A Night In The Life of An Uber Driver! Drivers/Riders please share your story!

I was travelling abroad and called for an Uber in Rome. In Italy there is no UberX or UberXL as they are all high end cars rolling under Uber Black. My pickup was a brand new BMW 7 series. The driver was a short stocky Italian woman. I think the only English she knew was Thank you and Welcome. Everything I asked was answered, “Welcome, Thank you” or “Thank you Welcome”. Never mind etiquette, this woman had it going on.

On her left was an Ipad she was playing Texas Holdem on. On her right was an Iphone connected by bluetooth to her radio speakers and blaring Elvis tunes that she was singing to. Under the Iphone was an ashtray overflowing with butts and one hanging on her lip. She seemed to be talking to herself so I imagine she had a phone conversation going on through her bluetooth earpiece. On top of all that, she had both hands going either crocheting or knitting something. Every time we stopped at a light or in traffic she would grab the needles and knock o…

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I was travelling abroad and called for an Uber in Rome. In Italy there is no UberX or UberXL as they are all high end cars rolling under Uber Black. My pickup was a brand new BMW 7 series. The driver was a short stocky Italian woman. I think the only English she knew was Thank you and Welcome. Everything I asked was answered, “Welcome, Thank you” or “Thank you Welcome”. Never mind etiquette, this woman had it going on.

On her left was an Ipad she was playing Texas Holdem on. On her right was an Iphone connected by bluetooth to her radio speakers and blaring Elvis tunes that she was singing to. Under the Iphone was an ashtray overflowing with butts and one hanging on her lip. She seemed to be talking to herself so I imagine she had a phone conversation going on through her bluetooth earpiece. On top of all that, she had both hands going either crocheting or knitting something. Every time we stopped at a light or in traffic she would grab the needles and knock out a few stitches. At first I was little perturbed, mainly because of the smokiness of the car. Then I thought “hey, when in Rome…” The woman didn’t miss a poker hand, a song, a puff or a stitch in the thirty minutes it took to complete the ride. Talk about multitasking. Thanks for you upvote.

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This time I pick up 3 men in there 30's from India at a strip club in Bensalem PA. They get in dont seem really intoxicated. We have a coversation then they are talking amongst themselves. I look at GPS. Its putting me on PA Turnpike. Now where ever I get off I am not going to know where I am so obviously relying on GPS completely. Go up a few exists get off. Its dark as hell. I swear Bucks County suburbs doesnt like or is too cheap to put up street lights. Everything is so dark you see nothing  when you look behind you. At this times roads are not only dark but no traffic around. The guys start speaking in their language now, up to this point their conversations were all English even to each other. Before I go further I was under impression destination was one of their homes. Now I have to turn into a dark business complex. Everything closed no one around.  My mind thinks they are plotting to hack me up into little pieces lol This is just too shady. No houses, everything da…

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This time I pick up 3 men in there 30's from India at a strip club in Bensalem PA. They get in dont seem really intoxicated. We have a coversation then they are talking amongst themselves. I look at GPS. Its putting me on PA Turnpike. Now where ever I get off I am not going to know where I am so obviously relying on GPS completely. Go up a few exists get off. Its dark as hell. I swear Bucks County suburbs doesnt like or is too cheap to put up street lights. Everything is so dark you see nothing  when you look behind you. At this times roads are not only dark but no traffic around. The guys start speaking in their language now, up to this point their conversations were all English even to each other. Before I go further I was under impression destination was one of their homes. Now I have to turn into a dark business complex. Everything closed no one around.  My mind thinks they are plotting to hack me up into little pieces lol This is just too shady. No houses, everything dark, no people, no cars. I am so ready to turn around at this point but had no idea where I could go or what i would say to them about turning around. Hearts pounding, nervous. Drive about .5 mile and up on my right was a Hotel. Never so grateful to see one. This was my 2nd experience on a ride that really scared me being a female driver. I think after all my stripper, strip club experiences (as I have 2 other time I had a pick up) I need to stay away from those places. Those rides are either miserable, scarey  or just plain strange. Do you think Uber would deactivate me for not driving to or picking up from those places? Lol Yes definately. 

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August 10th Drop off my last 2 very drunk riders who drove me crazy but were funny around 2:10.  I decided to call it a night before it got worse. I drive in Philadelphia. I pull up to Cottman and Torresdale Ave. Not a great neighborhood but not the worst here in PhillyThere is a beautiful Husky with a leash roaming the middle of the busy intersection no tags. So I pull over & decide to get out slowly in case this dog bites. He comes barreling around the car as soon as I open door and tries to climb on my lap and starts to cry. Ok at least he is friendly. I call a 24 hr. Vet ask what they can suggest I do. They give me animal control's number. I call them guy responds"bring him to Front & Huntingdon park and put him in a cage" and hung up. Ok what cage, where is it on the property? Then it hit me. It's now 2:30 am unless you have bullet proof body armour and bullet proof car and you are packing (and i dont mean lunch). There is no way I am going to that hood at 230pm let …

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August 10th Drop off my last 2 very drunk riders who drove me crazy but were funny around 2:10.  I decided to call it a night before it got worse. I drive in Philadelphia. I pull up to Cottman and Torresdale Ave. Not a great neighborhood but not the worst here in PhillyThere is a beautiful Husky with a leash roaming the middle of the busy intersection no tags. So I pull over & decide to get out slowly in case this dog bites. He comes barreling around the car as soon as I open door and tries to climb on my lap and starts to cry. Ok at least he is friendly. I call a 24 hr. Vet ask what they can suggest I do. They give me animal control's number. I call them guy responds"bring him to Front & Huntingdon park and put him in a cage" and hung up. Ok what cage, where is it on the property? Then it hit me. It's now 2:30 am unless you have bullet proof body armour and bullet proof car and you are packing (and i dont mean lunch). There is no way I am going to that hood at 230pm let alone 230am. So I am standing in front of my double parked car with a dog trying to figure out what to do. Some nice people would ask if I was ok some were just a little shady (especially one man who pulled over a block away & watched me for 10 min) All i could here in my head was my dad screaming at me "are you crazy that time of morning in either of those hoods are you an idiot"? I am sure he was doing flips in his grave. So now I google "can i call 911 for a stray dog in Phila" google says yes so it must be ok right. I call 911 operator responds "I guess you want them to come get dog" I say well yes i cant leave him roaming the streets. Did I mention dog had an odor that wasnt a good one and was scratching and biting at his skin so I assume he had at the very least fleas, I cant put him in my clean nice smelling Uber or next rider may rate me 1 star for smell.. Now its after 3am I need to get off this corner. I know damn right well every police car in the district is avoiding that intersection like the plague  Ten more min. go by I finally see a police car and flag him down. An Officer out of his district (from next district over) must have felt sorry for me or it was Divine Intervention. He gets out of car I explain my dilemma (i all ready have a dog, dont have time for another dog, & most imp. I cant put dirty, smelly, flea ridden dog in my car as I drive for Uber my ratings will drop) He then takes some info from me and takes this beautiful Husky in the back of his car. I was truly grateful. Shout out to Officer Milligan. Only in an Uber.

If you enjoy these stories I have plenty more. At least once a week something funny, crazy, or bad happens while driving for Uber.  I would love to hear some of your driver or rider stories. Please feel free to share your stories here.

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Weekend before Halloween. I had a quiet but steady Friday night for the most part. Early Saturday morning around 5:30 I get a ride request few minutes away. I figure its someone headed to work. It was more "the walk of shame, quick exit" ride.  She comes right out gets into my car I'm not really paying much attention to her. It's a short trip we start talking and she tells me she has to be in work in 2 hrs. and was up.drinking all night . Then she proceeds to tell me something about the stockings she had on but no longer has them. Not quite sure where they ended up. Anyway she goes on about wearing a light up tutu and how her butt was sticking out but she had stockings on so it wasnt resl slutty. So now I am thinking if she dont have the stockings to cover her ass what is she wearing? Oh why did I ask? Its one of those things you really dont want to know the answer to. I shouldve continued not paying any attention to her. She says 'i cancelled 6/7 Ubers until you came up as my dr…

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Weekend before Halloween. I had a quiet but steady Friday night for the most part. Early Saturday morning around 5:30 I get a ride request few minutes away. I figure its someone headed to work. It was more "the walk of shame, quick exit" ride.  She comes right out gets into my car I'm not really paying much attention to her. It's a short trip we start talking and she tells me she has to be in work in 2 hrs. and was up.drinking all night . Then she proceeds to tell me something about the stockings she had on but no longer has them. Not quite sure where they ended up. Anyway she goes on about wearing a light up tutu and how her butt was sticking out but she had stockings on so it wasnt resl slutty. So now I am thinking if she dont have the stockings to cover her ass what is she wearing? Oh why did I ask? Its one of those things you really dont want to know the answer to. I shouldve continued not paying any attention to her. She says 'i cancelled 6/7 Ubers until you came up as my driver. When I seen it was a female I felt better".  "I didnt want a creepy guy picking me up with my bare ass hanging out", Umm did I just hear her correctly?  I find myself asking that question on many Uber rides, sometimes I think I hear things incorrectly. Unfortunately on these rides my hearing is just fine. IThe light comes on, it becomes crystal clear my rider is sitting in my back seat with a light up tutu with a bare ass not to mention what else is bare. As I process all this we reach destination. Dont know how she is going to explain this to her mom. Good luck. I pull a few blocks away and pull over,  my reaction out loud talking to myself "wtf is wrong with these people". I gloved, gowned, masked, got the bio hazard bag and began scrubbing my seat. I then took a can of lysol and doused my seat in it. Some things I thought about while cleaning the car? Where were the tights? Were they under the dude she slept with and just wanted to escape without waking him? Why didnt she ask to borrow a pair of boxers, sweats, shorts, even a damn trash bag? Who the hell does this? I have that answer Millennials! What kind of parents does she have that she feels she could walk through the front door like that? I thought working in healthcare you heard it and seen it all. I've since changed my thinking on that. Only in an Uber. 

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Was driving over the weekend on Saturday night. I get a request for Uber XL. I pull up and some very drunk females come out stumbling down the steps. Three of them head to my car. Two hopped in back seat and I start trip. Another one decides to sit up front as she gets in I see she has open beer bottle. Normally I wouldve said something but it was a 5 min ride and we all know what my rating for that trip would be. It was also 1130pm when all 8th district police would be settled in dark corners for their naps for the remainder of the night.  So I say nothing. Everyones belted and off we go. First thing she says is dont worry about the beer I'ma cop and the one behind you is a sargeant. I have my badge with me. Philly's finest at their best. We pull up to red light and she tells me to go through it. I'm good waiting for the green was my response. She starts talking to me & telling me about the male stripper that someone had ordered for the girl in the back (her bachlorette part…

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Was driving over the weekend on Saturday night. I get a request for Uber XL. I pull up and some very drunk females come out stumbling down the steps. Three of them head to my car. Two hopped in back seat and I start trip. Another one decides to sit up front as she gets in I see she has open beer bottle. Normally I wouldve said something but it was a 5 min ride and we all know what my rating for that trip would be. It was also 1130pm when all 8th district police would be settled in dark corners for their naps for the remainder of the night.  So I say nothing. Everyones belted and off we go. First thing she says is dont worry about the beer I'ma cop and the one behind you is a sargeant. I have my badge with me. Philly's finest at their best. We pull up to red light and she tells me to go through it. I'm good waiting for the green was my response. She starts talking to me & telling me about the male stripper that someone had ordered for the girl in the back (her bachlorette party). She was complaining how old, saggy, and hairy he was. Then she tells me about the strip club they went to. Apparently the male stripper picked big mouth cop to come up on stage. He asks what type of underwear she had on.? She replies a "gstring you wanna smell them"? He replies, "I think we need a new volunteer up here". She thinks it is hysterical and I guess normal. This goes back and forth about the night  at the strip club. We pull up to the bar she gets out and drops the bottle as it shatters and splashes everywhere. Thankfully not in my car. She then proceeds to tell the 5 people standing outside to mind their own business i'm a cop. Wth is wrong with these women? I thought the strippers I picked up were bad. The customers are even worse. I've picked up men from strip clubs and they dont feel the need to tell me about their night at the strip club. Thankfully. Why do people feel the need to tell things like this to their Uber driver? She did hand me a 20.00 tip though. As soon as they exit I get out of there. I take a few rides and its now 2am I get a ride request to pick up at Brick House but name is different from crazy drunk big mouth badge carrying beer dropping cop. I sit for 2 min. and out comes???? You guessed it. It was the even more drunk crazy big mouth badge carrying beer dropping cop. Now bride to be is really drunk looking for a penis straw she dropped. She asks if she can dump her drink out the window. I say go for it as I really dont want alcohol in my car & road was deserted. She decides to wait until 2 cars are behind us and proceeds to throw a drink out the window. Not the alcohol I thought she meant the whole cup with penis straw and alcohol. So of course it hits the car behind us. They pull besides my car yelling and screaming. Drunk crazy cop pulls badge out and slurs "get out of hear before I have you locked up". Thankfully it was a group of teens that she was able to scare away with her badge. That was my last ride for the night . When your 1st pick up after 2am is a disaster its time to head home for the night before it gets worse. 

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Over the summer picked up a guy in his mid 20's. We talked for a few min. and then it got quiet for a few min. out of the blue guy says "i like your shoes". I dont know if I hear him right so i repeat "my shoes" he replies yes. So I am thinking ok they are 5.00 black canvas cheap wal mart sneakers but ok whatever so I say "thank you". Few more min. go by he says "I really like shoes". I was weirded out at 1st comment but things are getting more strange. Few more min. of silence he says "its really hot out there today. How long have you been wearing those sneakers today"? I glance at phine see the big red bar that says "end trip" never been so happy to see it. Pull over flip up locks and say "have a great night". As soon as he exits I lock doors and get out of there asap. I dont know where he was headed with this and I can assure you I dont want to know. I can only speculate maybe he had a foot fetish? Maybe i sh…

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Over the summer picked up a guy in his mid 20's. We talked for a few min. and then it got quiet for a few min. out of the blue guy says "i like your shoes". I dont know if I hear him right so i repeat "my shoes" he replies yes. So I am thinking ok they are 5.00 black canvas cheap wal mart sneakers but ok whatever so I say "thank you". Few more min. go by he says "I really like shoes". I was weirded out at 1st comment but things are getting more strange. Few more min. of silence he says "its really hot out there today. How long have you been wearing those sneakers today"? I glance at phine see the big red bar that says "end trip" never been so happy to see it. Pull over flip up locks and say "have a great night". As soon as he exits I lock doors and get out of there asap. I dont know where he was headed with this and I can assure you I dont want to know. I can only speculate maybe he had a foot fetish? Maybe i should've answered him. I may have made more $ giving him my cheap canvas sneakers to do whatever with than I did on his 3 mile trip. Lol  As dumb as this may sound that was definately my most weirdest trip to date as of the summer.

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Two weeks ago Saturday ended up in Center City Philly. Hate it down there but it was surged and consecitive ride bonus was offered. Wasnt going to make it back to burbs so stayed there. Uber screwed up pick up location and sent me towards an old off ramp on 95 now closed and oncoming traffic to be T boned. I then realized I left my bullet proof car and vest at home along with my body armour and gun. Shit went wrong in first 2 min of accepting trip it was just going to get worse. I cancelled. I then ended up over by Sugar House Casino on small side street  so I could turn around and get the hell outta there. Its 2am and no street lights and had a pair of 10 yr old glasses on. I can assure you what I seen next was as clear as day. A somewhat decent 20 something girl in an extremely short dress and high heels is headed towards casino. I can only assume she was a prostitute who just conducted business and got out of a car rather quickly. Her dress in the front never got pulled down. …

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Two weeks ago Saturday ended up in Center City Philly. Hate it down there but it was surged and consecitive ride bonus was offered. Wasnt going to make it back to burbs so stayed there. Uber screwed up pick up location and sent me towards an old off ramp on 95 now closed and oncoming traffic to be T boned. I then realized I left my bullet proof car and vest at home along with my body armour and gun. Shit went wrong in first 2 min of accepting trip it was just going to get worse. I cancelled. I then ended up over by Sugar House Casino on small side street  so I could turn around and get the hell outta there. Its 2am and no street lights and had a pair of 10 yr old glasses on. I can assure you what I seen next was as clear as day. A somewhat decent 20 something girl in an extremely short dress and high heels is headed towards casino. I can only assume she was a prostitute who just conducted business and got out of a car rather quickly. Her dress in the front never got pulled down. No underwear a full on 1970's ungroomed black bush is all you could see.  How do you not know your whole front area is hanging out for the world to see and the wind to blow through. It was chilly out.  Surprised icicles were not hanging off. I really wanted yo hand her a few bucks to get waxed or groomed. Grateful she wasnt my next rider cause even though I just cancelled a rider she would've been cancelled also. 

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