The Global Dig: Sunday Post #amjoy

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Sunday Post #amreading #amjoy

Today's post will link up to The Sunday Salon, The Sunday Post and Stacking the Shelves for weekly updates.

So on New Year’s I ended up driving for LYFT. It was a last minute decision because I didn’t drive for LYFT in a while and I had some missing documentation including an inspection and some tutorials to watch. One of the tutorials had to do with boundaries (of course😛😜😝).

But, all in a all i had a pretty good time driving. I only had one person forget their phone in the car, in which case, I had to drive back to the shelter where he worked to return it.

And Bonus! I did not have anyone throw up in my car. I made a about $200 in three hours giving 10 rides which was pretty great. I also made the mistake of asking if a pair of passengers was father/daughter. BUT no in fact, they were a couple, oops! Lol

I guess if I had drove for UBER, I could have made $25 for every six rides I gave. LYFT was offering some bonuses but it was like a few extra dollars here and there for rides given in Minneapolis.

I remember thinking about how great it was. A lot of my passengers enjoy telling me their stories, and I’m always one to give in to this small request as I take out a pen and paper and make cheerful notes on potential stories based on what they’ve told me. It’s a lot of fun. I do remember getting stranded in places like White Bear and Woodbury. And I use the word "stranded" loosely because it’s not that I was stranded per say -It’s just- if you keep the app open long enough, you’ll end up further into these cities, and a lot of them have windy, twisty roads without any streetlights. And after a while I get bored and it seems like I’m driving into the country side. Because smaller cities contrast entirely to Minneapolis and St. Paul. So while I’m in a ride, I’ll turn off any requests and start driving back to familiar territory. Sometimes you make more money giving shorter rides anyway.