Eberly, Uchi, Baby Acapulco, Lambert's, Indigo, DoubleTree, Palmer Events Center, The Rustic Tap, West 6th Street, Rainy Street, West Campus. A very comprehensive list of the evenings pick-ups and drop-offs. 14 trips in all and I still made it home before midnight.
The music that college kids are listening to is completely vulgar. Most of the time it is not really music but just a rant with some form of musical instrument that just happens to be making noise at the same time. I would say that this primarily rap music is demeaning to women, but the girls are listening to it too. They are just as vulgar as the guys.
Picked up a couple of nice ladies at Uchi. One of the first things one of them said was that she had figured out how to change the color on the beacon. I found that very interesting as I did not know that the rider could do that and I had not noticed that it had changed colors from green to pink. We discussed the very frequent conversation about how I started driving for Uber and how it was a great source for storied to tell others. They laughed and commented that I would not have much to talk about with their boring activities. Then one of them reminded us about the beacon color discovery to which I replied that this alone would be a talking point and therefore qualifies.
Picked up a lady at Lambert's and ended up having a great conversation about agriculture. She provided a first hand story of a time when Blight killed all of her families pear and apple trees. I had heard of the Blight but never had a first hand accounting of an incident.
Attempted several times to pick up a rider on Rainy Street. The pin on the map was no accurate and the riders were not doing anything to make themselves obvious to me. I received a call from the woman that was waiting and she asked if I was her Uber driver that she had requested. I answered yes and that is why she was able to call me. She went on about how she did not understand what was going on and was I getting close. 4 huge horses from the Police Department had just passed and I had fallen in behind them to hopefully have an undisputable reference for this challenged person to see. I called the rider back and asked them if they could see the Police horses. She said that she could and that they were right in front of her. I told her that I was vehicle that was immediately behind them. She said I see them and I am wearing a red dress. I immediately saw her and it would have been nice to have hard that information from the start. Her and her boyfriend get in and we have to drive about half a block behind the horses. She asks if there is another way out and I answered no that we would stick with the app. What app do you have, she asked. The Uber app. No, I mean what maps app are you using. The Uber app. Yes, but what map. The Uber one. Her boyfriend had to cut in explain to her that Uber had its own map app. She then started talking about how great the Ways app is and asked if could go ahead and switch to it so we could get out of here (from behind the horses). I told her no, that we are about to be out of the traffic and I would then be free to quicly get them to their destination. The lady had an incredibly uncomfortable aura about her and she kept her mouth moving the whole time. I was glad to drop them off.
Picked up several elderly couples that appeared to be traveling together. The ladies were drunk and everyone was having a good time. One of the ladies that had not used Uber before did not understand how the driver knew where to pick them up at. The guys in the group begin to have fun with this and told her that it was magic and that the app knows what you need. Kind of like Santa Clause, but without the gifts, I added. I then told the lady I was psychic and could read her mind. That is how I now where to pick them up and where to take them. Oh dear God, you don't want to be reading my mind. As she would talk she would hit me on the shoulder like one of the good ol' boys. Lots of fun with this group.
No comments:
Post a Comment