>driving Lyft >pick up this lady and her son >we drop him off at school >continue on to her work >we chat about the weather >as one does >it is…
>driving Lyft >get called down to a cul-de-sac of apartments >a gaggle of children is milling about in the street >the oldest of them might be ten >as soon as…
>driving Lyft >pick up college-aged kids having themselves a date >they are getting all giggly and touchy-feely back there >suddenly the girl goes “Help! Help! He’s assaulting me! He’s holding me…
>driving >not for Lyft >I an chauffeuring Lucy to circus camp >Lucy likes to ask questions >Lucy says “Daddy, what’s the smallest, cutest, most delicate turtle you’ve ever seen on…
>driving Lyft >pick up this older Black dude >he doesn’t look fragile, but he is badly hobbling >has two canes >when he gets in the car >he tells me the…
>driving Lyft >pick up a mother, father and a college-aged daughter >we are all big and white >they are touring Tallahassee because the daughter might want to go to FSU…
>driving Lyft >I take a teacher out to Tallahassee Classical School >I know she’s a teacher because of the badge she wears >she does not talk to me, so I…
>driving Lyft >get called out to one of those corporate chain restaurants >It’s like one in the morning >I get a text from my passenger that says >”I AM DEAF…
>driving Lyft >my passenger comes sprinting out of her house >gets in the back seat >rolls down the window >starts yelling back at the house >”Bitch you better hurry up!…
>driving Lyft >I’m at an apartment block that looks like a brick lunchbox >this lady comes downstairs and gets in the car >she says “Can you wait just a minute,…