12/14/17

Picked up a couple who were going to Winter Wonderland at COTA.  They offered to pay for parking and for entrance to the event so that I would be there to bring them back.  Sounded good to me.  I was not planning on going to Winter Wonderland but got to go anyway.

12/12/17

One of the incredibly interesting things about being a Ride-share Driver is the many conversations that you cannot help but overhear.  Being the deep-thinking person that I am, I get a great deal of satisfaction in hearing things that put me into that deep-thinking mode.

Many of the conversations that I hear initially prompt me to think about how ridiculous and insignificant the conversation sounds.  Such was the case tonight but then the thoughts evolved.  They evolved into thinking about how my conversations with my peers probably sound when I am talking to my peers about events and situations in my industry.  What ever it is that these guys were talking about, it was very important to them and in fact sounded like it was probably their livelihood.  Steven Covey said it and it is a very applicable.  "Seek first to understand, then to be understood".

11/21/17

Received a request as I was about half-way home.  My thought was that this would ve perfect if they were going North.  Of course it was not perfect.  I pulled up to address and people started coming out of the house with luggage. I thought to myself, Holy shit!  We are going to the airport.  Sure enough, the airport was the destination and it was in the opposite direction.  It was a fun trip and the most God-awful path was taken as we tried to dodge all of the bad traffic spots.  I knew my wife and daughter were waiting for me, so upon dropping the riders off I immediately called them to let them know what happened.  I turned off the app and scorched a trail to the north.

12/01/17

Let the Christmas parties begin.  I didn't make it one block before the first request was made.  They were coming in even before I had completed the ride I was on.  Very heavy traffic in front of the nice hotels (where the parties were taking place).

Fun conversation amongst one of the 2 large groups, about college dormitories.  We all know that guys are not allowed in the girls dormitory, or at least that is how the coversations went.  However, in a guys dormitory "nobody gives a shit" (about girls being in the guy's dormitory).  The story continued.  The mascot at this guys dormitory was The Mighty Cocks.  "Bring it on and we'll keep coming". 

Their story not mine. 

There is restaurant on Manor Road called Dai Du.  I have taken lots of people there.  From the outside it is incredibly unassuming and even almost presents an image of a butcher shop.  They certainly have something there that many people are interested in.

Stupid ass app routed me right past the pickup location, go around the block and arrive back at the location that I had just driven past.