06/01/2024

 I have been averaging about 10 rides a day, some more enjoyable than others.  I had one of the best conversations with a rider that was headed to the airport.  

The great conversation with Shane was just getting started when we arrived at the airport.  On the other hand, there are those riders that you just want to get them to the destination as quickly as possible and then get away from the drop off point equally as quickly as possible.  The ones that smell like alcohol or/and weed and talk about pointless subjects, are tough to take seriously and therefore making it difficult to carry on a real conversation with them.  Then there is the exponential downgrade when the rider is also blasting out a soccer game on the external speaker of their smart phone.

The night did end in wonderful fashion.  I picked up a group of 2 riders and as I was starting the ride on the app, I noticed that it was a Comfort ride.  There are several upgrades that are part of a comfort ride and one of those is that the rider can list their preferences.  Almost every Comfort ride either wants cold air conditioning or the want quiet.  So, my original thought was that I would need to either blast the ac or turn off the radio and keep my mouth shut.  To my delight the preferences said, cold ac and chatting is welcome.  And we chatted.  Very interesting conversations security and security clearances.  Then, I did it again.  I shared the url for this blog and she immediately pulled it up on her smartphone.  If either of them read this post, I hope they know how much I enjoyed our brief moment together and I hope they found this blog interesting and/or humorous. 

Last ride of the night was a female bartender that was getting off work at a bar and was headed to a bar.  I am sure there is a word or acronym that describes that.  We started talking and it turned into laughter and a fun conversation.  I am sure that it would be an absolute blast hanging out with her and continuing the fun.  She gave me a nice cash tip as well.  All $1.00 bills that I am sure was from her tips for the night.  I should have had her stick it into my pockets while I pretended to be a stripper or something.  Fun fun.