Not a very busy night but I did meet the level of the quotas that I used to set for myself. Did not have a single trip to downtown. There was surge pricing on for 4 hours but I never got a ride down there. On one ride over to East Austin I had 2 Chihuahua dogs which was a first. The guy gave me a $20 tip after I had already told him that I would take care of it. I had not planned on going very late but ended up going until 2:00am.
Usually white people dont carry the odor of the food they have prepared but this guy was bad. I had to roll down the windows and let the vehicle air out while i was on the way to the next rider. Earlier in the evening the rider smell was tortillas.
Sunday, January 21, 2018
Sunday, January 14, 2018
01/08/18
Started at 4:30pm and had steady activity until I turned off the app at about 8pm.
Having lots of problems with the navigation on the app. It really annoys me and wastes fuel. It also irritates me when riders cancel and I am only a block or so away.
There is a new Target opened at Dobbie Plaza.
I do not care for the Uber Pool option but I make it a habit to not turn down any trip requests. Usually the Uber Pools end up being just a single rider but this evening, for the first time, there actually ended up being 2 riders on the pool. To complicate things, I ride request came in before I had finished dropping off the 2nd rider. There was some confusion on my part, but once the second rider was closed out in the app, the waiting rider's information popped up and off I went to pick him up.
01/09/18
I like the rides where I feel like part of the group. And the smart ladies and having conversations with them about intelligent things is really a charge.
Picked up a group of 1 lady and 2 men that were going to the Haymaker restaurant. We all talked about various things and at one point I heard the lady pronounce a word that qued me to think that she spoke Spanish, and her English was flawless. As we approached the drop off point we passed a newly opened Peruvian restaurant and she pointed it out and pronounced the word Peruvian in Spanish (Peruana) to which I said in Spanish, ah , hablas Espanol. O, si she replied and stated that her mother was Peruvian to which I added that my wife was Peruvian. Oh my God the lady exclaimed and I added that I had proposed to my wife at Macchu Picchu to which one of the guys in the back erupted in a Yeaahhh! He proclaimed that he was the first person to see Macchu Picchu in 2017. The conversations on the ride were great and the ride certainly ended with a bang.
01/13/18
This was the first time in a long time that I had the full intention of going deep into the night, but the night just would not get any momentum. At about 7:00pm I had a shorty from around the corner going over to a nearby club and another one, also from nearby going to the same club a few hours later.
In between those there was a rider that smelled like a dirty goat and a very intriguing female who was very interested in conversation. She did not mind sharing details of her life and I cautiously entered into her conversations. I later found out that she was a hair stylist and that explained almost everything that I was wondering about. She wanted my phone number as she was going to be needing a ride a little later and wanted to call directly. And about 45 minutes later she did. On the way over to pick her up in Leander, 2 ride requests were made. I am sure one of them would have been for downtown and once I get the first downtown ride, the night is on. I got close and texted her that should make the ride request and I should be the closest. She called and said that she wanted to just pay cash instead of go go through Uber. I dont like doing things like this but I took her on her errands and we continued the previous conversations along the way. Once I dropped her off, I turned Uber back on and headed south once again.
Picked up some well off and super nice ladies in the Brushy Creek area. They were headed to the Domain. Once they were in the vehicle I complimented them on how nice they looked tonight and they all 3 exploded with gratitude. Lots and lots of conversation and comments about the man in their life and how those men would interfere with what an independent lady was accustomed to. Really interesting conversation between them and on a couple of occasions they included me. When I dropped them off I thanked them and told them I felt like I should get out and hug all of them. They thought that was so nice and reached up to the front seat and patted me on the shoulder.
Picked up one couple from a club on Burnet Road and took them to a place in the middle of an industrial complex. There was some kind of club in there and it was full. Not sure what it was. We stopped at a convenience store on the way and while the man was inside his wife talked about how much she still loved her husband and she showed me the ring that he had recently bought for her. When he returned the conversation eventually lead to a point where I commented that she had shown me the ring. She said that she was amazed that he had selected such a beautiful ring. The man confessed that he had help from the male jeweler but that the ring being displayed on the felt finger thing had made all the difference. Such though that he thought about buying the felt finger thing as well. We all had a really large laugh about that comment.
It took 9 trips and 11:30pm before someone was going downtown. Picked up 3 young ladies on the 4th floor of the Red Garage at the Domain and began the trek to downtown. OMG, my brain was so tired by the time a dropped them off. Listening to them talk about one of their friends and their circle of friends and who knew who in each circle of friends and the guy that one of them should stay away from and the friend that only hangs with this one guy because no one else will hang with her, HOLY SHIT! Give me a conversation with some sustenance. As we exited Mopac and closed in on the 5th street split, I begin preparing myself mentally for the extremely heavy traffic that I felt like I would be finding. Indeed, when dropping them off at West 6th and Neches the traffic was bumper to bumper as anticipated. The streets were alive.
I immediately got another ride request that was about 50 feet away. Somehow I managed to get over 2 lanes in standstill traffic, and pick up the waiting couple. We steered to the right on Rio Grande street and escaped the madness of West 6th street. Dropped them off and had another pick up waiting. Picked them up and received another request before I had finished dropping them off. Then one of the drunk little pricks threw up in the middle seat and on my back. I was pissed and when we got to the drop off spot I got out to see what the hell the damage was. The kids friend was apologizing profusely and was not getting a response from me. He offered to go get some paper towels and I accepted the offer. I was super pissed. They were looking at me like they were about to get their ass kicked and the thought did cross my mind when the kid started throwing up again in the yard where I dropped them off. I was going to put my foot in his ass and push him over into his own vomit. His friend and I cleaned up the mess fairly well considering it was after midnight and we couldn't see very well in the darkness. This whole time the next rider is waiting to be picked up. I finally got the disaster to a point where I felt like I could pick up the next rider without them knowing there had been an incident, and left. Once I picked up and dropped off the next rider, I turned off the app and headed towards home. I was also almost out of gas so I stopped in at the HEB and did some more clean up and put gas in the vehicle. Still pissed. I turned it in to Uber to charge a clean up fee and I gave the rider a low Star rating.
The next morning it was apparent how bad of a job that was actually done in the clean up. The sunshine of the day revealed much more clean up was needed. I am still pissed. A new fucking car and this punk is throwing up in it.
Picked up some well off and super nice ladies in the Brushy Creek area. They were headed to the Domain. Once they were in the vehicle I complimented them on how nice they looked tonight and they all 3 exploded with gratitude. Lots and lots of conversation and comments about the man in their life and how those men would interfere with what an independent lady was accustomed to. Really interesting conversation between them and on a couple of occasions they included me. When I dropped them off I thanked them and told them I felt like I should get out and hug all of them. They thought that was so nice and reached up to the front seat and patted me on the shoulder.
Picked up one couple from a club on Burnet Road and took them to a place in the middle of an industrial complex. There was some kind of club in there and it was full. Not sure what it was. We stopped at a convenience store on the way and while the man was inside his wife talked about how much she still loved her husband and she showed me the ring that he had recently bought for her. When he returned the conversation eventually lead to a point where I commented that she had shown me the ring. She said that she was amazed that he had selected such a beautiful ring. The man confessed that he had help from the male jeweler but that the ring being displayed on the felt finger thing had made all the difference. Such though that he thought about buying the felt finger thing as well. We all had a really large laugh about that comment.
It took 9 trips and 11:30pm before someone was going downtown. Picked up 3 young ladies on the 4th floor of the Red Garage at the Domain and began the trek to downtown. OMG, my brain was so tired by the time a dropped them off. Listening to them talk about one of their friends and their circle of friends and who knew who in each circle of friends and the guy that one of them should stay away from and the friend that only hangs with this one guy because no one else will hang with her, HOLY SHIT! Give me a conversation with some sustenance. As we exited Mopac and closed in on the 5th street split, I begin preparing myself mentally for the extremely heavy traffic that I felt like I would be finding. Indeed, when dropping them off at West 6th and Neches the traffic was bumper to bumper as anticipated. The streets were alive.
I immediately got another ride request that was about 50 feet away. Somehow I managed to get over 2 lanes in standstill traffic, and pick up the waiting couple. We steered to the right on Rio Grande street and escaped the madness of West 6th street. Dropped them off and had another pick up waiting. Picked them up and received another request before I had finished dropping them off. Then one of the drunk little pricks threw up in the middle seat and on my back. I was pissed and when we got to the drop off spot I got out to see what the hell the damage was. The kids friend was apologizing profusely and was not getting a response from me. He offered to go get some paper towels and I accepted the offer. I was super pissed. They were looking at me like they were about to get their ass kicked and the thought did cross my mind when the kid started throwing up again in the yard where I dropped them off. I was going to put my foot in his ass and push him over into his own vomit. His friend and I cleaned up the mess fairly well considering it was after midnight and we couldn't see very well in the darkness. This whole time the next rider is waiting to be picked up. I finally got the disaster to a point where I felt like I could pick up the next rider without them knowing there had been an incident, and left. Once I picked up and dropped off the next rider, I turned off the app and headed towards home. I was also almost out of gas so I stopped in at the HEB and did some more clean up and put gas in the vehicle. Still pissed. I turned it in to Uber to charge a clean up fee and I gave the rider a low Star rating.
The next morning it was apparent how bad of a job that was actually done in the clean up. The sunshine of the day revealed much more clean up was needed. I am still pissed. A new fucking car and this punk is throwing up in it.
Friday, January 12, 2018
01/12/18
A personal record of 5 trips to the airport today. Also near record of earnings in one day. First time to drive during the day.
Monday, January 8, 2018
01/07/18
I was leaving work at 2 am, which is when the bars close, so I turned on the app to give some rides.
Very irritating sequence of events with the first rider cancelling and the second rider not showing up. I think this was the first time I have cancelled a ride. Finally picked up a large group across from Stubbs and took them up the Coronado Hills area. And then there was another one that cancelled and I was almost to the pick up spot. The good thing about the 3 cancelations was that I received a cancelation fee from all three of them.
Was almost home and got pinged. Picked up a gentleman in Brushy Creek and dropped him off in Hutto.
Made it home at 4:30am.
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