So after being messed up time wise yesterday I decided to Marathon Netflix movies last night instead of driving to get myself back on a normal (for me) sleep/drive schedule as I get to work my day Job Monday... Tonight started off a bit slow, went online at 9:15 and didn't get my first ping until 9:40 - I didn't mind however as I forgot my coffee at home and got a free Sbux refill just as they were closing - she even poured my cream for me :P So here was Saturday night in a nutshell!
Ride 1 - Uber - a young lady from the Pizza Hut I used to work at to her home in Brea, quick and easy...
Ride 2 - Uber - A 38 year old single dad that lives right by my best friend, a trip to 7-11 to get him some beer and back - 20 Oz Redbull as a tip!!!
Sbux stop just as they were closing! Thank you to the pretty young lady for saying it was about to be discarded so it was free :) - $2 tip for her and her fellow Baristas...
Ride 3 - Uber - Up to the very top of Yorba Linda, yeah, the huge houses... 3 young 21 something year old girls headed to DTF - their first time.... A friend of theirs recommended Roscoe's and the Tuscany Club... I asked them how old their friend was, the smart one said did it matter and I said, "You 3 are better suited at the SlideBar..." She said no offense but you dont even know us, I calmly replied with "yes I do" - you're about 21, you took control of my stereo via the Uber app from the minute you stepped into my car and you played club style remixes of Bieber, Selena Gomez and Pharcyde - The latter threw me but the only place in DTF that plays that type of music is Slidebar :P Plus you were talking about "clubbing" not bar hopping - You're all too young to enjoy the Tuscany... Upon arrival I gave them a driving tour of the area - sure enough as I was driving the back alley of the SOCO district we ran into one of my friends about to go into Roscoe's... the Girls unanimously selected SlideBar as their destination as hanging out with 40 year olds is gross... LOL
Ride 4 - Lyft - after waiting about 30 minutes in DTF I got my needed $5+ Lyft ride - short and sweet, nice couple and made it so I could cash out Lyft for Dinner tomorrow night!
Ride 5 - Uber - This guy cracked me up - Was drunk off his tail but managed to find me on the street, double parked on a busy Commonwealth and Harbor intersection... He hopped in and due to police activity we had to take the "long way" to his hotel... Evidently he was trying to get a girls phone number when all of his friends hopped into the first Uber he ordered... He missed it... He was pretty tweaked at his friends for taking his first Uber but was happy to have a cold bottle of water... He couldnt remember where he was staying - turns out it was right around the corner but he did give me a 5 minute speech on why you should never uber for your friends, and gave me a $10 tip... Sleep well my friend, I hope you got her number!!!
Ride 6 - not a ride at all, a ghost! sat on it for 6.5 minutes and got paid :)
Back to the lot of Santa Fe in DTF - I always back in, well as I was sitting and waiting, the spot next to me opened up - along comes another Uber driver backing in too w/ an EL sign glowing - I'm like, hey, that's my claim to fame... then she stepped out of her car... Enter Michelle - she just started driving last week but knew a ton... She came over and asked me for a light as she saw I was smoking... she pointed to my signs and said "Amazon too?" Yep... a little chit chat and friendly banter took place - she had been driving for 3 days with 15 riders, asked me what my secret was for 100+ per month (now 107) I simply said, you already know as you're closer to Hopscotch bar than I am but I'm closer to SlideBar :P - 3-4 other Uber drivers pulled up and blocked us in, she started to get tweaked but I told her to relax, we'll get the first runs, GPS isnt that accurate... It was 1:15am and very slow, we got to chat for about 20 minutes before I got a ping, I accepted and then went back to her and said you're next - she said how do you know? then she got a ping... I said told ya... handed her a pen and a piece of paper - said if you're single, write down your phone number - she said if you're single I want yours too - numbers exchanged and we were both on our horns to get out of our spots, I blocked traffic for her and she told my Fare where I was... Irony, she was in a Camry which looks like an Avalon... She got LBC, I got La Puente... I'm home, she is not, but lives a mile away...
Ride 7 - two young ladies from the Tuscany to La Puente... ride was great, hit my goal to buy the suspension the Avalon needs then we hit the gate... there is no one manning it and it's closed - they have no way of getting in - 10 Min later the security guard finally shows up, I said I'm dropping off at XXX Something lane - he said he couldnt let me in - my fare got pretty testy and was yelling from the back seat - he finally opened the gate and I dropped them off 10' away....
I got home at about 2:45 - pinged Michelle, she was still in LBC but going offline as LBC was surging but drunk - I laughed as that was my NYE.... Maybe today, maybe not... the difference between riders and drivers is we meet each other sober.... who knows!
Made the Lyft money I needed for Dinner tomorrow night, made the Uber money I needed to fix the Avalon... win win!
#UberOn
~Jeff
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