Driving the Lyft driver she said, "A few months ago my rental car was hit by an Uber driver who didn't see the red light. My car got pushed on the railroad tracks and I jumped out when I saw a train coming. It stopped just before hitting the car."
Young guy: "When I saw your mannequin it creeped me out at first, but some people are creeped out by the things I collect: knives, swords, bows, and lighters."
Jewish guy from Alaska told me(also Jewish) There are a lot Jews in Alaska. For Hannukah they don't burn eight candles, they burn eight bonfires."(kidding)
Talking about her older sister she said, "She's a grouchy little mess who doesn't come out of her room."
After 5-10 minutes of great conversation on an hour ride with him, he said, "My future ex-wife needs to take a nap." (She was sitting behind him)
He: "Haagen-Dazs coffee ice cream is the best ever. Have you ever had fried coffee ice cream? It will change your life."
Former flight attendant: "My favorite story was when I was going around and taking meal orders and for one flight it was beef and chicken, but we were out of chicken. A woman said to me, 'Is there some way we can stop somewhere and get some chicken?' I told her it doesn't work that way."
The young woman said, "I'm a knife collector. My mom bought an axe at a flea market that had a knife on the handle and she gave it to me."
He moved from North Carolina to Colorado: "In my first month it snowed five feet and I shoveled my driveway for three straight days. It was the first time I ever shoveled snow."
She's a civil rights investigator and she said, "It's universal, beyond time and space: women bring a lot of drama and jealousy to work. I've found that happy women are well-rounded and more emotionally stable."
From Egypt, we talked about the roads in Egypt and he said, "It's chaos there, here everything goes magnificently, according to the rules."
After 15 minutes of great conversation, the young guy in his 20's suddenly said on the hour ride, "I've enjoyed the conversation, but I don't want to take my frustrations out on you, or be uncouth. I'm exhausted, we're done talking now." At the end of the ride he thanked me and gave me a generous tip."
Grandmother of two: "My two girls said they would never have kids, but they changed their mind and it changed my life."
Her initials are "TLC." (Tender Loving Care) She: "It's the small things that matter most, the acts of kindness." With a minute left in the ride, she started to throw up in my car. I gave her some towels to clean herself up and then I gave (TLC) something to eat for the ride home in her car.
He told me about the Spanish Peaks which are in southwestern Colorado. He: "When I was a kid my mom used to tell all my friends that the Spanish translation of the name is, "Spanish Boobs." I was so embarrassed." (The name is really interpreted as "breasts of the earth.")
The hair stylist wanted to go in the back door of the salon. "I don't want all those eyebrows looking at me and saying, 'Hurry up lady.' " Me: "Is that what they are really saying?" Her: "It's my anxiety."
After telling her my "Good Karma" story where a woman gave me her mom's ring to change the karma, she told me this: "Just last week I found a gold chain I had for twenty-four years from my first love. After two years of dating he proposed with a ring and a chain and said if I said no I should keep the chain, but we shouldn't date anymore. At eighteen, I thought we were too young and I just gave it to a friend to enjoy."
MORE RIDER COMMENTS
He said he moved from California in the 90's. Me: "Where in California?" Him: "I forgot."
The elevator inspector said, "In the rotunda (the center) of The Mall of America there are about 40 elevators and 40 escalators-they used to be my account."
She: "I love to ski, but I don't like snow-I don't like it on me."
He: "My job at Amazon is boring. I work only with a robot who hands me a container of items."
I wondered how they could name a convenience store, "Stinker." On the same day I picked up an assistant manager there and someone who was an assistant manager there. One said, "The two owners were arguing and one called the other, "A stinker." The other assistant manager said, "The father of the owner used to call his son, "Little stinker."
At the beginning of the ride the 77-year-old Egyptian asked me: "Are you liberal or conservative?" Me: "Why do you ask?" Him: "I'm interested in politics."
Former food manager for The Dallas Cowboys: "I wore my two Super Bowl rings (inherited) to an exclusive party for players and I enjoyed it."
The Jacksonville Jaguars fan said that their quarterback, "He has to either step in up or hang it up."
He: "The CEO of my company is 94 and he shows up every day driving his own car."
She: "I got my first job selling shoes without any sales experience. My boss said that she had a feeling she should hire me and I'm her best employee."
He: "I had an accident at work, a piano fell on me and I broke both legs. It took me six months to recover."
After giving marriage advice to the bride going to her wedding, one girl in the wedding party said, "I have to remember that advice."
She: "We went to Greece during the COVID shutdown and no one was there. They were very happy we were there."
He's in college: "I want to be an addiction counselor, because one saved my life."
He: "When you get hired by the company I work for, you have to go out to lunch with the CEO and he buys you Subway."
From Iowa, she told me, "I love Denver, it has a very different vibe than Iowa City and the people are great."
Woman who grew up in Hawaii and lives now in Colorado: "When I need a surfing fix I go snowboarding."
Successful guy: "I'll probably be done working till the day I die to pay off all my bills."
She: "The houses in my neighborhood look like a John Mellencamp song."
I asked, "How are you doing today?" She said, "I'm deeply tired."
She: "People call my mom, "Fun Fact Lisa."
She: "I enjoy working with autistic kids and being the adult for them."
Getting in the car, the older man said, "If I was any better, I'd be you."
He introduced his son or grandson by saying, "This is the biggest Bronco fan in the world."
I asked him what his two favorite places he had visited and he said, "New Orleans and New York because of the culture and food."
"My husband and I were both too cheap to get on a paid dating site, so we met on a Christian site."
"If you plan your day, you can make it happen."
WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT COLORADO?
"I love the fall weather."
Tall guy: "I love the mountains, because they make me feel small."
"It's beautiful in all seasons."
"The mountains to hike."
"My mom and I were going to leave Colorado for a year and a half but we couldn't leave the mountains."
UNIQUE OCCUPATIONS:
Landslide Stabilizer
Sells French bulldogs and is a barber
Works 15 hour days in Texas oil fields
Local Patrol Sergeant
Business owner as personal chef
Civil rights legislator
Mining Engineer
Exotic Reptile Caretaker
Elevator inspector
Equipment sales for miners
WHAT COUNTRIES WERE MY RIDERS FROM:
Sudan, Mexico, Columbia, Eritrea (Africa), Egypt, France, Morocco, Guatemala, Iraq, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan.
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME AND MY CAR
"When you are touched by the world you can't tell me that there is not a living God."
"I'm in love with your car-I love this!"
"This Uber should be in "The Hall of Fame."
"Thanks for being a ray of sunshine."
"You found a way to love life."
"Glad the Lord let us to cross paths."
"You bring light to the world."
"This is too good."
"This is a cash cab."
"This is so sick, crazy."
"I loved it-I had a great time."
"When I think of an Uber, I'm going to think of you."
"This made my day."
"I like everything you're doing here."
"I needed this positivity."
"Keep being amazing."
Older man: "I've been in a lot of cars in my life, but this one takes the cake."
"I adore you."
"You have a lot of fun, don't you?"
"This is a great set-up."
"This is super cool."
"This was the best Uber ride ever."
"This was a great way to start my month-I am so happy!"
"This was a very cool ride."
"This is awesome."
"This is the most interesting Uber I've ever been in."
"This was one of the best Ubers I've ever had."
"This is a cool adventure."
"This is the most unique Uber."
"Very interesting car."
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