal note.

Best when · you want to say something extra
📝
Just assign

Marks the person as assigned on the event. No email, no message, no ping. They won't know unless you tell them separately.

Best when · you already talked to them
Yes and No taps come back to SportsCal — same one-driver-per-ride rule as the group flow.