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Pax wanting to load their luggage into the trunk by themselves. I prefer to load in order to avoid dings and scratches. It’s not a problem with women but occasionally I have the macho dude who is insistent about handling his own luggage.
Four fat-bodies crowding into your X, then complaining how cramped it is. "Ya think?!? No shit it's cramped, fatso! Go on a diet, and order an XL next time."
The only pax that do stress me out are professional truck drivers (I get a lot of them for some reason) and I drove a big name musician’s tour bus driver, that stressed me out as he said he puts in about 200k miles on the road a year.
The only pax that do stress me out are professional truck drivers (I get a lot of them for some reason) and I drove a big name musician's tour bus driver, that stressed me out as he said he puts in about 200k miles on the road a year.
There are some rides I like less than others... either because of the passenger, or the traffic or because I don't really like the destination. But I rarely get stressed.
In order to relieve it, I have a 2-minute rule. Pax is at least out the door and walking towards me within 2 minutes of my arrival or I cancel. If it takes me 7 minutes to get there and you can't be out within 2, forget it, I'm outta there. Don't care about no late fee, I'll make it up with additional rides.
If you know I am 8 minutes away and can see me on the app, you should be toes on the curb. I used to deduct one star for making me wait 4 minutes...now its 3 minutes and I start rolling away at 4 minutes.
The only thing that used to stress me are business type execs (male or female). If THEY'RE stressed they bring a stressed vibe into my car. That's the main reason I gave up driving days.
What stresses me these nights are hospital rides or very sick pax. I don't like being in such a small space with God knows what germs.
The only peeve I have is when people touch my windows. I used to hate it when they left trash but now I call them out on it. As they leave I have my light on and I check the back area. If there's garbage I tell them, "I think you may have forgotten something."
The only thing that used to stress me are business type execs (male or female). If THEY'RE stressed they bring a stressed vibe into my car. That's the main reason I gave up driving days.
This is half true for me. Business type people requesting X have a higher chance of being a snob(usually younger crowd). Now I love business type people when they request select because most tip.
Nothing stresses me about this job. I’ve had some really close accidents, didn’t get stressed. A-hole drivers I might give ‘em the 1 gun salute but I’ll be laughing at the same time. Trouble pax.. so far I’ve nipped 99% in the bud by canceling before they get in.
In my day job there’s a fair amount of stress. I get nervous even the day before a big event with a big client. I’ve had the US military as a client! That’s stressful. But driving.. no.
As for pet peeves, I get irritated when someone cheaps out and asks me to avoid the toll highway and tries to make me take surface streets instead, at my expense because I lose 45 minutes.
Children ages 6 and under. Even with car seats. No rides without one btw. Most parents do not train their children to ride in cars. They kick, throw shit and act like little monsters. Even worse is when the parents do nothing about it during the ride.
Had 18 wheeler tire blow out right beside my passengers window at 80 m.p.h.
Sounded like a canon going off in the car.
The truck driver handled it like a champ. No swerve or deviation.
Blown tires on an 18-wheeler are easy to manage, unless it's a steer tire. Depending on where the tire is located, the trucker may not even notice right away that a tire went flat.
When I just finish smoking weed and someone sits upfront....LOL JK it stresses me when a couple gets in and one sits in the front abs one in the back...in like ok???
When I just finish smoking weed and someone sits upfront....LOL JK it stresses me when a couple gets in and one sits in the front abs one in the back...in like ok???
Omg last weekend I had the most stressful group of pax ever!
They were WASTED, rich, college-educated millennials. I realized this is a much worse combination than dumb wasted pax.
I had been driving drunks around for DAYS due to a big event. I was tired, *****y, and not impressed by anything any drunk person had to say. But these kids found out I studied philosophy and English lit in college...ugh. They all kept leaning in the front seat and messing with the radio dials saying :
“WAITWAITWAIT!!!! Everyone! Shhhhhhhhh! Ro is about to blow our MIIINDS!!!” “RoRoRo!!! What do you think about ____?!.....NO. What do you REALLY think about ___?!”
They asked this same series of questions—I swear—at LEAST 20 times! About different things. Then looping around back to the same things.
I kept saying things like, “ Oh, you guys!!...don’t put me on the spot...what do YOU think about ___?”
They just would not shut up and let it go. It was the most unbearable, longest, 3.7x surge ride ever. I seriously considered kicking them out.
At one point I almost rear-ended another car that stopped suddenly (drunk driver.). Even that didn’t get them to calm down.
As if the ride wasn’t enough, they wouldn’t get out of my car at the destination, as they insisted I come inside and continue this drunken, false intellectual conversation.
It was incredibly awkward, as they weren’t being jerks—they really wanted to hear what I had to say and didn’t realize how obnoxious they were.
Ro, we here on this forum may not be "wasted, rich, college-educatedmillennials," but we also love and appreciate how you blow our minds.
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