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Omoapena:
I don't care at this point....

Much respect, boss.

Omoapena:
One gullible driver go see 11k+, hin go sharply accept am

Such driver's name go be Gullibudinho.
Much respect, boss.

ReadaDream:
It's BS! There's no reason why they should make it mandatory.

Ólóhun ngbó
I'm thinking maybe na our government dey behind it. 🤔

This guy must be one of the criminals on indrive.
I can't count the number of times I've seen him make similar requests on indrive.
It is either he's a criminal or a driver that just wants to frustrate unsuspecting drivers.
I just people have not been accepting his false requests sha.

ReadaDream:
My account has not been restricted yet, I just saw the push notification but I didn't open it.

Why would they want to impose the Hackney permit on drivers self.
Wetin concern them with that one?
Even, the Almighty Bolt doesn't require the permit, so, I wonder the reason behind their own new requirement for it.
Make dem remove that thing from their requirements.

VaselineCrew:
I just pepper sprayed one uselesss local government enforcer that wanted to arrest me illegally.

He claimed I stopped at Obalende under bridge roundabout, meanwhile I was just trying to find the entrance to NNPC

That’s how the idiot entered my car and held my gear and wouldn’t let go.

Omo I emptied the whole pepper spray into his eyes, until he had no choice but to leave my car.

Nigeria is just full of illegality men

Why claim I stopped when I’m moving slowly?

Why hold my gear instead of a ticket with a fine?

Very useless country

When someone says I will show you pepper, this is what they mean.
Much respect, boss.

BAZ001:
U dey type epistle yesterday, e dey sweet u,
how ur former GM call u for high table, how u bought drinks for ladies … d story dey sweet u for belle, dey do keyboard warrior u no know say people dey observe

You never see anything for dis thread ?
Stray bullet and subtle jabs go dey hit u on d low.

We gather dey here

I kuku do run go hide inside my rabbit hole already.
Thanks for the compliments, sir. 😒😏

Welz:
if you plan to only work on the island, then you're better off using indrive and rida as you'll be the one to pick where to want to work. if you choose bolt just know you must reach ikorodu, . Gilthronix can testify to that

God will forgive you. 😁

Much respect, baba.

pope191:
Baz e bo la tu jasi bayi? Glitchronix Abeg no take Baz serious o. The baba suwe in him is inbuilt. I am only trying to illustrate something. Much respect boss

You dey even dey stress yourself with this comment.
Who no know Baz for here before?
@Baz001 well done, sir. Na our Nigerian DSS we go send to come seize your phone for obodo Oyinbo.

Much respect, baba.

XGhost:
Me wey go even de shame to tell some riders where I live so that they can feel better about themselves. God punish low self-esteem. If you see yourself as less, that's how people will treat you. It's not my fault if any rider thinks he's better than me cos he has a desk job and I don't. That's his cup of tea.

Perception is for the person who looks only at the surface. and ask yourself, do you want to be in bed with such a person? I don't because that's already a difference in principles.
If I don't find you engaging, I also don't want to interact with you because we are not on the same wavelength.

You may be right some of us entered this hustle because other moves no work out but, it has worked out for me big time.

In December last year, my parents came to spend Christmas in Lagos. After doing over 10k to and fro gbagada to Berger, my popsy say, money de this thing O. I laughed.

It's summer now, many IJB in town, you'll be shocked how many of them drive abroad but I should be ashamed of myself. God abeg

Mobile 1 fully synthetic oil dey your head, boss.

Much respect, sir.

konkoabove:
So your children must do something different from what you are doing before they can be greater than you? Is that what you are saying?

Mr. Konko-above, na person wey we suppose dey learn from you dey give hard tackle like this?
You dey stress our legend here, baba.
Make I ask, no vex, for how long have you been doing this e-hailing?

Much respect, boss. 😊

Larry1960:
Una go dey cap Nonsense

So I don notice one trend for Asaba each time I book bolt or pick me up for Asaba na Lexus dey always show up so dis morning I had to go to Steven keshi stadium Nnebisi road so I check pick me up e no dey connect me with drivers na him I switched to Bolt so it brought out #1200 Me sef shock But I check well e b like say I get promo that's why Bolt was cheap I don already budget 3k for one way trip and return another 3k total of 6k and it won't take him more than 20Minutes .I called the driver I was shocked cos I no really enlarge the picture when I dey try call am I shock say na my next door neighbor for the street Omo na Big man ooooo
So he now said where I dey head to I tell am say Nnebisi road stadium him ask me say wetin app bring out I tell am him come bill me 3k he Said there's no fuel I no even argue with am cos fuel cost me come dey pity am how much him go make with him rx350 since no be Corolla so I cancelled the trip As we dey enroute na him me and am dey jist he said he does bolt only on Mondays cos of the ipob sit at home in Onitsha . This na big man wey get 2 shops for Onitsha . The man tell me say that Monday we him dey do Bolt him dey make a lot of profit and Asaba no too get hold up .
We reach stadium I come down I tell am say I go call am again I finish I call am him say him dey okpanam road dey chop for fast food joint. So few minutes him don show up . under 40Minutes drive him don make 6k I no sure say him go use pass 2k fuel cos na Lexus him no also put on Ac
Me no know say big man sef dey do ehailing

Shebi university lectures sef dey do Uber that time wey Dem dey on strike we hunger wan kill Dem because of no salary

Yesterday night, I was picking passengers from one apartment on Sule Olusesi road, Lekki. Those guys already booked a ride on indrive, but they wanted another ride for 3 persons.
Lo and behold, na Toyota Landcruiser, black and tinted, body was glowing like a newly-baked Jeep.
I was like, what that fooooorrrk! A whole Landcruiser on indrive? The driver na big man oooh. Omoh, I felt trashed with my big daddy.
Na hazard lights + Convoy movement we take reach Ikeja wey be their destination.
Omoh, people dey risk their big vehicles for this hustle ooh, on top how much?
It is well oooh.

Much respect, boss.

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"

Ahhhhhh, my oga, no be so I mean am oooh.
I'm sorry, sir.
You know me say I no dey put mouth for anything anyhow, I only just said something to show say people know me as a bolt driver ni ooh.
Ahhhhhh I no mean anything rude to my ogas dem ooh. 🙏
Sorry for quoting you, sir.
No vex, please. 🙏

Much respect, my boss. 🙇‍♂️

fk001:
People come from different class/level and different schools of thought.

Some are into Uber job because life happened to them, not by choice maybe they are just doing it just to sustain themselves for a while and also making their plan to move forward. Such people have never dream of becoming Uber driver for once. This class of people will never be proud to be called Uber drivers because is not their calling or what they wanted to be.


While some people start from the bottom pit and climb up to be Uber drivers, to them this is the height of success because they can solve their immediate and basic needs, after all, they have nothing to lose they have come a long way to reach Uber driving status. Such class of people no matter how you try to convince them that the job is not paying or they should plan for exit, they won't heed to your advice, their mind is already comfortable with the driving job.

All of you here know where you belong to, either class A or B.


In a nutshell, a bank manager that lost his job to join Uber driving, his mind will never be at ease with the job he will look for alternatives. While an Agbero/conductor that joined Uber driving will always see it as an eldorado or job that is full of milk and honey.

Know your level and choose what works for you!!

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IFSHR:
If I can drive and feed my child and family, and not engaged in any illegal thing...then why should I be ashamed of what is making me fulfilling my responsibility as a man...abeg make we dey try analyse things well...so because I want to tell my child that I am an office person ..I shoukd sit at home and start applying for jobs and when non is forth coming ..who will take the responsibility of my family survival as a man ....Uber driving is a cash cow...and what you do with the cash flow at the end of the day is what matters....make I no even talk about jobs Nigerians do in the UK, USA or Canada...

Have you asked anyone doing the job and they tell you they don't have their own future plans or ideas to divert into....is anyone offering anybody loan in this country, is anyone picking money on the floor....

There is dignity in legit labour.... ask some of the riders to show you their account statement and compare it with the little in yours and you will understand that a book should never be judged by its covers....

When in Nigeria we see some jobs as odd jobs...but change country...those jobs become normal to you....the problem is not the job, the problem is your understanding of survival..

Dangote is a trader...sugar coat all you want
Obi cubana is an hotelier ...sugar coat all you want
Peter obi is a trader ....sugar coat all you want
MC olumo is a tax collector ....sugar coat all you want

Uber driving is a lemon....make your own lemonade out of it ....or throw the lemon away...and find your own favourite lemon...

You're blessed with this comment, sir.

CheerfulGiver:
People like you are the reason why I continue to post on this thread even when I have zero reasons to. Be proud of yourself and your noble source of income. He that is faithful in what is least, is also faithful in what is great.

May you walk and never stumble. May all your dreams, plans and aspirations come true. May doors open for you wherever you go.

Much respect, Gee.

Amen, sir. 🙏
You are highly respected, boss. ✅

lanrexdo:
Sorry, has a bolt driver been your life goals?
Is this what you wanna do on a long run?

Note.. not everyone wanna be a driver rather it is the situation we found ourselves.

It is not about low esteem.

Not everybody's goal is to be one.

If you travel and do care job. You see money ABI but is there growth?

Moving Lagos...is the growth?

Most of us crave for growth in life.

We want to put time and see growth.

We want to be a a position seeing what we achieve and make life easier and cooler with more output

Ciao

No, sir. Driving is not my goal in life at all.
But everybody get plans nahhh.
Salary work didn't pay me, so, I switched to driving and I am a bit different from when doing salary work.
Abi, since na driving I dey do now, I go do am ni.
Some people call it MOVING LAGOS UP AND DOWN, me I see it as RENDERING SERVICES.
Okay, boss, why should I be shy of being a bolt driver?
Please lemme know so that I will take note of it.

Much respect, boss.

Ceenelly:
there is great dignity in labour. Na uber/bolt driver you be you nor be armed robber or any illegal doings. If a yahoo guy can comfortably introduce himself has a yahoo guy in Nigeria while shouldn't an uber driver do same

Abi ooooh, my brother.
God no go shame us jare.

Much respect, baba.

Pearl1910:
Oil they your head, no negativity, no downgrading. Your daily bread go sure. Ur hussle go pure. Your plans, dreams and aspirations go come to pass.

Amen, sir. 🙏
Make all of us just keep the good spirit.
Much respect, sir.

konkoabove:
If any father/potential father on this thread can come out and say "I wish and my prayer is that my child(ren) will be a driver" then, I will know your submissions are genuine and you have truly conquered low self esteem. Can we be REAL for once on this thread?

Your name always makes me laugh anytime I see am.
Lagbaja sang Konko-below, but you made your own title in opposite of it, Konko-above.
Sense no go keel you. 😁

Back to your comment; some of us are really downgrading ourselves because we're drivers. Wallahi.
Now, shey na driving you want to do for life?
As Pope191 noted, na situation threw some of us into driving.
Baba, some of my friends are house owners today from this Uber/bolt driving some of us are shying away from. Though, they built their houses when lands and building costs were still very, very much lower (long time ago). They ain't driving no more, cos they have long switched to another business.
I'm still wondering why I will be shy to say I'm doing Uber. Something wey dey serve me? This is a legit work oooh.
I've carried a lot of passengers that they have asked me about the Uber business, they want to join this hustle.
One beautiful female passenger, on Friday, was asking me questions on this driving business all through our journey from Ogudu to Lekki phase1, she wan buy car and start driving. Lol. I was just laughing.
I was like, as you fine like this?
She wanted me to educate her on the hustle, which I did. The story long, but make I end am here.
A lot of male passengers have asked me about going into the hustle.
Be like say some of us don't know that some people want to join this hustle cos they know they profit in it surpasses a lot of salary jobs out there.
No be human beings dey drive danfo ni?
They also have kids, wives, properties. They sending their kids to nice schools.
Driving is not permanent in my life and I'm sure same goes to almost everybody, cos we all have dreams and goals.
But make we no dey look down on ourselves cos we dey drive.
Driving wey people want to join. Even the so called bankers wish to quit and join. Smiles.
Something wey I dey see here very well.
Many of us are driving today so that OUR CHILDREN WILL NOT BECOME DRIVERS TOMORROW.
God no go kuku shame us.

Much respect, boss.

pope191:
@Glitchronix I remember when you were about to start driving, you were working on sales of gadgets. Are you still into that?

Yeah. I'm still into it.
I just put it on hibernation cos I realized that I needed some tangible amount of money to push the business somehow.
I had long registered my business name (LTD.) and also have already opened two bank accounts in my business name.
God no go kuku shame us.
If business dey, holla me ooh.

Much respect, boss.

Barbiturate:
This life sef! You will be sitting with well-to-do men and gisting and making a lot of sense. They will be nodding head well and responding well when you're talking, but when they eventually throw the question: "so Mr A, what do you do for a living"? You will feel so ashamed to say, you're an uber driver!
Even when you say you're into transport business, they will still want to go down into it!

This is one of the problems oga pearl + cheerful have with some of us and other people.
Like, is there anything wrong in being an Uber driver?

If a bolt driver has low self-esteem, it will be seen all over his face and his charisma.
Everybody in my compound and close to me as neighbors know say I be Uber driver, but the respect I get from everybody is enough to say they see me worthy.

If I go out to meet my padi, na chairman dem dey call me cos dey know that Uber drivers dey get money (somehow).
The mechanic I normally use, anytime I visit his shop, his boys dey hail me cos dey know say something go drop for them.

I went to a female friend's wedding yesterday, she works where I was working as a salary earner, as I showed up, omoh, see hailing from those who knew me in the company I was working, all of dem know say I switched to Uber driving when I left my former working place, cos I was soliciting for a car from some of the ogas dem that time. I do go to my company once in a while to help dem deliver some stuff.

My ex-boss and his friends were the chairman of the event, when they saw me, omoh, na them called me by themselves, na high table dem sit oooh. I approached dem with smiles and they all had handshake with me with pleasantries. People were just looking like, who be this person wey everybody know like this.

Those guys I met there were waiting for food and drinks before I even came, as I seated with them for some minutes and our tables dried, no refreshments showing up yet, I just went to one woman selling drinks and bought 4 bottles of best cream and some malts for the ladies on our table make we Dey use that one see front first.

We were later served food when the bride changed am for the people hoarding food.
Now, this isn't to show off, but I am proud to be an Uber driver anywhere, any day.
You're not feeding me and I will be shy to tell you what I do to keep myself and family in good shape? Who you be?

Na rental I dey do, I'm not rich, but I'm grateful to God that things have changed a bit and it's obvious in the eyes of the people that know me, even my boss and his friends saw the changes in me.

If I become a car owner tomorrow, it's definitely a step ahead of where I am today.
I dress nice and neat anytime I'm rolling out to drive, I'm proud to be an Uber driver.

Much respect, boss.

tojahh:
That number is on Whatsapp.. has always been on Whatsapp. Again, he didn't send me any SMS because I didn't receive none.

Ahhhh. Maybe he missed the number.
I will copy him now.

Much respect, sir.

mejai:
me dey pity am too

😁😁😁😁😁

Btw, I saw this on front page
https://www.nairaland.com/7757627/fg-lasg-announce-reopening-portion

Anyone took the bridge already?

Pearl1910:
Why? Aspar I am now working for fuel stations and all app companies abi?

Only one time ur 12k didn't gross 35k u have come to nairaland to post, but all the times u made 50k with your 12k fuel u didn't post o.

You don really see shege for here.
Any small issue like this, na your name comes first.
Now, na to start defending yourself as usual.
I don't think they will leave you for neck here till kingdom come.
Omoh, the Lord is your strength.

Much respect, boss.

YeyeGbami:
How many trips i wan avoid for this time wey everywhere red. When i was going in,my body dey pepper me. I know say na the same water i go enter to exit.

Everywhere really red, baba.
God no go kuku shame us.

Much respect, boss.

tojahh:
Selling as IT IS

Make me an offer and pick it.

06 Honda Civic

Engine Good
Gear Excellent
AC (Bad compressor)
Body 70%

Come inspect and give me a price.

I just withdrew it from a driver for failing to remit as agreed. Make I kuku sell am and Comot mind.


08039330372
Calls WhatsApp SMS

According to report, this number ain't displaying on WhatsApp.
But the person said he has dropped you an SMS.
Much respect, boss.

tojahh:
Ebutte Metta (Yaba)

Okay, sir.
The person go holla you up.
Much respect, baba.

tojahh:
Selling as IT IS

Make me an offer and pick it.

06 Honda Civic

Engine Good
Gear Excellent
AC (Bad compressor)
Body 70%

Come inspect and give me a price.

I just withdrew it from a driver for failing to remit as agreed. Make I kuku sell am and Comot mind.


08039330372
Calls WhatsApp SMS

Location, boss?
I wanna refer someone

YeyeGbami:
If you love yourself and your vehicle
Avoid PRAYER ESTATE ( Amuwo odofin area)
Especially as rain dey fall so.

Those staying in that estate need prayer.

I remember taking a ride to this estate in my early days as a BOLT driver, I cried through my nose.
As I never been there before then, when I saw prayer estate on bolt order, I was happy that I was going to a Christian estate that surely would be a nice place (PRAYER ESTATE), omoh, I couldn't believe my eyes. A very damned place to be. I wouldn't wish any newbie to go there, cos I know that experienced drivers would avoid Amuwo Odofin/festac and its environs completely.
This should be like 10 months ago and you mean the estate is still in that horrible condition?
How do people practically live in that estate conveniently?

Much respect, boss.

ReadaDream:
7/7 No night hustle today. Stay safe O' ye night crawlers

Those animals still dey ni?

Much respect, baba.

Kaymaxi2222:
and I am telling what is obtainable for me it has happened to me twice and there rep told me that how it is done

You didn't do it the right way.

Much respect, boss.

Pearl1910:
All this one na big big grammar o. Just follow the rules Mr much respect Glithronix has outlined the SOP for u extensively. Never call Rider from the App until u have arrived, only chart them that u are on your way, if they call u then perfect, u now have their number. Ones u press that phone icon, to call Rider, d commission will be deducted. Only to be refunded if
1. u arrive and wait 5mins then cancel with "Rider didn't show"
2. Rider cancels on you and d App takes u back to d order screen.

Make una no dey abuse me naah.

Barbiturate:
Glit, I can't be too dull not to know negative na!

I had some money in the refund column and when they refunded, I saw positive 800 this morning before working. I even wanted to pay before working, but when I saw the 800, I didn't bother.

It is well.

Much respect, boss.

Kaymaxi2222:
it is not a lie bro try it and see

I don't use any other app... Indrive only. ✅

Much respect, boss.