09/16/16

12 rides and I was way over my goal by 11:00pm.

The keyword of the night seemed to be "chain".  Multiple conversations between the riders themselves were critical of chain restaurants.  Not the typical McDonald's / Burger King type but instead restaurants such as Chuys and Texas Land & Cattle.

Picked up a couple that were probably in their 70s.  Great conversation about several things including the benefits of ride-sharing from their perspective.  I was very impressed at the way they were as a couple.  I have always had the utmost respect for my elders and even as I approach those ages myself I still feel like I am supposed to show respect to them.  I still see them through the eyes of my younger self.

One pair of guys were very interested in my thoughts an opinions on the situation related to Ride Austin dropping their prices earlier in the day.  I had read the e-mail from Michael Leto of FARE stating that it was not a good thing and that FARE would not be going down that path.  I shared that information with them and also shared why I did not get "warm fuzzies" when I was reviewing the Fasten web site.  To my surprise the guys said that this is exactly what other drivers had said as well.

Picked up a large group of guys near the Hula Hut who had been on Lake Austin apparently as part of a bachelor party.  As we headed away the gentleman next to me shared the experience they had with a neighboring bachelorette party.  According to him at some point in the afternoon there were breasts exposed for their viewing pleasure.  Shortly after those comments their was an "F-bomb" dropped in the back of the vehicle.  One of the other guys made a comment about it and I responded that there should be no worries as this ride-sharing experience was F-bomb friendly.  The guy next to me exploded with an F-bomb and then thanked me for sharing that information as he had been holding the F-bomb in for hours.

I picked up a couple of nice looking ladies that were going to a show at the Moody Theater.  They talked about a variety of things and at one point became distracted from what they were discussing.  As one of the ladies tried to get the conversation back to where it was before the distraction, she retraced what they had talked about prior.  "Where were we.  Lets see.  We talked about yesterday, we talked about John, we talked about your mother-in-law, the threesome thing, oh yeah now I remember."  I almost laughed out loud as she went down the list as if there actually was a physical list of what had to be talked about during the trip.