Random Uber stories

Uber driver's mobile turned off and he asked for mine so he could follow the directions and get me to my destination.

First time that ever happened.
 
Uber driver giving orders to Siri repeatedly during the ride. Does that mean I should keep my mouth shut?
 
7 minute Uber wait. Driver cancels right before the last turn to get to me.

Now I get a 9 minute one who is on the phone with Uber in the vehicle's speakerphone. He is trying to ask Uber if he can drive with a rental vehicle because the one he has now was hit by a car and he needs to send it in for repairs.
I am actually in this car. I feel safe.
 
Driver sing along to Bing Crosby's White Christmas.
 
Why do I need to see cinema advetisements when getting my Uber ride?
 
Listening to the driver's kid call and talk to him in some foreign language over the vehicle's speakers. He says he will be back in one hour which is clearly not the case.
 
I am going deaf in this car. It wasn't so bad when the windows were down but he put them up when he pulled on to the highway. He was yawning constantly before so I am tolerating the music volume just so he doesn't fall asleep at the wheel.
 
This Uber driver has frizzy orange hair on her photograph but in real life just has braided her in black tied behind her back.

I have to say she drives better than the last two men who took me through this 45 minute circuit.
 
I got 20% off on my next 5 Uber rides. Used 2 of them on rides that were $55 and $100.

Now I have to be judicious to use them on long trips and now blow it on a $12 ride.
 
Uber Pool is coming back as Uber Share or something.

I will always remember this self sufficient financial advisor cougar I knew would use it to meet random young men when she went to/from the city core.
 
I told a driver to drive me 5 minutes away from the rail station, drop me off, and then take some stuff (it was not nuclear grade uranium) to another location 40km away. I need her number. I need you to send it via SMS (why? Are you closing your Uber app so it's a free trip?). I need her to be outside to pick it up from the back seat. You should call her too right before I reach there. I don't want to move it since you said one of the bags has a fragile mirror. Oh wait I forgot to make a left, let's make a U-turn on a 6 lane road.
 
Little bit pissed I got an Uber Black to take my father to the hospital for the day and the bloke pulls up in a Suburban and proceeds to start a telephone call. For a <2km ride and the price I pay you, you couldn't shut the f*ck up and not answer your mobile phone.
 
My parents are starting to get impatient about waiting for the right tram and subway so they turn to Uber now. It looks like people are going back to the pre 2020 idea of hitting "I've arrived" even though they are 2 blocks from the pickup location.
 
Uber Package has turned into Uber Courier. Rates look like they fluctuate now alongside UberX. It will go down lower comparable to UberX during dead periods but can now move higher during surge.

Before it was like buying a company's preferred share stock. Always slightly higher than UberX but consistent and didn't change.
 


Oookay and all that will happen is fewer people will take your orders or pick you up once you get to a sub 3 star on your Uber profile.
 
Uber tells me I just got lightning fast pick up for Uber Courier. Yes it was lightning fast because I was north and he was south. He drove past me and I waded through traffic and ran down the street to get him. Then I taught him how Uber Courier works and how he had to swipe right to indicate he picked the package up before he gets where the destination is.
 
Uber driver the other night told me, apropos of nothing, that in the day he owns a finance company and does Uber driving at night to relax.

I didn't comment.
 
fxh said:
Uber driver the other night told me, apropos of nothing, that in the day he owns a finance company and does Uber driving at night to relax.

I didn't comment.
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what is a "finance company"?
 
The driver yesterday had his car or his mobile read out directions where to drive. It was in Indian English. i.e. English with an Indian accent.

Does that make him a better driver?

I was waiting for it to use colonial British English like let me revert back to you.
 
My uber driver insisted on talking about Trump and AI. It was a 15 minute ride.
 
When I get Uber, I usually open the door and say, "Hey I'm X". Sometimes I'll add a one-liner like "Wow, this traffic is brutal" or "Thanks for coming so close to the location to pick us up".

This time, no matter the conversations, this guy is just grinning. Teeth exposed. Grinning and smiling. Doesn't matter what you say. You'd think he would get dry mouth one day.
 
I got 20% off my lasr 5 uber rides. Wondering how long it will last.
 
I am surprised Uber guys were still at it when freezing rain came down and on the return trip snow accumulated so much you couldn't see where the lanes were.
 
Uber guy kept apologising it takes 45 minutes for what is supposed to be a 20 minute ride due to traffic and inclement weather. Luckily for me it the connecting bus was also late. Tranquilo.
 
Is there a way for me to request an Uber with snow tires?
 
When you ask AI to create an English language ad for your Indian taxi company 😂

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I was in an Uber where the driver wanted to continue his phone call. That's okay for me. Then I realised he was doing some kind of over the phone consulting with a woman on physio rehab and getting ready for some physio test. They would drop into their native language 10% of the time but for the remainder of the 25 minute ride he was coaching her what squats and exercises she can do to get ready for the test in English.

Talk about multi tasking.
 
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