It's amazing to me how much I enjoy driving again now that I have a nicer car - I drove about 175 miles tonight and it didn't bother me in the least! I'm not going to detail every ride as I had about 14 and I'm pretty tired but I'll highlight a few as I did have my first upset client and my first belligerent...
OK, I know everyone is wondering about Jayme - she called me at about 8:00 saying she was pretty hungover and asked for a rain check - I was more than happy to oblige as I was still tired... Someday soon I hope...
So on to Saturday night... I logged in at about 8:45pm and got a run out to YL - it was Stacy, the same girl from Friday who I took to get ice cream and dropped at her friends she was stoked it was me again but then there was a bummer - they had 5 people, I can only seat 4 - I said I could take 2 come back and then take the other 3 but it was too far for that to be conducive so I helped her cancel the ride... 5 times in 5 minutes I got pinged to go back and she'd cancel, I finally texted her to use the "Plus" button - that worked and they were on their way... Then 2 gentlemen from the foxfire to DTF, cool guys... then from DTF to the Brea Mall to pickup a nice lady after a long shift at Nordstroms... Back to DTB, this will be my first detail...
Fare #4 - Uber - Pickup from Taps and delivery in Mission Viejo... During a 50% surge... Very nice couple out celebrating her birthday.. Nice ride down, good conversation and pleasant drive... Upon arrival, I stop the ride and help them out, he then says $75, you've gotta be kidding me?!? I said let me check as it seemed high to me too - the ride was $50 but there was $25 in a surge.. he said you cant charge that, I informed him I don't, Uber does, he said thats crap and I should have informed him, but even I didn't know he was in a Surge... I then showed him my app and what I know, the he said wait, was that the extra pop up screen I got? I asked him to see it and it had the rating up, I tapped 5 stars and went to his rider history - sure enough there was the approval... He laughed and said that was pretty slick, I would have given you 5 stars anyway but you're a smart man... He gave me $1 and said to keep the change... Uh OK... I should have gone back and taped it to his front door...
Newport was surging but I dont think I'm quite ready for that scene so I made my way back up to CSUF - Lyft to the Marriott for a Company Christmas Party to Hotel Fullerton, A random Lyft from a block away to a dark parking lot where a bunch of teens were waiting for their buddy... Headed up to DTF and got a no-show Lyft ping $5 for no driving... Back to the Metro center and had an Uber surge ping, (I knew it was surging now) - grabbed 3 college guys headed to CSUF, they guy didnt want to give me an address and wanted to tell me how to get there... Let me tell you, I will always take the shortest route as you get charged more by the mile, not the time, if you're drunk, give me the address! Well, he took us at least 10 miles out of the way... I dont mind - I aim to please!
As I dop of #7 at a party, his drunk friend tries to hop in and have be take him to Del Taco - I said are you Bob? he said no, Ken, why, I have to go pickup Bob now, enjoy your evening... "You suck dude, I'd have hooked you up"... next time Ken...
Uber was blowing up, pulling in drivers 10 minutes away from DTF due to the demand...
Fare 8, 2 gentlemen from DTF to Brea - on a 100% surge... Took a minute to find them, literally double parked on Commonwealth and Harbor, FPD rolls by and shines his light at me , I'm crapping twinkies, he pulls along side, sees the signs and said You Uber? I said yes, he said you loading now? just the Phillip opens my door, the officer said, you're good bro, try to find a spot next time but I know its hard, drive safe and Merry Christmas! - I love FPD! a 5 mile ride at $17 - woo hoo... Realized it was 2:15 - nothing but fights and DUI stops in DTF at this point so I start to head home, Uber off, Lyft on... Got a cancel nearby in Brea, and started to head home... Grabbed a ping to the Royal - arrived and got a belligerent...
Fare 9, Lyft - picked up a pair of 25+ year olds... they asked nicely if I would drive through Del taco on the way home, it's 2:20 so I said sure why not... Hit the drive through on Richmond and Orangethorpe... Wait, let me backup about 1/4 of a mile from Rembrandt's (The Royal) he asked me what CD I had in the player - it happened to be Limp Bizkit - He said "Hell yea, crank that shit bro" so I obliged, he then went into mosh pit mode in front of his girlfriend and started moshing with my passenger seat... I turned off the music, pulled over and said "bro, understand, this isn't a taxi, it's my car - I can and will drop you here and now, and notice it's 2:30, not many drivers out any more... he apologized and I turned the music back on and headed to Del Taco... Arrived at Del Taco and they ordered 90% of the menu - took 7 minutes to get all the food and then he says bro, can we stop at Circle K too, I need smokes and condoms, I said fine as they offered to buy me dinner... He said is that redbull sugar free or regular, I said regular and he said I'll be right back... He came back with a 20oz ($5+) redbull for me - and said you deserve this for putting up with my drunk ass... I still had no destination address but I cranked the music back up - Turns out the lived literally 2 blocks away from where I grew up in Yorba Linda, Dropped them off and drove by my old house - I could barely recognize the old street - I wonder how many parents of my friends still live there.... my house looked very different!
I'ts now close to 3:00am, kept lyft on and got an immediate ping to Black Gold... picked up 3 teenage boys and drove them about .5 miles from my place - dropped them off and went offline....
So 10 fares between Uber and Lyft - maybe $150 which I'll see about $95 - it's still worth it for me...
Some of my Facebook friends may have seen but I am doing an outreach campaign next Friday and Saturday where I plan to donate my Lyft ride funds to a good HS friend of mine, Kristy... Tonight she would have only received $47 as Lyft - The campaign I setup for her can be accessed by clicking here: https://www.lyft.com/invited/NOTBLEUCHRISTMAS
Please keep in mind, the holidays are upon us, even a trip to Las Vegas in an Uber/Lyft is less than a DUI - please consider a sober driver!
Uber/Lyft on!
Jeff
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