Sometimes, like tonight when is slow and I'm online for 30+ minutes without a rider I truly do ask, is it really worth it? It's at that point I consider going home, but what is there for me? Not much, a couch that I'll sit my butt on and watch TV until the wee hours of the AM on a Friday night... All of my friends are out of town, I'm low on fundage so I'm not going out and ultimately I realize, driving is a great stress relief from the week... So I drive...
Tonight was super slow but I got a few longer rides that made up the new lower pricing...
Fare 1 - Uber - Picked up 2 Ladies after rolling through a DUI Check Point on YLBLVD - Officer didn't even stop me however everyone else had to show a Drivers License - this was more than a DUI Check Point, even the sign said DUI / License check point ahead... Good on them, get the unlicensed off the road too! So I picked up 2 ladies and ran them down to the Clubhouse - 2nd time in 2 days, it's odd how that works... They hopped out and the bouncer came up and asked me if I had any promo cards, wasn't sure what those were so he explained it - referral codes... He ran out of the last drivers and enjoyed sending people home in Uber rides when they were drunk... Something I need to look into, a simple QR Code that signs a user up under my account - genius! Office Depot here I come!
Fare 2 - Lyft - A Cool couple that were at a Ducks game "After Party" in Placentia, a quick run - she kept yelling at Siri to "Shut Up Bitch" - she was sitting on her phone - I could tell he was embarrassed, next time I heard it, I said "ask her what day it is" she did and a moment, "Damn, I didn't know it was Friday, Babe, why are we going home already???" His response was priceless - "Because I'm not paying for you to barf in a rideshare and I felt a wheelbarrow was inappropriate..." I wonder who's on the couch right now?!?
Fare 3 - Uber - Joe, a mild mannered Hispanic guy who was very generous to his friends (Pickup in DTF) - We had multiple stops... We first dropped off his homie, then his girlfriend - he then said damn, I'm hungry - can we stop for some tacos? normally at 1:30 I'd say no, but I could tell he needed some and I was pretty hungry too... We stopped at Taco Boys, he then said what do you want, I'm buying - I could go for a beef taco, he said allright then, be back in a second... dude bought me 4 huge tacos while I stood off to the side and had a cig... He came out just after I finished and said no other Uber driver had ever let him stop there after a night in DTF... It took 10 Min so I understand why but when we got to his place, he palmed me a $6 tip and said thank you... I dont know how much the tacos cost, I'd guess about $2 each and then a $6 tip - Joe made my night! I still have 1 left I'm staring at :)
Fare 4 - Lyft - Nicole... This is why I drive, ok that seems cheesy, but seriously, she made a good call... She and her 3 friends went out for the first time in a while - none of them felt fit to drive so they called for a Lyft. She had parked her car in the structure so it would not be towed and realized she was too inebriated to drive home... I pulled up to 3 very good looking 20 somethings :) - they hopped in and we drove to Nicole's home in Pico Rivera - about 20 miles... While 1 of them fell asleep the other 2 had to have been the coolest riders I ever had - never have I had the entire conversation where I was involved for 20+ miles... It was then we arrived and everyone realized that one of the other girls forgot her jacket which had everyone's keys in it - I sat by to see them hop in through a window... they waved and I was on my way home - didnt want to be a B&E accomplice but was happy they got in safe...
Jammed home and am now with my butt on the couch - at least I;m tired...
#UberOn
Jeff
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