Barbiturate:


The truth is, I didn't see any phone when I dropped her and the guy swore that he didn't take any phone.

I even sent her a message that I'm ready to come back to where I dropped her, if she wants, but she didn't reply me.

Thanks Jare, baba

Ha! In a tense situation like that, don't do the mistake of going to meet rider in their comfort zone to explain what kwanu ? A mob may be waiting for you. Na naija we dey Ooo.. people wey no even know how e take start will jump into conclusion.

You even waste your fuel go dey meet another rider accusing him of stealing a phone. That's another mistake because if nah werey rider u go meet, dem go change am for you.

That rider that refused to pay initially but later paid, God know say if nah me I will not even go on that trip from the beginning because the red flags are already there.

I try as much as I can to avoid toxic riders. Me self get my own frustrations for head but I try as much as I can not to pass it onto another person.

Last Sunday I got a request around 10pm from lekki going to ikeja, normal normal, nah very juicy trip for me that stays on the mainland. But the attitude of the rider made me cancel after like one minute talk over the phone.

Me: Good evening ma, I will be there in 7 minutes going by Google map.
Rider : Did not even return the greetings. Just start coming, be fast and that 7 minutes is too much.
Me : Still maintaining my cool, I already told you how long it will take, sometimes it might not be up to that. Can you wait for 7 minutes ?
Rider : Oga stop talking too much and start coming.
Me : Just ended the call, cancel and set my destination back.
E no pass like that.

Also, drivers should make sure that their inner lights are working very well, so that anytime a rider alights, there would be enough light for you and the rider to see any item a rider is about to leave behind.

This bolt fixed fare issue does not happen all the time, from my own experience. This last sunday self, a rider on uber said the fare is fixed after I ended the trip. Say na the maximum amount wey she see when booking, was what uber displayed at the end of the trip.

Please make una help me shook mouth for steering pump matter. Where can I get a very good reliable one and wetin be the price range now .
I took a risk to work on my steering pump but the thing still dey hard. Na so my 15k take enter water.
It's a 2006 toyota camry

Omoapena:


Going should be free from lekki but coming back, don't take lekki, take ijebu ode n probably order ride to drop the person you will be picking up at lekki.

Don't take lekki coming back..

Okay thanks. At lekki now to pick the second person.

Omoapena:


Why take lekki from magodo when you can just take ijebu ode without traffic and enjoy smooth ride...

We are picking up the second person from lekki. The trip is today. In all my experience, I never go beyond sangotedo.
Any tips on how to get epe via that route? Or make I just fire dey go

Please guys, what’s it like going to epe via lekki? Is 60k a good deal? Pick up is magodo.

Aikorodu road is on lockdown all the way from jibowu to ojota. Imagine working on that ojota bridge by this time of the day.
Doing the right thing at the wrong time.

It reminds me of one dude back in the days. There’s a guy we used to call clitor** codedly within our circle then, so one day like that after church service, there’s one other guy who not until that very day, apparently, didn’t know the meaning of clitor**, trying to call the clito guy, who was far from him, na so this guy begin shout clitor** inside church Oo!. Omo! No be small staring at that guy inside church that day oo.

Abeg make una give me tips on how to deal with those small small rats.
Dont know how the rat take enter the cabin, thinking it was when I worked on my AC.
Once I open the car in the morning, the rat go run enter that space wey dey for the hand break side. My mechanic don help me loose that gear side check all those area, we no see the rat.
I need to do something fast before the rat go jump out while on a trip, my matter go come enter twitter.

What is the weirdest thing that a rider has asked you for ?

One don ask me for mirror say she no see well with one inside car.
some don ask for tooth pick, perfume, paracetamol, cord.
Na so one even finish my chin chin. unto say make she take small, na so she finish am. Though she later dash me 1k.

Omoapena:



Those are conditional bonuses but this 50k bonus which is divided into 10k every week has no condition.

Whether you decline or cancel, it won't affect it, just finish 50 trips in 7 days and you will have the 10k

Nah the annoyance of that last time wey I chase bonus make me no dey even look into anything bonus again. This one self no go still work for me since na only weekend I dey mostly hustle.

The thing about those bonuses is that bolt will make you pay for the money that you are getting as bonus, by making you burn extra fuel for long pick ups in order to get the bonus.
except there's another way you guys by pass the finishing rate.
Even when rider cancel self, even before moving an inch, na driver go still bear the brunt.
I once did 15 trips on a sunday for a 7 trips bonus, yet bolt ruled me out on finishing rate rate.
Rider go put MM1 instead of MM2, on getting there rider go say, no na MM2, bolt go record that one as not finished.
If e get another way, make I come inbox for tips.

[quote author=Omoapena post=127053053]This Lagos is wild, I was on my way from osapa to unilag when I entered a big pot hole and my tyre deflated instantly, I parked by the road side to switch my tyre with the spare only for these touts/miscreants to appear from nowhere, they were 7 in numbers, they offered to help me but I said I'm okay with changing the tyre myself, I thought they would leave after telling them that but to my surprise, they were waiting.

Mine was at ikeja Along, by that conoil filling station.
Before I even loose the punctured tire finish, some dodgy looking guys don surround me.
Long story short... na the security for the filling station beg them to collect 1k from me. People just dey pass, nobody put mouth for the matter, and nah day time oo...

Another one na for night along capitol road agege. Nah rider settle them with 5k. When we got to rider's destination at egbeda, I told rider not to pay for the ride that I already ended the ride at agege but he insisted and gave me 3k. Some riders no get P i swear.

One of my funny experience with police in my early uber days.
I was to pick a rider at bariga, getting to oworo bus stop towards island, google map say turn right, I was kind of confused because there were lots of people their selling things and that place didn't look like there was a road there.
Na so I ask the police men wey pack their car there say weda road pass there, na so one of the police men shout at me say "Oga move this car now or I arrest you"
Omo! na so I face thirdmainland bridge Oo..

Gentlelife50:
People can't just pass without hitting your car, what's wrong with Nigerians?
Na waaooo, even adults won't keep their hands one place.
One even hit the side mirror as if they have been quarreling before, this Tinubu Lagos sef.

The one wey dey pain me pass na when I go say make I sleep small.

At the round about, take the first exit to stay on vawulance lane.

Barbiturate:
You're actually not getting my point and you're not realistic! I guess you just want accolades here!

I am not looking down on myself. As a matter of fact, I am a graduate with professional certifications and vast experience in my field.

In as much as there is dignity in every labour, there are still some hustle you can't boldly say openly at a certain gathering or function. There are still some hustle you can't be proud to say at a particular function and one of them is a driver!

If you lie to yourself about the stigmatisation of this hustle, then jokes on you!

This is Nigeria. We look down so much on some hustle. It is not like that abroad. People respect uber drivers abroad. Nigerians treat drivers like piece of sh1t. I once sat with a friend who brought his lecturer friend along. She's a female lecturer at unilag. We talked for long. She introduced herself and when she asked what I do, I told her I'm an uber driver......she went; oops...sorry, I shouldn't have asked! I said why? She said; never mind! Then I went as far as telling her my degree, prof qualification, experience and the MNC's I had worked with. I am explaining this because there are calibres of people you would sit with, you won't be able to say you're doing uber cos they will look down on you. It might even spoil things or deter opportunities you might get. I'd rather tell you my field(not uber) and then crown it with; "I'm inbetween jobs at the moment"

'PACKAGING'.
May you always last long in za oza room.

Except if nah emilokan invite you, avoid Queens drive Ikoyi. The sinkholes on that road go swallow your car.

ReadaDream:
It's not worth it with the new price of PMS.

How is the road to that place and what rout is best to follow just in case she up the amount ?

Pearl1910:


U will use 12k fuel on that journey. To and fro plus any waka within Ijebuode. So add ur minimum daily earnings to that and u should know what u will charge. Don't go lower than ur daily earnings for any reason.

For me I will not do that trip for less than 40k now. People need to understand that things have changed.

The 12k fuel is for what type of car ? I use biggy.
How is the road to that place and what rout is best to follow ?

ReadaDream:
45-50k

Na 40k self I tell her but she said 30k.

Please house, whats fair amount to charge from Magodo to Ijebuode and return same day ?

RisenJoe:

And pls where can I get a rental on with a good deal

Keep your eyes on this forum, sometimes people do post cars for rental.
Also, ask people around you, church, mosque, secrete society, clubs and son on....
My people say, if you keep quite, your creator too go keep quite.

RisenJoe:
I got a contract offer of 4yrs for hire purchase and I'm to make a weekly remittance of 45k per week for a period of 4yrs, pls can someone make that 45k or more per week in Lagos when you include Sundays,

And is island better than mainland with Uber?

As a jambite, look for rental.
That 45k na TRAP.

Snrman1:
Someone here discouraged me from working at night na abuja i day, i come do stubborn head enter road say make i work till 1. I never even drive up to 10mins tyres burst, my whell spanner no good see me begging around for it around 11pm omo this night hustle is not for me

Even person wey want do 12pm to 4pm work self suppose get better wheel spanner.

Pearl1910:


Lolz...So which sleep is chewing gum driving between 9am and 7pm?

Body dey different, some of us na ajebo The few times it happened to me were afternoons on free roads like thirdmainland bridge.
Since then, I make sure I have bitter cola, chewing gum, tom tom, baba blue in my car always.

@tojah and co. Any naija used coro on ground?

Avoid Osborn. Traffic dey do village meeting there now.

No even try put head for Kusenla. Mami water dem dey do party for there.

You guys are confusing my confusion.
But all in all, @Pearl1910 is a great guy. That was just a bad day in the office for him.
Lets look for the good in everyone.

VAWULENCE EVERYWHERE

Ceeman20:
Na so fine guy like this take cast for area untop pikin matter. Shey em family and village people will see him on internet like dis. It doesn't worth it really guys. Let's control ourselves. Pls patronise us today for your power steering pump of all car models. We're @ladipo lagos and Onitsha.

How much is power steering pump for 2006 toyota camry 2.4 L 4-cylinder ?

ReadaDream:
I know they no longer allow E-hailing drivers pick up from inside the beach premises

It's safe to pick up at the entrance gate, as it changed? What part of the beach is the harassment taking place?

Around that Zenith bank area