Barbiturate:
This life sef! You will be sitting with well-to-do men and gisting and making a lot of sense. They will be nodding head well and responding well when you're talking, but when they eventually throw the question: "so Mr A, what do you do for a living"? You will feel so ashamed to say, you're an uber driver!
Even when you say you're into transport business, they will still want to go down into it!

Lolz...go online and find a big grammar such that people will out of shame not ask u to expain deeper.
Bro, We will all eventually achieve our goals by God's grace.

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Glithronix:

This is one of the problems oga pearl + cheerful have with some of us and other people.
Like, is there anything wrong in being an Uber driver?

If a bolt driver has low self-esteem, it will be seen all over his face and his charisma.

Now, this isn't to show off, but I am proud to be an Uber driver anywhere, any day.
You're not feeding me and I will be shy to tell you what I do to keep myself and family in good shape? Who you be?

Na rental I dey do, I'm not rich, but I'm grateful to God that things have changed a bit and it's obvious in the eyes of the people that know me, even my boss and his friends saw the changes in me.

If I become a car owner tomorrow, it's definitely a step ahead of where I am today.
I dress nice and neat anytime I'm rolling out to drive, I'm proud to be an Uber driver.

Much respect, boss.

Oil they your head, no negativity, no downgrading. Your daily bread go sure. Ur hussle go pure. Your plans, dreams and aspirations go come to pass.

Glithronix:

This is one of the problems oga pearl + cheerful have with some of us and other people.
Like, is there anything wrong in being an Uber driver?

If a bolt driver has low self-esteem, it will be seen all over his face and his charisma.
Everybody in my compound and close to me as neighbors know say I be Uber driver, but the respect I get from everybody is enough to say they see me worthy.

If I go out to meet my padi, na chairman dem dey call me cos dey know that Uber drivers dey get money (somehow).
The mechanic I normally use, anytime I visit his shop, his boys dey hail me cos dey know say something go drop for them.

I went to a female friend's wedding yesterday, she works where I was working as a salary earner, as I showed up, omoh, see hailing from those who knew me in the company I was working, all of dem know say I switched to Uber driving when I left my former working place, cos I was soliciting for a car from some of the ogas dem that time. I do go to my company once in a while to help dem deliver some stuff.

My ex-boss and his friends were the chairman of the event, when they saw me, omoh, na them called me by themselves, na high table dem sit oooh. I approached dem with smiles and they all had handshake with me with pleasantries. People were just looking like, who be this person wey everybody know like this.

Those guys I met there were waiting for food and drinks before I even came, as I seated with them for some minutes and our tables dried, no refreshments showing up yet, I just went to one woman selling drinks and bought 4 bottles of best cream and some malts for the ladies on our table make we Dey use that one see front first.

We were later served food when the bride changed am for the people hoarding food.
Now, this isn't to show off, but I am proud to be an Uber driver anywhere, any day.
You're not feeding me and I will be shy to tell you what I do to keep myself and family in good shape? Who you be?

Na rental I dey do, I'm not rich, but I'm grateful to God that things have changed a bit and it's obvious in the eyes of the people that know me, even my boss and his friends saw the changes in me.

If I become a car owner tomorrow, it's definitely a step ahead of where I am today.
I dress nice and neat anytime I'm rolling out to drive, I'm proud to be an Uber driver.

Much respect, boss.

Read your post and I can’t stop laughing for some reasons. We that started out when bolt have their office in lekki phase 1 knows better. I wasn’t mad at Felicity for no reason, but as someone that has been long in this hustle, the least I expect is for him to insult drivers and try to drive- shame the ones that have left. Which does mean he won’t drive one day. I have seen enough in and out. Nah situations they determine our fate in most case.

For me I’ll say it is not about what you think sometimes, but people perception. Just like Baze will say a driver can’t save up to a million in this business and they will also say drivers borrow this and that. An average Nigerian does not even think an Uber driver can eat 3 meals in a day. So why won’t they look down on one? I have completed 7000 plus rides, if not more. So it is ok to have pick issues with few riders and the first thing they attack is your hustle. If we all remember days riders will threaten to report and take away source of livelihood, because they felt one is completely useless and can’t get any other thing doing outside this. One girl don tell me say you get life nah em you come deh do Uber. I pull over and scold her that day. Someone that is still begging over the phone for a 50k job.

I have a boss that told me something this year, because he always want me to leave the shore of this country. His daughter gained admission to study out there for 2 years. And he told me you are dropping her at the airport as an undergraduate, you may be the one to go pick her as a graduate. Think about it. Jesu! Omo the alarm still deh ring in my head. As much as I have been working for him for 2 years and he is always in and out of the country at 60. He obviously know what he is telling me. We sit and chat. He still called me yesterday. On Friday we are on the phone for almost an hour. People that hangs around you see the potential in you that you can’t even see.

Good or bad is relative. Won’t say more than this. I am not ashame of the hustle. Anyone that knows me, will tell you I’m fine in my own lane. E still get some skele wey you go hide game from. It’s all about view and understanding the monkey you want to catch. I don’t know why we always do this. I have neighbors and friends I don’t even know what they do for a living or why they earn. An average Uber driver is fighting low self esteem for real.

@Glitchronix I remember when you were about to start driving, you were working on sales of gadgets. Are you still into that?

If any father/potential father on this thread can come out and say "I wish and my prayer is that my child(ren) will be a driver" then, I will know your submissions are genuine and you have truly conquered low self esteem. Can we be REAL for once on this thread?

pope191:
@Glitchronix I remember when you were about to start driving, you were working on sales of gadgets. Are you still into that?

Yeah. I'm still into it.
I just put it on hibernation cos I realized that I needed some tangible amount of money to push the business somehow.
I had long registered my business name (LTD.) and also have already opened two bank accounts in my business name.
God no go kuku shame us.
If business dey, holla me ooh.

Much respect, boss.

konkoabove:
If any father/potential father on this thread can come out and say "I wish and my prayer is that my child(ren) will be a driver" then, I will know your submissions are genuine and you have truly conquered low self esteem. Can we be REAL for once on this thread?

Your name always makes me laugh anytime I see am.
Lagbaja sang Konko-below, but you made your own title in opposite of it, Konko-above.
Sense no go keel you. 😁

Back to your comment; some of us are really downgrading ourselves because we're drivers. Wallahi.
Now, shey na driving you want to do for life?
As Pope191 noted, na situation threw some of us into driving.
Baba, some of my friends are house owners today from this Uber/bolt driving some of us are shying away from. Though, they built their houses when lands and building costs were still very, very much lower (long time ago). They ain't driving no more, cos they have long switched to another business.
I'm still wondering why I will be shy to say I'm doing Uber. Something wey dey serve me? This is a legit work oooh.
I've carried a lot of passengers that they have asked me about the Uber business, they want to join this hustle.
One beautiful female passenger, on Friday, was asking me questions on this driving business all through our journey from Ogudu to Lekki phase1, she wan buy car and start driving. Lol. I was just laughing.
I was like, as you fine like this?
She wanted me to educate her on the hustle, which I did. The story long, but make I end am here.
A lot of male passengers have asked me about going into the hustle.
Be like say some of us don't know that some people want to join this hustle cos they know they profit in it surpasses a lot of salary jobs out there.
No be human beings dey drive danfo ni?
They also have kids, wives, properties. They sending their kids to nice schools.
Driving is not permanent in my life and I'm sure same goes to almost everybody, cos we all have dreams and goals.
But make we no dey look down on ourselves cos we dey drive.
Driving wey people want to join. Even the so called bankers wish to quit and join. Smiles.
Something wey I dey see here very well.
Many of us are driving today so that OUR CHILDREN WILL NOT BECOME DRIVERS TOMORROW.
God no go kuku shame us.

Much respect, boss.

konkoabove:
If any father/potential father on this thread can come out and say "I wish and my prayer is that my child(ren) will be a driver" then, I will know your submissions are genuine and you have truly conquered low self esteem. Can we be REAL for once on this thread?

If I can drive and feed my child and family, and not engaged in any illegal thing...then why should I be ashamed of what is making me fulfilling my responsibility as a man...abeg make we dey try analyse things well...so because I want to tell my child that I am an office person ..I shoukd sit at home and start applying for jobs and when non is forth coming ..who will take the responsibility of my family survival as a man ....Uber driving is a cash cow...and what you do with the cash flow at the end of the day is what matters....make I no even talk about jobs Nigerians do in the UK, USA or Canada...

Have you asked anyone doing the job and they tell you they don't have their own future plans or ideas to divert into....is anyone offering anybody loan in this country, is anyone picking money on the floor....

There is dignity in legit labour.... ask some of the riders to show you their account statement and compare it with the little in yours and you will understand that a book should never be judged by its covers....

When in Nigeria we see some jobs as odd jobs...but change country...those jobs become normal to you....the problem is not the job, the problem is your understanding of survival..

Dangote is a trader...sugar coat all you want
Obi cubana is an hotelier ...sugar coat all you want
Peter obi is a trader ....sugar coat all you want
MC olumo is a tax collector ....sugar coat all you want

Uber driving is a lemon....make your own lemonade out of it ....or throw the lemon away...and find your own favourite lemon...

Here we go again!










Life itself is a plan. Even God that created the earth (including heaven) made a plan. Drops mic🚶🚶🚶🚶

CheerfulGiver:
People like you are the reason why I continue to post on this thread even when I have zero reasons to. Be proud of yourself and your noble source of income. He that is faithful in what is least, is also faithful in what is great.

May you walk and never stumble. May all your dreams, plans and aspirations come true. May doors open for you wherever you go.

Much respect, Gee.

Amen, sir. 🙏
You are highly respected, boss. ✅

lanrexdo:
Sorry, has a bolt driver been your life goals?
Is this what you wanna do on a long run?

Note.. not everyone wanna be a driver rather it is the situation we found ourselves.

It is not about low esteem.

Not everybody's goal is to be one.

If you travel and do care job. You see money ABI but is there growth?

Moving Lagos...is the growth?

Most of us crave for growth in life.

We want to put time and see growth.

We want to be a a position seeing what we achieve and make life easier and cooler with more output

Ciao

No, sir. Driving is not my goal in life at all.
But everybody get plans nahhh.
Salary work didn't pay me, so, I switched to driving and I am a bit different from when doing salary work.
Abi, since na driving I dey do now, I go do am ni.
Some people call it MOVING LAGOS UP AND DOWN, me I see it as RENDERING SERVICES.
Okay, boss, why should I be shy of being a bolt driver?
Please lemme know so that I will take note of it.

Much respect, boss.

Ceenelly:
there is great dignity in labour. Na uber/bolt driver you be you nor be armed robber or any illegal doings. If a yahoo guy can comfortably introduce himself has a yahoo guy in Nigeria while shouldn't an uber driver do same

Abi ooooh, my brother.
God no go shame us jare.

Much respect, baba.

Pearl1910:


Oil they your head, no negativity, no downgrading. Your daily bread go sure. Ur hussle go pure. Your plans, dreams and aspirations go come to pass.

Amen, sir. 🙏
Make all of us just keep the good spirit.
Much respect, sir.

Chai! The kind of things I read from people above a certain age on this thread makes me shudder.

May God deliver us from an inferiority complex that can lead to frustration and later depression which will ultimately lead to suicide

for no good reason

You're actually not getting my point and you're not realistic! I guess you just want accolades here!

I am not looking down on myself. As a matter of fact, I am a graduate with professional certifications and vast experience in my field.

In as much as there is dignity in every labour, there are still some hustle you can't boldly say openly at a certain gathering or function. There are still some hustle you can't be proud to say at a particular function and one of them is a driver!

If you lie to yourself about the stigmatisation of this hustle, then jokes on you!

This is Nigeria. We look down so much on some hustle. It is not like that abroad. People respect uber drivers abroad. Nigerians treat drivers like piece of sh1t. I once sat with a friend who brought his lecturer friend along. She's a female lecturer at unilag. We talked for long. She introduced herself and when she asked what I do, I told her I'm an uber driver......she went; oops...sorry, I shouldn't have asked! I said why? She said; never mind! Then I went as far as telling her my degree, prof qualification, experience and the MNC's I had worked with. I am explaining this because there are calibres of people you would sit with, you won't be able to say you're doing uber cos they will look down on you. It might even spoil things or deter opportunities you might get. I'd rather tell you my field(not uber) and then crown it with; "I'm inbetween jobs at the moment"

IFSHR:


If I can drive and feed my child and family, and not engaged in any illegal thing...then why should I be ashamed of what is making me fulfilling my responsibility as a man...abeg make we dey try analyse things well...so because I want to tell my child that I am an office person ..I shoukd sit at home and start applying for jobs and when non is forth coming ..who will take the responsibility of my family survival as a man ....Uber driving is a cash cow...and what you do with the cash flow at the end of the day is what matters....make I no even talk about jobs Nigerians do in the UK, USA or Canada...

Have you asked anyone doing the job and they tell you they don't have their own future plans or ideas to divert into....is anyone offering anybody loan in this country, is anyone picking money on the floor....

There is dignity in legit labour.... ask some of the riders to show you their account statement and compare it with the little in yours and you will understand that a book should never be judged by its covers....

When in Nigeria we see some jobs as odd jobs...but change country...those jobs become normal to you....the problem is not the job, the problem is your understanding of survival..

Dangote is a trader...sugar coat all you want
Obi cubana is an hotelier ...sugar coat all you want
Peter obi is a trader ....sugar coat all you want
MC olumo is a tax collector ....sugar coat all you want

Uber driving is a lemon....make your own lemonade out of it ....or throw the lemon away...and find your own favourite lemon...

You're blessed with this comment, sir.

People come from different class/level and different schools of thought.

Some are into Uber job because life happened to them, not by choice maybe they are just doing it just to sustain themselves for a while and also making their plan to move forward. Such people have never dream of becoming Uber driver for once. This class of people will never be proud to be called Uber drivers because is not their calling or what they wanted to be.


While some people start from the bottom pit and climb up to be Uber drivers, to them this is the height of success because they can solve their immediate and basic needs, after all, they have nothing to lose they have come a long way to reach Uber driving status. Such class of people no matter how you try to convince them that the job is not paying or they should plan for exit, they won't heed to your advice, their mind is already comfortable with the driving job.

All of you here know where you belong to, either class A or B.


In a nutshell, a bank manager that lost his job to join Uber driving, his mind will never be at ease with the job he will look for alternatives. While an Agbero/conductor that joined Uber driving will always see it as an eldorado or job that is full of milk and honey.

Know your level and choose what works for you!!

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IFSHR:


If I can drive and feed my child and family, and not engaged in any illegal thing...then why should I be ashamed of what is making me fulfilling my responsibility as a man...abeg make we dey try analyse things well...so because I want to tell my child that I am an office person ..I shoukd sit at home and start applying for jobs and when non is forth coming ..who will take the responsibility of my family survival as a man ....Uber driving is a cash cow...and what you do with the cash flow at the end of the day is what matters....make I no even talk about jobs Nigerians do in the UK, USA or Canada...

Have you asked anyone doing the job and they tell you they don't have their own future plans or ideas to divert into....is anyone offering anybody loan in this country, is anyone picking money on the floor....

There is dignity in legit labour.... ask some of the riders to show you their account statement and compare it with the little in yours and you will understand that a book should never be judged by its covers....

When in Nigeria we see some jobs as odd jobs...but change country...those jobs become normal to you....the problem is not the job, the problem is your understanding of survival..

Dangote is a trader...sugar coat all you want
Obi cubana is an hotelier ...sugar coat all you want
Peter obi is a trader ....sugar coat all you want
MC olumo is a tax collector ....sugar coat all you want

Uber driving is a lemon....make your own lemonade out of it ....or throw the lemon away...and find your own favourite lemon...

My brother, this shalaye is not necessary. All the examples you gave, I didn't see a single driver there. If you are truly proud of driving, wish and pray it for your child(ren). It's that simple

Glithronix:

Your name always makes me laugh anytime I see am.
Lagbaja sang Konko-below, but you made your own title in opposite of it, Konko-above.
Sense no go keel you. 😁

Back to your comment; some of us are really downgrading ourselves because we're drivers. Wallahi.
Now, shey na driving you want to do for life?
As Pope191 noted, na situation threw some of us into driving.
Baba, some of my friends are house owners today from this Uber/bolt driving some of us are shying away from. Though, they built their houses when lands and building costs were still very, very much lower (long time ago). They ain't driving no more, cos they have long switched to another business.
I'm still wondering why I will be shy to say I'm doing Uber. Something wey dey serve me? This is a legit work oooh.
I've carried a lot of passengers that they have asked me about the Uber business, they want to join this hustle.
One beautiful female passenger, on Friday, was asking me questions on this driving business all through our journey from Ogudu to Lekki phase1, she wan buy car and start driving. Lol. I was just laughing.
I was like, as you fine like this?
She wanted me to educate her on the hustle, which I did. The story long, but make I end am here.
A lot of male passengers have asked me about going into the hustle.
Be like say some of us don't know that some people want to join this hustle cos they know they profit in it surpasses a lot of salary jobs out there.
No be human beings dey drive danfo ni?
They also have kids, wives, properties. They sending their kids to nice schools.
Driving is not permanent in my life and I'm sure same goes to almost everybody, cos we all have dreams and goals.
But make we no dey look down on ourselves cos we dey drive.
Driving wey people want to join. Even the so called bankers wish to quit and join. Smiles.
Something wey I dey see here very well.
Many of us are driving today so that OUR CHILDREN WILL NOT BECOME DRIVERS TOMORROW.
God no go kuku shame us.

Much respect, boss.

My brother, I understand your disposition. You guys don't want to understand barbiturate's point of view. Let us always put things in proper perspective. NO ONE IS TRULY PROUD TO BE A DRIVER!

Don't call me a driver, I'm not a private driver or an official driver, call me a transportation service provider.

I'm providing service to the society, I'm useful to the society, calling me a driver is an insult coz I'm nobody's driver, I render transportation service to you at the time of your need and that doesn't make me your driver for that moment i'm rendering the service....


I'm proud to dive into transportation system, people like GUO, GIGM and the likes, the core owner and starter of that entity started from being a Taxi drop, they gathered experience and used that experience to grow big in same line of business, they never looked down on the hustle, instead, they grew big in the hustle with the experience gathered.

We all get to meet lots of people in this business, someone may be interested in your ideas and experiences, you never can tell who will invest big in that ideas of yours and turn you to the person you have always wanted to be...

Conner44:
Chai! The kind of things I read from people above a certain age on this thread makes me shudder.

May God deliver us from an inferiority complex that can lead to frustration and later depression which will ultimately lead to suicide

for no good reason

Are you a driver?

konkoabove:

My brother, this shalaye is not necessary. All the examples you gave, I didn't see a single driver there. If you are truly proud of driving, wish and pray it for your child(ren). It's that simple

What kind of line of thought is this?
Why shouldn't I pray for my kids to do better than me? That someone drive doesn't mean that aren't better career path. I am sure everyone drives to provide a better life for his family; better than the one they have.

You might think that this means that they want their kids to be a salary earner with fancy title such as banker, chartered accountant but with salary less than 250k.

pope191:


Are you a driver?

I won't leave this thread anytime soon

fk001:
People come from different class/level and different schools of thought.

Some are into Uber job because life happened to them, not by choice maybe they are just doing it just to sustain themselves for a while and also making their plan to move forward. Such people have never dream of becoming Uber driver for once. This class of people will never be proud to be called Uber drivers because is not their calling or what they wanted to be.


While some people start from the bottom pit and climb up to be Uber drivers, to them this is the height of success because they can solve their immediate and basic needs, after all, they have nothing to lose they have come a long way to reach Uber driving status. Such class of people no matter how you try to convince them that the job is not paying or they should plan for exit, they won't heed to your advice, their mind is already comfortable with the driving job.

All of you here know where you belong to, either class A or B.


In a nutshell, a bank manager that lost his job to join Uber driving, his mind will never be at ease with the job he will look for alternatives. While an Agbero/conductor that joined Uber driving will always see it as an eldorado or job that is full of milk and honey.

Know your level and choose what works for you!!

The lord will not shame you. I love this flow and everyone views. No need for violence

I have relative in his 50s in his 20s to 40 in was a big man. Worked in the bank to the point of general manage. Built his with and kids during this period till Sanusi happened. He was at home for 2 years with nothing to do. His profile was this high with waiting for slot from Fg appointment. One day is friend saw him at the market lifting personal load for the family to her trunk. Who go believe oga is helping the house. This is friend knew what happened to him and all effort to make him see it’s not as it seem. He kept saying my relative don’t want to open up. He gave him some money that day. Nah wetin life reduce man to be that. Recently his younger brother with a bsc pick up a bus for commercial purpose. With all the connections, naija hard. So I sat and ask myself for that 2 years of boredom even if he have tenants in his 40 why not turn one of his cars to cab? May will not see e money doing Uber all in the name of dignity in labour. Yes I admit there’s dignity in labour, but also there’s a level to this things.

Cheerful is doing well, General, pearl with his ajasa. I just feel will all should just continue to strive to be a better person and have enough to take care of ourselves at old age. Can this job substain you in your 70s or 80s? Another talk for another day.

Edit later, duty call.

Olayetan:
Don't call me a driver, I'm not a private driver or an official driver, call me a transportation service provider.

pope191:


Are you a driver?

Yes i am. I have been a professional driver once upon a time before. Interstate cargo and passenger delivery. I worked as a driver with a company for 5 complete years hauling goods and people all over the southern part of Nigeria. At that time there was nothing like ehailing.

I am now professionally into logistics but there is nothing I haven't experienced concerning driving as a business.

So why do you think I'm always on this thread? Maybe it's because I still drive once in a while or maybe I have a vehicle given to someone to drive on my behalf.

You can pick any one you feel would sound better as my answer

Jamie90:


What kind of line of thought is this?
Why shouldn't I pray for my kids to do better than me? That someone drive doesn't mean that aren't better career path. I am sure everyone drives to provide a better life for his family; better than the one they have.

You might think that this means that they want their kids to be a salary earner with fancy title such as banker, chartered accountant but with salary less than 250k.

So, to you, your kids doing better than you MUST be outside your field or profession? You are very funny.

Barbiturate:

co-laugh

konkoabove:


I won't leave this thread anytime soon

We gather deh boss

konkoabove:

My brother, this shalaye is not necessary. All the examples you gave, I didn't see a single driver there. If you are truly proud of driving, wish and pray it for your child(ren). It's that simple

I am sure so many parent wished their son is the president , governor, minister and commissioner , but is it by wishing....keep wishing...why others keep working....

All Malam with him kettle..... If you want something to change...then change it ...