12/29/18

Oh my God!  Does it really cost $18,000 plus monthly storage costs to freeze your eggs at a fertility clinic?

Ya know, you're really not hiding much of what you are trying to hide when you say something over the phone like, "yeah dude, I am on the way.  I have to take a break, if you know what I mean."  

I should have taken a break and went to Barracuda to watch this band play.  I had never heard of them or listened to any of their music but I looked it up and I liked it.  The rider had a guitar and amp and stated that they were playing at the Barracuda.  Of course I had her first name on the Uber app so I did some research and discovered the music of Van Mary.

While enjoying the antics of a drunk group of riders, I told them this is one of the reasons why I enjoy driving for Uber.  I then made the mistake of stating that sometimes I also get to participate.  For a moment I thought that the inebriated ladies were going to find a way that I could participate.  Fortunately we arrived at the drop off point rather quickly.

Rockeys Piano Bar 

The Roadhouse

There were a couple of times that I made it back to the house and was idle for a few minutes.  The last rush of requests started out when I picked up in a close by neighborhood.  It was a young girl.  I asked the man that came outside with her if he wanted me to call him when I dropped her off.  He stated that she was going home and then walked over to the car.  I realized that the pick up address was not here home and went ahead and started the ride so we could see the drop off address and verify it.  As we left I asked the girl how she was doing.  She said that she was fine but had been at a sleep over and did not feel well so she was going home.  When I dropped her off I waited until she entered the house before I left.  She was a very polite little girl in thanking me for the ride and wishing me safe driving for the night.  I was a little surprised no adults came to the door but it could be that they had gone out for the night since she was supposedly going to be all night at a sleep over.  She went in through on open garage door and then appeared to get a key from her bag to go in the back door.  

I have never seen a supposed cowboy that was such a pussy.  Oh, wait, yeah I do remember one other time.

Wild West

I was shocked that I ended up with 17 rides tonight.  With the crappy weather and a weekend between two holidays, it should have been dead but it was a good one.  I wrapped it up about 1:30am after a 4:30pm start.  Long session but it goes by soooo fast.

12/19/18

The conversations that the two riders were having during the first trip really messed with my brain.  Such so that the rest of the evening felt just a little off.  The politics, rumors, and who should be in what role in a company is important but I just didn't feel these two were genuinely professional.  They certainly talked the part and for all I know they could be the owners of the company but there was a complete absence of feelings or personality in either of them.  I did, however, learn a new cliché.  "Sharp elbows" to describe someone who is abrasive in their interactions with others.

The Live Strong foundation is still out there but struggling.  This group of riders had some form of connection with Lance Armstrong.  Apparently he has had to sell a $7 million dollar home and other things to keep up with the lawsuits, one of which was from the U.S. Government (U.S. Postal Service was his sponsor for multiple years).

Dropped off at a restaurant that I had not seen before, The Launderette and the last ride tonight was a drop of at Uchiko which is a restaurant that I had not picked up or dropped off at in a long time.  Might as well throw in two more from the night.  Lambert's and Nightcap.

12/18/18

While approaching a round-a-bout I made a comment to the rider that I had always thought these things were just some sort of way to adorn an intersection.  Then, upon hearing someone talking about them, I discovered that they are considered to be more efficient than a stop sign controlled intersection.  Of course, the rider in my passenger seat was very familiar with the subject and had completed studies and research on them.  It was all to my advantage as I was the one learning but holy shit at the lack of randomness in a completely random topic.

And he tipped me too, which means that he enjoyed the conversation as well.

12/17/18

The rider suggested and I agreed that the scooters are procreating overnight.