₦airaland Forum

SamuelTaiw0:
I think they also saw you as too gentle manly that's why they wanted to test you. Just be careful with women in all. People are blaming you for not turning to buy them water too, but their manners could also have been irritating, I don't know, maybe the way they asked the guy may be sensing foul play.
You should have collected your money though and still reported them to bolt that they didn't pay you.

My biggest take from this episode is how a rider can lie and since there is no evidence, it would just be your word against there's.

You don't want to suffer a bad reputation because of the lies of a low-life.

Viking07:
I dunno if @ felicity0001 is still taking admission for his hoodlum 101 course. I’d advise you enroll. You don’t need a dashcam.

Haha, see me enrolling ooo and calling him "SENPAI", or is it "SENSEI"?

Anyways sha, I'd rather be IRON-MAN, than be THE HULK.

I will continue to invest in technology that can neutralize threats and surveil my environment.


Below is the picture of last semester at Felicity bootcamp

CheerfulGiver:
You drive at night, therefore you already know safety precautions to take in any situation. Runs girls or not, they are girls and they need protection at night as well. All they asked was to buy water. Nothing wrong in taking them to but water for few mins and continuing your journey, or, take them to another location where you felt safer. We are all humans. We make mistakes and we get into uncomfortable situations. If you were the one you would have also asked your driver for help to buy water.

Now, compare the time it would have taken you to turn back to get water, vs, the time it took you to make all the wahala, shout, defend, deny and still end up not getting paid.

Time is money bro. I see this job as a hospitality industry. I go out of my way for people. It takes nothing off me. I don't ask for rewards. I just do it for humanity and get paid while doing it. It doesn't make me less of a man... What has happened has happened. The situation could have been handled differently , in my honest opinion.

Another wise take here, like NIKE - JUST DO IT!

...but sometimes sha, you just want to squeeze someone's neck. Sometimes, it's like some riders are trying to slowly trigger you, until you reach your boiling/melting point.

Overall, I understand sha, and looking back, I could just have sucked it up and done it, cause the whole thing won't have taken longer than 5-10 mins and they are out of my vehicle and hopefully, my life, FOREVER!

pope191:
I can relate to your order. Last week was a bit crazy one for me, to a point I couldn't get over a rider and felt like giving them a rematch in their territory. Just felt I should let it slide, can't be caught fighting ladies.

1st drama started because I won't accept a stop they didn't indicate. I am already tired of the trip, just want to get them off... from the start to the end it was all about f*ck f*ck, for this Lagos! You go enter me, and he no go pay! Lousy girls without regard for the unknown driver. I've noticed my 1 star is certain in the hands of these people, on getting to drop off. They insist I end the trip right in front of them... I'm like this girls won carry me handicap, dance around, they too kept slowing payment. I realised they won't effect payment until I end the ride so I cancelled the trip, serious wahala! Why would I cancel the trip? Told them I didn't cancel, but end as normal, if it is display cancelled on their end they should report to Indriver. Noise took over the air, people have to meddle to settle the issue.

Another one is a trip she sent money less of 100 naira from the actual fare. Saw alert and told her she didn't send the right money, she denied accepting the price and she even gave me extra. I'm like for real, showed her the price on my phone, she picked up her phone and try to show me price, no price found... but that's what she saw. Then ego clash, how much is 100 naira she asked? Told her madam pay your correct fare biko. She try to do transfer and use network as an excuse, reach for the door and say she will send voucher pin to me... Ajala the stubborn boy madam no wahala, we d*e here, if it takes tomorrow morning to get network, you are not going anywhere. Don't do mistake of opening that door oo, it is very dangerous. That's where plenty talk starts... you are the one that will lose, instead of you to go and make more money, blah blah blah. I look at her like what's your own business now, am I doing competition with cheerfulgiver. Las Las still same noise and pity cry, people begged me to let her go.

Ps: don't do the mistake of calling any lady ashawo, you just trigger a violence and emotional side of her. The pathetic side of this is somehow somewhat they we ask the question of "you think say I b ashawo". And don't lay hands on women regardless, that action automatically put one at fault.

I've learnt to develop tick skin and asbord their insults. Thinking through emi lo kan and Bu.hari. if those people subject themselves to true analysis and insults they receives daily. They won't show their faces in public again, but they honestly careless.

Ehn! Call woman ashawo? Bros, I no go der with you oooo, sigh

But why do some riders talk like that? Like is it because of this small money that you are disturbing me?

Oga/Madam if the money is small, den send it na, shoooo

Bet why

thoollz:
@whatisthetruth, Lagos is a jungle, you have to be pragmatic and smart with your approach to issues when dealing with Nigerians especially lagosians, you burnt fuel to lift them from point A to the police station. On top of that, you claimed they lied, guy shey u be ajebutter? If dem lie and proof no dey, why ẹ dey affect you.

You didn't get your money on top of the lie, who lost eventually? It's you bruh.

You've given those girls an opportunity to try such nonsense with other drivers. There's a reason why they called you a professor, I'm sure it's because you were blowing grammar.

Trust me, I reported this matter to Bolt extensively.

If they get similar reports, which I'm sure they will, given their attitudes, then they would be BLOCKED.

IgiveLadiesBj:
You carried someone from Ikoyi to Lekki and you didn't collect money even when the police asked you if you want to.
With all due respect, you're a weak man. No offense

I'm angry right now

lol

bros no vex for me haBeg

no drama ooo, unless absolutely necessary


the girls told me, take off your jacket, I said babes, mans not hot

never hot

Pearl1910:
Why will u say u don't want to collect money?
Even with the Police there and it's not like u requested for money and they refused to pay. You are the one telling them u will not collect money.

No wahala sha...they look u well that's why they did that to u. They will not try it with another driver.

Because at this point, I am trying to de-escalate as much as possible, since the matter would be reported to BOLT anyways.

I'm too old to be fighting for 900 naira abeg.

https://media.tumblr.com/e40b23c69b031cc63e05d6a3b5edc081/tumblr_n8jwilhgp71tg5sl7o1_500.gif

Barbiturate:
@whatisthetruth: please always collect your money for the service rendered....even if you get free fuel, pls collect your money.

The situation shouldn't have gotten to that extent. For me, I would take them to the gate, so they can get what they want and then take them back to their house and collect my money.

Honestly, this right here would have been by far the most mature thing to do.

Just suck it up and get the job done, lol

lanrexdo:
Never ever leave your money for any rider.

Next time collect and wash there hands dry so that they won't try it with another driver.

I guess they would do it again.

They won't do it again, cause I always report matters like this extensively to BOLT SUPPORT!

When the dash camera lands, then it would be game over entirely for people like these, cause I will attach the mini video clip along with my complaint.

mejai:
so what did the police say?

They are lucky they didn't meet felicity0001 in his time. They would have chosen between police and spanner

Men dude, how did you know what I was thinking?

All the while I was asking myself, "What would Felicity do?"

Me sha, I don't need spanner, I have my pepper spray, knife and all (stun gun coming soon), but as I said, that is a bit of overkill for a situation like this and I didn't want to turn a simple problem into a bigger one.

The police told them to find another ride, I mean simple! They asked me if I'm collecting money from them, I said no! Then they said I have tried, by taking them from Ikoyi to Lekki phase 1 for free.

They now came down and started laughing calling me "Professor". Imagine forming traumatized during all their lying, to now come down and just burst into laughter.

At that point, even a lay man could tell that they were lying. It's just shocking that a passenger can make up fake stories out of the blue about a driver. Seeing it happen to me first hand ehn, chai. Especially when she said she knocked her head on the driver seat. I must get that dash camera!!!!!!!

You knock your head but you still don't want to leave car? The stupidity in the lie sha

Omo, see drama today oo

My last ride for the night, I picked these two runs girls from The Wheatbaker hotel in Ikoyi to drop of at Lekki phase 1.

When we got to phase 1, they now started saying I should go back towards the gate that they want to buy water, I said no, I don't make stops at night and parked the car.

They now pleaded and I said ok and turned back, then they now started giving me attitude, telling me to wind up, bla bla, that isn't it their money. I said you know what, I'm ending the trip, don't worry about the payment, just leave my car.

That's how these girls said they are not leaving my car ooo, as in, see me see wahala. My car??

Not wanting to escalate the situation by taking matters into my own hands, I told them that I would drive them to a police checkpoint and they were still egging me on, like, "Go call police na"

When the police eventually came, they just start lying and lying and lying.

They were telling the office that they did not tell me to stop anywhere, I almost could not believe it. The genesis of the whole thing and you can just easily lie about it? Unbelievable!

Then they now lied to police that I was reckless and that I drove fast and applied breaks and she hit her head on my seat. I mean can you imagine that shhhh. Me that drove not more than 70km/h on this particular trip.

Okay so if you feel unsafe in my car, then why don't you want to leave na? Even after I tell you not to pay? I mean how stupid is that?

So car is unsafe, but you are telling me you don't want to leave.

Omo I've now almost seen everything in this hustle oooo, my goodness.

I just had to go back home, cause the lies rattled me a bit. I was just thinking, so girls like these can lie about anything? What if they created a more crafty lie that lands me in trouble?

I can't wait to get my dash camera that also records audio, so I can always have video proof of the things that transpired.

The will give public trial to people like Nnamdi Kanu, that was using microphone, they will publicize it everyday, they will turn it into a tv series with different episodes in court, like Season 1, EP 5

However, for murderous people, they will just issue a statement like,

“The suspects have been apprehended”

and you won’t hear from them again.

So you know it is foreign elements and yet you want to give them land through RUGA BUGGA DUGAA

Na wa sha

I also wanted to know how people save for car repairs but never got an answer, I guess everyone here just "wings" it.

Still trying to use an envelope system sha, at least 1k per day for "car repair" inside an envelope, or at least 500 naira on everyday I drive. It is just soooooooooooooooooooooo slow, but I believe it's much better than nothing and hoping that nothing goes wrong with your car while driving.

So many things can go wrong with your car out of the blue, although they may all be "manageable" sha.

Like for instance, in addition to my shaking car (keep in mind I already replaced all mounts like 6 months ago documented on this thread), I was driving last 2 nights and someone told me outside my car that he thought I was an okada, I was like haba why? He said cause I only have one side of my lights working even with the full beams on.

So that means I lost both the low headlight bulb and the high headlight bulb, chai!

Yeah things can definitely go wrong, but we always pray for the best everyday.

Felicity001:
The truth is this, from my experience driving with all major apps indriver's developers are very very smart thing guys followed by Uber.

Indriver app if you understand very well as a driver with many cheat you would agreed with me her developer actually thought outside of the moon b4 writing the programs for that app.


First, immidately you accept a ride on indriver the 10% commission is already waiting to be charged and once you arrive with the passenger indicated they're coming you are already been charged for that trip, paraventure you didn't embark on the trip for some reasons and you cancel the ride, (1) the commission already charged will either be refund after 30days or thereabout or may not be refund at all.

The reason for this is that, some drivers out of greed still cancel yet embark on the ride offline only to be refunded after a month or 7days. Poverty minded men.
So indriver developer understands this tricks many drivers use reason for that long wait refund so instead the wise once will simply just go on the trip instead.

So the best way to bet the system is not to arrive at all making sure your rider is prompt to PU b4 arriving even after getting to the PUP, so immidately you accept the rides get you facts cleared b4 moving to PU, some times I even arrive at the point where I accept the ride base on our convo over the phone to hold down the rider so they don't cancel and request another because once they do your chances of getting that same trip is slim.

This is why some riders will get angry a driver arrives even b4 getting to where they are.

So the point is, if you have doubt a rider will take too much if your time in coming out, first don't move, and if no call or nothing from them in terms of communication after accepting the ride then arrive and wait that same plont 5min then cancel because some riders are mischievous. Your money will only take 4-7days to come back to you

Know the modus operandi of a system so you can know how to beat it to your own advantage

The only problem.with indriver is the fare, out if that every other aspect is well thought out. Kudos to the developers of the app.

Meeeeen! I enjoyed reading this, thank you for the tips.

Na wa sha, are you really saying people would want to bypass indriver low commission? Wow! I never even thought of doing that because the commission is very reasonable on indriver.

I already employed your tip of not calling the rider, and it is supported in the literature indriver puts out, as regards to their refund policy. I remember reading something along the lines of if you call a passenger through the app, then the commission is already deducted. I am telling you I never even knew that and I had done over a 100 rides on indriver.

Your tips in a way though, promote unprofessionalism, but it seems with all these apps, you can't always be "professional", with their own unique slave labor algorithms, sigh.

For Bolt, they want you to take every ride, so drivers have to act unprofessionally by clicking arrived when they know that they are never going to that destination.

For Uber, you can't even see destination -- flying blind, so you have to act unprofessional and start calling the rider shouting "Where are you going oooo madam, didn't you hear me?"

Then indriver, oh indriver, the only app where you can come back with less money than when you left your house, as in, magic shit. So now instead of rushing to the riders destination as soon as I accept, I have to be unprofessional and stay put in the same spot till the rider calls me or replies to my in-app message, na wa.


There should be an app for complete driver freedom! , "but no one would be going to certain areas", that might be the argument. However, I do believe there is a driver for every rider, even if you are going to the middle of the ocean, there is a driver that also has to go home back to the ocean and will take you. That driver knows everything about the water and where all other cars sink inside, he knows a secret path that is safe for this car to pass and arrive safely in the middle of the ocean and on time too!

"It will take too long to get rides", it already takes long when a driver has to cancel or a rider has to cancel, wasting precious minutes. Why not remove all these rules and know that when a driver really accepts a ride, he/she is 110% committed to fulfilling it and providing excellent customer service.

Anyways, thanks bro, off to bed. Will see you guys next week, have a lot of car repair, hustling, reading and chores to do from now till Sunday.

May God bless you and all the commenters, drivers and the whole community.

chiedu7:
You no get my angle.

They are making life difficult for him becos he is no more on the left

Oh I get you now bro!

chiedu7:
From the time this guy said he is buying twitter & voting Republican, its been one wahala or the other

Bruh, that is just superstitious talk.

I’m sure someone in his position must be used to failure, in fact, I bet he fails often and tries to learn from all his failures.

Remember all the early production issues with Tesla, yet the team was able to get better faster, at least he didn’t fold, and now Tesla is a car even petrol-heads want to own, as per wishlist.

Gentlelife50:
Once I hear that I end the nonsense call but if I am tired and want to do what will make me reinvigorate I'll start playing.

Once I hear Oga where are you?
Madam I am in my car, you want to come and meet me here?

I did it one Sunday and the woman provoked, she thought I will be begging her because it's an airport trip.
Madam where am I coming to pick you, she kept asking where am I? That she wants to know first, I vex end call.
Next request came in, bobo wan go lacampagne Tropicana.
I call the guy immediately because it was a Sunday, told him I can't go there online.
He was asking how much, I told him to wait fist that I am coming got there after much much we bargained 20k for go and come from Diamond estate I was like this is better for me at least I will be going home with at least 15k.
We got there guy say I must go in with them, he spent 70k for our flexing because he came with his girlfriend.
I didn't bother about money again because I have enjoyed my money but he still paid.

I sabi play with riders if I don tire
, you'll get to their gate they will be asking you your name again, like didn't you saw the

name on the app?
Kaii, Nigeriana eeeehh

Bruuuuh! You suppose write book oo

Possible titles:

“Trials and Travails of a Lagos ehailing driver”

“Where are you?”

“The AUDACITY of the rider”

“Riders just wanna have fun”

“Slave Labour and Commission”

“THE HOODLUM, a Felicity story”

“The things my eyes have seen”

“Don’t trust Yo girl”

“My name is on the APP!”

...

Gentlelife50:
I always call you like some minutes before getting there, so I won't have to wait much.
But if the rider make me wait too much I will on my bolt and be hoping to get something better if I do I'll show the rider pepper �️ nonsense.

Abeg how do I show indriver riders pepper?

Please teach me senpai

Meanwhile, the next person that asks me “Where are you?”, will receive a dirty slap!!

When you try to educate them that they can monitor a drivers position on the app, they now get annoyed and cancel.

Only few educated people will monitor you and even call you if you haven’t moved or are taking a wrong route.

but why are Naija people like this sef

“Oga where are you?”

I was so tempted to say, “I’m in your mothers yansh”

Oxala:
You guys allow them to ride you

All drivers should stop using them

I will reduce my usage of that app or follow Felicity’s strategy, if not calling so they don’t deduct my money

Oxala:
They show up late because there's no paid waiting

Exactly!!!

Very useless clientele, lol.

The way I cursed customer service ehn, I’m surprised they didn’t even block me. I’m sure they are using the refund money to invest and get profit, cause I still can’t wrap my head around the driver paying for a late customer, it’s perplexing, fvcking obtuse policy.

How can I leave my house looking to make money, instead my account is just being debited by indriver, even in this fuel scarcity period.

Well I’m back driving with Bolt and paying them 26% commission, chai!

The Lord is our strength!!!

Felicity001:
Stop cancelling if you don't get clear facts and details of the ride.

Stop accepting rides out if desperation

Stop being fastest fingers geng... You got what you bargain for so stop complaining

It's the way you lay your bed rider will lay in it

Don't arrive and expect rider to cancel

Unless you're very sure rider is ready to move or willing to go on the trip b4 you can arrive, and when you arrive make sure it's at the point where you can also cancel immediately after 5min if rider doesn't show up.

Stop calling rider on indriver, leave them to call and any one that don't call should cancel

Instead chat them up. It doesn't cost a thing to chat

Key point allow them to cancel and your money will be refunded immidately.

Nice one bro, many blessings for your response.

Lol, I always pick rides that I can go for, but i cancel because the indriver passengers always show up late.

I will take your advice and stop calling cause that’s when they deduct my money.

Thanks bro!

dahflemzy:
Boss it's been long o... How have you been.
Me sef get 2 accounts Incase them ban one... This one don get ban for phone sections already..

For the transmission, it shouldn't be changed like that. But as per sey you get money well well, I'd wait for my ogas to comman add their own.

I’ve been good oh, just hustling every day. We give God the glory.

May God bless our hustle, amen!!!

Gentlelife50:
Bro please if the transmission isn't giving you issues, leave it the way it is.
Gear can be sensitive, you can work on your suspension and the rest but don't touch that gear please.

But please what's your alternate Monica because I can see this account have been active since 2015?

It;s VaselineCrew.

As per the transmission, all I'm gonna be doing is a COLD drain and fill, a couple of times. I think the problems arise when you do a hot drain and fill (since the volume expands when hot) or you flush the whole thing out.

With a cold drain and refill the first time, I should be at like 50% old fluid and 50% new fluid. Then another drain and refill after a week and I should be at like 80% new fluid and 20% old fluid and so on.

Anyways, I have already started the car maintenance savings "envelope", and I hope it outgrows the car problems so I can have peace of mind.

I really do want my transmission and engine to last "forever".

YeyeGbami:
Easiest job ever, driving around inside AC.

lol, mocking the whole driver community in one fell swoop, chai!

Gentlelife50:
That person up there seems to be a newbie, he probably saw as they were throwing figures here and there and ..
Hmmmm, car maintenance can eat deep into your earnings.

It's been said here this job is a car wrecker.
Abeg make una come tell the Bro how una dey do maintenance.

Lol, no braah! I'm not a noob ooo, my alternate moniker was banned by the evil overlords over at the politics section.

Yeah the job really is a car wrecker, but my strategy for now is to make sure the oil is always changed monthly or highest once in 2 months and if I get extra money then drain and refill the transmission fluid.

This will at least ensure the drivability of the car by Gods grace.

It's just annoying hearing all these sounds while driving and thinking that you can only push soo long before those sounds graduate to a bigger problem.

YeyeGbami:
Which car be this?

Avensis oooo

Does anyone here have a car maintenance budget strategy with these driver apps?

I was thinking that maybe I'd put away 1k per day for car troubles, but as it is now ehn, the way my car is vibrating and doing gbakabi ka ka, shreeeeeeeen, bugun, ka ka ka , click click click kk kk kk... I don't even know anymore

It feels like everything on the car needs to be changed, from shocks to compressor to alternator to shaft (click click click).

It is almost like I am driving a danfo

I was just sad going back home, but tomorrow is a new day by Gods grace and I need a plan.

Do you guys put money aside per day for car repair?

Please why does Indriver keep charging drivers when the passenger does not show?

I sometimes hate this indriver app passionately.

The riders are soooooooooooooooo useless, and they always make you wait longer than 5 minutes because they know that unlike bolt and uber, there is no paid waiting after 5 minutes.

Imagine I waited for 15 minutes for a rider today and after cancelling, she still had the audacity to abuse me and tell me that I am not patient. I just told her that my God will judge her, and ignored all her rantings and calls.

You make me wait for 15 minutes and you still tell me that I am not patient? God have mercy, God pleeeease.

They have taken almost 2k from me today and are saying they will refund me in 10 days, but why? Why even make a driver have to pay for a late passenger?

All these driver apps are just useless and I am tired of driving

Why are you asking questions to which the answer is already known to you?

Don't you see the way Ganduje that was caught red handed stuffing dollars in his agbada is defended here?

Don't you see the way Tinubu with 2 bullion vans on Election Eve is defended here?


You already know that majority it seems, of your fellow Nigerians enjoy suffering and supporting theives.

They enjoy having no electricity or water, poo-ing in public, open gutters with poo smells... they love it all bruh!

Nigerians, still one of the daftest people on the face of this earth.

Thank God for white people, cause really the black man is just something else.

Here you have blacks in the poverty capital of the world, with no government water, no electricity, yet they extol their granddaddy theif.

God you are my creator, but sometimes I wonder what went wrong with us blacks, what went wrong with Nigerians.

For someone to swim in gutter for Buhari, and others to hail a Bullion van crook.

What went wrong?