>driving Lyft >I am stopped at a redlight >to my left is a Leon County Sheriff squadcar >the deputy is looking at one of his many screens >he does not…
Author: zeemonkey
I am an English professor who drives for Lyft in Tallahassee, Florida.
>driving Lyft >Super Bowl Sunday >roads are crowded >I am trying to turn left onto Thomasville Road without a redlight >it is a careful maneuver >creeping out slowly >carefully >sometimes…
>driving Lyft >pick up tiny college girl near Township >she is very drunk >neither of us say anything for the entire ride >she has a big plastic bucket >it says…
>driving >not for Lyft >me and Lucy at the Ponce de Leon rest stop >she is five >it is wet, cloudy and cold >puddles and general yuckiness everywhere >three very…
>driving Lyft >stop at a gas station for a Monster and a scratch-off >there is a line >eight or nine folks in the store >I am the only white person…
>driving Lyft >corner of Blair Stone and Old St. Augustine >I guess they are fixing the redlight >There is a huge spool of electrical cable in a red clay ditch…
>driving Lyft >around midnight on the Southside >I’ve got all my windows rolled down >saving gas and fighting the rona >cruising >pick up this lady wearing scrubs >we are going…
>driving Lyft >rocking out to Alestorm >passenger has those earbud things in >he says something >I hear only Alestorm >he repeats himself >I still don’t viddy >I turn off Alestorm…
>driving Lyft >it’s like 9:30 in the morning >I pick up this lady who says she is late for work >but then we see McDonald’s and she wants to stop…
>driving Lyft >I have a new friend in the front seat >my wife gave me a life-size, anatomically correct decorative skeleton >he rides with me now >we named him Rowdy…