I run a university. I’m also an Uber driver

Re:I run a university. I’m also an Uber driver by dnautics on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @04:54PM (#9971498)

In many ways, this squares with my experience (~6k rides on lyft, San Diego, San Francisco).... Although $29 a night seems rather low.

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Re:I run a university. I’m also an Uber driver by mbillie1 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @05:17PM (#9971645)

Fares are much cheaper outside of the bay area. I was introduced to Lyft in SLC and was mildly stunned when I went to San Diego by how much higher the rates were.

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Re:I run a university. I’m also an Uber driver by noer on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @06:06PM (#9971900)

I wonder if the author subtracted his expenses

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Re:I run a university. I’m also an Uber driver by samstave on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @09:40PM (#9972782)

As a driver or a rider?

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Re:I run a university. I’m also an Uber driver by dnautics on Thursday July 30, 2015 @04:16PM (#9977714)

driver. Not as often in the SF area, but in SD, a large chunk of my rides were driving people who were down and out. Once on Uber, I drove a guy 25 miles to work at a 7-11. He had killed a guy in a bar fight by accident, went to jail for manslaughter, and coming out of jail couldn't find any job. It took him an hour and half to get to work, but he was late, and if Uber wasn't there, he'd have lost his job. His girlfriend had won $100 in uber credit due to a radio promotional contest, and was using the credit to get him to work.

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