A Wednesday before Thanksgiving you would think to be lifeless. Indeed it felt like downtown had been abandoned. I turned on the app and immediately received a request for a pick up at Perry's. Even before I had dropped them off another request came in. It was across rhe street at a place called Perla's. Maybe I am about to be surprised again like I was on Monday. Nope. I almost made it all the way home before the next one.
I have now completed my first non-human ride. The request showed on the app to be at a place called Biryani-N-Grill. I pulled up and the app appeared to be stuck but I payed it no attention. Then I received a call from the rider asking when I would be arriving. I told him that I wss right outside rhe front door of the restaurant. He came outside and signaled for me to roll down the passenger side window. He showed me a plastic shopping bag that had some other paper bags inside. He asked if I could take it to his freind. I breifly hesitated with my answer as all kinds of thoughts are going through my head but then told him that I could do it. The app was still acting stupid so I wrote down the address where I was going. I headed out thinking about all of the possibilities of this scenario. Was it a bomb? I said a quick prayer just in case. Was it a practical joke of some kind that will get me punched in the face when i deliver it? I can smellbthe food so it is probably not anything bad. The app is still being stupid and now my phone is frozen. I pull over to get it going and end up having to power the phone off to get it to clear. I started the app again and "boom", everything started working correctly. I pulled to the drop off address and took the bag to the front door. A woman answered and when i told her that the food was from the restaurant she seemed to have been expecting it. This all happened close to home so I surrendered the remainder of the night to other capable drivers.
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