March 31 2016

I picked up 3 people at DFW from Boston. They are here for wwe. Really stoked. Driving from the airport to Dallas. I took a wrong turn.

I said on our right Is the Dr Pepper bottling plant. The feigned absolute joy. Pulled out their cell phones. Faked taking pictures. They were awesome.

Marsha Marsha Marsha

That is what life is all about. Relationships.

Since I have been doing this uber gig, it has never been more true. I relieves texts and calls, hey! Will you be my uber? Heck ya

So I received one such message last week. A former coworker and a person that I considered a friend needed a ride. Her first day of work!! I was commissioned to get her there safely. Absolutely new to uber. Walked her through the app. In my car. Boom ready to go.

We reminisced about good times that we had. We laughed until we were almost crying.

When we worked together, we sat next to eachother. One of the things that we did too much of, trolling. We trolled a lot of people and blind copied eachother. When one of us posted to a blog or sent an email, we would slap the desk. That was the signal that you needed to check something out. I am quite sure we drove other coworkers insane.  It was some of the greatest fun I ever had. Our number one target was Allen Patterson. We would hit his blog so hard. We got kicked off. So then I started an allen patterson parody blog. That blog was up a full 6 months before Allen discovered it's existence. He called me. And he called me some of the most vile names a man could call a woman.....you Methodist grandma whore. Stuff like that. The entire time he is unloading his pattersonisque lashing at me, I laughed and laughed and laughed. I won that war.

Check out his blog. He is probably checking his stats from a erethreal Starbucks pounding double espressos. He will enjoy the jump in clicks:

http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com

Sorry, I regress.

We get to her new job. I did not start the ride in uber. Luckily, uber can fix that. We laughed some more. I tell her she looks pretty. Have a great first day. Hug her neck. I leave.

I get to Starbucks on everman. I get a text. I am supposed to start work tomorrow, not today. I double the order. Two blonde coffees with cream. We shared coffee in the car.

I know this post is a bit jumbled. I guess what I am trying to get at is this, fertilize your relationships every once in awhile. Sprinkle some water on them. Because even if months or years go by, reaping the rewards is priceless.

A story from December

It was dark outside. I am heading down a one way service road. My theory is that it is always better to undershoot a turn than to overshoot it on a one way. Passengers get irritated if we have to go a mile or two to get back to the one way...but they always appreciate a simple uturn.

So, I undershoot the entrance to a huge business complex. Then i get pinged for another ride. SWEET. We go around the back to the front. I drive to the pin. There is a huge marquee, but the name of his company is not on it.

There is a lady standing in front of the adjacent building, we ask her if she knows of the business. She does not.

So we go back on the street. No more marquees. We go across the street. I see an address 14201. I look at the address in the app. 14241. I said that it must be the first building. We pull up. I see the address. 14241. He is sweet. Thanks me for my persistence. Tips and gets out of the car.

I close out the ride. My next ride is 14221. NO FUCKING WAY.

I hope 50 feet pull up in front of the same lady, roll down the window, and say: Dorothy, I believe we have met. I am tanya your uber driver.

We both howled with laughter. 

She was the nicest lady ever.

Sometimes you meet people that just instantly pull at your heart strings. I picked up a couple from a shit hole motel in Fort Worth. She was nearly in tears. How much for the ride? I explained that I don't know etc etc. She was like I only have 13 dollars. I was like that should cover it.

They both get in the car. They are from Arizona. He had a job in Keller that fell through. Their car won't start. They pulled over into a Walmart parking lot to sleep. Wm called the cops. The police beat on the window. When he opened it. The cop reached in and turned the car off. They have a bad battery. After the cops determined that they were just sleeping, they let them go. But the car would not start.
 During the ride they ate a lot of candy out of my bowl. I turned off the meter and pulled Into a whataburger. They were hungry. Bought 4 burritos and gave them to the couple. They were in tears.

Long story about why they did not have any money. I dropped them off at their car. I hope that they got a jump. I could not afford to do more. I myself am flat broke. But felt like that I needed to do something for these two.

So many people have helped me when I really needed it. Pay it forward even when it hurts to do so.

I have never seen a speed limit sign that was not in increments of 5.....random?

Observation

I had a young couple in my car today. Very young. At one point she leans over to him, shows him a picture on her phone. And says: you were sitting here. Then points out where two or three other people were sitting. Where was she sitting? He replied,  she was not there. Then who was that? Some weird dude. I did not know him. She then says, is that the truth?

It was the words and the tone. I really wanted to impart advice to both of them.

To her: if you need to show snapshots of survelliance video and question your boyfriend about them, maybe this is not a relationship that you should be in.

To him: If you did something that deserves her mistrust, clearly, you will never have her trust again.

I predict misery for both parties.

But I kept my mouth shut.

Bubble wrap

I had a delightful man in my car today. He gave me directions without being an asshole. That was refreshing. We talked all the way from little elm to the airport.

Then we saw this.

We both commented that we probably would not ride in one of those. There is no crash zone. Even if it had air bags....then we both said almost simultaneously, but what if it had an air bag on the outside??? POOF!

Then we could hit it and bounce it along the highway!!! BRILLIANT!! Laughter filled the air.