First ride at 5:59pm and the last ride was at 10:10pm. Had a total of 10 rides. Things are falling back into place like they were when Uber left.
As always, turned on the app and headed home but never made it. Another busy evening. Achieved the money goal in about 4 hours and called it a day.
Discovered a really cool looking restaurant, Fonda San Miguel.
Didn't much care for picking someone up at Corona and Cameron. A trashing looking area. Nice rider, just a mess where he was picked up.
Took a rider to the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar. Seconds after dropping him off he was calling for another ride. He had lost his ID and needed to go back downtown to his apartment to get it. Took him home, waited outside and then took him back to Alamo Drafthouse. That was a first. The rider is in a rock band and told of a time when they opened for Cheap Trick.
The last rider was an attractive blonde female but what was most outstanding about her was the perfume she was wearing. It was amazing.
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
06/21/16
First rider at 4:59pm, last rider at 6:09pm. Only 2 today.
Turned on the app as I was leaving work at about 4:45pm. The first rider I picked up had been swimming and was still in her swim suite. I was sure that all girls shaved their armpits but that was not the case with this one. As we left the parking lot I realized that there was no music playing and I reached over and turned the radio on. The music started playing and I looked over at the display to see which Sirius XM station was playing. Of course the station was Hair Nation. How appropriate.
Monday, June 20, 2016
06/18/16
First ride at 7:32pm and the last ride was at 12:20am with a total of 10 rides. Busiest night that I have had since signing up with FARE.
I think they were from France and it wasn't the Coneheads. Very nice people.
Lots of conversations. Most of the time it is about a 50/50 split of those who carry on conversations and those who don't.
Witnessed a wreck as the car in front of us decided to switch lanes in a hurry and with no advance indication. Took out the car that was coming up fast in that same lane.
Found a significant amount of humor from one young female rider who was drunk and had the hiccups. Each hiccup was followed-up with an "F" bomb or some other form of profanity.
Picked up a young male who was a good looking young man. He spoke his mind about everything and it was interesting that how it did not really match the way he looked. He actually spoke about this stating that he usually was able to reel the chicks in with his looks but them ended up running them off because he speaks his mind. We began laughing about what was being said and shared a couple of inappropriate jokes to each others delight. I like it when they want to shake hands when we arrive at the destination. Anytime I get to laugh together with someone, I feel like I earn a friend and a life achievement award.
Saturday, June 18, 2016
06/17/16
First ride was at 7:10pm, last ride was at 2:36am. 11 total rides for the night.
There is still much conversation about Uber and Lyft leaving. Everybody (100%) thinks that the whole situation was silly.
I have always been interested with the manner in which different people use profanity. That is why you will hear me frequently laugh when someone utters or spews profanity. All riders tonight dropped the occasional "f" bomb and I was impressed with the wide spectrum of conversations and how well each piece of profanity was placed making it the appropriate and possibly only adjective or adverb that could have successfully completed the sentence. Sometimes the rider will apologize to which I respond that one of the benefits of selecting this vehicle and driver is that they are both "F" bomb friendly.
Beautiful young woman broke down in tears when I asked her how the night was going. A long term relationship that she was in had ended and although she claimed the guy turned out to be a jerk, she was still very upset. She felt that it was time that was wasted and had been lost. She felt like that at her age she should already in a deep relationship and having babies. I quickly went from driver mode only, to driver and broken heart support mode. I explained to her that she had no way of knowing that the relationship would turn out this way and that the time was not lost as it had provided her with some good information about life. I also gave her a personal example of how bad things in life can start us down different paths in life, that lead to even better things. She cried and talked at the same time all the way to her house. I assured her that everything would eventually be okay. When I arrived home I sent her a text letting her again know that I was speaking from experience when I say that everything will work out for the better. She responded to the text thanking me for the advice and for the kindness that I had shown her.
Picked up a young married couple and had one of the most interesting conversations ever about kids, discipline, daddy's girl's and the likes. Apparently it is true what you sometimes hear about how special a girls relationship with her father can be. Appreciation, respect and a whole litany of things are born out of a strong father - daughter bond. Discipline is part of that relationship. Everyone in the vehicle agreed that spanking was effective and did not have any permanent or even temporary traumatic affects other than the lesson that it was intended to support. All in the vehicle had been raised by receiving and occasional spanking and felt that when one was received it was actually warranted. The couple was a lot younger than I was and I found it interesting that they were both raised with this type of discipline being from a younger generation.
No obnoxiously drunk riders even as I pushed towards the 3:00am hour trying to reach my money goal for the day. And I did. The last ride came in at about 2:30am as I had just set down to devour 2 Whataburger Bacon Egg and Cheese taquitos. I was frickin hungry so I grabbed the stuff and ate it as I headed towards Round Rock. I arrived at the address and sent a text to the rider as I could not see the addresses on the houses. The rider called and said that I was at the destination and not the pick up. He did not admit it but he entered the wrong address into the app. He said they were at Main Event and being the nice guy that I am, I told him to stand by and I would be right there. I made it there, picked them up and then headed back to the neighborhood I had just came from. I should have charged him double but it actually worked out good in that in gave me time to finish the 2nd taquito before it got cold. I was not going to eat it in front of the riders and was anticipating a cold taquito, but, alas, consumption of a cold taquito was not to be.
There is still much conversation about Uber and Lyft leaving. Everybody (100%) thinks that the whole situation was silly.
I have always been interested with the manner in which different people use profanity. That is why you will hear me frequently laugh when someone utters or spews profanity. All riders tonight dropped the occasional "f" bomb and I was impressed with the wide spectrum of conversations and how well each piece of profanity was placed making it the appropriate and possibly only adjective or adverb that could have successfully completed the sentence. Sometimes the rider will apologize to which I respond that one of the benefits of selecting this vehicle and driver is that they are both "F" bomb friendly.
Beautiful young woman broke down in tears when I asked her how the night was going. A long term relationship that she was in had ended and although she claimed the guy turned out to be a jerk, she was still very upset. She felt that it was time that was wasted and had been lost. She felt like that at her age she should already in a deep relationship and having babies. I quickly went from driver mode only, to driver and broken heart support mode. I explained to her that she had no way of knowing that the relationship would turn out this way and that the time was not lost as it had provided her with some good information about life. I also gave her a personal example of how bad things in life can start us down different paths in life, that lead to even better things. She cried and talked at the same time all the way to her house. I assured her that everything would eventually be okay. When I arrived home I sent her a text letting her again know that I was speaking from experience when I say that everything will work out for the better. She responded to the text thanking me for the advice and for the kindness that I had shown her.
Picked up a young married couple and had one of the most interesting conversations ever about kids, discipline, daddy's girl's and the likes. Apparently it is true what you sometimes hear about how special a girls relationship with her father can be. Appreciation, respect and a whole litany of things are born out of a strong father - daughter bond. Discipline is part of that relationship. Everyone in the vehicle agreed that spanking was effective and did not have any permanent or even temporary traumatic affects other than the lesson that it was intended to support. All in the vehicle had been raised by receiving and occasional spanking and felt that when one was received it was actually warranted. The couple was a lot younger than I was and I found it interesting that they were both raised with this type of discipline being from a younger generation.
No obnoxiously drunk riders even as I pushed towards the 3:00am hour trying to reach my money goal for the day. And I did. The last ride came in at about 2:30am as I had just set down to devour 2 Whataburger Bacon Egg and Cheese taquitos. I was frickin hungry so I grabbed the stuff and ate it as I headed towards Round Rock. I arrived at the address and sent a text to the rider as I could not see the addresses on the houses. The rider called and said that I was at the destination and not the pick up. He did not admit it but he entered the wrong address into the app. He said they were at Main Event and being the nice guy that I am, I told him to stand by and I would be right there. I made it there, picked them up and then headed back to the neighborhood I had just came from. I should have charged him double but it actually worked out good in that in gave me time to finish the 2nd taquito before it got cold. I was not going to eat it in front of the riders and was anticipating a cold taquito, but, alas, consumption of a cold taquito was not to be.
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