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On a scale of 1-5 How stressed do you get?

What stresses you the most driving pax

10K views 150 replies 85 participants last post by  Darrell Green Fan 
#1 ·
OK everyone...

I know those cortisol levels get amped...

Butt... curious what really AMPS you???

Other Uber drivers...?

Snowflake pax...?

Nothing...I'm cool as a cucumber...!

Demanding pax...come on...!

This is your chance...!!!

What REALY gets your goat...8>)

What IS your pet peeve...??????

Rakos
Hair Gesture Thumb Snout Event

PS. Mine is backseat drivers...AGGHHH
 
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#8 ·
I don’t stress on everyday pax.

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.
 
#9 ·
I don't stress on everyday pax.

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.
I get a lot of professional truckers as well. They are usually good tippers and friendly, (with a few exceptions).

What stresses you out about them?
 
#83 ·
I feel your pain.

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.
 
#20 ·
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." :)
 
#28 ·
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.
 
#26 ·
OK everyone...

I know those cortisol levels get amped...

Butt... curious what really AMPS you???

Other Uber drivers...?

Snowflake pax...?

Nothing...I'm cool as a cucumber...!

Demanding pax...come on...!

This is your chance...!!!

What REALY gets your goat...8>)

What IS your pet peeve...??????

Rakos
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PS. Mine is backseat drivers...AGGHHH
I Hate Traffic.
And 5 minute traffic lights .
 
#27 · (Edited)
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.
 
#35 ·
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???
I would totally think the one in back is going to kill me and the one in front is there to steer the car so it doesn't crash...
 
#36 ·
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.

That was a stress-filled ride.
 
#38 ·
They were WASTED, rich, college-educated millennials. "WAITWAITWAIT!!!! Everyone! Shhhhhhhhh! Ro is about to blow our MIIINDS!!!" "RoRoRo!!!
Ro, we here on this forum may not be "wasted, rich, college-educated millennials," but we also love and appreciate how you blow our minds. :)
 
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