"Traveling with her husband and two children, she said, "We have more luggage than Santa had presents in his sleigh."
He: "Criminals get 25 years to life, I had 25 years in Buffalo."
She: "I got in an Uber in North Carolina and the woman had fake arms around the front passenger seat and she pulled a string and they massaged your shoulders."
The funny middle aged woman was telling me about her life and said, "My husband passed away, we were married fourteen years." I said, "I'm sorry to hear that." She replied, "It's okay, I had him killed." (joking)
I got a spam call and I shut it off and the number appeared below and a message which said, "Goodbye." I said to my riders, "What spammer would say goodbye?" He said, "It must have been one of the floosies you have on the side. If she calls back, tell her I said hi."
He: "People complain about more people moving here, but I tell them, 'Suck it up buttercup, it is what it is."
I asked her if she had ever gotten a gift from an Uber driver and she said, "Besides my number? Because they thought they were the gift and they hit on me."
He: "In Haiti it is a show of respect that each meal begins with the wife and the children starting first. The husband does all the cleaning up." (I'm not telling my wife about this)
The dog groomer said, "I'd rather deal with dogs than people."
She: "I'm not going to heaven, I'm going to hell." Me; "Why would you say that?" She: "It's warmer there." (She didn't like the cold weather)
He: "You'd have to shoot me to get me to ride in a car for eight hours. His wife said, "He doesn't even like to drive to the supermarket."
"We had a horse carriage ride around Charleston. The name of the horse was Bezos. We were the last ride of the night and he took two bathroom breaks and kept taking short cuts."
His dad was a rock n' roll singer and played the harmonica. His band opened for Leonard Skinner, The Allman Brothers and Bonnie Raitt. He said, "When I was a kid I used to sing back-up with the girls. When I was 23, I overheard my dad tell someone that my mic was always turned off."
The young woman got in the car slowly as she watched my mannequin closely. I told her it was a gift from a passenger. A few moments later, I asked her what she did for work and she said, "I work in a funeral home as an embalmer."
He said he worked in a restaurant and I asked what he did there. He: "I run to hide. As an owner/operator, I want my workers to do it. If they find me, I'll wind up doing it."
He: "People who have only been in Buffalo don't know that it's much nicer everywhere else."
From Detroit, she said, "I'm offended when someone here calls me ma'am. I'm not that old yet."
She: "In Michigan they use cheap salt on the roads which makes the potholes so large you can fall in. The roads are horrible. They are ten times worse than downtown Charleston."
She: "I was a teacher in an elementary school and the P/E teachers kept leaving. They knew I had run track in high school, so they told me I was the new P/E teacher."
She had an eye tattoo on her wrist and told me that it's, "An eye of intuition and keeps away bad spirits."
I asked the male college student at the College of Charleston, "How have you handled the 70-30% ratio of women to men," and he said, "I have a girlfriend now, but my first year I handled it a little bit."
She lives directly above a Publix supermarket and I asked what that was like and she said, "It's terrible, do you know how many times I've just used a spice one time? It's like having an extended refrigerator."
He: "I spend $1,8000 a month on Uber going to an from work."
She: "I've never seen so many blondes in my life. (In Charleston) They assume here that if you're not in a sorority you're gay."
After telling them about the secret agent I had in my car, I asked, "What do you do for work?" He said, "I work for a secret agency." His wife burst out laughing since he works for the Immigration office in DC.
At 20 years old, the former soccer player told me, "I've had five concussions. That's not normal-you have to work at it."
The young woman was playing against much better golfers and she said, "Those four days at Hilton Head in the LPGA tournament were some of the worst days of my life."
"I have five brothers and a sister and the nine of us are big football fans and in the NFL we root for nine different teams."
He: "When I worked as an intern for The New England Patriots I brought statistics into the locker room for coach Bill Parcells, who was butt naked with a towel around him. He was upset that the statistics weren't in the right order and he followed me out of the room yelling at me which was very upsetting."
Big New York Ranger fan: "I was there the night they won the Stanley Cup in 1994. I sold my season tickets that night, because I knew it would never get any better."
He: "A friend of a friend of my dad was with one of his friends at a Detroit Piston playoff game when Isaiah Thomas played. He made a bet with his friend who was about to have a child that if the Pistons won, he had to name his son after Isaiah Thomas. The Pistons won and the son became Isaiah Thomas since the guys last name was Thomas. The baby made the NBA and played for the Boston Celtics."
MORE RIDER COMMENTS
He: "I was able to meet Terry Bradshaw at a bank branch opening my dad, and he signed three footballs for me and a picture too."
"Charleston has the food and culture of a big city, but with a lot of charm."
She: "How does a shop owner not have a snow shovel just in case it snows?"
He told me, "I was an extra in Black Panther 2 and Guardian of the Galaxy 3."
She: "I got in an Uber in Charleston that was like a safari all over the car with safari music."
I asked the retired police officer of 44 years, "What do you enjoy doing in your retirement?" He said, "I like to travel and drink beer."
September said, "My parents named me September while sitting in a McDonalds, but they never told me why.
She got her name, Karys, when, "My sister found the Greek name online and it means grace."
After visiting New Orleans they came to Charleston and said, "Charleston is more preserved, New Orleans has been run down."
I asked her what she did for work and she said, "I'm a nurse and I work for lawyers." I asked how long she has been doing it and she said, "Too long, 42 years."
I asked another male college student about the 70-30 % ratio of women to me and he said, "I'm not complaining about it."
"When I was a kid I was full of energy and my parents would introduce me to others as, 'A springy young sap.'"
She: "Charleston is the best city I've ever experienced."
She told me, "I work for a jeweler and they have been int he same building for 100 years."
The cadet at the Citadel said about going to school, "It's fun if you make it fun."
"Colorado started going downhill when pot was legalized."
"During the beginning of the pandemic I called my uncle to ask him for help and he said they were on the way to Haiti and the tickets were $25 round trip. I got my bags packed and I flew their too."
He had lived in the Charleston area for a long time and I said, "That makes you a native." He said, "Not live the Ohio natives."
She: "As a gym teacher there's a lot of yelling, screaming and crying." (smaller children.)
He: "In Haiti you can't compliment other women, because men are very jealous. I made the mistake of doing it and this guy almost beat my ass."
Giants fan: "Barkley is my favorite Giant. If he had gone to anyone other than the Eagles or Cowboys I would have bought his shirt and rooted for him."
She: "People in the North are kind, reliable, helpful, but they have no conscious plan to talk to strangers." (Like in the South)
She: "There are more possibilities in the South."
He: "When I lived in the Bronx I could look out my living room window and look into Yankee Stadium."
I asked her what was the best thing for her after she moved to Charleston and she said, "The people are so very nice."
She: "We paid $7.77 for a cappuccino in the airport."
Young man living in the South: "I like the cold, I'm not friends with the sun."
She: "Down here, everyone is from New Jersey."
The die-hard Seattle Mariners fan said, "My favorite Mariner was Randy Johnson."
She: I used to work in Madison Square Garden taking care of the big clients."
UNIQUE OCCUPATIONS
Technology lawyer
A nurse working with lawyers
Embalmer
Cook on a scientific boat
Ship Captain
Jeweler
Works for Immigration Agency in DC
Works for the Social Security Administration DC
COMMENTS ABOUT LILY MY MANNEQUIN
Getting out of my car she said, "Goodbye Lily."
She: "I had a mannequin in high school in my locker that had long blonde hair. My friends used to take pictures with her all the time."
Getting out she said to Lily and I, "You guys have a good day."
COMMENTS ABOUT ME AND MY CAR
"This is the coolest ride of my life. It's more fun than bull riding."
"You are a highlight. Blessings on everything you do."
"This is the best ride I've ever had and I just got in the car."
"You definitely have found your calling, you are a people person."
"What is going on in here? I thought you might be a crazed serial killer."
"Thank you so much. This makes my day better."
"Holy smokes!"
"You make the ride so entertaining."
"It was a pleasure meeting you."
"This was the best Uber I've ever had in my life.
She: "Can we get a picture of you smiling at us?"
"This way more fun than other Ubers."
"This is insane."
"You have a different set of awareness than other drivers."
"Love the museum!"
"Thanks, I enjoyed it thoroughly."
"This is the most interesting Uber."
The ride was 3 minutes and .5 miles and she said, "I really enjoyed the conversation."
"This is so fun."
"This was really nice."
Giving out my list he said, "This is very thoughtful."
"This is the most interesting ride I've ever had."
"This is awesome."
"This was a great ride."
"That was amazing."
"God bless you."
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