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sandammy:
Boss I can relate. It happened yesterday to me. Met all requirements and still had 1hrs left for the time to lapse. Them no gree give me the 1 trip to chop the bonus. I went home around 11.55 PM yesterday. So painful.
I was hoping to use am offset their balance.

My mind no even tell me to request myself.

lakoomoyi:
Always looking forward to reading his posts.
He's very logical and If one can detect that just by reading his post online, I imagine how smart he's gonna be.
Pearl! I hail � thee

SamuelTaiw0:
Same thing I'll be doing. If I don see Blue C200 with three brown headrest for back, I no wan know whether anything, na to give am color japa!

Gentlelife50:
And accept where?
Shangotedo abi??

YeyeGbami:
Haha lmao. accept agbara o.

lakoomoyi:
Always looking forward to reading his posts.
He's very logical and If one can detect that just by reading his post online, I imagine how smart he's gonna be.
Pearl! I hail � thee

Gentlechika:
Hello fam, I got a 2006 kia Rio (manual)for 450k. Want to know if it can survive the heat if e-hailing in Lagos. Everybody's input will be much appreciated. Ac is bad

Johnnybegood12:
Sincerely speaking pearl1910
I like your reasoning, you are very logical.
The trip was a short trip, I picked up at the exact place but didn't drop off at the exact dropoff.
Let me ask you, do u also use logical reasoning in real life issues aside bolt?

lakoomoyi:
Always looking forward to reading his posts.
He's very logical and If one can detect that just by reading his post online, I imagine how smart he's gonna be.
Pearl! I hail � thee

lakoomoyi:
Oga pope, no be so ooo.
You've all been helping here.

All Ogas in the house are all appreciated
You, feli, Dru, everyone including pearl too.

Just love pearl analysis skills and the way he reasons.

I only read and don't contribute much, but when some issues arises or if there is a debate/argument in here, I just give my opinion in silence then I move, but most of the time pearl opinions aligns with mine.

Thats the reason for my previous post.

I don prostrate.

Pearl1910:
On all issues Sir...
Thank u



Na God...I hail u too. Thank u sir

pope191:
I want to believe you boss, no wahala... I trust you dont tell lies like him

Johnnybegood12:
Lol
This Pope no be from Rome oooo
This one Na from Afghanistan

eyinola:
Hope u people r moving Lagos flood

YeyeGbami:
Sorry Bro, that axis don lock unless they remove that blue container. Na from service lane i climb tire enter brt lane reach iyana ipaja.

I went from igando to alakuko then face egba, when coming i enter berger traffic con face alakuko to drop off. on my way to igando to drop last person na him i see abule egba blocked.

Now like this am inside igando traffic again. This rain really scatter everywhere. Make i just go house go shower sleep till tomorrow morning.

Ghost1994:
Raining season is here again. I’ll share my little experience.

1. Avoid alpha beach road patapata during heavy rain

2. Don’t ever try to enter down orchid road no.

3. Try as much as possible to let your pointers, wipers and your dim light working perfectly before jetting out.

4. Avoid places you don’t really know their flood level.

5. During the heavy rain, find somewhere safe to park if you’ve not gotten a trip yet park your car, relax for about 25-40 minutes after the rain Lagos gutters would’ve been cleared a bit to proceed for hustle.

6. Community road Akoka is a death trap. Keep that at the back of your map.

7. It’s a season to make money but then you have to apply wisdom because rider that’s paying x2 of the money would want you to satisfy them by dropping them at their doorstep. But if by the way(s) you suspect the area is prone to flood, sharply end the trip at the beginning of the street offer a rider 100-200naira for his/her bike/keke fare.

8. Try as much as possible to work within the Circe/areas you know too well.

9. Don’t do 80-100klm during heavy. Abeg if you don’t love yourself we do. Why? Brake doesn’t work well when it’s rainy just a simple logic.

10. Off your car ac when you sight heavy flood in a street or on any road. Why? Because most of our cars are above 10yrs ago and there are some components in which water must not get into on your compressor it’ll damage your compressor quickly.

11. Work smart. Yes work smart— don’t work late start early close early. Because you can’t know all the whole roads in Lagos no matter how many decades you’ve been driving on Lagos road. Working late sometimes is a death trap to damage your vehicle because so many bad potholes you might not be able to see are trap to damage your shocks, tyre etc.

12. If you miss your turn, maybe you didn’t calculate well or map malfunctioning, don’t ever bother to reverse never ever think of that. No matter how much rider pressurize you just be calm and let him or her know you’ll remove some money out of his/her bills for compensation. 200-500 naira is Better to let go than loosing your car to accident or road lions (Lastma/Taskforce)

13. Never drag road with trailer or tankers. Those people doesn’t see on a normal day not to talk of rainy days. Be wise don’t let rider sweet talk you to be saying they’re late blablabla you’re not the cause of their lateness.

I’ll share my own work ethics

- I work basically on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday it’s a rushing day.

- I take Thursday off to relax and focus on my course

- Friday yes and Saturday I start working around 2pm why? Well I feel like that’s when the people started rushing out.

- I work on Sunday but I avoid island ajah,Lekki and the rest once it’s 1pm why? When you notice your app you’ll see it’ll all white once is getting to 2pm because riders don Dey house but on like mainland there are many churches. It’s a wisdom.

- routes I avoid on week days are:- 1. Egbeda, Ikeja in the morning is dead, ikotun igando, ekoro road, command road, Iyana ipaja, aboru, lasu, okoko, festac, mile 2, oshodi, Ikorodu never, sangotedo hell no, I can only drop a worthy trip at the airport and jet out immediately I avoid siting and waiting for unrealistic trips in airport unless I’m lucky if I’m driving out and I get a trip.

After Opic Berger I always avoid any trip going after Berger.

How do I cancel? Bolt shows me where I’m going so whenever I’m sure the area is part of my listed dead zone, I click on arrived, passenger phone is not working or passenger ask me to cancel. It’s work like magic on iPhone but not with androids. It’s help me avoiding any conversations with rider.

Note:- I accept every trips coming to my phone no matter how dead it is but I cancel once I feel is not safe for me and my car.

I try as much as possible to select the trip(s) above 1500. How will you know a trip coming to your phone is more than 1500? Any trip be it surge or no surge above 8klm is practically more than 1,500. Note I don’t care how much you collect because of bonus but all I know is that the money is above 1500.

I don’t rush myself any day anytime my target as a car owner per day is 5k for savings 3k to start hustle next day and 2k for feeding/dropping at home.

Why 5k? It’s my logic and it’s been helping save maturely. I used to make x3-4 of my savings sometimes but then it’s just my saving culture I’ll still save all have made. I’ll just called it discipline.

How did you manage cash savings? I store my cash savings somewhere in my living room where I don’t tell anyone and on Thursday Whenever I dropped my son in school, I head straight to bank and deposit to account I don’t have atm or internet banking.

How did you manage your car(s) to serve you well? I avoid most Lagos mechanics 90%. Whatsoever happened to my car like for example let’s say shocks is bad, I will drive my car to market park and pay 5hundred naira I’ll go and get my new shocks, I know how much is leakage, shocks, brake pads, thyroids, fluid, bulbs etc. all I need is to change I don’t manage.

What can make a car to last in these hustle? Cars are like human being, you have to maintain them. I Do a daily routine before I jet out in the morning because I’ll be off sometimes on 9-12 hours on wheel. I check everything I needed to check before jetting out.

I make sure I avoid anything bad route. I don’t carry loads that doesn’t fit in my car trunk. My car is design to carry 4 and yes mini 4 not heavy make ups madams going to party and try to squeeze themselves in my mini sedan no! I don’t carry them I don’t want wahala.

Also, anyday mechanic is fixing one thing or two in my car, I always make sure we do it together. I don’t supervise but we handle it together because mechanic are humans too they might forget to tighten 1 bolt which I’m not perfect either but 2-4 heads is better than 1.

How do you manage a rider whose street is bad and you consider picking him/her? Well the logic i used is straightforward. Many of dead streets have alternative like bike and keke. I’ll put a call through:-

Me: Sir/ma good morning this is the Uber ride you ordered
Rider: Good morning I’ll be expecting you.
M: sir/ma I’m sorry getting to the street now, my car has hit the ground severally it’s a low Corolla/Honda please I don’t mind since you don’t have load I’ll pay for your bike or marwa.

Reasonable rider who value life and property will agreed and even said don’t worry just give me few mins. But i manage if it’s elderly person or rider mentions she’s pregnant I’ll go BUT if rider acting somehow I won’t go.

How can someone makes more saving in this hustle?
1st is Gods grace, 2 is your car is your tools once she doesn’t give you any problem(s) you’ll make savings.

Advice to newbie:- never allow rider to sweet talk you to drop him or her at unreasonable location. Avoid airport just drop off only. Never follow one way or brt lane even if you’re carrying buhari daughter, don’t try to reverse on the highway if you miss your way yes rider will shout but keep calm, make sure you confirm your credit alert before allowing rider off in your car, if you don’t have change offer to transfer airtime as their balance some will say yes and some will tell you to keep the change but remember it’s their money, use rider app to calculate the estimated price of the route you’re heading-it’ll help you determine if the route worth it coupled with the traffic, never fight physically with your rider some are walking ghosts, pay your commission once it’s getting above threshold, read signs, ask riders questions if the map is malfunctioning, join Facebook/WhatsApp/telegram groups to learn more about people’s day to day experiences. Last but first pray to God and follow your instincts.

PLAN FOR FUTURE AND REMEMBER THE HUSTLE SHOULDNT BE FOR A VERY LONG TIME ALWAYS HAVE A PLAN B.

Bye for now

God will continue to help us all
Ghost1994

Pearl1910:
E be things...Bolt has started doing impromptu facial recognition.
Time will tell if it's like that of Uber or like Indrive.

Pearl1910:
If u use kpalasa phone do this work u r bound to have these issues. So Felicity, leave this argument for people that are using good and standard phones with strong network but still having these experiences

To everyone that this has happened to, I insist that if u have troubles, like missed trip, flash trip or pressing phone and trip refuses to pick, blame it on ur phone and network. Not Bolt.
If u want to be truthful to urself these things also happen at times when there is no bonus to chop. It's just coincidence because Bolt always gives bonus 80% of the times throughout the year so it's also bound to happen when u r pursuing bonus.

Gentlelife50:

Nobody should disrupt the vawulence that's about to sprout.
A whole chief hoodlum, u say e dey use kpalasa phone

YeyeGbami:
just avoid abule egba if you love ya sef

northbird:
@ davit. Is your corrolla 07/08.? What's the difference between 07 and 08. Is it rugged? Esp for this hustle.

pope191:
09

Glithronix:
Ahhhh, boss, sorry.
When rain no gree stop, I picked the car around 12noon and drove to Emmanuel High Street off ogudu road. Na there I slept inside the car, by the time I opened my eyes, it's already past 5pm. I was like aahhh! Shey na like this I no go do anything ni? And I must deliver to car owner.
Na so I put on my app, I cancelled tire. Come see orders wey dey enter - Abule Egba, Shomolu, Festac, Ipaja - Ayobo, Ikorodu I just dey accept and cancel them (thanks to new options to cancel).
Las las, I got one to mile 12. I called him that I won't go beyond mile 12 under bridge - he agreed. Picked him up at MRS filling station at Ojota - brother dey complain say bolt drivers just dey cancel his order going to Ikorodu - I just dey laugh inside myself say you people no get conscience. if na your car, would you take yourself to Ikorodu in this rain? Even when it didn't rain, Ikorodu na no-go area.
Dropped him off at under bridge mile 12 then headed to magodo straight.
I cancelled orders yesterday no be small. I sha managed to gross 20k (cos this is the minimum I would go no matter the condition). Missed bolt bonus (2.6k), e pain me.
Today should be good ooh. Target na 40k gross - so helpe God (let's be motivated).
Much respect to you and all my bosses inna here.

northbird:
Boss, what do you think of corrolla 08. Is there a difference between 07 and 08.How's the performance. Lastly, is it rugged compared to 04 - 06 model ?

Johnchrix:
Abeg make person open go fund me for me Sapa don hold me, na beg I de beg.

Glithronix:
Ahhhh, boss, sorry.
When rain no gree stop, I picked the car around 12noon and drove to Emmanuel High Street off ogudu road. Na there I slept inside the car, by the time I opened my eyes, it's already past 5pm. I was like aahhh! Shey na like this I no go do anything ni? And I must deliver to car owner.
Na so I put on my app, I cancelled tire. Come see orders wey dey enter - Abule Egba, Shomolu, Festac, Ipaja - Ayobo, Ikorodu I just dey accept and cancel them (thanks to new options to cancel).
Las las, I got one to mile 12. I called him that I won't go beyond mile 12 under bridge - he agreed. Picked him up at MRS filling station at Ojota - brother dey complain say bolt drivers just dey cancel his order going to Ikorodu - I just dey laugh inside myself say you people no get conscience. if na your car, would you take yourself to Ikorodu in this rain? Even when it didn't rain, Ikorodu na no-go area.
Dropped him off at under bridge mile 12 then headed to magodo straight.
I cancelled orders yesterday no be small. I sha managed to gross 20k (cos this is the minimum I would go no matter the condition). Missed bolt bonus (2.6k), e pain me.
Today should be good ooh. Target na 40k gross - so helpe God (let's be motivated).
Much respect to you and all my bosses inna here.

Gentlelife50:
Abeg how una dey take cancel wey e no dey affect una?
My score is almost on the threshold

humblesteve:
Clown!