I said to the Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, "You're probably a very good negotiator." She said jokingly, If I get enough coffee in me I can run the world."
Heading to his girlfriend's house at 4 am he was going to sneak into the house. He told her on the phone, "I really have to go bad. I'll go quietly. The side of the house? Make sure you have a cup for me. I only have to do #2." I said to him, "I've never heard anyone negotiate going to the bathroom."
The very talented and creative woman said, "I'm the founder of a vampire clan, but I do not believe I'm a vampire."
Her favorite country to visit is Singapore, but she said they were very strict about cleanliness, "If you spit out your gum there you could be caned. You can't make it, sell it, or distribute it."
She: "When I was 16, I was living in Brooklyn, New York and my mom told me we were moving to Colorado. I only knew about the Rocky Mountains. I thought we were going to be hillbillies living in the mountains. I told her, 'You can't do this to me.'"
He: "When I was 16 or so I was a server and I got to meet Queen Elizabeth when she was racing her horses at the Royal Ascot Racecourse. She was very nice when I served her."
The very bright young woman said, "What I really want to do is be rich and hot."
Married 33 years I asked the couple, "What's the secret of a successful marriage?" He said, "Not to answer that question."
She: "The first time I met my husband I was introduced to him by a friend and he was stuffing nachos into his mouth in a restaurant. Later I saw he could eat and carry a conversation and that was enough."
"Our family is expecting the first grandchild in a couple months and five of us already have car seats in our car."
The older couple got in my car and the first thing she said was, "He's 95 and is going to take a nap so there isn't any unnecessary conversation."
The teacher was speaking Spanish to her 5th grade student but she wasn't getting through. "I knew I had the right words and another student said, "You're too white," meaning I didn't have the right accent."
He: "I bought some land in the mountains and put in a paid parking lot for the walking path up to the lake. It brings in some good money."
I picked up "Honesty" and she said she got her name, because, "My mom said she couldn't tell a lie when she was pregnant with me."
I had one guy who was from India, one from the United Kingdom, and one from The United Arab Emirates, all working for the same company. I asked them if they had a funny story and the salesman from the United Arab Emirates said, "We are not working in software, we're trafficking human kidneys through India and Pakistan and to an underground group in the UK, the Illuminati, a secret order." I asked, "Who are they?" He said, "I can't tell you, or I'd have to kill you and take your kidney."
He: "About twenty years ago, a guy had a dressed mannequin in his car with a hat, glasses, and a string he pulled to waive the arm at people for the HOV lane. He was caught and the judge sentenced him to be at a major intersection for a couple weeks with the mannequin and a sign that said something like, "Mannequins are not for HOV lanes or mannequins are not real people. It was on the news every day."
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From Wisconsin he said, "I was 'Liberty Biberty' in the Liberty Mutual commercial. I bought this fur coat for $20. Tonight I'm going to be at a party as one of five Lebron James dressed in different uniforms."
I asked the engineer how he met his wife and he said, "I walked into a bar and she was up on stage playing the guitar and singing and I fell head over heals for her."(married 24 years)
I told the guy from New York about my rider from Syracuse, New York who said he had never heard of The New York Knicks. He said, "That's bad parenting."
She: "This neighborhood has been known to eat Uber Drivers." (Difficult to get around)
Shortly after alcohol detox for three days he couldn't sleep for four days. "On the fourth day I was becoming delusional and saw worms coming down from the ceiling. I just want to be normal again."
The professional soccer referee told me, "A sideline referee can make $70-$90,000 and the main referees can make as much as $140,000."
The Wal-Mart security guy said, "This store loses $5-$10,000 dollars a day to theft. Theft will always be a thing."
She: "When I visited New York I said, 'I cannot stay here."
From Iowa, she said, "I became a social worker because I wanted to help people."
The young woman is confident that her career path will find her based on a religious saying, "If it is buried between two mountains it will find me."
From San Francisco and living in Australia for many years, "Our eight-year-old son keeps asking us to take him to Paris for his birthday. He's a big soccer fan of the Paris team."
He said, "Enjoy what you do until you get to do what you enjoy."
He: "In our Wal-Mart store a homeless man comes in and steals food, but instead of eating it he flushes down the toilet to make it overflow."
Over twenty years ago my rider lost his sight: "A guy I didn't know intentionally drove into my car and the police said it was road rage. He took a sawed off shot-gun and shot through my window. I was in a coma for a short time and the guy was caught and died a short time later. I still have a lot of pain today." He's been working at Amazon the past three years.
Having lived in beautiful Monterey, California, she said the place was known as 'newly wed or nearly dead.'" She met her fiance there.
She: "I like dealing with kids way better than working in sales with people."
The Lieutenant Commander said, "My fiance is also a Lieutenant Commander. At one point I outranked him and he used to salute me when we were not on duty just for fun."
New York Knick fan from New York: "When they won I slept with my New York Knick flag."
"My dad use to build guidance systems for rockets for NASA here in Colorado."
I asked him why he got into into military intelligence and he said, "I wanted to have a meaningful impact."
I told him that my lack of hair is my dad's fault and he said, "The hair I have all over my body is my dad's fault."
He: "When I was four years old my dad took me to Japan, it was a bad idea."
"There are a lot of burger places around the world, It's the only export we like from the U.S."
From Minnesota they told me that, "A bear was found near our lake in a whole he made. We called a bear biologist who go him out and changed his tracking so they could keep an eye on it."
Working in a computer science department at a university she said, "We had some old CPR mannequins lying around so we put them up at the front desk. I don't think some of the faculty appreciated my sense of humor."
Business owner: "Did you notice after the pandemic that people changed and just didn't care about others?"
When he drove through Wyoming he saw a wind warning sign that said that said, "Cars may tip over."
I said to her, "Congratulations on your dual careers." (Dog trainer and speech therapist) She said, "You should talk to my parents."
The two Australians studying finance in Philadelphia said, "Pennsylvania is awesome."
I asked the accountant if he liked numbers and he said, "Not really, they just come to me."
I asked the mother of six children, "How do you raise six kids?" She said, "Love the chaos and accept help."
Red Sox fan: "I forgive you for being a Yankee fan."
He: "When I was in high school my parents motivated me to get 95 and up in all my classes and they would get me a new phone.
I asked the guy in the Navy, "What is the best thing you've gotten out of the Navy?" He said, "Discipline and accountability-if you're without that, what do you have?"
Having lived in Idaho and Iowa she said, "There's really not much to talk about there."
"I'm really impressed with the culture and people in Denver."
She's in community development and told me, "I use to do fundraising for a non-profit and now I'm giving money away to people."
Used to be From Buffalo: "They have a very negative attitude and complain a lot."
He: "In Germany there is no conversation in taxis."
"90% of the Uber/Lyft drivers in Australia are international students."
She: "I like dealing with kids way better than working in sales with people."
She: "I'm a private chef and I prepare food for seven families during the week."
Married 26 years I asked them, "What's the secret of a successful marriage?" They agreed, "Compromise."
Candy: "I was named after a famous actress on one of the top shows in Mexico."
She: "I was a Navy Baby and we lived in many places."
I asked the service man what country he liked the most and he said, "Poland, I walked around there like a ghost."
"Panama city was beautiful, it looked like Miami."
I asked, "Have you ever gotten a gift from an Uber driver?" She said, "We've gotten some recipes from some drivers."
She: "I'm a nanny for a very smart four-year old and I asked her what I should have for dinner and she said, 'Anything but pizza.' I was going to have pizza but I chose something else."
The owner of a commercial real estate company had no experience when he bought the company. He said, "It's paint, it's not rocket science."
The former Dallas Cowboy fan said, "I don't root for them anymore."
Her name was "Madoka" which means flowers by a window."
She: "I added four stops on my ride and the Uber driver came in with me to shop."
Cook: "I enjoy giving someone a good feed."
Woman: "My dad was a pastor and I'm a PK (pastor kid) and I was a wild child."
The woman had moved from another country and I asked, "What do you like best about our country."
She replied, "Halloween and Thanksgiving."
He: "When you have a child it's part of the growth of your tree. When you have a grandchild it's the fruit off of the tree."
She: "In Iowa we have the world's largest truck stop."
She: "I moved to Mexico to learn Spanish."
She: "I played softball once on "The Field of Dreams" in Iowa."
"Casa Benito in Lakewood had 1,738 people come in yesterday between 3 pm- 9 pm. It's like a Mexican Disneyland."
He: "I got interested in flying when I took a discovery flight in high school. I paid $250 and I got to fly over my high school and take pictures."
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CAYMAN ISLAND BILL WORTH $12-COUNTRY #81
I PICKED UP PEOPLE FROM
Nicaragua, United Kingdom, Iran, Germany, Australia, Burundi, Jamaica, Argentina, Cambodia, Iraq, Senegal, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, India, Sudan, Cuba, Peru, The Congo, Ghana.
I DROVE PEOPLE WITH THESE UNIQUE OCCUPATIONS:
Army Intelligence analyst Owner spa/massage parlor Private chef
Dog Trainer/Speech Therapist Marine Corps Recruiter Married couple both geologists
Parking lot owner Chemist Operations Nuclear Fusion
Studying Quantum Engineering Judge Assistant Couple owns soccer business
Part-time voice for video games Kidney researcher Life Coach
Former Army bomb specialist Builder high voltage transmission lines
Project manager AI scientist Urban planner
WHAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT ME AND MY CAR
"I love that you turned something mundane into something beautiful."
I told the two young skilled guys how fortunate they were to be skilled and one said, "You have the experience and knowledge we would die for. You can do more than us."
"Keep finding the good in people."
"I don't think I'll get another ride like this the rest of my life." After sending the two young Aussies a picture of them in my car, one said, "That has just made my whole week!!!!! It's an honour."
"This was one last beautiful event on our trip."
"It is amazing what happens when you treat people with kindness and respect."
Driving her to the dentist for a broken crown she said, "I'm really a scaredy cat for these things, but you made me feel a lot better with this ride." I said, "I do a lot of work for this dentist."
"I'll never forget this ride."
"Thank you for the magical ride!"
"This car is a blessing.
"This is a joy, it's so positive."
"This was a great way to start our evening."
The young engineer was looking for a job and I'm going to give his name and number to my son who is an engineer. My rider said, "If I got a job you would get the biggest tip ever!"
"I loved seeing your museum."
"I like your car, it looks thin."
"I like your pictures, amazing, very impressive, great job."
She said, "Getting in your blog was not on my bingo card today."
"You have a really great car."
"This makes you feel something."
"You were awesome."
"I love the different bills."
"This is incredible, I love it."
"This was the most unique Uber I've ever been in."
"This was a lovely ride."
She: "I like your sign-if you can't find the sunshine be the sunshine."
"This was fun."
"This was very, very cool."
"It's a lot easier to see the dark side in life."
"I appreciate you."
"Nice to meet another eastcoaster"
From Minnesota, "Thanks for sharing your stories with us."
"I hope you get money from all the countries."
"It was the best decision to pick-up my car early."











