Friday, March 11, 2022

03/10/2022

Add Corpus Christi to the list of cities that I have driven rideshare in.  I didn't have much time so I only did 1 ride in the vacinity of where I was working.

The very moment I went online, a request came in.  It ended up being  student at a nearby high school.  I suspected he was an Uber rookie when he sat in the front seat and he was not wearing a mask.  These are both COVID related requirements that he would have known.  I didn't push the issue as I had my mask on.

I greeted him in English and he looked at me with a confused look.  He then said, in what sounded like perfect English, "I only speak Spanish".  Soooo, I repeated my greeting to him in Spanish.  He looked at me with the same confused look again.  I smiled and began the trip.  As we arrived at tje drop off location, he asked in Spanish if everything was good.  I didnt undetstand why he was asking me that and then he showed me a text message on his phone.  The message stated "ya esta pagado" which says in English, "it is already paid." Someone else had ordered the ride for him.  I then knew for sure he was an Uber rookie as he was not familiar with how the payment system worked.

All was well.  I went offline and drove back the hotel I was working at.

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