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Thanks for sharing this.

radautoworks:
So according to Houston and US government, Uber falls under "essential services" that will remain open during the shut-down.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/so-what-is-an-essential-business-or-job/285-1b1e3a7a-b176-426f-ad96-efc1255375fb

Sense wee not kee you!

Fuckkthemod:
Buhari sent his chief of staff on the VP’s duty and he brought him the virus.

I'm with your opinions and Felicity on this. These riders can be damn annoying. You make love in my car, menh, be ready to drop on 5th mainland bridge so far you won't listen to my warning. Arrant nonsense.

sexylassie2:
You cancel the trip if you feel your health is at risk.

Humans are self fish especially during this virus period, they will tell you lies and manipulate you in doing their biddings while putting your health at risk.

This is not an emotional decision but a logical one, if you as a driver think your life and health is in danger, it is your right to end the trip.

chillex8:
Rider reported driver was sneezing during the trip.

really? It's a crime to have normal flu now be that o

Babadee1900:
Anyone experienced this before? A rider farting in the car!

One guy among three guys that I just dropped now did so. Damn it was crazy, dude said he couldn’t hold it.

First thing is to wind down and turn off AC till the end of the trip

Ahhh This guy, you re something else. True talk sha

AngryIgboMan:
Nobody should allow himself to be deceived. Uber and Bolt are not mates. Where Uber is, it will take bolt 100 years to get there. Take this from someone that was on the platform for over 4 years.

Uber and Bolt has there pros and cons but Generally, Uber is a thousand miles ahead of Bolt.

Bolt is better if you want to do what I call "rough or street work". This is so because a lot of bolt riders are very useless, untrained girls. So a lot of there drivers too are werey on there own. You change it for them, they change it for you.

Advantages On bolt is that you can cancel at will, curse riders as you wish if they curse you, See riders destination, set destination under surge, get matched to your preferred destination. Bolt also has this advantage of reabsorbing the driver into the system after ejecting you because all they care about is money. Bolt will match you to your exact destination or a related place. They have a serious advantage over Uber in this. On bolt too, you can call customer care to unblock you with a simple explanation. They will unblock you.

The downside of Bolt is Careless Miscalculations, Atines does not add the toll fares, atimes they fix price that whatever you drive is your business... Price will remain same, iddiotic frustrated riders, Very useless app that can frustrate your life, you dare not make or answer call while on a trip else everything will come out at 500, No cancellation fee even if you waited for 30 minutes and rider cancelled, Very useless customer care that will take days or weeks to reply a simple enquiry, useless surge that will never pass 2.1 at most, riders can run away with your money and thats it, riders can report you and you are yanked off the platform without any investigation. etc Funny enough, they will unblock you immediately you beg. Foolish people. It helps though when you a driver that has low tolerance for rubbish like me.

Uber is better if you want to do disciplined civil work. Uber has a lot of advantages over bolt. Where do I even start? Uber has far more disciplined riders than Bolt. This is 100% fact. On Uber, once you complete 20 trips everything will become 3%. This gives you far more money than bolt can ever give you. Uber also has good customer care that replies you in seconds or minutes, Uber will refund you if a customer really runs away with your money, uber has cancellation fee for some crazy riders that will cancel at the last minute, Uber has surge up to 6.5! This a fact. I have eaten it before. From Ikoyi to Lekki going and coming, a rider payed me over 12k in 20 minutes. This was during Christmas and road was very free oo.

Uber app is the best in the world. It is very Fluid and Stable. If you want, make call from pickup to destination... Price will still be properly calculated. Atimes Uber refunds you if Lastma or Police gives you a fine and you have receipt.

The downsides of Uber is You can't cancel anyhow, you can't see riders destination, you can't set destination under surge (I HATE UBER WITH PASSION FOR THIS), They decide when you go online or offline, They don't forgive once they yank you off the system, They are very strict too.

To cap it up Check real VI, LEKKI, IKOYI, BANANA ISLAND, VGC big men, boys and ladies. They don't use bolt. Only dirty Ejigbo, Idimu, Idi Araba, Igando and Alakija prostitutes use bolt. Also dirty, broke ill mannered lekki runs girls use bolt too.


SO WHICH ONE IS PREFERABLE FOR ME?

BOTH! Depending on the spirit inside me when I wake up. If Satan is at work, I use Bolt. It God is at work, I use Uber. If I want to make mad, untamed money and drive with hatred for black people, I use Bolt. If I want to drive with love and concern for humanity while making clean money, I use Uber.

In Nigeria, nobody is a saint. Everybody is a thief. If you use Bolt, you can make money you didnt work for. On Uber, you can barely do that. This implies that Bolt will help you survive more in a city like Lagos where the average person is a crooked criminal. Bolt is more liable to Sakamanje which means more money. Mileage editing, receipt editing, email spoofing, screenshoting of receipts is more rampant on bolt which means more money. If you try it on Uber, they are catching you that very second due to there top technology.

I remember the early days of Bolt when manipulations was far more easier. One stupid girl was running his mouth like tap water insulting me. I ignored her. I simply used my Lockito and set her pickup as Kano and Destination as Jigawa. When trip ended and I showed her receipt, she shouted Jesus!

Rider: Oga this map shows I was in Kano. When was I Kano?

Me: Nne, you were in Kano whether you like it or not and we are in Jigawa now. You must pay me oo. You are even lucky I did not take you to Japan.

Don't ask me how it finally ended. Chai... I miss Bolt of 2016. When you can take a rider from China to Gabon.

Bolt driver app is working now. Guys I had this funny experience at VGC yesterday night that I think I should share. Took rider to VGC, a resident. She used her access card at gate. I dropped her at home. Mind you she didn't put the correct address, so it was the usual turn right, turn left thing that got me to her place. On getting back to gate I was asked to supply Pin before I could drive out.
I know VGC requires Pin to enter but not to go out. Unfortunately for me, the rider didn't use pin to enter. Was asked to call the rider or go back to where I dropped her. Her number was switched off. I had no idea of where I dropped her. Na so local man got stuck inside VGC o.
I was there for more than an hour and saw other drivers who had same issue. I had to practically appeal to some of their ogas wey dey security post before I was let out o.

Lesson: When you drive to VGC, access card or not, make sure rider get you PIN o. All da best.

Guys my bolt driver app is giving server error. I can't open it. Anyone with same issue?

I made it my own rule. To carry load, we do offline.
My car is to pick and drop human beings not loads.

skillip:
Somewhere around Sura.
Rider : Mr Xxxxx, where are you ?
Me: I'm off the road around that Lastma office, where are you ?
Rider : I'm at Total Petrol station
Me: where are you going and do you have any load ?
Rider: Surulere, no load
I drove into Total by Sura , didn't see her, called and sighted her outside
Rider: I'm going to Ijesha and I want to carry about 70 crates of eggs
Me: I asked you if you have any thing you want to carry and you said NO (egg go break or something wahala go start)
Rider: I didn't say that, etc
Me : I'm sorry I cant carry eggs let alone go to Ijesha, please cancel.

I just drive towards Marina side , got few request gnore them , drive reach Apongbon, area boy stop me make I carry 2 passenger with small load, give am #200 face destination. It's not everytime I like to work or give Uche 20%.....

On bolt, at times the fare doesn't change. It's better you ask the rider to allow you end the trip and start again.

Sammylee22:
Good morning to the house.
Please if you pick a rider to a destination and getting to the destination and the rider wants you to take him back to the pick up location, Will it be calculated automatically by Uber/bolt after the whole trip?

Bro, no be small thing.

abitafah:
is it riders that don't confirm the authenticity of the driver and the car that came to pick them before jumping into the car that will be looking for their name on drivers phone?

It is fraudulent of Bolt then. If they don't want you check price, the button should not be there at all.

Romeo3:
stop checking current price. It disrupts the app but they won't tell you.

Guy ask questions before you conclude. I use Mi Note 10 Pro. 8gb 256 gb rom. It is one of the best phones out there. I use 4g sim as well. So the GPS issue is with Bolt not phone.

Thanks for your advice though!

Romeo3:
use a 4G lte phone

4gb ram 64gb space phone. And use 4G sim.

If you don't have that phone spec, you need an upgrade. If you can't buy one now, you need to walk into a phone shop and ask them for "easybuy" easybuy allows you pay 30% for the phone and spread remaining payment for 6 months.

If you can't, update your android software, your bolt app, and your Google Maps. From your bolt app, choose the setting that allows Google Map to come up immediately the trip starts.

Now when ending the trip and the app is taking too long, never ever restart your phone. Keep turning your network on and off until the fare shows. Bolt app always calculates the estimated fare for you.

Mine is usually on card trip. Bolt is really shitty!

InfinityEstates:
The matter tire me o... I was going to bring it up here this evening. And for me, it usually happens on cash trips not card that they can deduct later on their own. Lost 1.2K last week because of the issue. This night again, another 1.1K. Sent a message to the lady. I still dey wait alert. The matter don tire me. I even tried checking current price, the thing no gree load. Yesterday I tried same, the current price was higher than the final price due to same GPS error ish...

Guys on Bolt, aw u dey cope with this gps error issue? Abi na only me the thing dey affect? I Don ask for trip review tire today o especially when I pass tru Lekki link bdrige toll gate.

How much and workmanship?

GAZZUZZ:
Now Available.

08038119063

Can it fly for 3m?

What are the available documents?

I hope it gets there.

debetmx:
Front Page.

dru23:
Dru na young man o .. I still dey hustle bro , no easy at all . I clock in 80hrs a week non stop , I must buy house for banana Island ... till than na get rich or die trying.....

The guy go hustle. It ain't easy in Lasgidi.

hefelove:
But where is Angryigboman

Bolt. The part that only irritates me is when rider becomes impatient for me to see the alert. The trip no be cash or card? So you must wait till I confirm your transfer.

sofdoc1:
On Uber or bolt?

I simply wind down my windows and turn off the AC.
When they ask why, I tell them the aroma will linger on in the car if I Don t do that. Also, that the next rider won't like such. While allowing them to eat, I sound warning of not staying my car with their food. Chikena.

Felicity0001:
Hi guys hope your week is starting in a good note.

Guys how do you handle riders who always want to eat in the car, I'm finding it very difficult to handle most riders in this. Most of them feel it's normal to eat in the car and most say I'm the first uber driver to call their attention on that.

One among the 3guys I carried last night around 2am says "after all its my right, I'm paying so I can do anything I like..." I just ended trip then asked them to come down of my vehicle, "i wont pay you".
Me: no problem about that
"I'll rate you low"
Me: i dont give a Bleep about rating. please come down I've close for the day this is a destination trip thats y I on my bolt app.

Las las his other friend who was cool headed was now trying to calm the situation and was begging I drop them. They knew it will be diffixult for them to get a ride home they now calm down. Yet the most stubborn one among them still did eat quietly behind.

I need clue in how beat to handle such riders please.

I do this a lot. And it works guys.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I understand that as humans,we can be lenient and compassionate sometimes,but I think some of you are allowing that to becloud your thinking

Simply notify your riders that you don't collect TRANSFERS for CASH before you start the trip.

I can even understand the fake alerts as scamming, but how you let a rider leave your car with the "I-will-do-it-later" line is shocking.

If he/she didn't want to pay with cash,it's easy to change it on the app.

Very simple something
You: Sir/Ma, this trip is a cash trip. I don't accept transfers please

Rider: I don't have cash on me

You:It means you'll wait for me to see an alert on MY PHONE, or I could cancel while you wait for another

Wetin hard for here?

Make Una no let all these people dey ride Una.[/color]

Dabronze:
sorry bro that's one of the injustice act that happen in our country but come to think of it you really don't have issue with the unknown soldier it is woman(neighbors) you have problem with ,since the landlord and the baale hv ask her to apologize to you, the ball is in your court you can play it where ever you like but if still insist on retaliation there is something you can do to her but I can be saying DAT here OP.

I have DM you.

Thanks. I ve copied it. You can delete it.

olukaygold:
You know what, let's take it from here,about the police station you reported the matter but no response yet,this is Lagos state CP number ODUMOSU H. OLUSEGUN 0806566817nine.call him and report the case to him,pls Be fast to copy the number because I'll delete it now.

Seriously, I thought of the spiritual angle to deal with the matter judging from how pained I am.


Never drop the thought yet sef!

olukaygold:
Let go As in they still invited that Girl friend(Neighbor) to apologise Op, she still dey do shakara what she meant is "wetin the OP go do?" If na me,if I can't tackle them physically, I'll call Peter Edochi,call Fadeyi oloro not only them,go to ogbomoso (learnt charm is cheap and work fast there)and go spiritually for their matter. How do you want me to raise my head while walking on the street when we're still living in the same Compound.

What are the available documents?

I think I should share this here in case I can still get justice.
Because of traffic stress in lagos, despite having my own home, I decided to rent a place on Lekki axis.
In the middle of the night around some mins to 2 am few weeks ago, some soldiers, 8 of them, started knocking on my Apartment. When I sighted them to be soldiers and don't have anything to do with army, I inquired what they wanted. Instead they kept banging on my door. I had to call the landlord who instructed me not to open the door. I made call to 767 too, Lagos emergency number.
Long story short, they broke into my apartment and bundled me into their waiting van. They drove me round till they stopped by the road side close to Folixx restaurant around Ikate. They put me by the side of the gutter there while some of them used their body as cover so that passing vehicles won't see what's going on. Others began torturing me. They did all bad stuffs to me. I nearly passed out. They even got water from the gutter asking me to drink it. I refused but kept asking them what my offence was.

They won't tell me until after they drove me again to another area around Osapa London. They introduced me to another guy in mufti. He claimed that he was in my house 2 days before that time. That he is a boyfriend to my neighbour. Immediately , I remembered a neighbour asked me to repark my car 2 days before. According to the guy, he was the one and that the punishment and beating was for not coming out on time to repark.

He asked his boys to let me go at last after too much beating.
I actually didn't block this guy when I came back home that night but parked close to him. Even by the time I came out to repark, he already got his car out.

I met police at home through 767 call. They wanted to pick the girlfriend. But my landlord insisted that we should wait till day break. When I sensed nothing was forthcoming in the morning, I lodged a formal complaint at Ilasan police station. But there was no officer to follow me for the arrest. The one available was asking for too much. Eventually, the Baale of my area came to settle the matter, asking the girl to apologise and repair my damaged door. She refused to do any. My landlord had to fix the door.

All the people I have been talking to about this incident said since I dont know the names of these soldiers that it will be difficult to get justice. Anyone with a way to get justice? I have pictures of me when I came back that morning battered and injured.

Mod, kindly help push to the front page for justice to prevail.

Cc: Mynd44

Now that's what this forum should be tackling not other things we ve been battling with for days now.
Any comment that is not in line with the thread like that of sexyl should be IGNORED please. One love.

sonshyne:
Good morning all. I want to seize this medium to appreciate everyone for your concerns over my case with a rider on bolt. She can't but do it so early as she confirm series of calls she got from different people. She has transfer the money to me this morning. Thank you all

I think only a JJC driver in this business, or driver with no sense of direction will still be taking rdier up and down or even waiting for them unnecessarily.
It is my own policy: no stop overs. And it's been working for me. If you like dey stop over here n there. Or let them turn you to their personal driver. Na ur cup of tea.

xana101:
Bolt are crazy!!!
Guys be aware that if u take a rider to more than one destination bolt will recalculate the price and tell u gps error. What I do now is after one stop it’s offline straight. Only on bolt not on Uber.

Just saw your message. Still open?

Y1nka:
treat as urgent.


If you are or know any Uber / bolt driver going to Island this night,chevron. I need an iphone to be sent to a customer in chevron Lekki. If you can help tag it along. 6k.


Call before 9pm today if possible and around IKEJA

08023677089 : I’m in computer village Idowu lane