sonnie10:
Some of the Uber drivers are too nice and it makes me uncomfortable.
All I want is a ride, not someone to have a conversation with.
And when you keeping calling me Sir unnecessarily, I feel you are about to take advantage.

This is where many of them get it wrong.

Just shut the Bleep up and drive. Don't force unnecessary conversations.

Heathrow44:
Uber, Taxify and the metro buses and Uber boats and cyclist, should be what should be allowed in Nigeria now, apart from people's personal vehicles, I think all this keke and okada should just be scrapped and all those things used as metals to help strengthen the iron bridges we av, the government should get metro buses that this okada and keke people should be using, d person that brought the idea of keke just took us backwards in national development!

LWKMD

Petyprincess:
These uber drivers are usually respectful sha o, nd as a good girl with home training i never being rude to anyone. They literally hustling like everyone out there so why should i be rude? But seems some of them doing something about their tracker that it charges alot to what i always expect

I am an UBER driver. Please can I toast you now please. I think I want to know you better

Hmm

teacherbim:

Please can I order for Uber from Lagos to Ogun?

I work in Abuja MA

pocohantas:




I am not alone after all. Some people just want a ride, it is not pride o, they just want a ride!!

Personally, I know what gives me away-my small onyibo accent. I don’t know how they are always able to pick it even when I speak in pidgin English.

Next thing, they are telling me how I could invest in Uber and how lucrative it is.
The other time one was even telling how lucrative it is to invest in security escort fleets. He advised I should buy brand new Lexus SUV along side Hilux for high end security transport.

Business idea of #200M from a total stranger whom I have only met for less than 30 minutes.
Maybe na my designers shoes and suit from airport that was deceiving him.

Ishilove:
A Lagos Uber driver, ������� @MaxOfLagos, shared some of his experiences on the job. Some are hilarious while others are just downright strange.

Lagos is...unique




https://mobile.twitter.com/MaxOfLagos/status/1286398608598859777

This is sweetest thread on NL for a while, for me personally.
Everywhere you go is a haysack and you're always looking for a pin. My opinion, pick the pins and forget the hay..
There is no way Nigeria can be led like this and you looking for 100% sanity. Most of the people you meet are always going to act unbalanced, swaying from the craze of their existential environment. More importantly, its the imbalance that the foreigners sees.
Check Nigerians in diaspora and you'll know that the special kind of craze you get for Naija nah circumstantial craze..

hmmmm

......

illicit:
People hardly appreciate a teacher.

"A job for the defeated." - Nigerian parents.

sonnie10:


Personally, I know what gives me away-my small onyibo accent. I don’t know how they are always able to pick it even when I speak in pidgin English.

Next thing, they are telling me how I could invest in Uber and how lucrative it is.
The other time one was even telling how lucrative it is to invest in security escort fleets. He advised I should buy brand new Lexus SUX along side Hilux for high end security transport.

Business idea of #200M from a total stranger whom I have only met for less than 30 minutes.
Maybe na my designers shoes and suit from airport that was deceiving him.

I can’t explain it, but there is a way we always single out diasporans. Even without the accent, there is this refinery and general chill they come with. It is as if once you travel out, you realize the next person isn’t your village people, so tolerance level go increase.

Lol, don’t mind them. People in business always think they have all the business ideas. Before you talk one, them done talk twenty.

Glaswegian:
Not surprised at what he wrote it here.

For the rude passengers, who don't have cars, I guess it has to do with seeing Uber ride as “owning” a car for 2 hours and exercising all the control they never had on a car in their life since they never had a car in their life.

For the yahoo-yahoo, yes, that Agungi-Chevron axis all the way to Ajah (Badore in particular) is the Yahoo headquarters in Lagos.

I know a lot of people in Badore and anytime I see news of arrest of Yahoo boys in the news, I always rush to the see the faces if any is familiar.

Mgtowmonk:
your polish boyfriend don marry you

Hi newguyhere
Dnt be in an haste,you will surely be invited boy.
Nd please i want to tell you to move on,its been almost a year nw, The way u carry my boyfriend matter for head,someone will actually think i broke your heart

Irrationalpaul:
I did notice a pattern: the worst of them tended to be the ones who definitely cannot afford a car. Reason unclear, cause you'd think they'd appreciate the value more

Bad Belle people

The Op is technically guilty of condescension too perhaps because, how do you know 'definitely' who cannot afford to buy a car ? Is it a trait perceptible on the forehead?

I wonder why people will be rude to an Uber or cab driver? Unless the driver misbehaves or Smtn amd even at that there are decent ways to correct sm1. Interesting stories.

one dollar everyday

WELL SHARED

pocohantas:


I can’t explain it, but there is a way we always single out diasporans. Even without the accent, there is this refinery and general chill they come with. It is as if once you travel out, you realize the next person isn’t your village people, so tolerance level go increase.

Lol, don’t mind them. People in business always think they have all the business ideas. Before you talk one, them done talk twenty.

My dear, I even decided once that it was shorts and T shirt only to blend whenever I am home.
You know what? These two girls somewhere I went to speaking in one of the minority Nigerian dialects not knowing that I speak the language too.
Girl 1: see how fresh this guy’ skin is
Girl 2 : he must be using an expensive cream
Girl 1: no now. You see the kind T shirt he is wearing. Does that look like what you see here?
Girl2: I see your point. It’s fresh weather from outside.

Me, just chilling and pressing my phone .

if you are not a business owner you are not yet a fully independent person. even if it is a recharge card retailing you are doing along your salary job, it will help you to understand people a lot more

Ishilove:

I don't know if upbringing plays a role but I wonder how people can be rude to their service providers.

It's being proud to be strong based on the wrong thought that they are more accomplished

Lol

Duru9:


I work in Abuja MA

ok Sir.

teacherbim:

Please can I order for Uber from Lagos to Ogun?

No one would wanna embark on that journey online, they will prefer you negotiate for an offline.

AK481:
Wait until you read the diary of an Uber driver in the island.

Na that time u go fear marriage .
Most girls there are prostitute .

You aint told no lie bro. Na dem full island, 5 of them fit cohabit for one room..during the day, they take naps and at night they ply thier trade.

Anyone here with a vehicle looking to partner with a driver in bolt?

I'm available in Lagos, kindly quote this post if interested

My Uber story.
I asked this guy to pick my phone charger I forgot at a friend's place and bring it to me. This dude could not read GPS map! A trip of less than 10minutes estimated at between N400-N480 took him more than an hour. he kept driving in circles and missing the right turns, despite me been on the phone several times. He claimed he didn't know the area. When finally arrived fare was N1,700. I was generous enough to give him all the cash on me which was N1200 and he tried to argue with me that uber will also charge him.
My worst Uber experience.

Tbt some drivers get wahala

Even the ones wey no get 10k for account go dey form rudeness. Lagos stori plenty

His moral virtue's are priceless, I am most definitely taking home some lessons from this Uber driver shared experience.

Meanwhile ShopRite stores nationwide are offering really amazing deals on sausage, and hotdogs for #150 naira only .

Praxtech:

Na wa o. You crossed over from here to yonder...

Praxtech:

Na wa o. You crossed over from here to yonder...

Praxtech:

Na wa o. You crossed over from here to yonder...

Praxtech:

Na wa o. You crossed over from here to yonder...