tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post6010601944712754435..comments2024-03-04T15:59:34.907-07:00Comments on Frankenstein Government: The Essential Uber DriverBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11009623520148094685noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post-33234379510768212562016-12-13T01:37:55.308-07:002016-12-13T01:37:55.308-07:00this post is so informative . thanks for share thi...this post is so informative . thanks for share this .uber australiahttp://uberdriver.net.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post-75543621504492214952016-11-08T10:29:01.000-07:002016-11-08T10:29:01.000-07:00this's really great .this's really great . uber driver requirentshttp://uberdriver.net.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post-64928604894795169142016-07-22T16:22:21.331-06:002016-07-22T16:22:21.331-06:00JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA IN THE HERE AND NOW:
http://...JUST NOT A GOOD IDEA IN THE HERE AND NOW:<br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-uber-la-assault-20160721-snap-story.html<br /><br />LIKE AIRBNB: RIGHT....<br /><br />A86A86https://www.blogger.com/profile/06580869307627623485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post-26481833316864427982016-06-28T09:54:16.811-06:002016-06-28T09:54:16.811-06:00EARTH TO BRIAN....EARTH TO BRIAN; COME IN FG; COME...EARTH TO BRIAN....EARTH TO BRIAN; COME IN FG; COME IN.<br /><br />THE FG-BLOG IS EERILY QUIET. <br /><br />STOP.<br /><br />PLEASE LET US KNOW YOU'RE OK.<br /><br />STOP.<br /><br />REINFORCEMENTS NEEDED IN THE CURRENT GOV'T-MENTAL STATE.<br /><br />A86A86https://www.blogger.com/profile/06580869307627623485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post-64312955281688009842016-06-23T08:52:18.907-06:002016-06-23T08:52:18.907-06:00I was thinking about going with Uber. I am glad I ...I was thinking about going with Uber. I am glad I read this blog. I actually bought a newer car to do it. Uber here requires the car be a 2007 or newer. But now I think why, the money can't be that good and these people will ruin my beautiful automobile. Also they bug and bug with nonstop texting. $7.50 a ride is not worth it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post-44269121002058528062016-06-08T12:18:00.065-06:002016-06-08T12:18:00.065-06:00Good read for those considering it.
IMO: In this...Good read for those considering it. <br /><br />IMO: In this lunatic leftist, politically over-correct, psychopathic world (think President (boy do I hate to use that word) 5-IRON, I wouldn't want to be around strangers, and let them in my cars. I would definitely pack heat if I did, and it would be a car I wasn't too concerned with. What if you pull up to the airport, and there's a group of camelshaggers (using Don Cherry's term to describe them), some with burka's? <br /><br />I saw UBER -has an implied valuation of $66-billion. FORD'S market cap is only $53-billion. DOT COM ERA anyone?<br /><br />UBER -reminds me of AIR BNB. I don't want strangers in my car(s), and I certainly don't want them in my house. <br /><br />A86<br /><br />PS: Needed, a CLASSIC FRANKENSTEIN GOV'T POST ON FG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post-38289660676769192712016-06-05T07:11:12.737-06:002016-06-05T07:11:12.737-06:00Thanks, Brian.
Aussie PeteThanks, Brian. <br /><br />Aussie PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post-406199552204187392016-05-25T13:08:13.533-06:002016-05-25T13:08:13.533-06:00Your mention of tinder was about the 20th I've...Your mention of tinder was about the 20th I've seen-I figured it was some kind of dating site and just googled it.<br /><br />It looks perfect for the millions of betas and metrosexuals out there. I guess I'm too old school but I sure never had a hard time meeting women. <br /><br />You see an interesting woman, start a conversation and see what happens. You can tell pretty darn fast if you're going to get some where and if not? So what?<br /><br />I've made friends with several good looking, hard working young men since I've moved to w Texas. These men are in their 20s and women are like poison to them, they simply are so put off my the problems that the wrong woman mindset can cause them, they'd rather work and indulge their hobbies. One loves fish and aquariums and the other is a gun expert. Both are banking, don't touch drugs and are what I'd consider, catches. <br /><br />The ignorance and the insidious destruction of our traditions and culture has us doing the big swirly-I don't see a good end. I'm almost glad I'm 64.<br />MMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post-74343671845254279802016-05-25T08:48:39.434-06:002016-05-25T08:48:39.434-06:00Like you MM, I wouldn't want to drive people a...Like you MM, I wouldn't want to drive people around for a living. I probably read 20 articles about Uber while researching this piece. One day, I ubered a ride from Boise's first Uber driver. A nice guy but like so many drivers, completely math challenged. He drove a very nice SUV that probably gets 15 mpg in the city. <br /><br />He was telling me how much he made and I remember sitting there thinking he was nuts. In fact, I ubered him because my car was in the shop getting repaired.<br /><br />I have to tell you a funny story. I am a very direct, no bullshit kind of guy. One night I caught 3 riders who were complete assholes- in Boise we have no shortage of college smart asses. After that trip, I vowed that I would never tolerate that type of treatment again.<br /><br />In April, I picked up a couple of smart asses. They get in the car and start running everything down- talking like I'm not there and just some dumb ass Uber driver. At the trip's midway point, I pulled into a parking lot. They asked what I was doing. I said, "get the fuck out of my car." They acted all innocent as though they had said nothing wrong. I told them I don't need the money and I sure as hell don't care about your shitty rating. They apologized after I delivered that verbal spanking- the one their parents should have delivered long ago.<br /><br />I never got a bad rating from them. In fact, my rating during that period was 5.0- perfect. So there's hope- even though I gotta say- I don't really care for this young generation of self absorbed tinder users.<br /><br />BrianBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009623520148094685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3247350212550914879.post-83072625201198473222016-05-25T01:08:39.014-06:002016-05-25T01:08:39.014-06:00That was interesting.
Way back when I was just be...That was interesting.<br /><br />Way back when I was just beginning to get my glass studio up and running, I was looking for an additional way to make a little cash. I thought driving a cab might do the trick. Starting out, you usually take another cabbie's licensed cab for a shift when he's not driving it. Naturally, his shift is the optimum one. <br /><br />First 2 or 3 shifts, the cab company covered the lease payment. Still there were several other costs including filling up the gas tank at the end of the shift. Some cabbies just made airport runs. There was a charge for cabs to get into the airport and the few times I tried it, you were at the end of a long line of cabs.<br /><br />So I'm working the mid afternoon to bar closing time. Driving all over the Denver metro area during rush hour. Yeah.<br /><br />Anyway, my last shift, although I didn't know it when I started it, was a Sat. This was the first one where I would covering the lease payment. Had one fare tell me they needed to run into their apartment for the cash. Yep, never saw her again. But the corker was picking this mex up in a bad part of town. Took him a couple blocks and he told me to wait. I waited and as I sat there in the dark it became painfully obvious how vulnerable I was. Anyway, he comes back, I take him back, NBD as it turned out but it was pretty damn creepy.<br /><br />So I roll back into the garage about 3am, drove over 12 hours-clean the cab, fill it up with gas, pay all the bullshit fees and whatnot including the lease payment and count my take. $32. <br /><br />I told myself I'm better off making spec windows when I'm not doing commission work and selling them at auction-which is exactly the road I took. Had some unbelievable hammer prices over the years and some bitter disappointments too but made a ton of contacts.<br /><br />I don't envy people that drive for a living at all especially with their own vehicle.<br />MMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com