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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Do some of your passengers use you as a therapist by telling you their upsets of the day?  [/b]

I jokingly accuse my friend of not needing a therapist because she uses Uber drivers instead.  She has gotten repeat drivers who will ask how something she told them about on a previous drive worked out.

She also once took an Uber from DC to an exotic animal pet hospital in Fairfax with her pet guinea pig, giving him mouth-to-mouth respiration the entire way.  I wondered what was going through the Uber driver's mind as this unfolded.[/quote]
Oh god, yes, all the time.  And since  they have you captive there’s no other choice than to listen, and it’s 10x worse when they’re tipsy.  I just nod my head and say a lot of “yep” and “you’re right”, because I couldn’t care less.  Some drivers seem to enjoy this interaction part of the job, especially when people are talking about their issues.  I like to talk about fun, exciting things. But if the rider’s just going to go on and on about all their problems, I want to deliver them safely from A to B as fast as possible, wish them luck, collect their money, and move on.

[quote=Anonymous]How many miles are on your vehicle and what year is it?[/quote]
Currently 28k miles on a 2017 Ford that I got for a steal during the Memorial Day sale that year.  Base model out the door for $11k cash with a barely running trade-in.  My prior 2010 Ford got to 180k miles but was racking up some serious repair bills.  It had served it’s purpose and I milked plenty of cash out of it, so it was time to move on.  I’d never recommend buying a new car for uber, but since getting married I’ve knocked my yearly miles down to ~12k which are almost exclusively driving uber.  We run errands and go on trips in my wife’s car.[/quote]

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