Food for thought

Today I took a Gironomo (Long Trip 45 in the Uber App) from a prominent hotel on Treasure Island
to Orlando Airport (MCO). The last time I went there was a couple weeks ago from Tampa Airport (TPA)
Waze did the exact same thing to me at the very last turn. It directed me to the complete wrong place.
I knew though not to turn down Hienzmannn or whatever you call it because the last time it did that it
fubarred the entire trip kind of. Because I made that mistake already, I knew not to do it again.
That dude did what a lot of riders do, he said he was going to tip me right away but he didn’t.
his plane was originally leaving MCO at 3:45PM I got him there at 3:09PM. While we were headed to MCO he got a message
that the 3:45PM trip was delayed until 7PM. He was at the airport for several hours with time. He did what he did.
I have made that trip many times. I just drop the passenger off and drive back empty.
Since I don’t drive at night anymore and I start driving at noon now. Because of Dumb (Don’t get me started on this subject!)
I just came directly home which is in Manatee county Florida. Today was pretty cold for Florida.
Last Christmas it was 75 Degrees we use Farenhight (The imperial system) in America. Today it was 41.2
this morning when I left for Pinellas County. That is very cold for Florida. Tomorrow 12/25/2022 it’s supposed to get
down in the ’30s. I tell people that I have been in Florida my entire life when it gets a single degree below 60
I start to freeze. I told someone from Colorado once and they were like “oh that’s adorable” that is funny! I am a
wimp when it gets cold lol.

Update: This person did tip me on 12/26/2022. I was tipped heavy too $19.32 (I consider anything over $10.00 to be a heavy tip) for this ride.

I am at lingr restaurant for the first time ever! The food here is awesome. I can definitely see myself coming back here. There were no available tables so I am sitting at the bar. The staff are all really nice here too. This place is really modern kinda like an Apple store but with alcohol. The food is awesome too. I just had some spicy chili garlic dumplings, they were so good, I even drank the juice lol. I am such a pig! I also ordered the lions main shrooms.
Umm, it was very good.

This is definitely the type of place I would bring a date or in my case, anyone I would want to impress!You have to pay big prices for anything that’s really good.
I don’t like that, but it is just the way it is.

The thing about lingr that almost put me off is that there are no prices on their website, so here they are.

I had the wok-fried Florida fresh catch at Markt Price. Among many other things lol. I pretty much just ate everything, like always lmao. There was this soup like stuff at first and I was lucky my waitress told me how to consume it, because I truly had no idea that you just sip it right out of the little bowl thingy it was in.

The Uber app says I helped 3 people today. I made a little over $70.00 dollars.
I was thinking it would be so much better if I were to earn just over $7000.00 dollars instead lol.
I chose to drive full-time for Uber though so it is up to me to earn more. “I made this bed, now I have to lie in it.”
Last night my mother wanted to go out after dark and ride around and see Christmas lights so we did. We stayed close to the house
it is crazy what people put out for Christmas the electric bill alone is enough to stop me from putting lights outside for Christmas lmao.

1. I completed 3 total trips to the airport from St. Pete Beach today. I made just under $70.00, whatever lol. It’s missing some zeros but, I suppose I will make do with it.

Sunday is the last day of the work week for driving for Uber. I did almost  $300.00 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I don’t drive for Uber for the next 2 days! I would drive for Uber but I am like right in the middle of transitioning from dependence on Uber income, so driving for Uber instead of editing or taking video, would actually cost me money.

The Uber app says I helped 4 people today get to their destinations. I made very close to a hundred dollars USD. That is like nothing but since my overhead is extremely low, it will do for now. Something that no one really considers is that every time an Uber trip is accepted that driver is actually helping 5 people or groups of people  and the driver is getting the least amount of help even if they are tipped. 1)Uber the company is making out the best, 2)The Uber share holder(s) 3)the rider(s) 4) the I.R.S. (From me anyway) or whatever taxing authority Uber is operating under 5)last but not least, the driver and then they get judged/rated for each trip. Still, as an Uber driver in Florida state, I still always try to have a good day. Speaking of which, this is my song of the week. I have been listening this song all day when I am alone no Warren today.

I help 4 people today the Uber app says I took 4 trips. I made a little more than $110.00 which is like nothing.
I just looked at the clock before I posted this and it said 8:02 PM I remember this morning waking up at 8:17AM
I live in Florida so that is ET. I just walked in the door, I took my  Friday vitamins and now I will go ride the Peloton for 20 minutes and then I will really be done with work for the day.

Today the Uber app says I helped 3 people take 3 trips. Those are quality trips to Tampa International Airport. Because I do not care at all and never have about “Uber Pro” there is nothing left to worry about but the actual amount of money I am getting for a trip. Since I like to go to Tampa Airport and Downtown St. Petersburg the most, I decline pretty much everything except for those trips. With upfront pricing and trip radar I can actually see where the pickup and destination are and make that decision in that moment. Since Uber started that upfront pricing and trip radar stuff my cancellation rate has gone way down! Since I know this is like a $20.00 call, I notice all drinks but I let them go, I used to just cancel every time I saw a drink.

One of the cool things about working for yourself is that you can not go to work if you don’t want to. The negative side effect is that if you don’t go to work, usually you don’t earn anything either. I planned to shoot the St. Petersburg pier tomorrow A.M. but I lost my drone again In the Manatee River. I say again because in May I lost another drone in the that River the same way. The drone I lost before was a DJI Mavic mini that I got on Black Friday 2021 for $234.00 shipped from EBay. The drone that I just lost was a DJI mini 2 that I got used from Amazon for like $350.00. I would rather not lose anything but drone photography has a pretty large learning curve. Losing a drone sucks, but those plastic propellers will break skin no problem. I would rather lose a drone in the water without hurting anyone or anything than to lose a drone AND hurt or potentially kill someone. No one ever thinks about the damage a drone flown by an amateur can do. Drones no matter which one can be a very bad thing. Anyone can get a license to fly a drone, anyone can purchase one and they are usually purchased by amateur, they seem pretty cool. The problem mostly happens when something goes wrong usually the pilot freaks out and forgets which control does what. If that pilot is very lucky, they will get their drone back in one piece. I like to practice flying over an unoccupied golf course but since I do not have access to a golf course close by where I live, I practice flying over the Manatee River instead.

I completed 3 trips today and earned a little over $73.00. Usually Sundays are over $200.00 the money earned from Uber driving is horrible and will continue to get worse.