Met my $100 goal for weekdays. Made the biggest mistake of my ridesharing driver career today. I had a request from a female and was having trouble finding her and the pick up spot. I pulled into a parking spot for the LUX valet service to get an idea of where she was when a guy comes up to my window and is waving at me. I thought it was the valet guy so I waved him off and then vacated the parking spot. I called the rider to ask where she was. She said she would have someone call me, which I thought was a little strange. The caller called and then asked if I was the rideshare driver and if I was the one who had pulled away a few moments earlier. "Shit!" I said to myself and then began to profusely apologize for leaving him standing on the curb. I then saw the rider again and picked him up. I continue pouring out apologies to which the rider stated not to worry.
Everything seemed fine and as we reached the drop of spot the rider stated that this would be a little uncomfortable for him but he had to ask me a question. He asked if he had scared me at the pick up spot and if that was why I had left. I answered that no, he had not scared me but that I was expecting a female rider and being that I was parked in one of the LUX spots, I thought he had come to park my car. He seemed to accept that and thanked me for the ride. I found the question a little strange but thought maybe he had a complex of some kind and felt he needed to know to get some sort of piece of mind.
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