Dear Uber Drivers,
Actually, I shan’t discriminate. Let’s include Uber, all other ride-sharing services, and cab drivers who ask me more than, ‘Where are you going?’.
Many, many times, you have saved my life. Not literally, but you have saved me from many stressful, unfortunate moments.
Say the time I desperately wanted to leave the office Christmas party, with one click of a button I had requested you arrive around the back where I could sneak out.
Or, when I had stayed back at university studying and the buses were no longer running. There, dearest Uber (and all other networks), you were.
Despite my self-described love and my eternal gratitude for your services, there is one thing I do not sign up for.
Your life advice.
Now, many people might disagree with me on this.
Some of my friends have never been victim to the 11pm unsolicited life coaching session of a driver.
Hell, even one of my colleagues, Luca Lavigne, wrote a whole article thanking an Uber driver for her incomparable life advice.
HOWEVER.
Unlike Luca’s situation, my life advice is rarely welcome. And, it doesn’t come with the hope of actually improving my life. It is mostly slightly condescending and disapproving of my life choices.
I purposely picked this photo of me looking upset. BECAUSE I AM UPSET.
If you don't believe, then I have already prepared three examples.
Top Comments
I like having discussion with drivers. The best way to avoid them giving you advice is to keep asking them questions about themselves. People love talking about themselves. I had a great conversation with a driver the other day who was from Sudan. I asked so many questions about his life there and it was so interesting to see how he lived. If you don’t want them to give you advice, just request they don’t speak to you.
Ha ha.. this is so true. I’ve always smiled at the taxi drivers who want to give unsolicited finance advise or their view of economy!
However I am grateful to the taxi drivers who while driving me to the airport gave me car advise when I asked them
what to buy as my next small, reliable car (they all picked the same one!!).
And a special thanks to the driver who encouraged me to accept a business trip to Gutarat, India. It was to write about the Navariti festival and his passion and doescriptions changed my mind and I went and had a great time - even meeting the now pm of India!