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Mar. 14th, 2025 07:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
roaming_kate23Guess who took her first solo Uber ride yesterday ?That would be ya girl! And it went about as well as I could have expected it to.
(A little back story:Up until recently I had a cab driver friend who I could call and I would get a ride to the grocery store and the like.However,as I recently mentioned he went radio silent.I have been flummoxed about how to deal with it.I mean, obviously Uber and Lyft are out there and I resisted them as long as I could-for what reason I’m not entirely sure.But it came to this and you know what?I am glad that it happened.
Here is the thing about my cab driver friend:I would be beholden to regular jobs that he would have and he would have jobs where he would have to drive a passenger to the airport(and it was money that he needed.)The timing of the rides were not predictable though. I know people Not so much Uber and Lyft. The two times(so far-to my appointment and back home-and by the way yesterday we had every season in one day here in San Diego..including hail which does NOT happen very often.)I have NOT had to wait very long and given how inclement the weather was yesterday that was a good thing!
Another thing is price.You can choose the car and driver that you want and it can go from a regular car to a ride in a Tesla(not going to do that..I wonder how many takers they get for those.)I don’t really care what car I’m in(as long as it’s not a Tesla, obviously.)
(A little back story:Up until recently I had a cab driver friend who I could call and I would get a ride to the grocery store and the like.However,as I recently mentioned he went radio silent.I have been flummoxed about how to deal with it.I mean, obviously Uber and Lyft are out there and I resisted them as long as I could-for what reason I’m not entirely sure.But it came to this and you know what?I am glad that it happened.
Here is the thing about my cab driver friend:I would be beholden to regular jobs that he would have and he would have jobs where he would have to drive a passenger to the airport(and it was money that he needed.)The timing of the rides were not predictable though. I know people Not so much Uber and Lyft. The two times(so far-to my appointment and back home-and by the way yesterday we had every season in one day here in San Diego..including hail which does NOT happen very often.)I have NOT had to wait very long and given how inclement the weather was yesterday that was a good thing!
Another thing is price.You can choose the car and driver that you want and it can go from a regular car to a ride in a Tesla(not going to do that..I wonder how many takers they get for those.)I don’t really care what car I’m in(as long as it’s not a Tesla, obviously.)
