XGhost:


You can't use 1 case out of maybe 10k drivers as your parameter. That's fallacy of hasty generalization.

Except if you are not a driver, that's when you will call this a fallacy.

DonJoeSneh:

In case you didn't really understand, let me elaborate further for you. What I was saying in essence is, this job collects from you as much as it gives you. You aren't taking anything out of it if you are not careful. The tool you use for the job is a very delicate one.

Lemme break it further... For a teacher that earns let's say 100k a month... You can easily plan your life around that 100k and live fine to your standard. Your school principal or proprietor is not taking from that money. You don't buy chalk nor duster out of it. But this hustle, I bet there is none of us that calculates our gross and remove maintenance money before declaring our nets.... Once you remove BOLT commission and Fuel money, all the rest is your net and you spend all on whatever you want... The day ordinary tyre will burst, you will start begging your friends for money to buy a new one... Okada will remove your mirror, headlamp will break, bumper will remove, battery will die, shock will burst... All these money will come out from where?

Even a Carpenter will use one hammer for years before he buys another one. But you, you are always repairing your tool here n there.

In this my last post, Pearl1910 say na dust yarns, ah no need follow am argue.... Here is an image to buttress my point.... Ah dey Gross 70k with 10k fuel, na dem be that.

obinoral1179:
same goes to all other jobs and business out there. So don't limit it to Uber drivers alone.

Even in the saner climes nobody depends on one job to succeed.so your analysis is wrong sir.

In case you didn't really understand, let me elaborate further for you. What I was saying in essence is, this job collects from you as much as it gives you. You aren't taking anything out of it if you are not careful. The tool you use for the job is a very delicate one.

Lemme break it further... For a teacher that earns let's say 100k a month... You can easily plan your life around that 100k and live fine to your standard. Your school principal or proprietor is not taking from that money. You don't buy chalk nor duster out of it. But this hustle, I bet there is none of us that calculates our gross and remove maintenance money before declaring our nets.... Once you remove BOLT commission and Fuel money, all the rest is your net and you spend all on whatever you want... The day ordinary tyre will burst, you will start begging your friends for money to buy a new one... Okada will remove your mirror, headlamp will break, bumper will remove, battery will die, shock will burst... All these money will come out from where?

Even a Carpenter will use one hammer for years before he buys another one. But you, you are always repairing your tool here n there.

pope191:


Read your post and I can’t stop laughing for some reasons. We that started out when bolt have their office in lekki phase 1 knows better. I wasn’t mad at Felicity for no reason, but as someone that has been long in this hustle, the least I expect is for him to insult drivers and try to drive- shame the ones that have left. Which does mean he won’t drive one day. I have seen enough in and out. Nah situations they determine our fate in most case.

For me I’ll say it is not about what you think sometimes, but people perception. Just like Baze will say a driver can’t save up to a million in this business and they will also say drivers borrow this and that. An average Nigerian does not even think an Uber driver can eat 3 meals in a day. So why won’t they look down on one? I have completed 7000 plus rides, if not more. So it is ok to have pick issues with few riders and the first thing they attack is your hustle. If we all remember days riders will threaten to report and take away source of livelihood, because they felt one is completely useless and can’t get any other thing doing outside this. One girl don tell me say you get life nah em you come deh do Uber. I pull over and scold her that day. Someone that is still begging over the phone for a 50k job.

I have a boss that told me something this year, because he always want me to leave the shore of this country. His daughter gained admission to study out there for 2 years. And he told me you are dropping her at the airport as an undergraduate, you may be the one to go pick her as a graduate. Think about it. Jesu! Omo the alarm still deh ring in my head. As much as I have been working for him for 2 years and he is always in and out of the country at 60. He obviously know what he is telling me. We sit and chat. He still called me yesterday. On Friday we are on the phone for almost an hour. People that hangs around you see the potential in you that you can’t even see.

Good or bad is relative. Won’t say more than this. I am not ashame of the hustle. Anyone that knows me, will tell you I’m fine in my own lane. E still get some skele wey you go hide game from. It’s all about view and understanding the monkey you want to catch. I don’t know why we always do this. I have neighbors and friends I don’t even know what they do for a living or why they earn. An average Uber driver is fighting low self esteem for real.

Funny thing is, if you don't get external funds and you still rely on daily money from driving, you will still goan pick that girl as a graduate when she's done. Either una accept am or not, nobody dey grow in this hustle, you will just be a living thing... One small car issue can chop all your one month profit.

GeneralZodd:
Do not park anyhow on Lagos island to drop Riders. e.g BROAD STREET, CMS, Marina, Tinubu Square.

LASG captured my Car and fined me for illegal parking, they sent me a multi media SMS and a link to see my fuuuck up on live video.

Be wise

Where is the rider you are dropping, post the video for us.

In anything you do, drive with Indriver o, Bolt o, Uber o, Rida o, Kinikan kinikan. Buy fuel at #200/ltr, 400/ltr, 500/ltr, 600/ltr...Drive from morning to night, evening to dawn......


Never forget the Golden rule.... Any amount of fuel you buy must gross you x4 of that money. Once you buy fuel of 10k, make sure you gross 40k with it. Gaskia.

CheerfulGiver:
dey play

You wish. Gross this, gross that... Lawma truck go stand pass that your car by now. Hope you sha saving enough to buy new one. Congrats.

Crvrider:


During surge, wetin be 15k. Pearl or pope can't remember, but one of them put up an image of a trip of more than 50k. Let's not even talk about when uber started operation newly.

Surge of Ikeja to Phase 1 is very rare, you can only see it in December or other extreme circumstances.... Now we are talking about regulate fare of 15k. Bro, nobody go enter am.

CheerfulGiver:
Oya o calculators. I have only 6200 to hit the target of 45,000 I told you was possible everyday. The time is 3hrs 27 to midnight.

Calculate the number of kilometers left, if fuel bought was 12950. Then calculate the net, if commission is 10%

Dey play

Post your car lemme check sontin.

radautoworks:
this person does not understand engrish

That English no be for us, make she speak naija own biko.

Crvrider:


Do the math and tell me by how many percent a bag of rice went up in the last administration?

200% means Ikeja to Phase1 which was normally around 5k will now be 15k without surge, maybe my maths is rusty.

radautoworks:
Una good haftanoon.

I'm not sure some of you know this and we had a brief conversation about it some time back but...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9bLnhVKgdw

Ezkizz, why is this person not speaking English?

Viking07:
All these drivers are “lazy” and not ready to work according to our 2 “hardworking” Nairaland driving champions. 😆

I'm not sure these ones are serious with their lives ooo, increase fare by200% ke, in what world will that happen.

Crvrider:


So I think it's safe to pick your trips based on km travelled and not time since your cars fuel consumption only understands distance per Ltr.

This is why it's very wise to work only on free roads.

BigCee0:


The boy nah fuuul with very low-selfesteem.

Just go through his comment, you will know that he's depressed. Life hasn't been easy with his family.

Just give him a warm hug.

Thanks for the update bro.

Crvrider:
This calculation is based on distance travelled from my place of work to my place of residence.

Distance covered: 7miles = 11.265km
ETA: 25min

According to the below site, fuel consumption for my car is:

1Ltr fuel = 10.2km

https://arawheels.com/en-auto-query/17310/How-many-kilometers-does-Honda-CR-V-2002-travel-per-one-liter-of-gasoline/

Work - Home
InDrive fare: N2600

So if 1Ltr = 10.2km, how many liters will I need to cover 11.265km

x = 11.265km / 10.2km
x = 1.104Ltr

To cover 11.265km I'll need 1.104Ltr of fuel.

So for every 1.104Ltr, 11.265km and an ETA of 25min, I should be making nothing less than N2600

So therefore
N2600 x 16Ltr = N41,600
N41,600 / N2600 = 16trips

In other to reduce number of trips then any trip above 22km but less than 23km with an ETA of 50min should be nothing less than N5200.

So with 16Ltr fuel it is possible to gross 40k and above provided you pick the right pricing for each trip.

Well analyzed, unlike that CheerfulGiver wey dey insult him families upandan to justify nonsense.... Na only him car dey use 1ltr for 7.4km on Lagos roads.

CheerfulGiver:
Don't be in a hurry to type nonsense.

Average city consumption for a corolla like mine, without check engine light on and no abnormal consumption is 7.4l per 100km

So using your statistics 15 liters should last for over 200km. If your car can't attain this, it's not my fault. Change mechanic.

Lekki to Ikeja is about 35km so Ikeja to lekki 5 times is 175km. Not 150km. I'll do this and still have fuel left. Stop pulling statistics out of your arse. Speak with experience. Don't follow crowd. Use your brain

So all these insults na for your uncles and aunties at home abi? Cos there was no line I ever insulted you in my comment. In my line of work, when a man is too aggressive in his defense, he's obviously lying. Koshi danu.

CheerfulGiver:
If you fill your tank and gross 35k plus, how much fuel did you use?

I bought fuel 15k grossed 47k and have half tank left. How much fuel did I use?

7500.

7500 fuel is 15ltrs
15ltrs on Lagos road will serve you at most 150km
That's Ikeja to Lekki 5 times...
I guess your single trip will be like 10k then.

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Nightmare10:


and will this be fair on 1st chewbacca or 2nd prof?

my own is that ticket isn't real,seems you didn't see same trick last year? casted slip edited as won? who could do that if not someone from merrybet. if not for donjoesneh who has video evidence we would have bought the scam That the game won cos it showed won. these ppl own this monikers even the ones attacking us here

Lolzzzz..... I've been away for a while. Dem don start their magomago again??

Nightmare10:
If it's 100k you have the power to pay the winner then let it be so ...the interested lots will still participate instead of this audio 1million.

the boyfriend and girlfriend that came to the party last year.... we know the gist(that's just a hint) do the needful or you will be exposed.

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Here we go again, these pipo never stee change. SMH

The job description alone kills me every time i read it BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE These people are really mad.

It's been a while here, una welldone.

Felicity0001:

In addition, use this strategy, inform all your guarantors and make an appointments with them on when to go see the woman. Go along with your official car, you drive HP car while someone else drives your official call. Dont take your wife along even if she's one of your guarantors she could personalize and blow off, you know she's boiling inside already. Inform your guarantors of your decisions and make them understand to respect the agreement and everybody's decision come what may.

Lastly, dont approach her with the mindset of "begging", its business so approach it professionally BUT only make an appeal for her to shift grounds on some clause highlighting to her. Then counter sign to the new agreement.

Remember official vehicles are never yours, so try make your wife see reasons y you guys need to continue with the HP with a balance that wont affect you financially. I once had a job with two official vehicles but today its no more and I'd to sell of my car due to high cost of maintenance. So be wise in your decision making.

Also, suggest to the woman to reduce the weekly remittance to maybe 20k, see how your new job is for a month then you would know if you can still be doing weekends hustle with the car instead of giving it out to somebody for rental. Mind you, the car is on HP and if your new driver recks it accidentally you've the cost to pay.

May God give you wisdom my brother

You guys are not putting the woman into consideration, have you forgotten that after four months usage on Naija roads...the car don lose value aiidy.....The matter be somehow sha.

tunlapapa:

Who told you I am poor or did I come to you to beg for food?

I don't blame all these small boys from the betting thread that feel they can talk to everyone online, the money you won from merrybet is what making you talk to your elders that make you think you are mates. Is that not you on your profile picture?

Well, everyone knows a real MATURED adult won't utter this nonsense u are blabbing. The 300k i won on MB is now so BIG in your eyes and you still don't know you are reeling in poverty. Since you wantu play the "elder game" you can drop your birth cert and your picture for your age mates to see..... "Adagba ma danu"

bigiyaro:
before nko? u want to become a millionaire via uber or have u heard of a millionaire taxi driver? all in all people n dia ambition determines dia out look, while dangote is still looking for money, some r satisfied with d minimum wage.

What if a riders forgets 100m in my car nko....abi yu no dey watch yoruba movies?

tunlapapa:

Don't mind that one that talks like he knows all. What he fails to understand is things are going his way doesn't means those driving are beneath him, as no condition is permanent. I was an employer of at least 12 staff but situation changed.
This work should be a survival job to a next phase not to be done as a career as you will end up USELESS few years to come. They keep saying that save, save, save, but they forgot you can only save when you have extra. That is why this job is good for the young with lesser responsibilities.
I don't know what his problem is by asking people not to drive if they are not ok with Uber.

Sorry ooo, no wonder you are still poor.

AngryIgboMan:
Postive mindset Positive Mindset Positive Mindset

How do you always have a positive mindset about something that is rigged to have you at the loosing end eternally?

I asked 2 questions and nobody answered me.

1) Can any driver show me a savings of 1 million made from ehailing? Emphasis on "Saved" please. I didnt say "Made and Spent". (I can't be too sure though because I can only work with the data I have after interviewing series of drivers physically)

2) Can you build a house in Idimu or Ayobo through ehailing?

Someone will soon come to remind me that civil servants too make money and spend and my answer is still; "What concerns me and a civil servant or any other work for that matter? Are your destinies same?"

If after driving for 2 years consistently and you can't have a solid savings of 1 million... What does that tell you about ehailing? Does it look like something with a future?

By the way, I can't see where I said driving is outrightly bad. I only said to find a way and get out of this thing before it harms you. Especially for those who are already seeing this thing as a life thing. I also emphasised on the fact that the people you are actually working for are Uber/Bolt, Mechanics and Fuel stations.

You know Nigerians have been so battered to the extent that they now compare sufferings. You tell a Nigerian that as a child you suffered so much that you had to trek 15 kilometres to school everyday. He will say bros you no suffer reach me. That he trekked 17 kilometres to school everyday. Technically he may be correct. But theoretically, is suffering something to be proud of and compared? If my poo poo smells better than your poo poo, does it make poo poo palatable and servable as dinner?

As you drive people everyday to hotels like Radisson Blu and Ibis, don't you ever wish that those hotels are yours? As you drive people out of Parkview Ikoyi, VGC, Banana Island, Victoria crest 1 to 4 etc to work, don't you wish you own those estates or at least live in them? Does it sound like something achievable driving with Uber/Bolt?

Please don't be depressed yet. Am still a driver for now like you.

What is My Point then?

If there can be better, why settle for good?

Medicine after death....oga you goofed with your earlier post......just forgerrit and move on. You are saying it as if the pipo doing e-hailing are jumping into it as a get rich quick scheme, that's your main problem. Pipo are just doing it to survive....it is very very difficult to get a 70k paying job in today's economy....but without a cert, e-hailing can guarantee you that. So erase yur mindset from comparing drivers to oil workers, they are just doing it to survive....the country is hard enough so keep yur negativity to yourself.

Na person wey wear shoe know where e dey pepper am for leg.

Gentlelife50:

I tell you Bro, to even worsen it all they withdraw all the bonuses except morning and weekend bonuses.
Telling a driver to complete 4 trips before 9am to chop one Yeye demonic bonus, with all the morning traffics everywhere?
Unless short short trips and with no traffic, how does he expect me to achieve it?

Goto Abeokuta, you will do it with ease.

AngryIgboMan:
.
Your Target for today is 20k

Fuel today = 6 k
Car owner money = 5k
Bolt Commission = 4k
Car Wash= 500
Toll gate =600 (Maybe or maybe not but Bolt adds it)
1k for feeding
Fuel for the next day= 6k (Abi you no go fuel? Where will the money come from

So Total is
23,000 Naira

Deficit of 3k already

Okay, I've always enjoyed your posts...even though they are exaggerated, they always have a bit of truth in them. But this you dropped today, it's like you left your senses before writing it.....and I'm more amused towards the other 15 ediots that liked it. So you actually removed tomorrow's fuel money in today's income, just to drive your point of -3k deficit.

Oga, that's +3k profit. That's 18k a week, 72k a month....abeg how much does the so called white collar job with Bsc degree pay monthly in Nigeria?.

Every mallam with him kettle.

gunzANDroses:


Is that a new bear; or abi na energy drink

Polar bear, abi which one?