Today I completed a total of 3 rides. I earned a little under $80.00. I overheard these two women
talking in the back seat, and I gathered that they were both teachers. When I was in school (A long time ago) I didn’t realize
how important teachers are. Cops also, I go out of my way to stay away from cops just because they are people
too and make mistakes, and I do not want to be one of their mistakes. They are very powerful and have the ability
to arrest, and that is very powerful, they are limited yes, but if you resemble a person that just committed a felony.
you are getting a set of bracelets, and they will ask questions later. Teachers are awesome because we trust them with our kids and that is HUGE. Cops
are awesome too but they can also be very bad. Teachers also can be very bad. But when there is someone doing something nasty
what do people do ALL the time, call 911. Then who has to deal with that? The cops. I don’t want to deal with pretty much anyone
at all, but the cops have to deal with the absolute nastiest people all the time, and they need to deal with dead people, dead kids
they have to deal with THE WORST OF THE WORST, ALL THE TIME. Anyway, these teachers were going to the Dali museum in Down Town St. Petersburg
so I got to talking to them, and told them a couple places that are really awesome to eat at. Someone had already told them
about Cassis Saint Petersburg and Parkshore Grill. Which I have not been to, but I have heard really good things about Parkshore
So I dropped them off at the museum and they went about their business and I went about mine. Then several minutes later
a tip came through for just over 4 dollars and 25 cents. Which is nothing in the big scheme of things, but the point is
to talk to all of your passengers about anything that comes to mind. I talk to all my passengers like they are someone else’s
kids. Kids that live with you tend to get treated more abrasively. I do not pretend to have all of the answers to anything
but if it were me in the back seat (which it often is) I just would want to be treated like, someone next to me, on a plane, or a
bus, or a train. Sometimes people don’t want to talk (like me) but I try to be as cool as possible with my riders. All of them.
Yes even the ones that leave me a 1 star rating, often that 1 star rating was decided on before the rider ever got in your vehicle.
If people don’t talk to me, I do not talk to them unless I hear something that interest me. then I will butt in and ask them, but then I shut up lol.