>driving Lyft >the app says I am picking up someone named “Xx” >pull into the parking lot >there is a dude standing there >nobody else is around >I say “Hey…
Author: zeemonkey
I am an English professor who drives for Lyft in Tallahassee, Florida.
>driving Lyft >I pick up this little kid, about four or five, and his mother >kid says “Hello, driver. My name is King” >I say “Well hey, little man, how…
>driving Lyft >I have four college girls piled in the backseat >they look and sound like New Jersey >so probably from Miami >we are going down a crowded residential road…
>driving Lyft >I am fourth in line at one of those stupid gate callboxes >foiled by the power of gated security >with its all-knowing callbox >such a callbox prevents hooliganism…
>driving Lyft >wandering around an apartment complex >93% of Tallahassee is apartment complex >which means 85% of the streets are nothing but speed bumps >and 90% of the game is…
>driving Lyft >heading down Park Avenue a bit too fast >I notice that I need to go to Publix >just as I am passing Publix >fuck >in that instant I…
>driving Lyft >pick up this Filipina lady >sweet lady, about my age >I ask if she speaks Tagalog, since that is about the only thing I know about the Philippines…
>driving >not for Lyft >me and Lucy in the McDonald’s drive-thru at noon >the line is wrapped around the building >lady dressed as a manager comes out >waves at the…
>driving Lyft >imagine if you will >3:30 AM on a Tuesday >the nearly-empty parking lot of Tallahassee Community College >Action Bronson and Marty Feldman are dancing around a derelict Saturn…
>driving Lyft >I am wearing the hat I always wear >it is a FAMU hat, because they sign my check >I have flag pins on it for every country and…