Woman: "I spent the first two weeks of my life in Siberia, Russia and then lived in many European countries. I waited until I was 21 to come to America so I could drink legally."
As the young woman got out last I said, "make sure you have everything, if you leave food I'll be eating it in five minutes." She replied, "what if I poisoned it?"
Male cook: "My friend gave me mushrooms to try when we were working and I had a bad trip. I sat outside for 30 minutes talking to myself and then I had to go home."
Him: "As a Organ Transplant Surgeon and Psychiatric Specialist I worked in the Navy and Marines traveling the world and helping our servicemen and some enemies. I also did interrogations and if I told you anymore I'd have to kill you."
I asked the couple from Ohio why they were in town and the husband replied, "we're thinking of moving here." The wife said, "thinking?", we're going to meet our builder." Laughing I said, "does your builder know that you're just thinking about it?"
Looking at the picture of my rider's Kansas City Super Bowl ring hanging in my car, he said, "where did you get that ring? I have the same one. My family built Arrowhead Stadium and Kauffman Stadium."(KC Royals)
Driving two older, retired women in the mid 60's or 70's, I said, "I have a surprise for you." One woman said, "Are you going to let us drive?"
He said, "Why would a roofer risk his life going up on a roof when Chick-fil-A is offering a $1,000 starting bonus and paying $20 an hour?"
When I told the woman that I've had a few women who could see that the Ravenel bridge looked like a bra, she said, "I've never had a bra like that, they must not have any boobies."
Taking him to work on his second day to a fancy restaurant in Downtown Charleston, he said, "I work with a lot of beautiful women and they are not wearing much either."
Me to pregnant woman: "Is this your first child?" Her: "No, it's my last one." (has one)
I told him he had a great sense of humor and he replied, "I don't need anyone to tell me how great I am, I do that every day." (joking)
Woman visiting Charleston: "If I lived here I would eat, drink and paint my way through Charleston." (an artist)
The woman from West Africa said, "It's always been a dream of mine to live in The United States." Me: How did you end up living in Charleston?" Her: "I googled it. It's not too hot and not too cold here."
Female physical trainer: "After my husband was killed in the war in Afghanistan I was in a funk. I decided to do something, "bad ass," so I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. I've done it twice now."
She: "The first time I saw my husband I was working on a cruise. I told the person next to me, "he's so hot, I'm going to marry him."(married six years)
She: "I was managing a sub shop and doing deliveries at the same time. I worked 20 hours a day, six days a week and when I asked for $1 per hour raise, the owner said no, so I left."
The Washington Redskins' fan (now the Commanders) was okay with them changing the name, but he said, "Sometimes it just seems like something white people want to complain about." (he is white)
Him: "When I drink they tell me I beat up the neighbors, so I stopped drinking."
Male: "I'm usually out at night, I'm glad you got to see me."
Male: "I was in rodeo for ten years and did not get hurt, but I was on a sled with my young daughter and I broke two bones in my back and was laid up for six months."
Communicating with a Spanish woman: Me: "No Inglese?" Her: "Si." Me: "Comprendez" Her: "Venezuela"
My sister was visiting down here from New York and all the salespeople were talking to me. She got angry and said, "stop talking to them and making friends, I don't want to talk to them."
Thirty year old woman looked at a picture of my wife and said, "she's beautiful, what did she find in you?" (she did concede I was cute, eventually)
She: "I was funnier before I got married and had a child."
The professor said that students today are more, "entitled. I told them that I would not accept late work and one student said, "you can't do that." I told him I could."
Me: "Why did you come here from New Hampshire?" Her: "We went from -9 degrees to 60 degrees."
She: "I hate coffee, especially the smell. I just got off work six hours ago and I have to go back in. I just had a big glass of wine and I'm good."
He said, "Texas is the best country in the world."
Me: "Do you like living in the Charleston area?" Him: "I didn't when I was young, but as you get older you appreciate it more." (he's 21)
Hairstylist: "I hear all kinds of things, I'm just a big ear."
The French male model from Los Angeles, "The modeling pays the bills, but acting is my real passion. I've been in some television shows like "Westworld" and "Magnum PI."
Him: "My ten-year old daughter loves to shoot deer. She's 8 for 8 shooting and we eat the meat."
Male: "One of my retired friends told me that a retired cop was stabbed to death by his wife, because they were spending too much time together."
Former resident of California: "I could talk to you for twenty hours about how California is a shithole."
Woman who had a long and successful career, "You don't sell yourself in an interview, you sell yourself every day that you work."
She: "I was President of my sorority. I went through a lot of shit, but I'm a better person for it."
"I got tired of the weather in San Diego, it was always the same."
Me: "What does the Ravenel bridge look like?" She: "A whale, the scales on the side of the whale." She showed me a picture on her phone and she's right.
At the end of a very good ride I told the 31 year-old woman, "about 98% of the people who get in my car have not been drinking." She replied, "to be honest with you, I've had three drinks. Does that make a difference?" (yes, you made my list)
"We were watching the movie, "He's Not Really Into You," and he thought I reminded him of the character who really wanted to get married. I told him, "I am not desperate to get married and he said, "would you marry me?" I said, yes, and we've been married six years. "He was the sixth man who I was engaged to." (by age 25)
Me: "Have you gotten used to how friendly people are here?" Woman here from New York for two years, works full-time with two small children, "I'm not there yet. The other day the cashier at Publix asked me what I was making for dinner? Do I tell her I haven't cooked a meal in ten years? When we moved in one of our neighbors left a pie on the porch and I told my husband, "Don't you even think about eating it, it may be poisoned."
Female cook: "I don't eat any sweets, no cookies, candy, or cake. I never have. I don't like how they taste." Me: "Did you get a birthday cake when you were a child?" She: "Yes, but it was for everyone else, these days I just get fruit." Me: "Has not eating any sweets your whole life made your teeth good?" Her: "HELL NO!"
He said, "when I was 21, I went to a party at midnight. I drove into a large neighborhood with only one gate you can get in and out of. I couldn't find the party and didn't have a phone number, but I couldn't get out of the neighborhood. It took me six hours to find the gate, I almost ran out of gas."
UBER/LYFT RELATED
Older woman who had her car in shop for weeks, "I feel very blessed to have met so many wonderful and unique Uber drivers. I think God puts people in your life for a reason."
The angry woman who didn't want to wear a mask, got out of my car and said, "I hope you don't die with it on. It gave me pneumonia. I usually tip extra, but not when you do something like this."
Male: "I spend $4,000 per month on Uber. The drivers have been great, I've only had three drunk drivers. One of them was driving on the grass, I had to get out."
Former Uber Driver: "I could never understand why people would wait 40 minutes at the airport for an Uber when there are taxis lined up right behind them."
"When my husband was practicing law in Florida, he was involved in an accident case with a Lyft driver. There were very large medical bills for the passenger, but the problem was that the Lyft driver let someone else drive his car who was not a Lyft driver."
He said, "I've had a very good experience with Uber drivers except one who was high."
"My Uber driver told me that he's been married for 54 years."
I picked him up at a Wal-Mart. He said, "Where did my other driver go? It said he was here and then he canceled." (The new driver with a month experience apparently started the ride and canceled two minutes later. Uber corrected the charge immediately.)
I went to pick him up from work and he said, "There was another driver here, but she left. She wouldn't take me since the ride had my wife's name on it. I showed her the phone, but she canceled the ride."
The rider said, "Uber shouldn't get any of the cancelation fee."
Rider said, "I hate it when other riders don't put in a stop, it's not fair to you."
Woman who bikes people in Downtown Charleston, "Shouldn't there be a premium on long rides for you guys?" (great idea)
Guy in his early 20's, "I love it when drivers are willing to have a conversation."
"A guy I work with was going to retire and said that he might Uber. I don't see how he could do it since he's grumpy and not friendly."
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Photographer: "Photography was just a hobby, until Vogue called me out of the blue after seeing some things of mine on social media."
The Canadian told me that his family has vacationed in Cape Cod for many summers. Before I could ask him if he knew Old Silver Beach,(where I vacationed almost 50 years ago) he said, "we always go to Old Silver Beach."
She explained, "the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery is that the graveyard is with a church and a cemetery is a plot of land."
Woman: "I think people who are in "IT" have trouble relating to regular people."
Red Sox fan, "Every time my friends and I went to Fenway Park we would go into the bathroom and hide and yell, "Fuck the Red Sox, go Yankees." (exactly opposite what the fans would chant)
Married couple from Ohio, one an Emergency Room doctor and the other a general practice doctor: "Sometimes we get to see the same patients."
She: "I try to be nice to everyone-you don't know what they've been through."
Me: "Have you gotten used to how friendly people are here?" Young man from PA.: "Not really, I'm a pretty private person."
Marisa: "My name means star of the sea."
The couple is getting ready to sell their townhouse and expect to make over $100,000 since buying it three years ago.
The Navy Seal captain said, "about 20% or less complete the six month (Seal) program."
The retired airline mechanic said, "There's a lot of confusion in this country about needs and wants."
Young man: "They've taken the enjoyment out of sports for me."
Male: "When I was in high school I worked in The Washington Redskin's football stadium selling programs and making $10 an hour. Eventually, I was in charge of it all." Me: "What do you think of the recent name change." Him: "I'll always be a Washington Redskin fan."
Navy guy: "Australia is one my favorite places to live, just a beautiful country."
Customer service male in Publix, "when people go off I just thing they are crazy."
"My husband doesn't enjoy law, but he loves bartending."
Woman: "Years ago I won $60 on the lottery and I just said, "I'm done, I'm good."
The man visiting from Jamaica said, "Every day in Jamaica is a sunny day."
The Cowboy fan said, "Tony Romo is a much quarterback than Eli Manning."
Tax consultant: "You always have to look for opportunities."
Male: "I don't believe in Jesus, but I think he was a great salesman."
Him: "I loved visiting Greenland, it's looks like a whole different world."
Him: "Nova Scotia has great food prices, fresh food and beautiful scenery."
The Navy Seal Captain said, "I enjoy training the new generation of seals."
Hibachi chef: "I don't like to cook much when I'm not working."
Woman: "I loved living in Morocco for five years. I loved the culture and people. Moving back here gave my so the best opportunity."
After saying a few of the only French words I know, the Canadian got out of the car saying, "Thanks, that was an amazing, amazing ride."
"I wish there were more drivers like you."
"Thank you for the positivity."
"So you're a positive person?"
Female college freshmen with her parents: "That's the most entertaining Uber ride I've ever had."
She said, "You're an intriguing individual."
She: "You're the best."
On the phone she said, "So sorry I can't talk to you, you seem like you're a very interesting person.
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