Adventures of a Rideshare Driver

by Charles Campise

This book is a collection of the author's favorite experiences of driving passengers who use the ride-sharing mode of transportation.

Adventures of a Rideshare Driver

Author: Charles Campise

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781951343743

Page: 86

View: 437

This book is a collection of the author's favorite experiences of driving passengers who use the ride-sharing mode of transportation. Stories are limited to his experiences in the region in and around Austin, Texas and other communities in the central part of the state for more than three years, beginning in June 2014. The book often mentions the stories he told his passengers about the history of the region. He tells some of his own life experiences and his personal connections with the cities in America and elsewhere. He has been sure to tell the funniest stories of the trips he has made to this date. He has some episodes about his most interesting passengers and his most famous ones. The author has been a ride-sharing driver on more than seven thousand trips and has served more than twenty thousand passengers. He has driven for three different companies.

Hustlin Hummingbird

by Mukon Ngoyi

Life gets busy, the bills stack up, and instruction manuals aren't provided. Hustlin' Hummingbird is a nickname Mukon earned when Uber and Lyft dubbed her a model driver on January 6, 2017.

Hustlin Hummingbird

Author: Mukon Ngoyi

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781733510943

Page: 138

View: 687

Are you ready to stop living paycheck to paycheck? Do you want to own your time? Rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft offer a new world of opportunities for millions of people, but no one knows where to start. Life gets busy, the bills stack up, and instruction manuals aren't provided. Just a few years ago, Mukon Ngoyi wore these same shoes: working three jobs, struggling to pay the rent. These days, she's one of the highest rated drivers around, earns $90,000 a year, and is known as the "Hustlin' Hummingbird" of the rideshare game. Making it to the top wasn't easy, though, and now, Mukon is ready to share the hard lessons she learned on the road. Her debut book, Hustlin' Hummingbird, is not only about her own rags-to-riches story, and not just a tale of female strength and perseverance, but also a guidebook for how people from all walks of life can follow her road to success. Mukon outlines everything an aspiring driver--or a curious rider--needs to know about the rideshare business, and explains how you can transform it from an occasional hobby into a moneymaking career that YOU control. Buckle your seatbelt. Start the ignition. Hustlin' Hummingbird is the book you've been waiting for.

Rideshare Stories to Remember

by Victory Designs

Rideshare driving can be an adventure!

Rideshare Stories to Remember

Author: Victory Designs

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781686017537

Page: 74

View: 474

Rideshare driving can be an adventure! This Journal is perfect to keep track of all your funny, unique an crazy riders! Sections to keep track of Distances, Pay, Tips, Ride Summary Events, Favorite quotes, Notes, and Overall rating! Perfect for keeping track of all the fun. This journal is also great for keeping track of your rides for bookkeeping. Paperback, 7"x10", 74 pages, Beautiful Glossy Cover

Ubered

by Evan Kail

Before Kail knows it, he's a soldier in the trenches of a tech revolution, and he's in way over his head. Ubered is a journey through the jungles of a wild mind in an even wilder adventure driving full-time for Uber and Lyft.

Ubered

Author: Evan Kail

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781612969718

Page: 304

View: 135

His family's wealth has evaporated, and now serendipity is all Evan Kail can salvage from his riches to rags nightmare. He's been chasing a screenwriting dream, and he's put everything on the line to attain it. So when a new phenomenon called "Rideshare" enters his market in Minneapolis, Kail seeks an opportunity which he believes will allow time to pursue his calling. His only item of value, a BMW sports car purchased in the glory days of wealth, affords him a down payment on a used luxury sedan. Before Kail knows it, he's a soldier in the trenches of a tech revolution, and he's in way over his head. Ubered is a journey through the jungles of a wild mind in an even wilder adventure driving full-time for Uber and Lyft. Over the course of one year, Kail dances with all hosts of personalities, battles all sorts of scenarios, and struggles to realize what it means to be a contractor, not an employee. Prepare for the craziest year of Kail's young life, one that would leave him grappling to understand the very meaning of fate and all he thought was sacred.

Ridesharing the Route

by Daniel Menten Brewster

"Ridesharing the Route" is a collection of the numerous stories, personalities and events that take place in the day to day adventures of a rideshare driver.

Ridesharing the Route

Author: Daniel Menten Brewster

Publisher: Independently Published

ISBN: 9781730732201

Page: 196

View: 116

"Ridesharing the Route" is a collection of the numerous stories, personalities and events that take place in the day to day adventures of a rideshare driver. Join one driver, as he shares his varied, sometimes comical, yet always entertaining experiences throughout Route 66 and beyond.

Tales from the Driver s Side

by Xander Vale

It is as entertaining as it is offensive. These Stories give an insight on how we act when we think no one is paying attention while portraying the risks and adventures of being a late-night driver.

Tales from the Driver s Side

Author: Xander Vale

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781977098801

Page: 222

View: 398

Ever wonder what your driver really thinks about you? Well, here goes. Xander Vale gives you the good, the bad, and the downright disgusting of being a rideshare driver. "Tales from the Driver's Side" is a collection of short stories based on actual rides, sprinkled with innuendo, insults, and indecency. It is as entertaining as it is offensive. These Stories give an insight on how we act when we think no one is paying attention while portraying the risks and adventures of being a late-night driver. Get ready for a crude trip through an ill-advised adventure trouncing through the human condition and don't forget to buckle up!

Those Awkward One Drive Stands

by Andy Vargo

Learn where the crazy, fun and freaky people go as the stories unfold. Set in Tacoma, Washington, riders visit the local hot spots around town while exposing more than we sometimes want to know about their personal lives.

Those Awkward One Drive Stands

Author: Andy Vargo

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781097243709

Page: 222

View: 223

The real-life adventures of your local rideshare driver come to life in this slice-of-life book filled with the short stories of the people he meets while driving his life away to work through love changes and the start of a new career. Learn where the crazy, fun and freaky people go as the stories unfold. Set in Tacoma, Washington, riders visit the local hot spots around town while exposing more than we sometimes want to know about their personal lives.

Experiences as an Uber and Lyft Driver in Las Vegas

by Mike Gomez

Las Vegas is a city where you can meet all walks of life, get drunk, party, hook-up with strangers, get married on a whim, meet strippers, see prostitutes, gamble your life away, watch incredible shows, or have a nice relaxing time in one ...

Experiences as an Uber and Lyft Driver in Las Vegas

Author: Mike Gomez

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781797745978

Page: 158

View: 860

Las Vegas is a city where you can meet all walks of life, get drunk, party, hook-up with strangers, get married on a whim, meet strippers, see prostitutes, gamble your life away, watch incredible shows, or have a nice relaxing time in one of the many fancy casinos.Step into the world of an Uber driver's car as he tells you about his adventures driving in the fabulous city of Las Vegas.

Exuberant

by Terri Write

With continued bits of serendipity, happiness and peace prevail! At the urging of her daughter (an aspiring novelist), Terri begins to journal her observations and the many encounters that her new job entails... exuberant is the result!

Exuberant

Author: Terri Write

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 9781478771081

Page: 110

View: 586

A true story of a rideshare driver: filled with emotion, adventure and realism. On the day of returning from an extravagant two-week vacation in France, Terri learns that her job will be relocating out-of-state. Choosing to remain in California, she believes that finding comparable employment will be a breeze... After two years of watching her family's finances spiral downward and working for just over minimum wage, faced with an ultimatum from her employer, Terri resigns from her customer service position and becomes a rideshare driver... With continued bits of serendipity, happiness and peace prevail! At the urging of her daughter (an aspiring novelist), Terri begins to journal her observations and the many encounters that her new job entails... exuberant is the result! This inspiring, down-to-earth, and funny memoir includes over 20 stories about the bonds Terri has formed with some of her riders and the wonderful (and not-so-wonderful) characters she meets along her journey. Terri now views life from a different spectrum. Who would think that being a rideshare driver would bring so much joy?!

Rearview Mirror True Stories of Unusual Rides and Crazy Passengers from a Late Night Uber Driver

by Brian Dixon

In Rearview Mirror, Brian Dixon shares his true-life experiences with you, one rider at a time. From the funny, to the inspiring, to the shocking - nothing is held back.

Rearview Mirror True Stories of Unusual Rides and Crazy Passengers from a Late Night Uber Driver

Author: Brian Dixon

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781736299920

Page:

View: 840

Behind The Curtain: What Your Rideshare Driver Really Sees At Night Will Shock You!Imagine what it would be like to pick up a total stranger late at night, and have no idea where you are going until after he climbed into your back seat? For the first time, you will get a private glimpse into the dark life of a rideshare driver in the San Francisco Bay Area, and understand how it feels to roll the dice in hopes that your next passenger is not trouble. In Rearview Mirror, Brian Dixon shares his true-life experiences with you, one rider at a time. From the funny, to the inspiring, to the shocking - nothing is held back. Over a five-year tenure, Brian experienced more human diversity in a week than most see in a lifetime: millionaire technology superstars, drugged-out street people, professional partiers, and dangerous criminals - all with a story to tell.What do you get when you mix one-part street savvy driver nicknamed "The Drivingfool" with two parts unpredictable and crazy riders? A fascinating but volatile cocktail of humanity. Find out what happens next...

Rearview Mirror

by Brian Dixon

In Rearview Mirror, Brian Dixon shares his true-life experiences with you, one rider at a time. From the funny, to the inspiring, to the shocking - nothing is held back.

Rearview Mirror

Author: Brian Dixon

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781736299906

Page:

View: 552

Imagine what it would be like to pick up a total stranger late at night, and have no idea where you are going until after he climbed into your back seat? For the first time, you will get a private glimpse into the dark life of a rideshare driver in the San Francisco Bay Area, and understand how it feels to roll the dice in hopes that your next passenger is not trouble. In Rearview Mirror, Brian Dixon shares his true-life experiences with you, one rider at a time. From the funny, to the inspiring, to the shocking - nothing is held back. Over a five-year tenure, Brian experienced more human diversity in a week than most see in a lifetime: millionaire technology superstars, drugged-out street people, professional partiers, and dangerous criminals - all with a story to tell. What do you get when you mix one-part street savvy driver nicknamed "The Drivingfool" with two parts unpredictable and crazy riders? A fascinating but volatile cocktail of humanity. Find out what happens next...

The Memoir of a Lyft Driver

by Rudi Merom

This is what I collected, all names are not real and have no connection to the stories, but all events are real and happened in reality.

The Memoir of a Lyft Driver

Author: Rudi Merom

Publisher: Bookbaby

ISBN: 9781543995190

Page: 152

View: 288

All realI am a Business manager: I was asked to come to Miami to set a company's online sales operation.After 3 years we did not get along anymore and we decided that we will separate our ways... I felt that I needed a time out to think on what will be my next step in life......I came across a Lyft driver ad (like Uber) and decided that while I am driving and making some money for expenses I can think about my future as well.....my plan was to do it for about a month....Not always what you plan will happen...life can turn you in a deferent direction...that what happen to me.I got addicted to the thousands of people, from drug dealers to politicians regular Joe and Mary and CEO's from top corporations, celebrities, religion leaders and non-believers, prostitutes and stripers, I drove around in south Florida for 8 months.After 8 month I decided to write a book about my unbelievable adventures...This is what I collected, all names are not real and have no connection to the stories, but all events are real and happened in reality......I decided not to use an editor and write it as I remember it, you might find some grammar "glitches" so take into account that I was not born in the US.

San Francisco Daddy

by Charles St. Anthony

Charles St. Anthony dreamed of living in San Francisco his whole life, and after a sudden return to the USA from Japan, he makes his way to the Bay.

San Francisco Daddy

Author: Charles St. Anthony

Publisher: Impossibly Glamorous Studios

ISBN: 0998318523

Page:

View: 735

Charles St. Anthony dreamed of living in San Francisco his whole life, and after a sudden return to the USA from Japan, he makes his way to the Bay. In this novella-sized mini-memoir, Charles finds the humor in every situation—whether it be a series of dating fiascoes in the Castro or beating a path down to Silicon Valley. He takes you on a tour of the New Age Babylon by the Bay, and Charles describes his notable adventures in political canvassing, polyamory, getting fired from a Jamba Juice knock-off and driving a sketchy San Francisco taxi cab (in the age of Uber). So what are you waiting for? Grab your Ruby Red Slippers and fly on down to the Golden Gate, because San Francisco Daddy is ready to take you on a fantastic voyage to the land of Sexual Disorientation.

Rideshare Revelations From An LA Uber Driver

by Mark Alan Nisall

In this book, you will meet: * A Swedish woman who encounters a naked homeless man inside her Bronson Canyon home below the Hollywood Sign. * A Forensic Mortician who performs autopsies and embalming services under contract with the Los ...

Rideshare Revelations From An LA Uber Driver

Author: Mark Alan Nisall

Publisher: Independently Published

ISBN:

Page: 106

View: 349

What really happens inside an Uber? Rideshare passengers can be fun, interesting and wildly entertaining. But some individuals are strange, deeply troubled or bizarre at times. So fasten your seatbelts are get ready for some crazy rides around Southern California. Imagine your riding inside the Uber as you navigate through the diverse neighborhoods of Los Angeles and nearby cities. You can expect the unexpected because you never know what might happen when strangers get inside your vehicle. Forget what you previously thought about rideshare work and prepare to be shocked and surprised as you drive off into the unknown. Mark Nisall is a retired public safety veteran who completed 6,056 trips while driving 61,200 miles by working part time over three years. With 29 years of combined experience in law enforcement and judicial administration, he is uniquely well qualified to authentically narrate his most memorable rideshare adventures. These wide ranging situations are portrayed in clear and vivid detail so readers can vicariously experience them as if they were actually there. In this book, you will meet: A Swedish woman who encounters a naked homeless man inside her Bronson Canyon home below the Hollywood Sign. A Forensic Mortician who performs autopsies and embalming services under contract with the Los Angeles International Airport. An NBA basketball player over 7 feet tall at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills. The A-list television star and his entourage at the Catch LA Restaurant on Melrose Avenue. A transgendered woman and You Tube star who also works as a woman's swimsuit model. The entire defensive line for the UCLA Football Team on their way to an In-And-Out Burger Restaurant in Westwood. Three Escorts who stop at a Seven Eleven store to buy condoms before meeting their clients at a Beverly Hills Hotel. A famous Porn Star and internet business woman who shares the details of her adult film career and offers relationship advice to her Uber driver. You'll also learn: How drug and alcohol abuse affects the behavior of many passengers especially on the weekends. The prevalence of mental illnesses amongst passengers, other rideshare drivers and the homeless. The medieval, putrid and dangerous conditions in and around of our growing homeless encampments that are visible and unavoidable in almost every neighborhood of the city. Rideshare work is engaging and compelling, but it's random and unpredictable as well. So if you thought you've seen and heard it all before, you couldn't be more wrong. Discover that whatever happens inside an Uber, doesn't necessarily stay inside the Uber. So pick up your copy today by clicking the BUY NOW button at the top of this page.

Baby Carol Anne s Wild Urban Adventure

by William J. Smith

Kristin then studiously, purposefully called some taxi-services (and even Uber
and Lyft), that she knows and while some ... to ask if you still have some taxis out
there even though it's Christmas Eve” “Yes, I have a few drivers that are out there”
, ...

Baby Carol Anne s Wild Urban Adventure

Author: William J. Smith

Publisher: Lulu.com

ISBN: 1387321854

Page: 556

View: 552

Amanda Smith is a gorgeous career-woman who wants her daughters to follow in her super-model footsteps, but when she hires four professional photographers to take pictures of her youngest, Carol Anne, to send to top modeling agencies, the photographers end up being con-men who kidnap their daughter, and hold her for ransom, seeing how rich the Smith family is, but the kidnappers have bitten off more than they can chew and end up having to chase Carol Anne around the city, in a hilarious adventure through the streets of New York, before Miss Kristin Moore comes to Carol Anne's rescue and takes the little tyke in, after she gets lost on the

Sex Confessions of a Rideshare Driver

by Brian David Michaels

Random casual sex with no strings attached. And to think for months all this NSA sex passed by him. Soon after this revelation, he makes his first move and accepts his first offer. These are the stories of Brian's sexual adventures.

Sex Confessions of a Rideshare Driver

Author: Brian David Michaels

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781980667551

Page: 182

View: 527

Brian David Michaels is a part-time Ride Share driver. Brian is your average guy. He has never been a ladies man. However, from his job a Rideshare driver he has gained a new ability. He has learned to listen to women. By listening Brian has learned some new tricks.These new tricks enable Brian to pick up women at ease. In fact, the women usually ask Brian for sex. Of course, Brian does say the right things to get them to ask.I may sound like a womanizer to some of you, but I am not, I am just a guy who finally has learned to listen to women. However, I do use this ability to find women in need of some TLC. So beware all men, I am out there.From his first day as a Rideshare driver, he was propositioned by ladies for sex. But Brian just laughed it off. But as time went on, he realized that he was missing an opportunity. Random casual sex with no strings attached. And to think for months all this NSA sex passed by him.Soon after this revelation, he makes his first move. He accepts an offer. These are the stories of Brian's sexual adventures. Here in this first installment, we meet the first of many ladies. Join us here for book one and live the life of love, sex and fantasy.The stories in this book are real and based on actual experiences. Actual experiences in the daily life of a Rideshare driver.Warning to all men, I am picking up your wife after work. TONIGHT!

Are We There Yet The American Automobile Past Present and Driverless

by Dan Albert

Uber driver is exceedingly low. You can be your own ... An MIT study found that
about half of Uber drivers earn less than minimum wage.¶ For its part, Uber
advertised that one New York City driver earned $90,000 working forty hours a
week. Otherwise ... mass transit. For now, the adventure capital money is on Uber
, even if it.

Are We There Yet The American Automobile Past Present and Driverless

Author: Dan Albert

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 0393292754

Page: 304

View: 454

Tech giants and automakers have been teaching robots to drive. Robot-controlled cars have already logged millions of miles. These technological marvels promise cleaner air, smoother traffic, and tens of thousands of lives saved. But even if robots turn into responsible drivers, are we ready to be a nation of passengers? In Are We There Yet?, Dan Albert combines historical scholarship with personal narrative to explore how car culture has suffused America’s DNA. The plain, old-fashioned, human-driven car built our economy, won our wars, and shaped our democratic creed as it moved us about. Driver’s ed made teenagers into citizens; auto repair made boys into men. Crusades against the automobile are nothing new. Its arrival sparked battles over street space, pitting the masses against the millionaires who terrorized pedestrians. When the masses got cars of their own, they learned to love driving too. During World War II, Washington nationalized Detroit and postwar Americans embraced car and country as if they were one. Then came 1960s environmentalism and the energy crises of the 1970s. Many predicted, even welcomed, the death of the automobile. But many more rose to its defense. They embraced trucker culture and took to Citizen Band radios, demanding enough gas to keep their big boats afloat. Since the 1980s, the car culture has triumphed and we now drive more miles than ever before. Have we reached the end of the road this time? Fewer young people are learning to drive. Ride hailing is replacing car buying, and with electrification a long and noble tradition of amateur car repair—to say nothing of the visceral sound of gasoline exploding inside a big V8—will come to an end. When a robot takes over the driver’s seat, what’s to become of us? Are We There Yet? carries us from muddy tracks to superhighways, from horseless buggies to driverless electric vehicles. Like any good road trip, it’s an adventure so fun you don’t even notice how much you’ve learned along the way.

Humans as a Service

by Jeremias Prassl

Alex Rosenblat and Luke Stark, 'Algorithmic labor and information asymmetries:
a case study of Uber's drivers' (2016) 10 ... (22 July 2014), http://loneplacebo.com
/adventures-of-a-first-timetaskrabbit/, archived at https://perma.cc/MNG7-QZWR; ...

Humans as a Service

Author: Jeremias Prassl

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 0192517392

Page: 216

View: 577

The crowdsourcing of work - the 'gig economy' - has been hailed as a 'sharing' revolution, enabling 'micro-entrepreneurs' to enjoy greater autonomy and flexibility in taking on 'gigs', 'rides', or 'tasks', while customers benefit from the ease, convenience, and affordability of 'work on demand'. Is this the future of work? What are the benefits and challenges of crowdsourced work? Is the gig economy fundamentally different to existing models of work and should it be kept outside the scope of employment law, as many platforms claim? Humans as a Service offers an engaging and critical account of the gig economy. It charts the industry's dramatic growth, explores the diverse platforms that comprise it, and describes how they operate. In scrutinising the competing narratives about 'gig' work, the book demonstrates the importance of language: how claims of 'disruptive innovation' and 'micro-entrepreneurship' often obscure the realities of highly precarious work and the strict algorithmic surveillance and control to which workers are subject. And yet, far from being radically new, the book shows that the gig economy is but the latest (and perhaps most extreme) example of labour market practices that have existed for centuries. Turning to how the law should respond to the on-demand economy, it argues that regulators can and must bring this work within the scope of employment law, adapting existing norms where necessary, in order to protect both customers and workers. Finally, it explores the wider implications of the gig economy for markets and consumers, assessing oppprtunities and challenges - if this is the future of work, how can it be made sustainable?

Video Games and American Culture

by Aaron A. Toscano

A minivan implies a family message, signaling the driver may be heading to their
children's soccer practice. ... They use their vehicles for joyrides, vacations, and
even off-road adventures. ... When I heard about ridesharing programs (Uber and
Lyft), I wrongly assumed they would not thrive because I assumed society was ...

Video Games and American Culture

Author: Aaron A. Toscano

Publisher: Lexington Books

ISBN: 1793601313

Page: 162

View: 428

Digital media are immersive technologies reflecting behaviors, attitudes, and values. The engrossing, entertaining virtual worlds video games provide are important sites for 21st century research. This book moves beyond assertions that video games cause violence by analyzing the culture that produces such material. While some popular media reinforce the idea that video games lead to violence, this book uses a cultural studies lens to reveal a more complex situation. Video games do not lead to violence, sexism, and chauvinism. Rather, Toscano argues, a violent, sexist, chauvinistic culture reproduces texts that reflect these values. Although video games have a worldwide audience, this book focuses on American culture and how this multi-billion dollar industry entertains us in our leisure time (and sometimes at work), bringing us into virtual environments where we have fun learning, fighting, discovering, and acquiring bragging rights. When politicians and moral crusaders push agendas that claim video games cause a range of social ills from obesity to mass shooting, these perspectives fail to recognize that video games reproduce hegemonic American values. This book, in contrast, focuses on what these highly entertaining cultural products tell us about who we are.

Buzz Ride

by P. M. White

Pat White (pseudonym), a financial advisor and business strategist, decided to go undercover to research how the disruptive technology of ridesharing affects commerce.

Buzz Ride

Author: P. M. White

Publisher: Lake Claremont Press: A Chicago Joint

ISBN: 9781893121669

Page: 145

View: 606

A Darkly Comedic Coming of (Middle) Age Adventure - Why would a financially-comfortable, fifty-something father of two-with a Mercedes-drive Uber late at night on the toughest streets of Chicago? Pat White (pseudonym), a financial advisor and business strategist, decided to go undercover to research how the disruptive technology of ridesharing affects commerce. Soon his business study warped into a study of humanity . . . and himself. This reserved Baby Boomer first had to face his fear of picking up strangers in his own car and driving them to unknown locations. Most were over-privileged, over-served Millennials in route to their next adrenaline rush or wherever they were crashing for the night. Some treated him like he was invisible--making out, arguing, discussing sex and drugs, and lying to lovers on the phone about their whereabouts as if no one else were in the car. Others wished him to partake in their partying or craved his counsel on the most intimate details of their lives. Still others were just looking to pick a fight. Rarer were the tired and the timid: those returning to family after working long hours with hopes of a brighter tomorrow, those fleeing abuse, and those just fleeing a thunderstorm. This summer experiment took White down roads he never imagined he would travel. Soon he found himself embracing danger, longing for the thrill of voyeuristic glimpses into private lives made public, and facing the depths of his shadow personality. Come along for the bumpy ride as this sharp-tongued observer shares the always wild, sometimes dark, often humorous, and surprisingly touching side of Chicago nightlife in the smart-phone generation. Hop into the Back of Patrick's Silver Benz and Buckle Up!