>driving Lyft >take a lady and her little girl to a body shop/junkyard >dozen of wrecked cars everywhere >a brutal assemblage >a real horrorshow of metal and glass >agonized sculptures…
>driving Lyft >pick up three girls from FAMU Palmetto >Girl A, Girl B, Girl C >their conversation went as follows: >A: Girl I was feeling some type of way last…
>driving Lyft >pick up Asian FSU student >May be Hmong; said she was from Minnesota >I say I am from South Alabama >she says “I don’t get the football thing…
>driving Lyft >pick up a guy in Frenchtown >short trip >supposed to take him to another, identical-looking part of Frenchtown >he looks like Eddie Steeples in My Name is Earl…
>driving Lyft >pick up a guy at an Alzheimer’s hospice >guy looks like Red Foo >I guess he works there >gets in and sits directly behind me >I hate that…
>driving Lyft >around noonish >going up Magnolia from Apalachee >dude is walking a bicycle across four lanes of traffic >I say “dude,” but maybe not dude >age, race and gender…
>driving Lyft >pick up guy wearing expensive suit >government type, going to an office in Southwood >He smells like baby powder >I smell LOTS of baby powder >it is oppressive…
>driving Lyft >pick up teenage daughter and father >or niece and uncle or something, doesn’t matter >girl is professionally dressed in suit jacket >man is professionally dressed in painter’s pants…
>driving Lyft >pick up sweet older lady >we get to talking >I tell her I am a professor at FAMU >she says she has always wanted to go back for…
>driving Lyft >I get called to Chuck E Cheese >I park at the front door, put hazards on >Giant Black dude comes out >Looks at me, nods >Looks at his…