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InfinityEstates:
Lagos flood wahala. I didn't even bother going out yesterday as I anticipated how it would play out with flood, traffic and all.

I faced it sometime last month at OSAPA LONDON and Lekki around Fola Osibo... My car was practically floating in that Osapa. That place na rubbish for rainy season abeg. I had to remove the seats and the rug the next day. It was not a funny experience.

Meanwhile, how do you guys deal with riders when you don't have change? I try as much as possible to have change with me but sometimes it just happens and you have no change.

CC: pope191, Felicity0001 northbird et al.

1) if its a uber ride I review reporting rider paid less stating the reason it will be reconcile accordingly. But this was b4 oga coro period oh not now again, uber don broke now.

2) I've transfer N200 naira change from my account to a lady b4.

3) I look for somewhere safe to park, lock my car then look buy something.

4) depends on how good the trip went from conversation after accepting the request to drop off, I leave it to rider as dash, sometimes they need that change. But I don't leave my change for people like Dangote who don't want to leave theirs.

5) If the trip was an unfriendly one I sometimes frustrate the rider by delaying, I will drive around to get h/h change.



Note that it's drivers responsibility to give change on every cash trip, uber will even ask you to have the smallest of change even if it a coin.


85% of my encounters riders have dashed me instead

Slickleo:
Ok 10x since morning I take out both front seats, use towel water from the rug still never dry, sun na scarce commodity 2day.

Go to a car wash that has evacuator then open car in sun after work is done.

I had same experience last year when my car sank in Benin water only entered has I was trying to open doors for people I waa conveying to church to come down.

Also be ready to do work completion.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Offer them a 70k per month job and a good number of them will not quit.

Fuel attendant jobs are well sought for, not because of the salary, but because of what they gain through cheating

Just like Tanker drivers too. They won't quit driving tankers for a job in Aso rock

Ole ni almost everybody[/color]

Those tanker drivers and supervisors enh...

When I was with my former coy the supervisor build house untop my head with my first 6months when I was still trying to understand how the system works while I was paying shortages of AGO every month end.

Those guys are general overseers of cheat

1daboi:
I decided to refuel at Mobil(Maryland ) and go home since I just wanted to see how the work is now and also warm my engine. Entered filling station attendant came and I said bring your pos, gave him my card and said take 2k, he asked the normal saving or current? I answered, he gave me I entered my pin and "ok" he gave me the slip and started fuelling the car.
I normally discard the slip but today I just reluctantly look at it and saw that dude took 20k instead of 2k
Na so I come down, showed the guy and he was like, aye Mi o.
I said guy why? He said sorry sir o na mistake. I said can I have my 18k please? He said Oga abeg park well make I arrange am. After about 4minutes wait , he came to where I parked and handed me 18k cash

Be more observant guys!

Wow! Wow! Wow!

Are you serious!!

Wow! This advance fraud is taking another dimension.

9ja which way

OnyeObodo:
When e no be NNPC work?

If you come become "Human Resource Manager NNPC Southern District nko"?

He will ask to sleep with men's wife/gf's and female applicants.

So ridiculous

Parlee:
God is good, Say it with me people God is good.

Got an offer from a company to resume in 2 weeks, salary isnt what I expected since I actually did good at the interview but I am taking it like that cos of the extensive training on the job.

Will prolly uber up only once a week from now on, Say it with me people God is good and I bless his holy name for anyone on this thread hoping, praying and working towards a better future for themself. May the good lord grant you your wishes 10 times more.

Congratulations bro more blessings and I tap in your testimony

OmoOshodi:
you forgot to add the driver's Original birth certificate and Covid 19 test report

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Mad oooh

One stupid rider wanted to spoil my Friday for me but thank God I got a double compensation.

Started trip after my instinct asked me and fortunately trip was card endes it immediately and I got N500. Rider gave me 12 calls afterwards which I purposely missed.

See attachments of report I file to bolt within with a good response.

Teajayz:
As a car or fleet owner on Uber and taxify, you need a car insurance to mitigate your risk and cut down your expenses to the barest minimum thereby maximizing profit.

1. With third party insurance, you are not ready for business. When you encounter hits and run you will understand what I am talking about.

2. With Comprehensive Insurance without flood extension, you are a better investor and ready for business but your profit might be affected to cater for expenses that could have been averted

3. With a packaged Comprehensive Insurance designed for e-hailing businesses that comes with flood extension, you are the best investor and totally ready for business.

If you need more clarifications or an insurance needs that suite your type of business, I am a phone call away.

Consultation is free if you want to know more on the type of insurance you are on.

07056213630

Does this comprehensive insurance design for ehailing business covers for repairs and servicing expenses, or do we have a package that covers for that?

Asking for a partner that covers for both repairs and maintenance

Blackbishop:
Oga you know I like you, no go dey form James Bond with trailer oooo.... Na madam for house I dey reason oooo..... Abeg my guy money go enter to fix any damages, but life na I run ooo extra no dey ooooo

I know my guy... I disnt block on a free way ooh I block at strategic junction where I know every vehicle will slow down and as I block I quickly come down from my motor, I lock car waka go stand for a distance. na sense and mind be every thing ni.

Thanks anyways for your advice.

SaintHilary:
Accident bro,Chevron roundabout going back to Ajah. Traffic light = Green, crosser wasn't watching, braked to the carpet but still managed to hit his leg.

Conscience couldn't let me leave him Dere. Took him to the hospital

It is well brother man, don't count it as a loss God who bless people base on the beauty and pureness of heart will definitely see you through this and reward your good gesture despite every odds.


Me na trailer give me kiss for the back door dirrextlt behind the driver's seat last night in front of NYSC orientation camp, iyana ipaja. Make we clear settle the matter na so trailer driver start to run, I discharged the 3guys riders just at the bridge, collect my money na so I start to pursue the guy. Blocked them at gowan estate round about but his colleague in the 2nd trailer say make them say I no go fit block them. Come see American film na, I turn to VAN DIESEL Fast 'n' Furious. Blocked them at Egbeda junction enveloping my car in a horizontal position, within seconds traffic don build up along the 3 cardinal parts od the road...

Las Las my madam show from no where, trailer driver wey dey form right start to beg, final transferred 5k.

I enter house after 11pm

This is my testimony. I thank God I wasn't hurt in anyway.

Praise The Lord!

SaintHilary:
Na me by myself make announcement, Only me still fall!


Chevron bus stop, 280k and counting spent inside this covid19. It is well.

Hmm... May tje Lord be your help in this trying time brorher man.

Sorry okay!

lopjohnny:
I just want them to thoroughly think it through. Bearing it in mind that the same certificate issue that accounted for his doom in APC can be revisited peradventure he wins the election in the umbrella party.

APC still has his record, they are waiting for the right time to unveil it.

What records are you talking about or are you ignorant of the supreme court verdicts in the case and how its a closed case in court? APC has no case to make if they like let me go to arbitrary court Edo is back to PDP.

The only good thing APC has done which I'm not happy with is suspending that short man devil Adams Oshomole, I wanted him to finish destroying that party b4 but now they've suspended him so the 2023 general election will be very competitive. And I hope and pray they don't retain power again.

Olayetan:
Challenge bus stop?
Have you been cheated there cuz that filling station is close to my hood, and i always think they are honest there.

Baba read my post you will see how they dealt with me there, never in my life will I ever buy fuel there again, never!

1daboi:
funny enough, I buy fuel @ that conoil even when I don't really need to refuel. Why? Because their pump is graet (I think o) my gauge goes way up anytime I refuel there. My favourite fuel station remains Bovas after FRSC office @ ojodu. Try them, thank me later

Bros its not enough for your fuel gauge to rise as expected ooh but most importantly to be sure you're buying the right fuel that doesn't burn at ever slight throttle. Fuel marketer uses different fuel additives and some of these are bad for injectors pump and also burns faster than normal. If you'd noticed some fuel you buy for home use have different colors and odours. Some are white, some light brownish while some a little deep brownish, all of these colors burn of fuel burns differently when used in the same engine.

But most importantly, burn the one that won't damage your pump and injector.

As for filling stations being cheats. A lot of fuel stations managers and dealers are into this scrupulous act, I remember years back in the early 2000 I use to have a workshop just at that OandO filling station along the secretariat road, a total filling station is in the opposite side of thw road. Over years I'd my workshop there I was able to know the tricks these guys carry out from the dealer of the station down to the manager and the fuel attendants. As for thw case of meter tampering this is a norm and they collab with the engineer who comes very early in the day to temper this meters and an insider in the office who informs them when ever supervisors are coming from the head office. And all of these guys have a cut from the pot of soup.

Now, there is always ine pump they don't touch or temper with but in most cases they don't sell from that pump unless they identify a worker from their office wanting to refuel h/h vehicle, those companies on cards dealings with them and few occation when there is long queue so to avoid questions they ask the attendant who is attending to lube oil to attend to sellected card on the queue.

Lastly, most of these meter racketting is done especially when another pay slip time is fast approaching so they pay their staffs from customers pockets and not from the profits they make daily or monthly.

Let me stop b4 them attack me for the other side of the world.

So the system is corrupt only the end of the World can solve Nigeria problems.

Bigleaf1006:
Some nozzles are bad and some pumps are equally bad, pumps that read too fast obviously have a problem and also pumps that read too slow.

The worst filling station is that conoil at the local airport exit on ikeja along.

You tell them 2k they will dispense 500 and stop or 1500, they say "sorry sir I thought you said, ok let me complete it"

Omo you have been cheated, the initial 500 or the last 500 can never be complete.

They did it to me on two occasions, and I immediately knew something was fishy.

Boss man to me the general overseer of them all is that Mobil along the mushin oshodi just after the Illupeju bypass traffic ligjt, N2000 fuel is N500 those people are thieves.

northbird:
@ felicity, nice one. How did you deal wt d men on the road esp from d mowe - ibafo axis.

I'm sure you used the sagamu interlink exchange n dey must be there, how did you go through.

Baba normal level ni, though I didnt encounter any of them to and fro apart from one police on my way back before sango I just press am H the olopka man even give change self.

I guess it was my lucky day which was just after the rain you no say most of them sabi starch their uniform and rain must not beat them

Bigleaf1006:
Good one bruv, I really like your grit!! Impossible is nothing

Thank you Sir, I'm just a small boy still in my teens

Babadee1900:
I don’t understand. 3k fuel ?? And which of the Commands?

Meanwhile PETROCAM is the last place I will ever buy fuel except it’s the last option. Try any of the northwest stations on the Island or Mobil at Osapa.

Honestly I brother man.

But well everyone to his own.

In continuation of my Abeokuta trip...

So we started trip from Oyingbo and after inputting the address on Gmap it says "112km with over 2hr:45min ETA.

I used the Lagos Ibadan express way route going but on getting to destination which took an extra 1hr:30min of the initial ETA, rider was disappointed meeting the absence of the persons he went for. Trip was supposed to be drop off alone so out pity I decided to return back with them at fueling cost alone which was the same amount I used to fuel my vehicle at PETROCAM, Igandu Rd the previous day.

But before I refueled that fuel brought me back Enyo at Command, on a 65km from destination to Abule Egba on the Oshodi - Abeokuta exp route.

Now, some persons may want to ask, what is the sense behind sharing this boring and sterile experience.

Well, the point (advice) I want to make clear is that:
1) As for riders, please if you must travel on a long journey especially one that involves plying high way like outside Lagos please and please make sure you get the right driver with experience in long distance driving because inter state travel and driving is totally different from driving within the metropolis. A lot of these uber drivers and danfo drivers can't even do ordinary Lagos - Ibadan.
I believe I dont need to over emphasis on the important of long distance experience driving.
Like the popular song "egun egun be careful na express you dey go"

2) while negotiating please make sure you do physical inspection of the car you're to use before embarking on the journey with the car. Make sure the tyers are good and ok, breaking syatem is in perfect condition, ask driver about the condition of the car and how old car as been in use, last date of service. No one wants to be stranded in the middle of nowhere. It is expected that faults can develop anytime without giving any notice but a sound car will hardly park you on a highway.

Lastly, my fellow drivers anytime una pass that PETRICAM for dey along LASU-IDUME road try stop by buy fuel there their fuel na baba because that 3k fuel took me to Charity B/S, Bolade B/S and then back to PU at Charity B/S area again before drop off at Ipaja then to Abule Egba, the next morning to Oyingbo, down to Abeokuta and back to Command before I refuel. And mind you all of these waka was with full AC apart from going to Abeokuta that I didn't use the AC too much.

Again, the road from Lafarge factory in Ogun state to Ijaye b/S in lagos is a no go area, as a matter of fact I can say with all boldness from experience this far that road is the baddest of all the roads I've ply in recent times.

ndubuis:
You may have to park your cars for a very long time then because I can't see light at the end of the tunnel anytime soon. By so doing, your cars are also suffering massive wear and tear due to lack of usage.

Eventually, you will be faced with two options, accept the reality on ground (what smart business men do) or sell off the cars at give away prices. Either way, you may not escape losing, no matter how hard you try to dodge it. That's the hard truth. The choice will be yours to make.

Honestly I really don't have energy to engage such people with such business mentality anf ideology. How on earth would a normal thinking human being compare a car that depreciates daily weather In use or not with a commodity like gold that always appreciates?? I mean it's so unthinkable.

I know people who are sensible, reasonable and has a very high intelligent right from my assessment on their 1st and 2nd statements, if I don't c any of these qualities in their statement I avoid them.

jpworld:
Car owner is not federal government, just an ordinary investor, that want to recoup his investment and make some money.

You feeding ur family is ur problem, u can go do laborer work to survive ur family.

So bc graduate is driving my car, i will not protect my investment, i will protect ur degree and family bah?

Oga answer the question above

InfinityEstates:
This is one bad thing about Bolt. Similar thing happened to me on Saturday. I was already at the rider's PU and the 5mins had already elapsed. I called the rider and it was ringing when I got the ORDER CANCELLED beep. I waited thinking the same request would drop on me, but another request entered and rider was heading to one of my NO GO AREAS. I'm sure if that was an Uber trip, they would have given cancellation fee.

Brother man the market self don boast for my belle like this now now as I dey type this message so. My own be say na destination trip back home as I past the last turn back to oshodi na him d request enter, rider call me say him dey go Abule Egba I say ok i dey come but make i just turn charpeely after Air Force base. I've been trying to recharge since morning with my bank USSD and bank app but for Some reason don't know it wasnt successful so I couldnt make calls. Got to PU whixh is very close to Air Force base small gate back, I successfully recharged calles rider only foe him to tell me he was at ladipo bus stop already claiming to have called my number but couldnt get through.

I just weak, but what is to do na.
It's one of thw things.
God dey

InfinityEstates:
This is one bad thing about Bolt. Similar thing happened to me on Saturday. I was already at the rider's PU and the 5mins had already elapsed. I called the rider and it was ringing when I got the ORDER CANCELLED beep. I waited thinking the same request would drop on me, but another request entered and rider was heading to one of my NO GO AREAS. I'm sure if that was an Uber trip, they would have given cancellation fee.

Like I said earlier "one of the downsides with bolt". Let's hope they keep to their words of compensating drivers soon.

But another thing I see here is this, I believe drivers are not complaining to bolt via the app and since bolt is not getting a lot of complains from drivers its natural for them to validate drivers are cool with it.

This is the same ideology our politicians have about us, since we can't come out bold to fight against the injustice, embezzlement and all the atrocities from them then it therefore means we are ok with everything and they will keep doing it.

dapotemi:
I bought a bankers corolla in Feb 2020, bought it quite cheap as owner was relocating to canada, spent about 20k to put it in good shape, total cost is still less than 700k. I got a driver for it just two weeks ago, and am taking only 15k per week. Please, note that car is manual.
This period is quite tough for ehailing. A friend of mine said hes been working 6am to 7pm everyday, mon to sunday. Highest he has received after ALL DEDUCTION was just about 21k. Please, note the word HIGHEST. I usually huzzle with my car b4 and after work before, but for like a month now, i don stop am; its not worth it for me. It's easy for me to STOP because i still have my salary, many do not have such priviledge..Pls, i encourage PARTNERS to try and be reasonable with their demand this period. #Gracias

You and your likes have my respect sir. God bless you for this.

jpworld:
Great wonderful job for the driver.

But investment of 2m to 20k weekly isn't worth it.

Wise investor will suspend service, even BRT suspended.

You really need to go and learn business ethics from those igbo guys who didn't go to school or even have any form of education.

Your ideology about business is intriguing i must say.

No insult intended but its the truth im telling you and those that like your comments

chillex8:
All your posts on Nairaland are about needing a car on rental.
Since January 2018.
Hope all is well

Lol... You just knocked out this guy.

InfinityEstates:
Sometimes ehn, some riders are just out to frustrate someone. So this morning, after spending like 1hour plus without request, I decided to go back home. On my way home, a request came in.

PU was in an estate on the other side of the road but I had to make a U-turn about 800m ahead, and there was heavy traffic. I called rider and she described where she was. I told her where I was and that there was traffic and it would take about 10mins to get to her. The other side of the road was free so I just had to make the U-turn.

After spending about 15mins in traffic and making the U-turn, I was about turning into the road leading to her estate when I heard a beep. "RIDER HAS CANCELLED THE ORDER!".

And she didn't even call to confirm where I was before she cancelled. I now had to make a turn into the traffic again.

Annoying people everywhere...

Too bad if it bolt because no compensation for you which is one of the downsides bolt has against driverz, but the last time I checked bolt said they're working in it and soon they'll start paying drivers for rider's cancellation with terms n conditions attached.

But, if it's a uber ride I bet you would have been given the cancellation fee, else? Contest it with them on the app.

For the sake of next time, if its a bolt ride immediately you get such request quickly arrive and even if riser cancel the next request h/s is sensing would still come to you because you obviously are the closest driver to h/h.

jpworld:
Best bet for owners, park your cars down, dont take 20k, those usage will create maintenance, once everything is back to normal, put in back ur car.

Most cars on uber are even used more this days with less return.

What kind of mentality is this? This is like the second time I read this kind of statement on this thread. That patronage is low means we should close shop then go home and watch? Do you even have the slightest idea of how things work?

Do you know that most ehailing drivers are graduate and most are married and with kids and wives?

Do you know that N1500 can sustain a family of 5 for 3days in this trying time?

In fact I don't need to go any further with you. If you have a car kindly park it at home and let your driver starve with his family since you've other lines of income all because you want to save cost or avoid cost of repairs

Another warning!!!

I just got to know today is Iyaoloja's birthdays.

Immediately I dropped ofd the woman i talkes about in my last post, driving out of the street into the street which us btw shoprite and hmmmm... Ok, the street to entrance 1 which is a one way. I saw the poster on the gate "happy birthday to iyaloja". na him i say make I just pull over buy confectionary and soft drink from those women adjacent to the street which I came out from o the next thing I sew na Lasma with their big tollingng lorry one of them walked up to me talking to me I said I just want to buy snack he said ok I ahould hurry up, he left.

As I was about stepping out of thw car one guy passing by on getting to me said don't come down just drive, (2x). i was confused, just as I was about starting my car another man came to me asking me, i told him i want to buy something here, at this time I'd already stepped on leg out of the car. The next thing I saw was that first man coming with his spike and the ine talking to me was calling them to come, already another lorry don park for my front with one of the tout coming with the iron rope. O boy!!!

The first man with the spike: come down, shouting on top of his voice (speaking Yoruba).
The man don open my door already.
Me: oga mi you asked me to buy quickly bla bla( speaking back in the little yoruba i could)
He then ask how long have I been here, I said I just park to buy some, he confirmed fr9m thw women which affirmed so. That was the grace that saved me ooo.

The fool was now begging me to give him the N500 in my hand (me no gree) na so I enter my motor. As I was about driving away the idiot tout say i should wind down speaking Yoruba begging money for pure water I just jejely win up zoom off replying him "pure water kill you dia".

So guys if you must go that area today pleaae be very careful and watching.

Meanwhile, this is a warning to everyone.


When ever you get to any traffic light along Awolowo Road Ikeja especially that one at Agidingbi junction before shopright coming from Allen round about, always put you eye on the light and once the green light start blinking no matter how fast you're driving don't ever beat it just stop and if you're in front don't ever move until the light tells you even if those lasma officers are telling you to go don't go (especially on that Agidingbin junction) those guys there are crooks, wicked and stupid people.

3weeks ago na N500 i pay courtesy to a LASMA official which I was carrying the dispatch rider that beat the green light with me when it was just blinking was arrested and taken to their office.

Getting there not too long ago the woman I was having on the car was going to Iyaloja's- Tinubu's daughter's house seems they've a meeting, when we got to the junction she was like "go go go" when the green light was still blinking I said "ha iya no ooo" explaining to her my experience we laughed and joked over it. Na when we reach there I know say na iyaloja house she dey go b4 self if not I for beat the light make I see watin den for do b4.

But we'll, so guys please, to before warn is to before arm.

Ghost1994:
I don't

I dont know if its only me thinking that person must be a magician or he's picking dangote only as his request.

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Brother man even if na dangote/son/wife/brother/sister or daughter na d watin d app compute out Dangote go pay you I fit bet my balls on that. Dangote will even collect his change.