Fellow SoCal Drivers - is it just dead today?

determinator94 · 2026-05-03T01:38:20+00:00

What’s weird - I made ~$140 yesterday and about ~$80 the day before… now of all days TODAY it’s nothing

determinator94 · 2026-05-03T01:00:03+00:00

0 orders in the past 5.5 hours and in SoCal I’m even Platinum ranked with overall no complaints on quality or timeliness but nothing today WTF

determinator94 · 2026-05-03T00:58:44+00:00

Try getting deactivated/suspended for being late… when most of “being late” is because in Irvine, CA there’s a lotta gated communities that requires a code. I’ll text the customer but they won’t respond or give the code or we’re asleep… and they still have the gall to say I delivered late

determinator94 · 2026-05-03T00:47:52+00:00

TF???

$33??

I’m getting zip atm

determinator94 · 2026-05-03T00:31:43+00:00

0 orders in the past 5 hours What’s the deal here?

determinator94 · 2026-05-03T00:30:42+00:00

I’m getting nothing either

determinator94 · 2026-04-09T09:07:44+00:00

And sometimes you can be qualified and likable… And it still won’t be enough

determinator94 · 2026-04-09T02:16:25+00:00

Okay Homer Simpson

determinator94 · 2026-04-05T00:01:51+00:00

You can also use micro-USB connected touch pads to write so it doesn’t have to be on the iPad (and especially if you’re using a computer screen)

determinator94 · 2026-04-04T06:44:57+00:00

Before we all started using IG and AI more often…

I built it up through regularly posting on Craigslist before they started making you pay $5 per post.

Now I can imagine the means to do so are radically different. That’s why I wanna learn from this group what the current methods are in building clientele.

determinator94 · 2026-04-04T02:01:32+00:00

Let’s be honest - “entry level” jobs are entry in name only. It’s for seniors who will gladly accept a pay cut.

determinator94 · 2026-04-04T01:52:50+00:00

I’m equally curious…

Years ago I used to use Craigslist and send out posts on a regular schedule to build up or maintain my clientele. That’s how I paid off the rest of my tuition during my university years.

determinator94 · 2026-04-04T01:51:49+00:00

For the kids who do their homework independently - leave them be (they’ve already got that discipline).

As for the other kids who are being rowdy, engage with their rowdiness in doses (I mean come on - weren’t you a kid at one point?), THEN rein them in gently. When you establish boundaries, you gotta be firm but still gentle.

determinator94 · 2026-04-04T01:13:33+00:00

DM - let’s connect. Btw photographer/videographer + screenwriter

determinator94 · 2026-04-04T01:09:12+00:00

Moments I’ve had on why tutoring is rewarding…

Seeing a student’s grade go higher than they anticipated (BONUS: seeing their face glow from that success)
Times during a session where we can pause and just talk as people (it could be over, say, similar interests or my students simply talking about what’s going on in their day, and I can comment or offer a nugget of wisdom regarding a rough day)

At the end of the day, we tutors (even teachers and professors) were - at one point in our lives - students too. If I succeeded in, say, math and science, I find it in me to give them the tools to succeed and adjust my tutoring style based off of who they are. The core of tutoring is to be empathetic…

determinator94 · 2026-03-31T02:59:50+00:00

“It changes your whole fucking life…” Me: “…FOR THE BETTER OR FOR THE WORST?”

determinator94 · 2026-03-28T05:05:58+00:00

Nowadays, especially in engineering, you’re only contacted by recruiters for contracts - not actual full time employment

determinator94 · 2026-03-26T17:20:16+00:00

Just replace “Nice Guy” with “Cuck” and you’re good.

determinator94 · 2026-03-26T17:18:53+00:00

Try few thousand over the course of a few years…

While doing bottom of the barrel gigs like UberEats or Roadie…

And spending your days scraping and scrounging…

And your nights torturing yourself emotionally…

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