>driving Lyft >midnight on a Friday >stopped at a redlight on the corner of Dewey and Tennessee >drunken white college kids are circling the McDonald’s like it’s the Kaaba >homeless…
Author: zeemonkey
I am an English professor who drives for Lyft in Tallahassee, Florida.
>driving Lyft >listening to the radio >one of those corporate hard rock stations >days of five fingered motionless chemical shinedown or whatever >it’s fine >this is fine >but then they…
>driving Lyft >stopped at a redlight on Gaines Street >my phone informs me Ruth Bader Ginsburg died >I look up >a man wearing an inflatable Patrick Star costume is trying…
>driving Lyft >a new chicken place opened up on Adams >attractive young Black lady is in the parking lot >she is waving a hand-drawn sign that says “FREE DARK SNACK”…
>driving Lyft >I am called out once again to the forest primeval >I turn onto a dirt road >it is the surface of Mars >there are pot bunkers and sand…
>driving >not for Lyft >taking Lucy to the doctor for a checkup >she is almost five >Youtube is playing what it believes to be my favorite songs over the Bluetooth…
>driving Lyft >got this white lady back there >probably my age >kinda matronly >she proceeds to drop the n-word during her description of some hairs she found in my backseat…
>driving Lyft >pick up Boomer father and teenage son >Boomer father looks like Paulie Walnuts >talks like him too >Jersey Yankees for sure >kid has on a mask >Boomer does…
>driving Lyft >college girl gets in >she says “Oh, wow! Hey Dr. Showers! You driving Lyft now?” >yes >you done caught me running my side hustle >but how did you…
>driving Lyft >stop to get gas >as I have done hundreds of times >I have a GasBuddy card >good old GasBuddy >save a few cents per gallon type thing >I…