It finally happened. A ride request from a friend, through the Uber app of course. After almost 1,000 ride requests from Uber and an undetermined amount from Fare and Get Me, it was going to happen sooner or later. Made for an even better ride having a good conversation with good friends.
Had the highest earning Uber ride to date. Picked up at South Congress hotel immediately after dropping off a group at the South Congress Hotel. It was my LUX ride for the month. After dropping off in The Hills I actually had a ride request from the same general area (10 miles away) that took me closer to home. Immediately receive another pick up request from the Austin Country Club that got me even closer to home.
Then there was the strangest one that I have had. Picked up a young female at the Extended Stay America near Oak Knoll Road. The trip was to Cedar Park and upon arrival at the address it was not where she wanted to go. Turns out there was a "0" missing in the address that would have put us at the 7-11 on Highway 183 and RM 1431. She had a round trip programmed into the request. There was an odd phone call that she received that I am not sure what was about. Something about some guy that was laying on the floor and doing something. First question that may have a good answer but, why travel from Oak Knoll all the way to Cedar Park to get to a convenience store? After being in the store for a little longer than anticipated, she came out and walk past my vehicle and got into the passenger side of a black BMW that was at the gas pumps. She wasn't there long when she got out and went back into the store. As she was coming out of the store, a male had gotten out of the car and was approaching the store. He held the door open for her in a gentlemanly fashion and she walk out without looking up at the guy. He was a neatly dressed white guy and didn't look like anybody that was up to anything suspicious. She got into the vehicle and apologized for the extra time it took. She explained that the cashier did not have change for a $100 bill and she had to call a friend. I was able to read the lips of the cashier when the passenger was in the store the first time and the cashier had said "I'm sorry". We headed back to Oak Knoll and all ended as well as it had started. I had to roll down all of the windows and air out the cigarette in dirty clothes smell.
A thought provoking conversation that had to do with human progress causing skills and events to become extinct. The thought was that every generation has probably gone through a stage where they felt like important things were being left behind and forgotten and by complaining, one was just being labeled as an old fart. But when does it become something that someone says, "hey, this is really a problem that needs to be addressed."
Calculations for the night show earnings averaging out to $32.71 per hour and there will be more tips that come in throughout the day on Sunday. Interestingly enough I was talking to my wife about how it is so easy to tell who is going to tip and who is not although I have been fooled by the Poolers from time to time.
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