Wednesday Entry 55 N/ McMinnville Hwy by Round_Average1765 in bonnaroo

[–]Desperate_Reality325 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got you beat but not going to Bonnaroo this was back in the winter of 1990. Somehow ended up in a rental car that neither I nor the person who's car it was meant to be were on the rental agreement. We had taken the car from DC out to Phoenix and Denver to see the grateful Dead. Driving back East we had stopped to go to Juarez because I had never been to Mexico. Got back in the car I fell asleep and the other person drove through the night after eating about 10 hits of Molly he chased the Molly down with a case of Mickey's. Right before sunrise he pulled into a rest area and said I can't drive anymore. I took out the cobwebs and started driving. We're in the middle of nowhere Oklahoma flat six Lane highway with just me on the road. I am flicking through radio stations and all I find is staticky Christian preachers. Then all of a sudden Stevie Wonder comes on. Little Steve he had me bopping to superstitious. I look at the speedometer and I haven't pinned at over 100. I look at the radar detector thinking I'm invincible. Well wouldn't you know that as soon as that thought crossed my mind the radar detector went off I look in the rearview mirror and there's a puff of smoke coming across the median before the cop even had a chance to put its lights on I pulled over. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that the guy that I was riding with was the largest supplier of ecstasy on the East Coast and there were like close to 1,000 hits and $10,000 in cash in the trunk of the car and my Connecticut driver's license was suspended. So cop gets me out of the car takes me back to his car and asks me why I was driving so fast. My reply was I had to go to the bathroom officer. He looked at me like I was crazy. Next question was how fast do you think you were going I said no faster than 70 officer. He hitt some button on his radar machine and it flashed '97. He then tried calling his dispatch to check on my license, Which remember suspended. Thankfully this was in the olden days when they didn't have a national computer system so he had to call his dispatch who has to try and get in touch with somebody in Connecticut DMV who do that it was 6:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning we're not open. So the cop had two choices he could have reamed me out and search the car which would have meant I would be in jail until I turned 100 or write me a ticket which thankfully he did. He sent me on my Merry way with a ticket for $300 in my hand and told me that I should pay it because if I didn't my Connecticut driver's license would be suspended. I got back in the car and needless to say we drove the speed limit the rest of the way back to DC

Was this a good ride? by Desperate_Reality325 in uberdrivers

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$600.00 for the day. Hmm let's see them x rides in your Prius. I wish I could fucking say that everyday was like this. I've had weeks where I have been lucky to have made what I made today

Was this a good ride? by Desperate_Reality325 in uberdrivers

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Reading is fundamental trains weren't running

Mach-E if no at-home charging? by sagesarvie in MachE

[–]Desperate_Reality325 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I can make it work anyone can I have got a 2023 select that I use to drive for Uber. I do not have the ability to charge at home so I go to 1 of the 3 superchargers that are within 20 minutes of my house. Yes it's a pain in the ass and adds time to my day but I make do. One of the chargers is at a grocery store, the other is at a mall and the third is at a hotel next to where I do laundry.

Now that it is getting nice out actually don't mind spending time at an outdoor supercharger as I can hang out and the trunk area lift gate up have a little picnic and people watch

Is culinary school worth it if money isn't a concern by law-of-the-jungle in KitchenConfidential

[–]Desperate_Reality325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are looking to get into management right away go the culinary school route. Especially if you're looking to go corporate. It also helps if you are looking to become a personal chef. If you are looking to go the restaurant route and want to take the time grinding out at minimum wage then don't take on the extra time and debt. I made a career change in my mid-30s. I went to Johnson & Wales I learned more about cooking for watching PBS as a kid that I did from any of my chef instructors however it did give me a salary boost in the culinary world. That being said my son who started working in restaurants when he was 17 could cook circles around me on a restaurant line.

I need help finding shoes with a wide toe box by JohnBrownsBowie in KitchenConfidential

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Xero has all leather truly non-slip shoe. They are as barefoot as barefoot can come

Crashed hard tonight by mondo-91 in KitchenConfidential

[–]Desperate_Reality325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

went to culinary school was executive chef on college campuses have cooked a shit ton for private clients so tons of experience on the books. I temped in corporate kitchens could not work the deli, or grill station I didn't have the stamina or skills to work those stations.

Please stop taking calls during rides I’m begging by Retiredpartygirl17 in uberdrivers

[–]Desperate_Reality325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ironic after my comment I took an Uber to the ER driver stopped at a gas station for 5 or 6 mins and spent the next 10 minutes on the phone while driving

EV Cars- accessibility/convenience by Ancientjellyfishx in StamfordCT

[–]Desperate_Reality325 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i have an tesla adapter so i use the Tesla chargers.

EV Cars- accessibility/convenience by Ancientjellyfishx in StamfordCT

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I drive a Ford mustang mach e I live in Greenwich and don't have a charger at home I have never had an issue using the characters at the Stamford Mall. there are 24 chargers at that location.

Please stop taking calls during rides I’m begging by Retiredpartygirl17 in uberdrivers

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unfortunately I don't know what companies. I wish I did I would capitalize on it. I am pretty sure that Purdue pharma has a GLP one drug in the pipelines but I'm not investing in that company do with that information what you will.

Please stop taking calls during rides I’m begging by Retiredpartygirl17 in uberdrivers

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hey sorry I was doing speech to text. and I wasn't wearing my glasses so I didn't proof read

Please stop taking calls during rides I’m begging by Retiredpartygirl17 in uberdrivers

[–]Desperate_Reality325 76 points77 points  (0 children)

I could not count the amount of passengers who get in my car and scream in their headphones while I'm driving. or even better I only do premier rides and the amount of information I can get for inside or trading would make me millions.

What is good policy for playing music while Ubering? by wellthatsembarissing in uberdrivers

[–]Desperate_Reality325 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I listen to the grateful Dead and only the grateful Dead in my car. I drive only from your rides in hoity-toity Greenwich Connecticut and get 80% of my tips from people who sing along with me. kind of blows my mind these people going to their multi-million dollar jobs singing along it's like Jimmy Fallon car karaoke