12/15/19

I little activity on a Sunday night.  It started out as just a couple of individual incidents of people going to their gatherings but the short night ended up being a double record breaker.

I had a large group of employees from a restaurant in Cedar Park that was closing for the night and going to what sounded like the company Christmas party in Georgetown.  Absolutely the most profanity I have heard from any group since I have been doing this.  Of course that is not a fuckin' problem for me but wow, it was a lot.

I decided to take FM2243 from Georgetown across to Ronald Reagan Blvd to get home.  There was not much going on, as was expected, and it was a nice cruise.  I was surprised when a request came in.

The most amazing conversation to date.  There are few things I love more than talking about unique and crazy situations that we go through in life, and how funny they can be to talk about.  I do not recall how we somehow arrived at a conversation about a pregnancy test for cows that involves the cow "peeing on a stick" instead of having to shove your hand and arm into the cows butt.  Then the indicator of pregnancy on "the stick" would have an indication of "Moo" if pregnant or an indication of "Meh" if not pregnant.  That is the most I have laughed in my Uber surroundings since I have been doing this.  I am still smiling as I set here writing this.  Thank you Holly for an awesome and very humorous conversation.

12/14/19

Started a little before 6:00pm and rides were almost constant until I turned off the app at about 1:00am.  Fairly straight-forward night with lots of Christmas parties although there was an atmosphere of impatience out in the traffic, especially downtown.

Some of these rideshare drivers are not very good at what they do.  Just because they have a car and can drive it doesn't mean that they are qualified to be on the streets as a rideshare driver.  It doesn't make it okay to stop and block lanes of traffic just because you turned on your emergency flashers while you wait for the passenger.  You need to get your ass and your emergency flashers and go around the block until the rider shows up.  They will just need to wait for you if they come out while you are on the other side of the block.

Several groups of girls and not any groups of guys.  Multiple trips to the Fairmont tonight.  

A couple of comments from the night.  These are each from different riders.

- "I don't trust drunk boys.  Girls are different.  They make noise and and act silly but boys are different and I don't trust them when they are drunk".

- " I told the guy that just because I was flirting does not mean that I want to have sex with him".

People talk about personal stuff when they are in the vehicle which is one of several reasons that I typically do not mention names in this blog although all I ever see as a ride share driver is the first name of the person's account that is being used.  Listening in on these conversations gives me a little window into a lot of differing opinions from a lot of different perspectives.  Many times it is an educational experience for me while other times it is an experience that will serve no purpose for me, or anyone, ever.

And to get to see all of the cool Christmas lights all over town, is great!

End of night taquito stop was at the Whataburger at 620 and Lake Creek Pkwy.

12/13/19

Picked up a group of 1 nice-looking girl and 4 guys at HEB Center that was going to Pflugerville.  A conversation about board games started and that led to a description by the girl of a board game called Descent.  Apparently the game functions around a topic that is presented and each player proposes discussion towards the topic.  The example the girl used in her description was a subject of whether or not it is acceptable or not to pee in the shower.  The conversation immediately diverted from board games and the vehicle erupted in opinions on whether or not it was acceptable to pee in the shower and the variations of how to pee in the shower to perhaps make it more acceptable.  I was laughing so hard and was asked my opinion.  The girl was setting next to me in the passenger seat when she realized that I was agreeing with her she called me a son-of-a-bitch as an expression of pleasure and compliment.  All the guys except me stated that it was okay to pee in the shower.  Then one of the guys in the back announced that he had farted and needed a window to be lowered.  Everyone gave him a hard time about that.  Then 5 minutes later the same thing again.  The girl and I laughed and I told her there would be a "per fart" surcharge and made the motion on my phone like I was adding in the surcharege.  She laughed loudly and called my a son-of-a-bitch again.  This conversation / outburst lasted for the rest of the trip.

There have been several times where I have picked up a pair of riders and one of them is in the position of teaching the other the ropes or the tricks of the trade, etc.  It is unclear whether this person has been assigned to this type of role as "the master" or if he just thinks he is.  "You know.  I didn't know anyone here and now look at me.  If you just stick around me it will help you're career."  Usually you can tell by the "Padawan's" response or lack or response as to whether are not he thinks the "Master" is an idiot.

12/12/19

Had a rider from downtown going out to the Hilton airport.  Once I dropped him off the new pickup system for the airport kicked in.  I had read about this a few days ago and the rider that  I had just dropped off asked if I had experienced it yet. 

A pop up came up on the app asking if I wanted to take advantage of nearby opportunities.  I felt look like I should give it a try so I would be familiar with it.  So I did and it worked just fine.  I was really pleased when the destination of the rider popped up.  Airport to Cedar Park.  Nice.  I was close to home and called it a night.

12/11/19

I am trying to decide whether that specific aroma is a ladies perfume or some type of a side-effect to the feminine consumption of alcohol. Those are the two common denominators every time that this smell presents itself.  Maybe its both.  ??

Every once in a while there is a request into an area that I drive by almost daily but have never gone in to.  Many times it is an unassuming street that is barely even noticable.  Then there is that first time where you make the turn down that street and only a few feet away from the intersection is a huge neighborhood that you didnt know even existed.  As you navigate through the neighborhood you end up leaving at a completly different place than where you came in and discover that you are on a different street and it is one that you drive on every day and know very well.  Its like you have just been transported through a time warp or something and you are left wondering what had just happened.