I didn't really feel like talking at 4:15 in the morning, but I didn't want to be rude to our Uber driver either, and so I asked if he had been busy this early Christmas morning.
"The holidays are always busy," he said, "but I work the overnights anyway."
"Do you have a day job, too?" I asked.
He confessed that he did not; he was in between jobs and taking some online courses, making ends meet by driving a ride share, and waiting for the next thing.
"Do you drive at night because it's more lucrative, then?" I wondered.
"It is," he answered, "but I'm a night owl, anyway, and since I'm usually up until 4 or 5, I prefer to work these hours."
"That makes sense," I said.
"For the most part I like it," he told me, "but you do have to have a pretty thick skin to deal with some of the characters you get at that time. You wouldn't believe some of the things that have happened!"
"You should write a book or do a podcast," I laughed.
"Maybe so," he mused. "But whenever I talk to other drivers, they always have to one up me with some of their crazy stories." He paused. "I guess I could have them as guests on my podcast, though."
I wondered if he was really considering it.
"I'll give you a little piece of it, if it goes well," he laughed.
"And I'll subscribe to your show," I told him. "You can call it the Uber Night Shift!"
"The holidays are always busy," he said, "but I work the overnights anyway."
"Do you have a day job, too?" I asked.
He confessed that he did not; he was in between jobs and taking some online courses, making ends meet by driving a ride share, and waiting for the next thing.
"Do you drive at night because it's more lucrative, then?" I wondered.
"It is," he answered, "but I'm a night owl, anyway, and since I'm usually up until 4 or 5, I prefer to work these hours."
"That makes sense," I said.
"For the most part I like it," he told me, "but you do have to have a pretty thick skin to deal with some of the characters you get at that time. You wouldn't believe some of the things that have happened!"
"You should write a book or do a podcast," I laughed.
"Maybe so," he mused. "But whenever I talk to other drivers, they always have to one up me with some of their crazy stories." He paused. "I guess I could have them as guests on my podcast, though."
I wondered if he was really considering it.
"I'll give you a little piece of it, if it goes well," he laughed.
"And I'll subscribe to your show," I told him. "You can call it the Uber Night Shift!"
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