March was a very special month with so many interesting stories. These first three rides will be three of the best rides of 2025 and I will enjoy sharing them with many others. Part 2 of my favorite March riders will be out in a few days.
GOOD VIBRATIONS ON SHIPS
I have driven people with over two hundred different occupations, but this was a new one for me. Her position is Vibration Technician and she works in the engine rooms on ships. She checks and fixes some of the machines so they work perfectly. She was going to go to school for medicine, but took the job to save money. Her dad does the same work and he was able to help her get the job and he helped with her training.
In her mid-twenties (?) she said, "I often get confused with being someone's wife or girlfriend when I get on a ship." She frequently is the only woman on the ship. She is outgoing, well-spoken, and has a very big smile and I have no doubt she would be successful in sales or anything else she attempts to do.
It was a great ride from the airport and even better when she gave me a bill for my 62nd country, Australia, with Queen Elizabeth. She also gave me a hat from the company she works for which sits on my dashboard. Her picture is front and center in my car and underneath it says, "Charleston Technician."
If that wasn't enough, when she went inside her house, I was cleaning my car up and she came out with a friend of hers. She told me, "I told my friend I just met one of the most incredible people." Her friend got the tour of my museum and gave me one of the best compliments I've had when she said, "You're a breath of fresh air, you value people." Rides do not get much better than this...ever.
THE GOOD KARMA GIFT
This month I drove two different women in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina and they led me to one of the best moments in my almost seven years of driving. At the beginning of the month I picked a woman up on a Sunday at 8 am. She was barely awake, on no sleep, and managed to say hello before looking at her car. I left her alone until I saw her looking at the money and pictures of riders in my car. We had a conversation and I got a few smiles and she woke up. I told her some riders get upset that they don't have something to give me for my car and she said she did.
She's been carrying her mom's ring for three years since she passed and it's been bad karma for her maybe because they weren't on good terms at the end. She wanted me to take the ring, (maybe worth $130) and she said, "Change the Karma and give it to a Leo." She and her mom were born August 15th and 17th and then I told her I was born on the 19th of August. She was upset about the ring and I agreed to take it, but if she changed her mind I would return it. I took her picture with the ring and she looked nothing like the woman I picked up and I put the words, "Good Karma" under it and hung it in my car.
A few hours later, I picked up a woman whose daughter was born August 14th and she was visiting in two weeks. She is serving in the Army and I thought it be cool to give the ring to a woman serving our country. The ring owner loved the idea, so I set it up with the mom.
I would have picked them up on my time for no money, but my car had to be towed. I bribed the tow truck driver to stop at a gas station and the mother and daughter met me. I told the story to the daughter and she was surprised and she liked the ring. I asked her if she would like this gift from my passenger and she accepted. I thanked her for serving and told her if anyone doubts support for those who serve, she will always have this story and ring.
When I told the previous ring owner she said, "I'm so happy that she likes it! That brings me joy."
The picture of the mom and her daughter will hang next to the "Good Karma" woman and underneath their picture below it will say- "The Gift." This story will be one of the best I have and it will be enjoyed by hundreds or thousands of riders in the future."
She and her two friends were in Charleston for her baccalaureate party and she put on a hysterical performance. I'm going to have to consider her one of the top five funniest women that I have driven the past seven years. I'm not even sure which of these are the funniest comments, but you decide:
1. "When I was a senior in high school I heard that they were building a senior living home next to the high school. I told my parents that my friend and I were going to move in there."
2. Her friend told me that Kassi once asked, "What meat is on a veggie sub?"
3. "I came to South Carolina about five years ago and I was rooting for the South Carolina Gamecocks. I bought a hat that said, "Go C o c k s ." When I got home, no one knew what that meant, they thought I was a whore."
4. "We were in a Tesla that was driving itself and I asked the driver, "What do you do with your feet?" He answered, "I don't have any limbs."
5. "I was in a hurry in the bathroom and I went to brush my teeth and I grabbed the Preparation H and it was disgusting. There was no minty flavor. I probably needed a root canal after that."
THE SELF-MADE MAN
He was impressive and he told me that he was, "A self-made man." He talked like a very successful man. "I turn lemons into lemonade; I don't believe in 'woe's me.' " He works for a big airline and handles all the media content for the corporate staff. He was on vacation, but they don't like him to be away. He explained, "I save them $10-15 million dollars a month." He's overcome some personal challenges and he's very confident he's in the right place. I think the company is very thankful to have him. I wish I had more time to talk to him.
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