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vetmedhead said:
I once got my Lyft driver to take me through the taco bell drive through when I was drunk
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We did this while I was volunteering in South Africa... one of my favourite memories ever is this teeny Italian chick, still in full clubbing clothes and stilettos, laying on her back on the kitchen floor just absolutely hammered and DEVOURING a big mac and her friend feeding her chicken nuggets one by one. :laugh:
 
Stroganoff said:
I'm a noob but curious:

1. Doesn't the driver know exactly where you are? Like doesn't the app give them GPS coordinates or something to pretty much what you put as the pickup location? So if he went half a block or more out of the way, it seems like he was trying to be a douche and not an accident?

2. Doesn't he know your destination before agreeing to pick you up? In other words, he made you do all that and cancelled to your face as some power tripping douche move and not because the app didn't tell him where you wanted to go in advance?

3. Don't you get to review all drivers? He acted like a douche knowing full well it would negatively affect his reputation with Lyft?

Sorry, it's just beyond me. I spent New Year's Eve once in Chicago and it was packed and freaking frigid and windy and...violence and fights so it would suck ass if you had to walk that far only to get proverbially screwed by your driver! I was at Red Ivy in Wrigleyville for their like $85 all you can eat/drink thingy. I remember it was like 1 AM and we saw on TV that the city already had their first murder of the year and we were like "Welp. Chicago." and kept drinking.
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1. They do. They know where you set as your pickup location.
2. I don’t know if they know your destination before accepting or not
3. You don’t get to review a driver that never picked you up, but I definitely did contact lyft and all they said was they were sorry and I won’t be matched with that driver in the future 😡
 
PippyPony said:
Uber driver from SFO at one point asked me mid-way along the 101 if I had looked at his picture to confirm it was the same driver driving the car as the picture it showed in the app. I stammered something about the license plate, and he then asked, "but you didn't think to confirm who was actually driving your ride home? How do you know I am who I say I am?"

And then proceeded to tell me he had spent time in prison before coming to America.

Almost jumped out of the car on the highway, had 91- keyed in on my phone, and had him drop me off closer to the police station than my house. Super, super creepy.
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SkiOtter said:
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Yeah. I know it sounds like I pulled that from a horror novel but I'm not. I was sitting there quietly hyperventilating like "so today is the day I die". The driver said he was taking over for his brother who was sick for the day, and in my head I was going "oh so did you kill him too?"

I feel terrible about this now but I actually didn't contact Uber afterwards -- I was pretty shaken up and just was glad to be home.

It was a turning point for me though...I used to use Uber as a sort of safety mechanism back when I lived in San Francisco -- if I was out at a bar in a sketchy area (which is where most of the good bars are in SF haha), I would call an Uber from inside, then scoot outside and quickly duck into the car alone when they arrived so I wasn't spending time hanging out by myself on the street at 2am. Now I don't do that.
 
Stroganoff said:
I'm a noob but curious:

1. Doesn't the driver know exactly where you are? Like doesn't the app give them GPS coordinates or something to pretty much what you put as the pickup location? So if he went half a block or more out of the way, it seems like he was trying to be a douche and not an accident?

2. Doesn't he know your destination before agreeing to pick you up? In other words, he made you do all that and cancelled to your face as some power tripping douche move and not because the app didn't tell him where you wanted to go in advance?

3. Don't you get to review all drivers? He acted like a douche knowing full well it would negatively affect his reputation with Lyft?

Sorry, it's just beyond me. I spent New Year's Eve once in Chicago and it was packed and freaking frigid and windy and...violence and fights so it would suck ass if you had to walk that far only to get proverbially screwed by your driver! I was at Red Ivy in Wrigleyville for their like $85 all you can eat/drink thingy. I remember it was like 1 AM and we saw on TV that the city already had their first murder of the year and we were like "Welp. Chicago." and kept drinking.
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1) They know where to pick you up.
2) I don't think they know where exactly you're going until you get picked. Scratch that, they don't . I've seen drivers add rides to their queue while I'm in the car. They only know where to pick you up and once they pick you up they get the address of where you're going. They will get notified if the drive is over 40 minutes though. They don't know how long over 40 minutes, just that it's a long one, so a lot drivers will text you and ask. Unfortunately some drivers don't think to ask this, so when they pick you up, the app will tell them it's like a 2 hour drive and they'll be like: "nope". It's never happened to me personally but I've heard of horror stories.
3) Damn, 1 hour in. In Chicago's defense a lot of people are probably really drunk and doped up during New Years celebrations.

PippyPony said:
That said, I still use Uber & Lyft all the time... But now I check the full details lol
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That sounds really scary. I've taken it all the time and have never had shady drivers. I've literally gotten in one of those black shady kidnapper type vans before 🤣 . It was at night too. I've had a person have another person in the car, but he said he was just teaching her how to uber.

I've taken uber for around 3 years. I've only had 2 bad experiences. The one where the app glitched and cancel my ride. I ended up having to get out of the car. Another thing like that happened with another driver where the ride didn't start. There was a glitch and the ride ended when he picked me up. He was nice enough to ask were I was going, put it in his gps, and figure out a way for uber to charge me for the ride later. No fuss, no hassle.

Another bad experience with uber was when I was charged $100 for a ride. I didn't realize I was charged $100 until after. I was so shocked because I know the price wasn't $100 when I selected the ride. The price more than tripled. I kept running it through my mind to see if I did but I'm not crazy. I always check the prices.
 
PippyPony said:
Yeah. I know it sounds like I pulled that from a horror novel but I'm not. I was sitting there quietly hyperventilating like "so today is the day I die". The driver said he was taking over for his brother who was sick for the day, and in my head I was going "oh so did you kill him too?"

I feel terrible about this now but I actually didn't contact Uber afterwards -- I was pretty shaken up and just was glad to be home.

It was a turning point for me though...I used to use Uber as a sort of safety mechanism back when I lived in San Francisco -- if I was out at a bar in a sketchy area (which is where most of the good bars are in SF haha), I would call an Uber from inside, then scoot outside and quickly duck into the car alone when they arrived so I wasn't spending time hanging out by myself on the street at 2am. Now I don't do that.
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Uber is banned in London because they deem it unsafe. I didn't really read much into why they think so but they have other rideshares (not lyft) that they allow to operate. Everyone there kinda said uber was sketchier despite being cheap.
 
Elkhart said:
Why is it so difficult for me to just take a leap of faith on an opportunity offered to me, even though I know full well that I’ll be better off for doing so? I used to be able to... I used to be somewhat daring and driven and decisive. I used to be smart and confident and knew what I was doing. If only I could go back to my self from undergrad. Bleh.
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LEAP!
 
@Elkhart as an overly analytical person and indecisive by nature, it’s hard for me to make big decisions- and that’s without the stuff you went through. Things can’t get better if you don’t change it up, though, which is what I tell myself when I need to push myself to make a big leap.
 
I've talked to an Uber driver before who told me they don't see where the ride is going before they accept, just after. He thought it was so people who need longer rides or rides to less busy areas don't get ignored forever. Once they accept the driver sees the destination and can cancel but too many cancels looks bad on their record.
Stroganoff said:
I'm a noob but curious:

1. Doesn't the driver know exactly where you are? Like doesn't the app give them GPS coordinates or something to pretty much what you put as the pickup location? So if he went half a block or more out of the way, it seems like he was trying to be a douche and not an accident?

2. Doesn't he know your destination before agreeing to pick you up? In other words, he made you do all that and cancelled to your face as some power tripping douche move and not because the app didn't tell him where you wanted to go in advance?

3. Don't you get to review all drivers? He acted like a douche knowing full well it would negatively affect his reputation with Lyft?

Sorry, it's just beyond me. I spent New Year's Eve once in Chicago and it was packed and freaking frigid and windy and...violence and fights so it would suck ass if you had to walk that far only to get proverbially screwed by your driver! I was at Red Ivy in Wrigleyville for their like $85 all you can eat/drink thingy. I remember it was like 1 AM and we saw on TV that the city already had their first murder of the year and we were like "Welp. Chicago." and kept drinking.
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Sent from my phone using the mobile app because I bought it and I'm stubborn
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
Another bad experience with uber was when I was charged $100 for a ride. I didn't realize I was charged $100 until after. I was so shocked because I know the price wasn't $100 when I selected the ride. The price more than tripled. I kept running it through my mind to see if I did but I'm not crazy. I always check the prices.
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So Uber pulls a bait-and-switch too? Yikes.
 
I concur that mattress pads take away so much of the comfort of memory foam, @PippyPony.

I had to buy a new mattress last I got really sick, so my compromise has been to just lay towels underneath the fitted sheet when someone in the house is sick (pets included). I could buy chux pads that would probably be more effective, but I am far too much of a cheapskate for that.
 
Stroganoff said:
Wait, I thought the whole point with Uber/Lyft was you can set your own hours and just randomly turn it on and off. Weird he would have his brother fill in for him. :shrug:
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Maybe the driver who was filling in couldn’t pass a background check because he’s been in prison

And also is clearly a murderer too since he killed his brother.
 
Elkhart said:
Yet that mental block is still there! I'm in the running for a public health scientist job with the county; literally only one or two other semi-qualified people have applied for it as far as I can tell and I have connections there, so it sounds like odds are quite good for me to get it. My interview went well (or at least I feel it did). It being a regular 8-5 salaried government job that pays twice what I make at the hospital right now... and with it actually having something to do with my education... there's really no cons to taking it if it's offered to me. I'm self-aware enough to know that I've got to get over this imposter syndrome and the fear of failing again and just learn to take the leap or else I'm never going to grow or go anywhere.
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YOU'VE GOT THIS... GO OUT AND KILL IT!!!!
 
We have used Uber a lot, (several trips to Chicago). But the scariest ever was a taxi in Chicago. He ran red lights, he was speeding, almost hit another car going around it, and then we got charged twice. Got that straightened out pretty easy, tho. We have used Uber ever since, have not had any problems. Caveat: it has been either my hubby by himself, or me and him, never me solo.
 
Trilt said:
We did this while I was volunteering in South Africa... one of my favourite memories ever is this teeny Italian chick, still in full clubbing clothes and stilettos, laying on her back on the kitchen floor just absolutely hammered and DEVOURING a big mac and her friend feeding her chicken nuggets one by one. :laugh:
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You uhh..........still got her number?
 
My grandpa drives for Uber about 60 hours a week as his "retirement job". He loves it, and it's honestly helping with his memory quite a bit, too. He definitely has women younger than 40 double check to make sure it's him, though, and asks people to double check his license plate. And he grills me all the time about my safety habits in using Uber. He's all about the safety (but does it in a nice old man sort of way rather than a creepy killed his brother kind of way).
 
Melchizedek said:
I just stopped reading after "lying on her back..."
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I was legit concerned about like acid reflux eating all that junkfood in that position.

Jk I think the stilettos/clubbing clothes/helpless is just a hilarious mental image. I've fed nuggets/fries to dudes on the floor but it's extra hilarious when a chick goes rogue and stops caring about being proper and just ****s up a burger like that.
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
I'm gonna need the story behind this.
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My partying days in the past are such a blur right now. Knowing me, I was probably silly enough to share drunken stories in either the Lounge or Pre-MD forums back then, so I could go back and look at my posts from years ago to see if I shared details back then (maybe while hydrated :laugh: )

It's probably nothing exciting though...nothing like some hot girl in clubbing clothes and heels on the floor. For us it was probably one of my friends who likes to randomly take his pants off at 2 AM in front of everybody (that's when we knew the party was ending). So it was probably a bunch of dudes in boxers being worthless on the floor throwing fries at each other's mouths to test our aim.

I don't remember how often this happened as it was so long ago and we were obviously three winds to a sheet.

If this ever comes up in a job or school interview, I'll deny everything because I'm a gosh darn professional! 😛

(Although to be fair I've noticed that learning how to drink/party/get trashed is mildly helpful for networking and getting jobs in the business/corporate or tech world, so all that practice in undergrad really truly helped prepare me for the real world. It's surreal! Like "Danggg, that dude is hilarious and can really hold his liquor! Imma hook him up with this new job opening.)
 
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Stroganoff said:
I don't remember how often this happened as it was so long ago and we were obviously three winds to a sheet.
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I don't know if it's just me but the second part of this sentence supports the first lol.
Also, it might be prying, but what time zone are you in? You seem to be up when the threads mostly dead.
 
Stroganoff said:
it's extra hilarious when a chick goes rogue and stops caring about being proper and just ****s up a burger like that.
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Interesting

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Stroganoff said:
I was legit concerned about like acid reflux eating all that junkfood in that position.

Jk I think the stilettos/clubbing clothes/helpless is just a hilarious mental image. I've fed nuggets/fries to dudes on the floor but it's extra hilarious when a chick goes rogue and stops caring about being proper and just ****s up a burger like that.
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Wait I’m suppose to care about being proper?!?!


No wonder I’m single.
 
@Elkhart, it's not dumb. I definitely thought about you today and wondered how you were doing, since I thought it might be a difficult day. So definitely don't tell yourself no one wants to hear from you. I think anyone would struggle with this reminder of what was lost. But it doesn't make you a bad person. Anyone, and I really do believe anyone, would struggle with being forced to quit something they tried so hard at and then get several big reminders along the way of what was lost. Grief isn't linear and there is no right and wrong. You can be happy for your friends but still sad for what you lost, they aren't mutually exclusive. If you need to take a break from SDN we will understand and be here when you want to come back, but I know I'll miss you if you go.

(If you delete your post and want me to delete mine because it says too much I will, just let me know. But I wanted to let you know I'm here for you.)
 
Ms Procrastinator said:
Back to the topic of uber drivers. Took one tonight. The licence plate matched and everything and if I squinted reeeeeally hard, the driver looked like his picture.
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I took one this morning in Orlando. Driver definitely matched his picture! I nearly had an asthma attack on the way to the airport because he had very recently febreezed his car, but I gave him 5 stars anyway because dude was trying really hard. And he picked me up at 4:30AM cheerfully. Guess this is more of a rave than a rant? I've always had good luck with Uber drivers.
 
Back in the summer, a couple months after I got my car I had to replace the tires. (I actually wanted to rotate them at the time but the place I went to said the tread was too worn down so they refused to work on it. Nbd really because I knew I'd be replacing them before winter anyway.) That started a whole fiasco where I tried to get the tires I wanted but multiple locations in this chain kept messing up one thing or another, including special ordering my tires then selling to someone else (location 1), installing similar but wrong tires (location 2), then replacing only 3/4 with the correct tires (location 3).

Anyway.

Last week my TPMS came on and my stepdad topped off my tires with his air compressor. Yesterday, TPMS comes on again and I just know I have a leak.

So I put it off until today (the first day my schedule lined up with the shop's hours) and they discovered a nail in the sidewall. Cool, hour to fix it and we'll be good to go.

Except not.

Dude comes back to me later and says he made a mistake when checking their stock. They have the above-mentioned similar-but-wrong tire in stock, but not the one I need. They wouldn't let me leave without taking the damaged tire off, so now I'm driving around with a donut, which I've never done, and never even had to worry about for that matter because my old car had a full-size spare.

So the next time my schedule and their hours match up is Tuesday, but my mom offered to take it in tomorrow. Thanks mom. Best mom.
 
Stroganoff said:
@capri1722 are you willing to name this tire place, especially if it's a national chain? I love crowd-sourced feedback and take people's rants and raves to heart when I decide whom to give my business.
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Sure, Discount Tire

The only thing is up until last summer I've had really good experiences with them since I got my first car as a teenager. They're decently priced and they include free flat repair if you purchase all four tires from them (hence why I didn't hesitate going to them in this and past instances). And the one time I tried to go to a different tire place (Sam's Club), they kept me on read for weeks while they "ordered" my tires. And my usual place ended up being cheaper by a few dollars in that instance anyway.
 
My bottom eyelid near the corner of my eye has been subtly twitching for 5-6 days now. I've had this happen before, but only for a day. This is literally driving me insane. Idk how to get it to stop, and it seems like nothing will.

And yes, I am aware that if this continues, I will have to go to the doctor and they will think I am ****ing dumb
 
ziggyandjazzy said:
My bottom eyelid near the corner of my eye has been subtly twitching for 5-6 days now. I've had this happen before, but only for a day. This is literally driving me insane. Idk how to get it to stop, and it seems like nothing will.

And yes, I am aware that if this continues, I will have to go to the doctor and they will think I am ****ing dumb
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My eye stress twitches on occasion. Fun times.
 
ziggyandjazzy said:
My bottom eyelid near the corner of my eye has been subtly twitching for 5-6 days now. I've had this happen before, but only for a day. This is literally driving me insane. Idk how to get it to stop, and it seems like nothing will.

And yes, I am aware that if this continues, I will have to go to the doctor and they will think I am ****ing dumb
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There's you using literally again, but at least you're not literally losing your **** this time. Anyways, I'm probably butchering medspeak, but I always called them blepharospasms. I've had them all day, every day in left eye for 5+ years. Up until some time in 2019 and *poof* they stopped for some time. Then came back. Then stopped. I have no clue what the root cause is, since I can't isolate it. Stress? Sleep deprivation? Caffeine? Mg deficiency? Other deficiency? Aliens?

Anyways, I feel you ( :naughty: ) but better 5-6 days than 5-6 years.
 
Stroganoff said:
There's you using literally again, but at least you're not literally losing your **** this time. Anyways, I'm probably butchering medspeak, but I always called them blepharospasms. I've had them all day, every day in left eye for 5+ years. Up until some time in 2019 and *poof* they stopped for some time. Then came back. Then stopped. I have no clue what the root cause is, since I can't isolate it. Stress? Sleep deprivation? Caffeine? Mg deficiency? Other deficiency? Aliens?

Anyways, I feel you ( :naughty: ) but better 5-6 days than 5-6 years.
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It's definitely aliens
 
Stroganoff said:
There's you using literally again, but at least you're not literally losing your **** this time. Anyways, I'm probably butchering medspeak, but I always called them blepharospasms. I've had them all day, every day in left eye for 5+ years. Up until some time in 2019 and *poof* they stopped for some time. Then came back. Then stopped. I have no clue what the root cause is, since I can't isolate it. Stress? Sleep deprivation? Caffeine? Mg deficiency? Other deficiency? Aliens?

Anyways, I feel you ( :naughty: ) but better 5-6 days than 5-6 years.
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Ms Procrastinator said:
It's definitely aliens
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Now i'm curious on @cubsrule4e general/non-medical advice thoughts on blepharospasms :bookworm:
 
ziggyandjazzy said:
My bottom eyelid near the corner of my eye has been subtly twitching for 5-6 days now. I've had this happen before, but only for a day. This is literally driving me insane. Idk how to get it to stop, and it seems like nothing will.

And yes, I am aware that if this continues, I will have to go to the doctor and they will think I am ****ing dumb
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Essential blepharospasm. Drink a beer, chill out, and give it a week.
 
Stroganoff said:
There's you using literally again, but at least you're not literally losing your **** this time. Anyways, I'm probably butchering medspeak, but I always called them blepharospasms. I've had them all day, every day in left eye for 5+ years. Up until some time in 2019 and *poof* they stopped for some time. Then came back. Then stopped. I have no clue what the root cause is, since I can't isolate it. Stress? Sleep deprivation? Caffeine? Mg deficiency? Other deficiency? Aliens?

Anyways, I feel you ( :naughty: ) but better 5-6 days than 5-6 years.
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No I’m using it correctly. I think this will be my demise.
 
cubsrule4e said:
Essential blepharospasm. Drink a beer, chill out, and give it a week.
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If I have to give it a week so help me god lol
cubsrule4e said:
I had it for an entire month in intern year. I did nothing and it finally went away. Try some magnesium supplement and dont stress about it.
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Ok I will try the magnesium doctor 😉
Can’t promise you about the stress though 😳
 
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