Pearl1910:
Nice analysis but u have to consider the risk in doing an out of town trip that's why companies pay allowances when u travel out of town. They don't say because you are being paid your salary so you will be taken to the moon and back with no extra incentive. Let's try to appreciate work done in Nigeria. The driver is just lucky you got back early, if u stayed till evening he would have still got same fare, trust me, he would have made same thing if he was in town jejely.

BillGoldberg:


You guys that are not lazy, why can't you guys drive yourself and leave we lazy drivers in peace? Is it your lazy?

nitigriti:
The offer is to and fro trip to Abeokuta for #15,000.
I buy #3,000 fuel, I reserve #1,000 for my light breakfast and big lunch. I can be in Abeokuta in 2 hours. Return trip is 2 hours. I wait 4 hours in Abeokuta. Total of 8 hours. 10:00am to 6:00pm is 8 hours. 6:00pm, I've returned rider to Ikeja. I set destination and go home. Infact, forget destination, I blow empty go house. I check my wallet at home, #11,000 is smiling at me.
How many drivers made #11,000 after Uber/Taxify today, a Tuesday? Someone should explain what doesn't make business sense here.

izzou:


It makes so much sense to me too. If I was still in the game, probably I would have taken it

But that doesnt mean I should see those who refuse it as lazy or senseless

it's simply an offer.

platinumricky:
05/06 audi A4? I guess it's the B6 generation. U didn't state the transmission type which was paired with the 1.8T engine. That audi makes sense for personal use and not Ehailing. The powertrain/suspension won't survive the abuse of lagos roads, besides the sump is made of aluminium which could easily be perforated, a phenomenon which could lead to catastrophic oil loss which can wreck the engine.You are much better off with a corolla. Due to the peculiar nature of how things work here, a Japanese vehicle will be better off. The audi also has a horrible resale value.

segzyndpep:


Na u go give am 100k before the day ends abi

izzou:


A very unnecessary line to use

The driver is providing a service, and you are paying for it. Stop making it look like you are paying him for free and doing him a favor

Before you start seeing 15k as 15billion, I've taken someone offline from Dolphin to Alpha beach, to and fro, and he paid me 15k without any negotiation

The guy's offer was 15k....Simple. What has laziness got to do with that? So no uber driver made 12k today Abi? Or going to Abeokuta to and fro for 15k is the best deal someone can ever encounter?

This is business oga.... Make your offer and whoever it pleases will take it. Dont make people look stupid because they declined your offer.. Over a thousand offline trips were done today. Your own is just one

Pearl1910:
Nice analysis but u have to consider the risk in doing an out of town trip that's why companies pay allowances when u travel out of town. They don't say because you are being paid your salary so you will be taken to the moon and back with no extra incentive. Let's try to appreciate work done in Nigeria. The driver is just lucky you got back early, if u stayed till evening he would have still got same fare, trust me, he would have made same thing if he was in town jejely.

izzou:


A very unnecessary line to use

The driver is providing a service, and you are paying for it. Stop making it look like you are paying him for free and doing him a favor

Before you start seeing 15k as 15billion, I've taken someone offline from Dolphin to Alpha beach, to and fro, and he paid me 15k without any negotiation

The guy's offer was 15k....Simple. What has laziness got to do with that? So no uber driver made 12k today Abi? Or going to Abeokuta to and fro for 15k is the best deal someone can ever encounter?

This is business oga.... Make your offer and whoever it pleases will take it. Dont make people look stupid because they declined your offer.. Over a thousand offline trips were done today. Your own is just one

nitigriti:


Yeah, just as we shouldn't see those who will take the offer as being stupid or greedy or car damagers or people spoiling business

Pearl1910:
Nice analysis but u have to consider the risk in doing an out of town trip that's why companies pay allowances when u travel out of town. They don't say because you are being paid your salary so you will be taken to the moon and back with no extra incentive. Let's try to appreciate work done in Nigeria. The driver is just lucky you got back early, if u stayed till evening he would have still got same fare, trust me, he would have made same thing if he was in town jejely.

Tyche:


I was just discombobulated, have been more like a spectator here, but concerned about the state of the business and wants encourage someone to keep on keeping on.

But then, it is what it always is, ghost mode re-activated. Best of luck to everyone here, from my heart of hearts.

nitigriti:
The offer is to and fro trip to Abeokuta for #15,000.
I buy #3,000 fuel, I reserve #1,000 for my light breakfast and big lunch. I can be in Abeokuta in 2 hours. Return trip is 2 hours. I wait 4 hours in Abeokuta. Total of 8 hours. 10:00am to 6:00pm is 8 hours. 6:00pm, I've returned rider to Ikeja. I set destination and go home. Infact, forget destination, I blow empty go house. I check my wallet at home, #11,000 is smiling at me.
How many drivers made #11,000 after Uber/Taxify today, a Tuesday? Someone should explain what doesn't make business sense here.

nitigriti:


There's no risk on the roads between Ikeja and Abeokuta from 10:00am to 3:00pm that a driver who works overnight in Lagos; where drivers are being killed and their cars collected, or where drivers doze off and crash their cars, cannot face.

Again, what risk? There's no risk at all on that trip.
Companies pay outstation allowances for expenses and inconveniences, not because there is a risk the staff might die on the trip.
Biko

nitigriti:


There's no risk on the roads between Ikeja and Abeokuta from 10:00am to 3:00pm that a driver who works overnight in Lagos; where drivers are being killed and their cars collected, or where drivers doze off and crash their cars, cannot face.

Again, what risk? There's no risk at all on that trip.
Companies pay outstation allowances for expenses and inconveniences, not because there is a risk the staff might die on the trip.
Biko

Chuwaa:


Prov 22:13
Prov 26:13
'The slothful mandriver saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

nitigriti:


There's no risk on the roads between Ikeja and Abeokuta from 10:00am to 3:00pm that a driver who works overnight in Lagos; where drivers are being killed and their cars collected, or where drivers doze off and crash their cars, cannot face.

Again, what risk? There's no risk at all on that trip.
Companies pay outstation allowances for expenses and inconveniences, not because there is a risk the staff might die on the trip.
Biko

nitigriti:
The offer is to and fro trip to Abeokuta for #15,000.
I buy #3,000 fuel, I reserve #1,000 for my light breakfast and big lunch. I can be in Abeokuta in 2 hours. Return trip is 2 hours. I wait 4 hours in Abeokuta. Total of 8 hours. 10:00am to 6:00pm is 8 hours. 6:00pm, I've returned rider to Ikeja. I set destination and go home. Infact, forget destination, I blow empty go house. I check my wallet at home, #11,000 is smiling at me.
How many drivers made #11,000 after Uber/Taxify today, a Tuesday? Someone should explain what doesn't make business sense here.

Chuwaa:


That's why people still assume and come here to cry low request yen yen yen.

I purposely said till 3pm and the eventual wise driver negotiated for 2hrs and we took less. He saw opportunities where you see challenges. Anyway if what am doing pans out, same journey will repeat every two weeks, while the 'careful wise' drivers will keep loitering at Isaac John, Admiralty and Freedom way. Enough said.

Tyche:
Forget these lazy driver way full here abeg, entitled lots they are. They will just be complaining of request up and down but will fail to make best use of the little opportunity available to them. They do not know that opportunity when is comes, does look like challenge.

This morning, I posted a not so attractive trip. Not because I can't easily get an Uber or a taxi to take me/us there, but because I want someone here to just benefit from what I wanted to do today, that's why I used brother in my post.

The guy that picked me today, we just booked hotel for him sef, him no fit drive go house, that's aside the money he made. And it continues till Thursday when he will drop us at the international and local airport respectively. But a lot of people passed it by because it's not what their lazy imagination wants.

A lot of drivers in Uber and Taxify are phucking entitledled; Fahrenz and dru23 we're right after all.

Chuwaa:


That's why people still assume and come here to cry low request yen yen yen.

I purposely said till 3pm and the eventual wise driver negotiated for 2hrs and we took less. He saw opportunities where you see challenges. Anyway if what am doing pans out, same journey will repeat every two weeks, while the 'careful wise' drivers will keep loitering at Isaac John, Admiralty and Freedom way. Enough said.

Thevisit:
Them no gree carry u for peanut, is it by force, Abeg shift make person see road. 15k kee u there

Thevisit:
You should have kept quiet than opening your mouth to make such comment. Every single minute you are on the road is a risk let alone on a high way, u gave the risk of accident, risk of bin robbed, risk of dreaded custom officers who would point a gun at you if you don't settle them, a whole lot of risk

Pearl1910:
Risk yakpa for that journey bro...na God dey protect us sha...and risk doesn't mean death o, abeg. Inconvenience and unplanned expenses are risks

Thevisit:
That is your opinion and the value you place yourself (15k)...
If a driver feels 15k isnt a good bargain, respect his decision.