ReadaDream:
Waste of time, yes?

yes

Barbiturate:


After waiting for 20 mins, you still didn't pick her. She won't feel anything. She'd rather order another. You are the one that wasted your time and still didn't get the deal. I'm not supporting her, don't misconstrue me. The normal waiting time is 5 mins, of which you can choose to cancel after that or call let her understand that she has just 5 mins waiting grace, anytime after that, she would add to the fare. It is the fault of the App. Bolt charges rider after waiting for 5 mins.

As long as you render a service, you should be patient and tolerant. If you see what bar owners go through from customers, you will understand how hard it is to render service in this part of the world. Nigerians are difficult and frustrated people and they sometimes unleash their frustration on service renders. You need to follow them with patience and tolerance if you want good score/rating and offcourse, the money, which is the reason you're in the biz.

If she entered the car and you politely explained to her that it's only 5 mins waiting grace and she needs to add a little to the fare for your 15 mins wait, she might oblige, but if she refuses, you move on and go drop her. If she alights, give her 1 star and explain why on the App.

Simple

I did it for the next driver not to wait as long as i did. I have also benefitted from that too. everyone has their ways. Also, i don't renegotiate or ask riders to add anything to my fare.

73O9:


This scenario goes against what they call, "be ready before you request for your ride".
They knew he needed to eat and take his drugs, why then request a ride when the food was not bought yet?

that is the Nigerian mentality, they prefer you wait for them while they get ready instead of getting ready then wait for you. the number of times I cancelled last week would have gotten my account blocked if u were driving on bolt.
one lady wasted 15mins, I kept calling and she kept saying she's coming. I wanted to teach her a lesson too. so I waited for 20 mins, immediately she came out and wanted to open the door, I moved, she called and said I should come back that she's standing under the sun.i just laughed.

Barbiturate:


Sometimes we should be considerate. One lady once told me to put off the music completely and I asked why, and she said she wants to have her job meeting on zoom. I switched it off immediately. We should put ourselves in their shoes at times.


For the guy that wished drivers who overwork themselves dead, you went too far bro. There's always a better way of putting up your narrative.

For the eating in the car, I go with pearls. I usually allow them eat though but I would advise you not to stain my car. I recently carried an aged man and his wife from luth to Aguda. He was sick and he needed to eat and take his drugs. I allowed him eat his amala.....even though he stained the floor and seat, I had to clean it when they alighted and he blessed and thanked me.

In all, just be considerate. It doesn't mean you should go about taking sh1t!

I have switched off radio many times for riders to make calls, but this particular lady said she doesn't want radio, at all for no just reason

Pearl1910:


Amala ke...I allow jollof rice or fried rice or snacks but anything with flowing oil like soup or rice and stew, I just politely tell them "sorry it's not allowed, u may stain the seat unknowingly or bad road can shake the car and pour ur soup".
Respect is reciprocal, if they don't respect you, end the trip and ask them to request another ride. There is a kind of surprise/shock riders get when a driver just ends their trip, sometimes they are speechless, it hits them in a different way.

I remember I once picked up a rider, immediately I started the trip she asked me to turn off my radio, I reduced it and she said I should turn it off, I just reversed and told her to request for another ride, how can I drive 1hr plus in silence. music helps to withstand traffic.

zee00:
Some Uber/Bolt drivers are actually very stupid and deserve to die in a car crash.

How can you be driving while you are tired and sleeping on the steering? Are you that greedy?

You cannot make all the money in the world while driving for Bolt/Uber. So why the risk?

I was hit by a driver yesterday night by around 2am while on my way home. I wasn't speeding, only for me to hear gbam! behind my car.

When I came down to check the damage, I couldn't even fight him, because his own car somersaulted and the damage was madt. It was a miracle he didn't die yesterday.

I was angry and felt pity for the slowpoke at the same time. The damage on my car was minimal so I decided to leave the driver alone.

If I wanted to be difficult, I would have insisted he paid for the damage yesterday, because it was clearly his fault.

To all drivers, don't allow your greed be the end of you.

But if you don't value your life, you can go ahead and take unnecessary and pointless risks, all in the name of meeting "target".

You still won't be rich. You will be running circles in poverty. So why the risk?

I hope someone learns from this.

stay one place piss make e foam...you're confusing my confusion

Barbiturate:


If you're not doing this hustle full time, then you will never understand how some actions of some wicked riders affect drivers mentally. Even if you do this hustle and you feel putting up this reply is the best you can come up with after reading what happened, then you still will never ever understand what drivers go through from wicked riders.
The Femi Martins of this world can never and will never accelerate any plan B Jack sh1t. Anybody that will help you will not treat you like sh1t or piece of rubbish.

I called you before leaving and you told me to come. I drove 16 mins to your place. I called you immediately I got there and you rejected 5 calls. Sent a txt message, then you cancelled immediately. Now this is what you have done; you have wasted my airtime, fuel used for 16 mins, time, strength! If I keep getting them like this, then I should always be happy and clap for them, and hoping they would accelerate my plan B!

This morning I got another. She was going to Lekki from iwaya. I called her and asked if I should come and she said yes. She asked where I was coming from, I said Moore Road, close to Barikisu iyede. I left immediately and drove to her PU location. When I got to iwaya road, she cancelled. Called immediately and she started rejecting my calls. Now I should clap for her and hope she would accelerate my plan B!

I think we should be guided here!

incidents like this is why I haven't driven since this week..make I no go use vex fight rider😆🙂. I hear am all through last week, the vex in me could boil yam. this week(till thursday) is for my mental health

HonourablePomk:


Thanks for the advice. I’m familiar with alagbole as I’ve taken riders there before. I dislike bolt soo much because of the 25% commission that’s why I rarely use bolt. My driver score is 76% now there and will only use it when I’m ready to take any trip. Indrive gives the advantage of choosing where you want to go to. Bolt doesn’t care about anything that’s why I don’t use them. My experience yesterday taught me and I’ve learned from there

try uber, it's 20% commission for the first 15 trips of the week and 5 % after that. I don't take trip less than. 2k on indrive and rida. its better I just park and wait for a good trip than do all those 800-1500 trips

pope191:


Regardless of one knowing is riders, we still have to be patient with these people. From far I naturally don't have smiley face till we talk and you understand I am such an easy person. I have been having funny crazy riders for the past 2 weeks, maybe it is because I don't really stress on the hustle these days.

1. She booked a ride and on getting to PU, she remember sometin. One thing I like about Indrive rating? Pay attention to riders rating, that sh*t don't lie. I look at her rating and I saw 3.9 on a ride that is not up to 20, then I knew who I am dealing with. Took time for her to be out that I have registered 1 star for her in my mind. She came out and apologise. The normal me don't respond to such, so I didn't. Half way we get talky talky talky. Real talks that I learnt so many valuable lessons from her and she even request I save her number and free to call anytime. Extra 500 on her fare again.... that was how 1 star turned to 5

This same week I hit the back bumper on a blank spot while reversing. It was late around 8pm. Got this rider that just won't let me be and got me talking, laughing all thro the trip. Got to her destination and we were still chatting as she walks away, while I reverse. Gbam! My bumper don climb small stone and she stood laughing at me for not seeing the stone. I just face my front before she put me for wahala.

Been long I had regrettable trip.

you're lucky then, but these are not the kind of issues I was referring to sha. just this week alone I drove 10mins to Pu twice and rider cancelled even though I called them before driving there. the first one said he's sorry another driver came before me, the second one just refused to pick my calls. These kind of things can really demoralise a driver.

pope191:


3 ladies infuriated the h*ll out of me last night. On my way home, I saw trip from secretariat mosque to street away from mine. Normally I don't do such trip, but yesterday was kind of drag for me, so I decide to run a trip of at least 2500 for 2k after like 5 attempts of price drag.

Got to PU, rider won't come out, keep begging "I'm coming". She came out and still have to wait for her friends. Immediately I knew it was all these contribution trip. I keep my cool because I can tell these people will have preferred route, but it have to be my way.

2 ladies joined her to make it 3. They ask me to take Lateef Jakande road with full blown traffic, while Berger is absolutely free. It won't work, I'm using Berger and no option of cancel, as I have already step on gas. One have to alight half way. It took them to start agreeing what each will pay when we get to Berger, because another need to alight. The whole process was just getting me upset inside.

I belive there are better things to invest money on, then the nonsense riders feed drivers atimes.

these past few weeks has been difficult to keep your cool as a driver, riders are really out to frustrate with the chicken change they pay

why is this even possible on indrive?

Masterkleenlaun:
Good day bosses/pilots in the house....

Ur advices are currently needed n will be appreciated...

I just got an HP offer for a corolla 2010 sport for 8m to be delivered 50k weekly...

Pls should I take it or not given the circumstances of things in the business today...will I b able to make the money back without "overstressing" myself?

Ur advices are currently needed n will be appreciated...

Thanks

After you heard about this offer, did you run with your shoes on or you ran without it?

ReadaDream:
How does this Uber hourly work? Am I getting 4k+ for 2hrs or every hour?

you'll get the said amount after 2hours. when you accept the trip it will show you the maximum km for that price, if you exceed it, the money will increase. Also even if the trip is 1km and the rider decides to end the trip, you'll still get the 4kplus. I totally avoid uber hourly though. to me it's a waste of my time

Pearl1910:


U don't get jare...that man said he slept off at 5am when he was heading home. Meaning he most likely worked till d early hours of d morning.
And someone is saying he uses gum to drive away sleep meanwhile he works between the hours of 9am and 7pm.

So my point is he hasn't jam sleep before that's why he is praising his chewing gums...those afternoon sleeps are apprentice compared to midnight sleep. Apart from the enabling environment where everywhere is dark, quiet and cool u are also very tired and fagged out from the whole days work. No amount of gum, bitter cola or energy drink can cure this type of sleep.

what am I saying and what are you saying? I'm just telling how I chase away afternoon sleep. how will I know how to chase away night sleep when I don't drive at night? the advice is for those that feel sleepy during day on what will help.
that was the reason I clearly stated the hours I work

confusedworld17:


Body dey different, some of us na ajebo The few times it happened to me were afternoons on free roads like thirdmainland bridge.
Since then, I make sure I have bitter cola, chewing gum, tom tom, baba blue in my car always.

he thinks it's only at night you can feel sleepy on wheels.

Glithronix:

What then would you have said about this one?
Much respect, baba.

one newbie driver will still accept this offer, I accepted a trip today from oshodi going to computer village, as I was approaching the rider I saw him bringing out about 8 big bags I just reversed and cancelled immediately with "riders load didn't fit". These riders don't care about your car as long as you take them to their destinations

Pearl1910:


Lolz...So which sleep is chewing gum driving between 9am and 7pm?

the same reason why riders sleep in the car during those same hours..it's the ac effect, you can feel sleepy on the wheels during the day too

chiste1:
Guys, happy Sunday.
Join me in thanking God for sparing my life on the 22nd on airport road at about few minutes to 5am on my way heading home from Lekki.

Unfortunately,the mechanic confirmed that the vehicle is a right-off hence it would be sold as scrap.

Certainly many might be wondering how did the accident occur, honestly it's fatigue that led to me dozing off for 2-3mins and the next I heard was a loud bang when my vehicle rammed into a stationery 20ft container being towed.

While it's regrettable as a father of 3, that my vehicle is gone,which has been my means of survival as an e-hailing driver (using all available apps Uber,Bolt,InDriver,Rida,FareRun) since I lost my job I must say a big thank You to God Almighty for sparing my life as I came out unhurt, hale and hearty, I've indeed learnt my lesson the hard way and have told myself never to repeat such mistake of driving when tired and sleepy,no matter how urgent such trip might seem.

I am therefore appealing, for any available vehicle owner seeking for an experienced driver either for HP or weekly returns and the vehicle is very sound and no mechanical issues, to contact me on 09022668551. I'm very much available and well experienced in this business and residing at Ikotun axis of Lagos State.

God bless you as you consider to assist me through this empowerment.

thank God for life...that's why I always have chewing gum in my car, it drives away sleep. I work only during the day too. from 9/10am to 7pm

zee00:
I carried a passenger that delayed me for over 30 mins on Bolt.

How I go stop this kind thing from happening?

This fellow just waste my time.

asin you waited for him to come out for 30 mins? the highest I can wait for anyone is 10mins

zee00:
I pray for better agreement for you

Some agreement fit make you regret this hustle.

he is desperate that's why..

honourablepomk....you don't pay 700 when you go drop off a rider at the airport. drop off is free as long as you drop off at the 'drop off zone". my advice to you is to avoid airport trips for now.

has anyone here been using Rida app of recent? mine has been crashing for 3 days now. Once I open it it crashes almost immediately

my uber app was on for 6 hours today and no single trip came in.

Good day everyone. my sister wants to get a good car for herself. is there anyone here that has a good car available for sale?
NB: she doesn't want honda

tomorrow Sunday is a good day to start this hustle as roads will be free from traffic and lastma will not be everywhere. starting on indrive is good, just don't accept any fare you see for acceptance sake, make sure it's worth it....All the best

thanks for the info

[quote author=Massab post=117943603]Someone posted one honda civic, you can check few pages back


I don't like Honda

what's the last price? I also have 2001 rav4 I want to sell

anyone here has any good Nigerian used car here for sale? preferably toyota

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I'm Emeka,

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