Random Uber stories

[Fwiffo]

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.

 

[Fwiffo]

Uber driver giving orders to Siri repeatedly during the ride. Does that mean I should keep my mouth shut?

 

[Fwiffo]

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.

 

[Fwiffo]

Driver sing along to Bing Crosby's White Christmas.

 

[Fwiffo]

Why do I need to see cinema advetisements when getting my Uber ride?

 

[Thruth]

Why do I need to see cinema advetisements when getting my Uber ride?

Yes, we know you would prefer adverts for middle eastern hookers

 

[Fwiffo]

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.

 

[Fwiffo]

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.

 

[AfroFogey]

I actually did Uber as a social experiment for two Saturdays. Didn't work out as planned.

 

[Fwiffo]

As a driver or a rider?

 

[Fwiffo]

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.

 

[Fwiffo]

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.

 

[Fwiffo]

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.

 

[Fwiffo]

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.

 

[Fwiffo]

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.

 

[Fwiffo]

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.