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pleasureosondu:
Mr Cheerful, l'll attend to the bolded.

1. Without you telling me, I knew you drive daily and accumulate a good chunk of driving hours, translating in the earnings you've posted. In fact, I can say that "you know the road and the road knows you". You have knowledge and must have had challenges while on the job. That knowledge is what newbies and even some experienced folks need. They don't know the effort, determination and uncountable sacrifices you've made to get to where you are. We both know there's money in e-hailing but effort and sacrifices must be made to get it. Newbies need to learn this first, then the money follows. The dashboard screenshots is deceptive cos it makes it look like we get the money so easy and we both know this isn't true.

2. [b]It's a good thing that you don't fall sick [/b]but what about the car? A car that's driven on a daily basis on this job must undergo routine maintenance. So on the days you do, it would be helpful to update the house too. This doesn't mean we dey monitor you like spirit, no but when this is done, newbies can set a realistic goal for themselves. They know what to expect in the job. Me too fit learn something from you and vice versa.

You're a determined man and that's a good thing.

kanuisagoat:
Heard something strange today from someone I carried. Maybe some of us here would have heard about it.

So the rider told me he booked a ride from the airport to his hotel. On arrival, he was informed that the hotel was fully booked so he quickly brought out his phone to call the bolt driver that brought him to take him to another hotel. The hotel receptionists told him that may not be necessary because they have cab guys who hang around the hotel.

They called one for him who uses a Sienna and the guy took him to another hotel.

On arrival, he paid him and went inside the hotel. While he was processing his booking, they heard a loud scream and by the time they rushed out, they found the guy infront of his vehicle pushed against the wall by his vehicle. He died instantly

It appears the guy wanted to open the bonnet to check something and for some strange reasons, the vehicle moved at a speed high enough to kill him.

Now to the strange part. When they opened the vehicle, the gear was on park though the engine was running.

How the vehicle managed to move with so much power as to kill him while the gear was in P remains a mystery.

pope191:
Nah person wey sleep deh dream

samobaba4u:
Sir, at the bolded, I do pass sight test everytime I go to my sister's office but I don't need anybody to tell me now that I won't pass the test as it is bow

samobaba4u:
A friend of mine told me he almost fall down when he got out of his car one day that he just gently rest on the burnet of the car and sat on the floor for some minutes before he regained his strength. He said his legs were shaking vigorously. Myself, I like driving early in the morning and night and I discovered my sight is seriously affected by the ray of light faced during this time of the day. I pursue free medical one month like that and I won it with Total fuel card 45k. The free medical after 300trips can not solve the eye problem for me as they said I entitled to only 10k for eye clinics. The worse part of it was that my account was blocked same month up till now. Since then I gave myself sense regarding pursuing bonuses and free monthly health care when I realized uberbolt don't care. Though some people were extraordinarily created by God but not all of us.

spartacus11:
This is good for someone with a personal car.

HP will need to be netting twice to meet target

samobaba4u:
Felifeli, remember I said I won't take your post serious again? On this one, you got me and I would advise the Intending ones to weigh this advise before taking final decision. No one can gross 980k as a part time driverpartner. It requires extra/over time. Take it or leave it. Make ago check where surge dey jàre before them park everything finish

FuckEveryday:
Even person wey ask Una for advice go don tire sef

Laidis I don meet my target for today... unluckily for me na mainland the thing land me...and I can't blow empty back to the island cus the traffic I saw on 3MB, person money suppose dey read as i dey drive inside

Naso I pursue surge enter LUTH, as I reach Surge dissapear I kuku off Moto dey look all dis fine fine nurses in their beautiful nursing atires
If i don't get a trip soon I go just manage collect one of em number,, blow empty like dat to my house. Waist dey pain me gaaaaaan

dapotemi:
I don hear something new today......

Three (3) disadvantage of driving uber according to feli and supported by gentlelife based on his experience;

a) Pot belly
b) Pile
c) Poor eye sight

why everything start with "P" nah..........

Honestly, like someone has said, albeit repeatedly, THIS IS THE WRONG CROWD....

When we were much younger and they advice us not to associate with some neighbor, or some kid in your street/estate; This are the children they were referring to.......I apologise to everyone i may have had some disagreement with on this thread..It's time to just "sit down and look", it's not worth a ten cent coin anymore...#Peace

Crvrider:
Feli has so much to share on agropreneur but he is yet to realise this can be another source of income for him.

Bro I am not beefing, trust me!

Crvrider:
"Advice, like talk, is cheap."

But let me start by asking you, how easy do you want it in life without putting the effort?

You paint this hustle with so much bad press that i wonder if mentally everything is alright because I can't seem to fathom why, after so many years, you're still in it?

My advice to newbies is not to be weary of people like cheerfulgiver, kanuisagoat... who are putting in the efforts now for the goal they have in sight, but rather of people like you who is in the business with the hope that one day you will get lucky.

It is really hard typing here without resisting the urge to call out your character.

Now, this is the hard truth. This hustle will not favour everyone and you're probably one of those but you fail to realise this.

By far this hustle is the easiest for anyone who owns a car.

Lastly, you talk about CEO' like they never had humble beginnings. But if you can't understand right now that this hustle is someone's humble beginning then you simply can't be helped!

mrjaydee:
Me sef dey find 4k giveaway...

Gentlelife50:
Bros why u dey talk anyhow naa?
Just arguing for arguments sake?
Just to prove all other jobs are tough except Uber right?
Oya swear say u never see drivers that have lost their lives or couldn't continue on health ground?
Haba, u can do better.

Luxurydriverng:
Na only WhatsApp I fit get the right sticker to reply

BAZ001:
Ahn Ahn
All this good wishes and prayer for me and it’s coming from Dru ?
Is this a dream let me go back to sleep.

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From today,
1. I be dru23 brother, the American blood flows in me.
2. I don port go APC Ants party, whatever they say or have been saying we are right
3. All of you should stop talking about my brother anyhow calling him Gbagada uncle, foreign Lemon Limca, debtor, can’t drive etc. I won’t support that and you guys are wrong.
4. Finally I’m in the ants league, I will not need to produce transcripts, state of origin to get the strategy (common sense)
I will be netting 100k easily every week.
100% entrepreneur, that will leave businesses for children .

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Pearl1910:
Never said I will hang boot o. Make I get like 10 cars first. 300k a week until I can get what I make if I drive myself then maybe I fit rest.

Pearl1910:
One line of positive and a hundred lines of negative.
Honestly, I didn't read this ur post. I tot someone was just jesting when I saw pile, eyesight etc...
Now that I have gone back to read it, let me ask u, have u experienced all these sicknesses and ailments u typed here or u heard drivers' experience?
Cos I really want us to stick to truths...same truths u have sworn to die for.
Here u are advising someone, it wouldn't be nice if u are garnishing and decorating it with unfound stories and outright falshood. Or maybe u r joking.
Then this N2m decision may be based on a lie or a jest.

Springboot:
Personally uber should be the the last thing on a fresh graduates mind except he has thoroughly explored all other options.

You say companies want to exploit your youthfulness, if that be the case the company that is best at that and you will age faster than your mates in other cooperate coys is UBER.

deedee44:
Feli always making me laugh, if anything good happens you will say it's your doing

pope191:
Wow! U beat me to this post, was thinking I'll paste it here, when I'm done for the day. Nice one

pope191:
For where? It still beats my imagination up till today, tho I have always dream of having my own transport company which was what gave birth to here. Give a car to a driver, he mess up, menh! Let my taste the water, still tasting the water till now

radautoworks:
I usually don't bother with stuff like this but here you go (note, this is not a personal opinion but actual corporate mantra in fortune 500 companies):

There are three things most important to an employer- skills, experience and morals. There is an unspoken fourth which I will touch on at the end. A new college graduate likely has two of those- cutting edge skills and hopefully morals.

1) MORALS a new college graduate has not yet learnt bad habits and can be molded to what you want. One who has been out of the workforce for a while is out of the workforce for a reason and has likely learnt things a certain way. you know what they say about an old dog and new tricks

2) SKILLS a recent graduate was taught the new way of doing things. At the rate technology today is evolving, a person out of the workforce for a while is essentially obsolete as they have not been on the cutting edge. Case in point, my fortran knowledge was useless in almost all circles by the time I wanted to rejoin the workforce. Recently, one of my best hires quit. Not because she did not enjoy working for me, but because she realized she was forgetting all her programming knowledge and she was damn good. So she took on a personal project paying her half of what I paid her, but allowing her to continue her primary skill set so she didn't become obsolete. I made her the promise (which she accepted) that once we were ready to employ her skill set- which we would - she was welcome back.

3) EXPERIENCE now this one used to be the coco. However in recent times students work on all sorts of projects and gather all sorts of experience in their fields with side hustles before they ever graduate. So, experience has not been quite as big a deal as it used to be in the past. I will take a hungry recent graduate with the skill set over a "more experienced worker" who is not quite as hungry or eager to prove himself. For example, every single front desk worker I have was employed young, green and hungry to build something together- and I couldn't be happier. I have only one worker who was out of the field for a while (due to motherhood) that I hired for her maturity and I haven't regretted it but I will not make it a habit. She struggles to keep up with the younger ones sometimes but makes up for it with her thoroughness, stability, attention to detail and customer service.

The unspoken one.. COST. FRESH COLLEGE GRADUATES ARE CHEAPER TO KEEP. Many companies after cultivating some young hires will slash their older workforce to save cost. I won't engage in this practice but it is normal practice.

There are some other caveats but I think this is enough.

EDIT: that being said, as a fresh graduate, you have the largest platform and positioning you will EVER have to leap to something great if you play your cards right. Giving that up with plans for Uber is a TERRIBLE idea. As an angel investor, who do you give your money- the young, hungry upstart with fresh ideas or the guy who's been around and couldn't make multiple ideas work? All it takes is two years out of college to be the second guy. Swing for the fences straight out of college and then if that doesn't work, fall back on plan B. While it is said no one ever became wealthy working for someone else, they definitely had a better chance of that working for someone than driving Uber!


NB: I'm not talking down Uber drivers, I'm just saying it was never any of you guys dream to do this for a living as a kid was it?

Pearl1910:
For real?! ...no let Felicity see this post o.
How will u pay for another toks hub and they will refurbish ur old one and put back for u?
Even if u aren't there when they where fixing it, don't u request to see d one they removed?

Gentlelife50:
Gbam

abefeabebi:
Pls I have 3 pending payment from bolt,2 rider didn't pay and one review. I have talk to them on phone once but couldn't get the number again,pls anyone with customer service number

Thanks

Luxurydriverng:
you dey flex na

CheerfulGiver:
You're a struggling fraudster and I have zero regard for you or your fraudulent methods. Never have, never will. We're parallel lines that will never meet.

Stay in your pessimistic complaining lane, and remain there.

radautoworks:
Feli, free Jamaican rice when we reopen

vicdon:
The fee has been added, picked someone at the airport last week and saw the #500 added after the trip, when you slide end trip it pops up alongside the toll gate fee, totalling 700#

Luxurydriverng:
Guys thanks for the support my channel received on inspection. I want to encourage drivers that can to add YouTube channel as a side hustle. YouTube is finally paying me ad revenue. I created a post for the full gist.

https://www.nairaland.com/6697121/why-should-start-youtube-channel

davit:
Abeg people wey don use local airport car park, what's the fare? And if I stay for more than 1 hr how much is added? I get offline pick up this evening to VI. Already charged 8k for everything. So need to know what's at stake. Thanks. Cc: Felicity0001

Conner44:
Ahh feli can write very very well naw


It’s just the ‘calming down’ part before the writing begins that’s usually the problem

Odin2:
Wow!

Never knew you could write this well. I'm impressed