Ep. #183 Doordash changes completion rate, Uber weekends quests are changing and Wendy's is going to do surge pricing

Strap in, gig economy warriors, as we cruise through the labyrinth of Uber updates and DoorDash's ever-evolving completion rates. Your journey through the gig landscape just got a whole lot spicier with our latest episode, where Larry recounts an unforgettable passenger encounter that'll make you rethink the quiet night you had planned. Ever been caught between a drunk reveler and a hard place? Prepare to navigate the trenches with tactical tales of puke bags and cleanup strategies, ensuring your ride remains as spotless as your reputation.

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Speaker 1: 0:25

Hi guys, welcome to the gig economy podcast episode one hundred and eighty three. Hope you all doing good tonight. Tonight we're gonna talk about DoorDash changes, their completion rate and uber quests the uber weekends, quests are changing and a bunch of other stuff. How's it going tonight?

Speaker 2: 0:44

Larry, it is going well. My friend, how about yourself?

Speaker 1: 0:48

I'm doing good getting used to this different setup with being remote, but I think I think we're we're hitting it in stride. So anything you want to know about the show, go to gig economy show dot com. That's where you can find everything. You can find news, that kind of stuff, blogs that I've written those kind of things and possibly a newsletter. Sign up for the newsletter. It won't be just a newsletter. You'll get information on when a new show drops or what's coming to go in for the show and stuff like that.

Speaker 1: 1:20

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Speaker 1: 1:56

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Speaker 1: 2:32

I'm not sure what's going on, but you know we they kind of ads and flows yeah, I mean I think the you know I think it changed after COVID and that's okay. It's just in a different form now. You know what I mean. I mean it's still easy. Yeah, different season, people still chat about it, but I think it's just more weekend chat. But if you want to join that, go to the link in the description. Also, the patreon link is in this. Everything's in the description. If you go in the description you can get everything. Go there and join the telegram group. Stories from the road. Larry, why don't you go first tonight?

Speaker 2: 3:05

sure, yeah. So I had interesting rock similar to what you had a few weeks ago. This was less on Friday, friday afternoon about no I don't know two o'clock, so I'd had this lady as a passenger maybe twice before, maybe three times, no more than that, though but it's still amazing that you have multiple people in your car, though like on a regular basis. I had somebody the other day three times on the same day.

Speaker 2: 3:30

Oh, it's the same day the same day yeah so, so yeah, picture up and she gets in the car. She's like oh, larry, thank goodness, she's like I love you know what is going on. She was very drunk, oh man. She's like oh Larry, you're my homie. And like this was not somebody that I'd had a big in-depth discussion with the few times I'd taken her, or anything like that. Yeah so, anyway.

Speaker 2: 3:55

So our destination was a liquor store oh boy shock and yeah, so we start taking off and and she's like, oh. She's like, oh man, I'm in bad shape there. I'm like what's going on? She's like I hate my life. I hate my life. Like, well, what are we doing? What's going on?

Speaker 2: 4:16

She's like I'm just tired of people being backstabbers. And she's like I'm sorry, I'm so drunk. I apologize, I'm embarrassed being this drunk. I'm like, well, you know why are we going to the liquor store? She's like is that what I put in? She's like, no, no, I need to go to, I need to go to this certain street, you know, and the worst sunrise. And I'm like, well, no, you put in, you put in liquor store. She's like, no, no, no, I need to go to North Sunrise. So we got that. Take care, I've got that change.

Speaker 2: 4:42

And she's like, ah, she's just going on. She's like I just I'm hating life. I'm so drunk, I hate life. I'm like, well, what's what's it? What's it over North Sunrise? Well, that's where my ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend live and he's polyamorous and so I'm heading over there. She's like I think we're gonna have an orgy. Yeah, I'm like, oh, okay. She's like, yeah, I think I really want to kiss his girlfriend. Everyone make out with his girlfriend, like alright, whatever. And then she's like we're listening. I have like a 80s, 90s station on, like I think the cars were playing, and she's like I mean just all in one breath. She's like, oh, you like the cars, you like 80 music, you like blowjobs. Like I want all this, like all together. And then she's like oh, she's, I'm so glad you're my homie, I love you so much. She's like you're, I love that you're such a family guy. All my drivers are always asking for my phone number and this oh hey, you want to go do some what?

Speaker 2: 5:44

you want to go do some coke, like? No, no, I don't think. So. What do you know where I can get any? No, I don't either. Eventually we get over and we get to the street. She doesn't know the dress, just knows the street and she's, she's too drunk, I don't want to go, just put her out on the street. So we're, we're kind of inching, creeping down the street until it took a, it took a minute man find the house and he's out there waiting for where it gets out. She gets out, gives him, gives him big hugs, kiss, I'm like. Well, y'all have a good night man, yeah, I'm in one breath.

Speaker 1: 6:22

She's like I love how you're such a family man do you know where we can get some coke yeah exactly, yeah, the family guy that loves his family and drives for uber knows where to get coke.

Speaker 2: 6:33

Yep exactly, yeah, she was, she was something else, it was quite quite a trip.

Speaker 1: 6:38

Well, I'm glad you didn't just put her out on the street. That's always kind of a kind of a risk of doing that, of like dragging along because you don't know where it's gonna go. I mean, when it you got somebody that's drunk, I mean it could be so bad okay, I can drag out for quite a long time and it's not like you're making money hand over fist with the time.

Speaker 2: 7:00

So no, no, definitely not.

Speaker 1: 7:04

So that was, that was my, my interesting right of the week wait, so no blow job no, that would be a no, no coke, no blow job man what a boring night.

Speaker 2: 7:15

Yes, this was two o'clock in the afternoon oh my god yeah, yeah, this was not even a night. This was two o'clock in the afternoon wow well, my, my story is similar to that.

Speaker 1: 7:25

I had a winter beer fest yes and well, I made pretty good money.

Speaker 1: 7:32

It wasn't like it used to. So I, back in the day when we have these festivals and events, it feels like the entire time you were just busy. That's all you were doing, and I honestly only got about I don't know three to five rides down there and three to five rides out of it. I think it was. It was two things I think the market is saturated, so a lot of people are driving, and the efficiency of me, although that would have made it faster to get more rides, I guess I don't know, but it was efficient going in and out of there. But, um, yeah, I made like 400 bucks in ten and a half hours. Now that include a little bit of driving. On Friday, I think I made 75 bucks or 80 bucks the night before. So, and they had the porta-potties right there for you they did.

Speaker 1: 8:14

You know I never did use them. No, I didn't. One thing I did forget about is how much deadhead driving you do for those events like, oh yeah, it's been so long since I've driven for a location and you know, I just turned the app on. I'm just bebopping through the city. I mean, more likely than not, I have someone in my car, I'm not deadheading right but I would drop somebody off and then I would get a request.

Speaker 1: 8:37

You know, 10, 12 minutes away and I'm like I mean it's a surged ride. I'm like I don't really want to go that far but like what else is there gonna be? So I just felt like I was and I did. I did really eat into my battery, so I ended up only cool, I quit at like 9 30. My battery was dead, dead. I sent a picture in the group. I had like 18 miles. So but the first ride I can't remember if it was Friday and Saturday. Oh, by the way, I did only do comfort. I didn't do any other rides and I was busy the whole time.

Speaker 1: 9:09

So that's awesome, yeah, and not that makes a ton more, but I felt like that was helpful. But again, either Friday or no, I'm pretty sure this is Friday night. I got a lift comfort, which I never get. So it's a apartment complex actually near my house so I go pick them up and he waits for the entire timer. I mean we're down to 18 seconds and guy comes out, giant man, like just overweight, but still like 6 6.

Speaker 1: 9:37

I'm like yeah big boy stumbling, stumbling towards my car. Oh no, and I almost pulled away. I almost did, he hadn't quite made it yet, but he gets a car door open. He's got a 32 or 44 ounce size cut from like Speedway, but it's clear it's full of beer and he's got a straw in it. Yeah, so he's already drunk and I'm just like no man, not gonna do it, and you got a little fussy about it and he and he takes two drinks and then just throws it on the ground.

Speaker 1: 10:09

Now, this is a place that he lives, like it's an apartment. I mean, it's not the nicest one, but still. You just walked out of your, your home and you just throw the cup down. Yeah, then he proceeds to want me to bring him to a liquor store. I told him no, he asked why not? And I said just because you're too drunk, they're not gonna sell to you. So, anyways, he went back and forth with me and it was kind of fussy and then, like halfway through, he's like man, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't give me a, don't give me a negative rating, I'm sorry. And then I was just kind of silent cuz he was really pissing me off a little bit. He's like are you mad at me? I'm like no, I'm not mad at you, and I just want him on my car.

Speaker 1: 10:50

Yeah, this is like a five-minute ride. And then he's bitching on the way I took to get there and he doesn't even know he's going to the hotel. He thought he was going somewhere else, yeah, so I three-starred his ass and Liff's not gonna pair me with him again, right? Yeah, that was about the extent of my. I mean just that guy and then the rest of the weekend. Everyone was pleasant and fun, and I don't have any other stories, which I guess is good yeah, oh, I did have.

Speaker 2: 11:15

I forgot. I did have one guy hanging out the window cuz he thought he was gonna so, but he did not, he did not so for new people, what?

Speaker 1: 11:23

what would your best advice be for if you have it? Let's say you don't have a, okay, well, I'll get you. Give me all the scenarios. I guess like he's gonna hang his head out the window. Do you allow them to roll the window down to do that for one?

Speaker 2: 11:36

I mean, yeah, I'll let him do it. If I mean, if it's just an immediate thing, I mean I tried to get him to use my puke bags, obviously okay, and I'll also pull over and like you get, get out, you know yeah, I'm gonna use the bag, then you need to get out. Why wouldn't you just gonna go down the side of the car, as you know, yeah, and you're, you're still gonna have to stop and clean it up here.

Speaker 1: 11:57

Here's a twisted thought, though. I would rather than puke like down on the floor then, yeah, out the window, because I feel like it's gonna go in the cracks and inside the door.

Speaker 2: 12:09

I mean that's certainly possible. I've only had one person do that. Yeah, just one. I think through the years.

Speaker 1: 12:15

I mean there's a little black seam that goes, but I mean it's not like sealed tight or anything right, but yeah. I've only had two pukeers, and they were both. One was in my wife's mini van. That was fun, that was a lot of cleanup, that was a lot of cleanup, that was everywhere and I don't remember the the other one.

Speaker 2: 12:36

But yeah, I've had. I've had like 15 of them use my puke bags and but only in two that missed the bag.

Speaker 1: 12:45

So you're in a college, thomas, so maybe 15 isn't that big of a deal.

Speaker 2: 12:49

Yeah, I mean yeah, almost all those were college kids. Huh, Not all of them, but the large majority for sure.

Speaker 1: 12:57

Well, we really only have one more, at least in our market big drinking day, and that is going to be St Patty's Day coming up.

Speaker 2: 13:04

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. It's funny because my daughter's fine, so like for her spring break she's flying up to Northern Virginia and she texted me like two days ago. She's like, hey, can she come back? Like on Sunday night her flight lands in Nashville like 11, and she texted me so, hey, can you, would you be able to come pick me up? And I was like, well, yeah, I think so. I was like Sunday nights I'm usually not doing anything. And then I looked at it like yesterday I was like, oh, wait, a minute, that's St Patrick's Day.

Speaker 4: 13:33

So I texted her back.

Speaker 2: 13:34

I'm like nope, sorry, I can't do. That's our second biggest night of the year.

Speaker 1: 13:39

Yeah, for sure. Jimmethy says oh, my friend goes this is more. Let's deter Jim from doing rideshare talk.

Speaker 2: 13:44

Yeah, we're talking about puke. That means, you know, we give you the good, the bad, the ugly. Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 1: 13:52

I love it. I mean, we talk mostly about the ugly, so there's a lot of good in there too. Oh yeah, there is for sure. So before we jump into the news, the same Patty Days for us is we have this huge thing in the afternoon from, like I don't know, 12 to five.

Speaker 3: 14:07

It's.

Speaker 1: 14:08

Irish on Ionia. But so you can really make money to two types of the day you can do and they start at like 7am they're drinking 7, 8 o'clock in the morning. You can do the morning, afternoon and then don't take them home, or you can do the late night, so it's pretty much a whole day of like you have the chance of making decent money.

Speaker 2: 14:27

Yeah, I'm wondering how it's going to be this year, being on a Sunday.

Speaker 1: 14:32

The same Patty Days on a Sunday? Yes, oh well, they always celebrate on a Saturday, like who's getting shitfaced Sunday night, like there'll be some people Well yeah, but it's never. It's not going to be near as busy as Saturday night. I mean, it's kind of like that's the holiday is always the weekend.

Speaker 1: 14:50

Yeah, in my opinion, but Jim and he heard something about vomit. Well, you know all right, before we jump into the news, kim side money plans. She is a incredible YouTuber, has almost 7,000 subscribers and she just started a podcast. You can download it anywhere. You can get podcasts just Kim side money plans. She does a ton of tips and tricks, especially for DoorDash, and does a lot of content on YouTube. Like, we don't do a lot of content, we do one video a week. That's our content. But Kim does a lot of like five to 10 minute videos and just they're really good and she's great to not talk with because you're not really talking with her, but she has good conversation when she's streaming. In fact, last night I was on for about 10 minutes. She's doing this whole damn show of hers by herself.

Speaker 2: 15:42

Yeah, like she doesn't have a co-host.

Speaker 1: 15:45

That's impressive. I know like damn like that to talk for that long.

Speaker 2: 15:50

Yeah, be sure, and check her out. Yeah, she has some good. She has some good stuff for sure.

Speaker 1: 15:54

Yeah, the link is in the description. Please go support her, especially on the podcast aspect. She's crushing it on YouTube. I mean obviously subbed to everything. I got the links in the description. So, all right, gig economy in the news. Uber CEO. I mean I'm sure you've seen this, we've took our drivers for granted. It's kind of you know, you got to. Just these titles are very click baby. So it kind of the article talked about how it was the driver that got them through the pandemic. You know it said the pandemic was forced Uber to take a hard look at the driver experience, dara said with an eye toward prioritizing onboarding and other needs. You know. But obviously he's kind of leaning towards that. This is, you know it's better. It's better now than it ever has been.

Speaker 2: 16:52

But which we all know is not true.

Speaker 1: 16:53

No, it's not true, and it's and it's pretty frustrating. There was something I wanted to, yeah.

Speaker 2: 17:37

I don't know he said something about. He realized it when when he, you know, took his turn as a driver.

Speaker 1: 17:41

Yeah, damn it. I need to highlight this shit because I always forget, but it was something. I was like, um, okay, but I mean I don't know, I don't know why he's. You know why he's saying this stuff. It's just kind of like stupid, uh, the way he presents itself. But I mean with all these markets, like pushing for minimum pay rates and stuff, like I mean it kind of reflects that you aren't paying uh, like you should be. I mean I don't know, I don't feel like they're very driver focuses, all at all.

Speaker 2: 18:13

Right, and I mean we, we all know it's never going to go back to what it was when they first started, when they were. You know so a lot of places they're paying, you know, to something a mile, uh, when they're first starting out, and things like that. We all know it's not going to go back to that Uh, but it's gone so far in the other direction. Like every year, they chip away at, at what we're making.

Speaker 1: 18:35

So, so I want to ask you and then in the chat, what, what would you want to see? Cause, obviously we know, obviously it's not going to go back to where it was, like that's just. You know, we're thinking about that and it's great and all, and we would all love it. But let's look at what reality is and what could be done without, uh, ruffling the, the stockholders.

Speaker 2: 18:58

Sure, yeah, I mean obviously I think you know when they uh, when they were doing a percentage, a flat percentage, I think people were a lot more happy with that because you knew exactly what you were getting.

Speaker 1: 19:12

The 80, 20 or whatever it was that my ever did in time.

Speaker 2: 19:16

Yeah, and, like I said, luckily here Uber's not doing the upfront pricing, which, uh, that's right. Um, I, you know if they ever, if they switch over to upfront pricing to you know, I I don't know if it would be hard to continue to drive, I think, but uh, I know in most places that's what it is. You know it's upfront pricing and I know people enjoy seeing seeing what they're going to make, but it's just not worth it to me to get a cut and pay, just so I know where I'm going. Um, so they just I think this need to simplify things. You know they, you always convoluted things that make it where drivers are trying to figure out in in three seconds whether or not this trip's worth it. You should, you shouldn't have to worry about trying to figure that out every time.

Speaker 1: 20:03

Well, traveler says transparency, but like what? Yeah, exactly, but what, what? What do you want to be transparent? I mean, we know everything about the ride, we know exactly how much they're taking. Do you want to know exactly the algorithm, cause they're not going to give that up? That's another thing of like we're not going to go back to 2016.

Speaker 2: 20:19

Right, no, they're not, but, uh, I think, transparency, like I said, the upfront pricing, it's random.

Speaker 1: 20:29

It is, it is random, you can you. I've seen rides that that are the same distance for seven or eight dollars more than the other one.

Speaker 2: 20:39

Yeah, I think the ride share guy. I think they did a test and they had two cars sitting side by side. They both got trips. I get I'm sure they're airport trips or something else It'd be hard to get somewhere. You go in the same place but two very different offers for two drivers. They're sitting right next to each other, both going to the same place. Why do you?

Speaker 1: 20:54

think they're doing that? Um, do you think that they're like knowing that, oh well, this guy didn't take it for this, but maybe this guy just signed on and he's going to take it for cheaper? Is that that what their thought process is?

Speaker 2: 21:06

Well, that's, that's why we need transparency, so we know what they're thinking.

Speaker 1: 21:10

So we know how to reduce stuff like this, but they're not going to give that out.

Speaker 2: 21:13

They're not, they're not we, they're definitely not. But uh, just just simplifying things. I think they've made things very convoluted over the years.

Speaker 1: 21:23

Yeah, I talk about. I think about, like, what the could they do other than money? Um, well, I mean obviously transparency, but like, um, you know people talk about like driver rewards or diamond status or stuff like that, but like, is even that even worth it? I Mean to take all the rides to get whatever other than the college. I mean, I know we've talked about this to blue in the face, but like, for me I don't care about the college, like I'm not going back to college, I don't yeah, I'm probably not either, so that's not a huge incentive for me.

Speaker 2: 21:59

Yeah, I know you have different things. You know they have. Supposedly you get discounts on on auto repair and yeah and in EV charging and gas and stuff like that.

Speaker 1: 22:10

But at that point it's probably nominal compared to like getting paid more money. But I don't know, I like your idea going back to like. I'd like to go back to this like a dollar a mile, like just give me a dollar a mile every time and I think I'd be happy with that. Although if we gave us that, I probably bet you about that too.

Speaker 2: 22:30

But I would not be happy with that not you.

Speaker 1: 22:33

You want more than.

Speaker 2: 22:34

I'll make a dollar seventeen a mile, so I don't want a dollar.

Speaker 1: 22:37

Well, yeah, we're not making that much but I mean like in general overall. Yeah just a dollar a mile. I mean, what if they made it a dollar a mile to drive to him and for the trip? Like that would be amazing. So every time your wheels rolled, you were getting paid a dollar a mile and I don't think that's that big of a deal. Yeah. I don't think it's that much money, but Exactly.

Speaker 1: 23:01

Well, we'll, we'll just have to see Traveler. Remind me again Are you a full-time ride-chair driver or full-time gig worker? I can't quite remember. I've been kind of focusing on ride share. I looked at my quest this weekend. I'm not driving, although I've left gave me. I haven't seen lifts yet. If lift gave me like an easy one and it was good, I might go out and drive a little bit. But I'm not planning on driving this weekend at all. But all right, moving on, I thought this probably should have came sooner than later because you know, it's Uber.

Speaker 2: 23:34

Yeah, so anyway, let's popped up. The other day said chat message call Support's just a tap away, available all day. Every day starting this month You'll no longer be able to call our support team directly through our phone number. Means, if you know, you're no longer able to dial the uber support number May have used in the past or have saved in your phone contacts. So now, says duration agent by phone. You'll need to visit the help center and follow the on-screen steps so you can visit help center and tap contact support by chat messaging our phone.

Speaker 2: 24:08

Okay, so I mean, I don't call them very often, no, it's not a it's not a huge deal, but the way sometimes they hide things in their support, like I know I've had an item left in my car and they've redone the. You know they've done an update or something in the app and it takes forever to figure out how to report. You know I lost the item. Yeah, I did it at that time. So this is just another change.

Speaker 1: 24:35

I think you know We'll see how it works out, but yeah, I think I think one of the things that I Like is I actually like the chat over the Calling, because I mean no offense To anybody that doesn't speak our language. I mean I'm not being Dickish about or not, I just can't understand you. Like when the English you're speaking it's I don't dislike you by any means, I'm just trying to be like I don't understand you. So I actually like the chat. I think it's slower. That's the problem. It takes forever to get things solved because, like, if I want something solved, of course a phone call is way better.

Speaker 1: 25:16

Fine, you know, just like we're trying to email something like, okay, this needs to be a phone call, but yeah, yeah, I don't know if I've ever done anything with them through email, but yeah, chat I've used a chat a few times and Well, even with like, either like retail companies or whatever, like the Xfinity, like the internet company, if there's an option to chat, I will always do that because, like I can do other things while Well, I'm, you know, waiting for them instead of being on the phone.

Speaker 1: 25:45

You know I don't need to talk to somebody, but my name is Bob. I mean what? They can't put their real name out there. I feel bad for them, but like they got to do that Right cuz I mean it's just you know it's, yeah, it's all part of the part of the game. Yeah, so he travelers full-time gig, large percentage, right here. Okay, yeah, like I said, I'm getting what market traveler?

Speaker 1: 26:09

What's what's your market? He told us before. But yeah, all right, moving on to this, I don't know how big of a deal this is changes to the minimum completion rate. At first I was like, oh my god, oh my god, but like it's the completion rate, so it's like it was 80%. So you had, out of a hundred deliveries, you had to make sure you delivered 80 them and I'm like, okay, who's not doing that?

Speaker 2: 26:36

Right yeah, when I first saw it I thought it was acceptance rate yeah.

Speaker 1: 26:39

I did too. I kind of got really excited about it. I'm like, wait a minute, like I was actually messaging Gary Middleton from Middleton Tech and yeah, he's like it's completion rate. I was like, oh yeah, he's like if you can't do that, you know nine out of ten. Yeah, like, what are you doing? Yeah, so I'm assuming this means Like if you, unassigned to that's considered a non completion, correct? I would imagine, yeah, yeah, okay, yeah, so that's what's going on. I mean I'm like whatever on it, but people are losing their mind on it. But just like, finish your deliveries. It's not that fucking hard to To deliver your orders. But I mean, I had actually Again, I forgot my work phone. Larry, I need to bring it down because I have all the like stats of like what my completion rate is and all that shit on there. But I'm sure mine's above 90% anyways.

Speaker 2: 27:31

Oh yeah, I mean I I'd have to look at mine. I haven't done that door to action a while, but yeah, I can't imagine that my completion rate wouldn't be above 90%.

Speaker 1: 27:42

It does make you think about like okay, they're doing this. What, when, which When's gonna be the company that says guess what acceptance rate Affects you now, like they all kind of went away from that. You know, at first it was a thing and then it went away from it who's gonna be the first company that says, well, if you don't accept this many rides, you're not on the platform anymore?

Speaker 2: 28:06

Yeah, that's a good question.

Speaker 1: 28:08

I mean I mean door dash has kind of done it right, because you can't just get online anymore, you have to like be almost top-dash or to even like get priority, to like even Schedule stuff, like right. So they've kind of been a backwards way I've done it. But yeah, I don't know, I don't know if I, if uber said that they needed you would need an acceptance rate. I'm not saying I wouldn't drive, but man, I would really have to think about it. You know what I mean.

Speaker 2: 28:35

Yeah, yeah, I. I guess they would. Just if you're not at 90%, they just Shut you down.

Speaker 1: 28:43

Yeah, I mean I don't. I mean I don't mind if I'm in the city and I'm like doing a quest I don't mind take. I don't mind be bopping around the city like I'll pretty much take anything that pops up. The problem is is when the you know, like lift, there's a 20 minute ride away. You know what? I'm right.

Speaker 2: 28:58

Yeah, I got one of those yesterday. I was, you know. It's the next town over, it's called Franklin and yeah you know it's 25 or you know miles down there, and yeah, then the ride was, like you know, seven minutes, and like I'm not not doing that, yeah, I mean, at least see that.

Speaker 1: 29:15

Yeah, I know you don't like the upfront pricing, but at least that lift. You got to see that like it was a 20 minute drive to get there and you're in a seven minute drive. You're like fuck that, like that's not even worth it. But one percent, I think mine's higher than that.

Speaker 2: 29:30

I mean Pretty sure in quests.

Speaker 1: 29:32

Your, your AR is gonna be definitely higher than that one percent. Like what one percent? Are you even doing Uber? Holy shit traveler.

Speaker 2: 29:43

If mom was one percent, I wouldn't. I would take like a ride every couple days.

Speaker 1: 29:47

Yeah, cuz I mean that's like we shouldn't get that many requests, really, you don't? You think it's like, how do you stay busy then?

Speaker 2: 29:57

well, that's why I do Uber and lift, okay. You know Food delivery sometimes as well. Go that in there, okay.

Speaker 1: 30:02

So when you're running Uber, are you doing the rides and deliveries on it all the time, unless it's like super busy For rides?

Speaker 2: 30:10

now I I turn the delivery on just when, when I feel like almost have to, I try to just do rides. I try to do rides, because that's what I prefer. That's fair.

Speaker 1: 30:20

That's fair, but I will sit.

Speaker 2: 30:22

I mean, you know, will you? I mean we, we have to. I mean, there's just no way to. Unless it's a busy night, you know, like maybe a Friday or Saturday night, yeah, it's a snake pack, your stay, something like that. Then, yeah, you can do back-to-back. But even on like a normal, you know, thursday or Friday, it's not back to back.

Speaker 1: 30:43

I mean it wouldn't be back-to-back if I was driving on a Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock but at that point if I sit more than five minutes I'm turning food on, like at least Uber eats, because I know door-dash, you know, like said, it's tough to get on there, but usually you can get on there for at least a half hour or so and then Problem is when you start turning door-dash on. I mean it's one thing lift and Uber and in Uber eats, but door-dash adds another level of like it. Now You're three apps, multi-app, in which you use Gary's apps for a lot of that stuff, but it's still a lot of ding-in, ding-dong in going on.

Speaker 2: 31:16

Oh yeah, yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot to handle for sure. In the other problem here is just we're getting so many, as everywhere, so many drivers, yeah, lift. I don't know why they're offering such a big sign-on bonus or referral bonus.

Speaker 1: 31:29

Yeah, because you say it lift as dead as hell.

Speaker 2: 31:31

There $1500, and there's drivers. There's plenty of drivers out there.

Speaker 1: 31:38

I don't understand the philosophy of that. They got to see the numbers like why would they do that, don't know. Just because they're just gonna. They're probably testing how high do we need to go before you know what I mean, before we start getting something like that? But yeah, all right 1500 bucks. That's crazy, larry. Customer catches driver lying about uber's tipping policy. What's this?

Speaker 2: 32:02

Oh yeah, so there's always people that scam on both sides. You have passengers you try to scam drivers with with certain things, and you always have drivers that are trying to scam passengers. You know we had a few years ago when they lowered the Cleanup fees because we were drivers were having slow nights and they would send in old pictures of you know you.

Speaker 1: 32:25

I've told passengers that and they couldn't believe it. I'm like this is Ever. You can't have anything nice. People are always trying to scam the system. She's like you're serious. People would buy fake puke and or spill stuff on purpose. I'm like yeah. That's so dumb.

Speaker 2: 32:39

Yes, yeah, so it happens on both sides. So on, this article just talks about a couple of different things that happen there. You know story about a driver who tried to charge somebody $150 to give their phone back.

Speaker 1: 32:52

Oh man, that's greedy.

Speaker 2: 32:54

That is real greedy. I mean Especially if it's just right there in the city, you know.

Speaker 1: 32:59

I'm all for negotiating, but, um, that's too greedy. Although I don't know if it was maybe in this article before I saw somebody saying that they had somebody's phone or purse or something and they were gonna give it to him after they were done driving. Is this in this article?

Speaker 2: 33:14

No, okay and.

Speaker 1: 33:15

I'm like, wait a minute, you're gonna hold on to this person's for the entire night. You drive Like I get it, like if it's, if it's out of your way, then then ask for an appropriate amount of money, but don't hang out of their phone if you know they have it and you've communicated with them. Like well, I'm gonna drive for eight more hours like I mean again.

Speaker 1: 33:32

If you had dropped them off an hour away again. But I might guess, is this this was in the city. Yeah, it sounds like it. So like, don't be a dick.

Speaker 2: 33:40

Yeah. And then another story Overdriver dropped her off but never ended the ride. This one I don't understand. So they were driving every into the drive and they drove around and racked up a $200 fee. Well, as a passenger, you can end the ride. Yeah, you canceled the ride.

Speaker 1: 33:55

You know, I don't understand that one although I find a lot of passengers don't understand the app, they actually ask me. They're like how do I change out of stop? I'm like and that and again this is partly on my I should take some test runs. But it's like I don't know. Man, I don't use the app like you're using the app. Like what the fuck do you want me to do?

Speaker 2: 34:14

That's what I tell them, what I always I was, so I was like man. They change that so much. Oh, I don't know how it's working now, you know. So that's I kind of throw it that way, kind of put that spin.

Speaker 1: 34:23

Yeah, just kind of push it back onto the company.

Speaker 2: 34:25

Yeah, they change it so often that I'm not sure how it's done now, but I'll we'll figure it out together, yeah. And then then this story, the main emphasis story, this the super driver pick up a passenger and informed her that Uber would charge her a 30% tip if she did not tip. Said that, he said that was a version of policy If you don't tip, you're gonna get a mandatory 30% tip. And she kind of thought that was sketchy. And so she asked around and found out that of course that is not true at all. No, Wow.

Speaker 2: 35:03

She had some people you know make some suggestions here. One person suggested she said oh well, yeah, you know, that's fine. And when, when you didn't tip and they asked you about it, just say, oh, I'm fine with that 30% tip, you earned it, which would have been perfect. That would have been great. Yes.

Speaker 1: 35:19

You always think about those responses after.

Speaker 2: 35:22

Exactly yeah, instead of the either moment.

Speaker 1: 35:24

So kind of a side star for one, would you be? Would you be okay doing an automatic tip for those services, or do you want to leave it like your?

Speaker 2: 35:34

driver.

Speaker 1: 35:36

Well, as a driver, of course, but as a rider would you be comfortable with that?

Speaker 2: 35:43

I don't, I'm not really for it because that's not a tip. You're just raising the price. You're just raising the price of the, of the, of the product. It's like a man, it'd be like a mandatory tip at a restaurant. I mean, I know they have it for big parties but not for everyone. Like, if you go in and they're like, okay, well, there's mandatory costs is going to be included, you know we're calling it a tip. It's going to go to the driver. That I think that takes way. And sending it for people to, you know tip even more if they want to. Like I had, I had a lady day, you know, just a short ride, random ride. Tip me $10. If she was automatically getting charged 30% I don't think she would have done that.

Speaker 1: 36:20

Yeah. So you, you, you bring up the comment about the restaurant. So my story is two weekends ago or maybe it was last weekend. Megan and I went to a comedy club and most comedy clubs have a two drink minimum. Like I think that kind of helps absorb the cost of the comic or whatever Free standard. I'm fine with that, that's, that's standard around the market. Well, during the night, like I ordered two fucking fruit drinks there was no booze in them, like I might as well just had soda and I asked for water. My wife asked for water. She just drank like two sodas because she wasn't drinking alcohol and we asked for water. We never got the water. We asked three times go to get the bill 20% mandatory added, just for the two of us. So every party in there got 20%. So what? What does the waitstaff have? What? Who cares?

Speaker 2: 37:16

Yeah, they have no incentive.

Speaker 1: 37:17

No, they're going to get their drinks. That's going to, that's going to raise the price of the ticket over the bill, but they're not going to get water. And so I saw somebody complaining about grins that cut like a week later. And, sure enough, same same root thing didn't get any water, couldn't? I was so dehydrated they wouldn't give me water, but they charge me 20% tip and I'm like that's just bullshit.

Speaker 2: 37:39

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 37:39

I mean the whole job is like, if you're going to pay your staff, you know a wage, then don't put it in as a tip, like don't make it, like, just raise your prices or something I don't know, right, right, and that's what I was saying.

Speaker 2: 37:51

It's, you know, at that point it's just, it's just price of service. Yeah. It's just a higher price. Yeah, service yeah.

Speaker 1: 37:57

I don't know, I might, I might be okay with like a 10%, and then I'd be like, oh, I did a really good job. I'm going to add a little bit more, but yeah, once it gets into the 20 or 30% area, you're like, oh, that's a little much like you, your car smells like cigarettes. So, exactly, all right, where are we at? Oh man, we got a lot to get through and 20 minutes ago we've been chatting it up. Oh God, this is, these will go quick.

Speaker 1: 38:23

But so if you're Mexican, out there, doordash, this is a DoorDash and it I don't know if you've ever been on the the user and I have, surprisingly, more on DoorDash than the Uber app but it says because you're Mexican, and it had pictures of Mexican food or stuff like that. But Mark's on here. Hopefully he's still on here. He's like the tech guru so he can tell me if this Photoshopped or not. I don't know. It does not look Photoshopped to me and the guy's literally like holding the picture, although he did did wipe out a address or whatever, but like because you're Mexican, you might like this. I'm like do you think it should be like? Maybe it was like because you like Mexican food, but look at the year. You're Mexican. It doesn't happen. It doesn't Okay, this is language and doesn't it need an apostrophe there.

Speaker 2: 39:16

Yeah, that's just what Mark just said in the comments.

Speaker 1: 39:19

Yeah, I bet it is An apostrophe. I think I just figured out it is Photoshop.

Speaker 2: 39:23

Motherfucker. But they did a good job. They used the same font and everything.

Speaker 1: 39:29

Yeah, DoorDash isn't going to forget an apostrophe you wouldn't think that Damn it. I was all excited about this. One too Busted. Oh damn it. Good job Mark. Good job Mark. I actually didn't see his comment. I'll be honest with you. I caught it myself. I read because you're Mexican about a hundred times while I was talking. I'm like, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Speaker 2: 39:54

We talked about this one before the show, even I know.

Speaker 1: 39:57

Neither of us got it. I looked at the picture a couple of times before the show and I'm like it is legit Apostrophe. This is how you can tell we're both hillbillies, because we didn't even recognize the apostrophe, and then this when we talked about the beginning of the show. So sorry, sorry, sorry. Weekend Quests.

Speaker 2: 40:22

Yeah, Weekend Quests. They're changing the days, apparently, so I guess it used to be what Monday through Friday. No, no, no.

Speaker 1: 40:30

Yeah, so they're changing the both of them. They're taking it used to be like Monday at 4 or 5 am to Friday at 4 or 5 am.

Speaker 2: 40:41

Okay, so we don't get a request here. Oh, got you. So yeah, I'll see these. Yeah, so the weekday quests are going to be from Sunday at 4 am through Thursday at 4 am, and then the weekends are going to be from Thursday at 4 am through Sunday at 4 am.

Speaker 1: 41:00

Yeah, they're basically adding a day and reducing a day on the weekday quests. Yeah, is that right? That's I mean you can't have them be the same, you can't be. They can't be the same because otherwise.

Speaker 2: 41:12

Yeah, no, there's no overlap there, there's no overlap. So yeah, shifting a day, shifting one day.

Speaker 1: 41:17

I mean I was watching Show Me the Money Club, the Right Share Guy the other day and I think it was last night, and they were talking about the weekend quests and they were kind of bitching about it. But I'm like I mean, it's one more day Now. If they here's the thing and I did comment on the post on their stream and said, are they going to reduce or are they going to increase the amount of rides you need for these quests? Like, if they do that, then it's a fucking wash right, because I can't go out on a Thursday night and make it do as many rides as I can on a Friday night. But it does give you more time. I always try to like some of my quests if I have.

Speaker 1: 41:56

Well, before I started working five days a week at the school, I would have Fridays off, so I would drive in the morning, be done at 830, and then have to be there at 2, and I would drive. I would start working on my quest during that time. But I mean, if that's available, I'm okay for that. Like, if I got more time to do it, I might do it. I mean, what if I have stuff going on Saturday night? I'm like, if I can bang most of these out Thursday, friday and Saturday then maybe I'd do it, but I don't see a negative of it.

Speaker 2: 42:25

Yeah, it doesn't seem like a huge deal to me, but then again, like I said, I don't, we don't get them here. So yeah, it's easy for me to say that.

Speaker 1: 42:34

Yeah, Well, you also get $1.17 a mile. So shut the hell up yeah show me the money. Yeah, you should go on that on that stream and like who's got the highest per mile and you're like bowling green to buck 17. I can't believe. I totally forgot when I was asking for a dollar a mile and I was like thinking I was asking too much. You're like, hey, bro.

Speaker 2: 42:57

I think I've only I think I've seen maybe one other market that was higher.

Speaker 1: 43:01

Yeah.

Speaker 2: 43:02

And I don't remember where it was.

Speaker 1: 43:04

Huh Interesting.

Speaker 2: 43:06

And that's another thing I mean again, they're not going to show us, they're not going to be that transparent to tell us why they do you know? This market my market's $1.17. Nashville and our South is, you know, 70 cents or 67 cents or something. Yeah Well, they were till they went to the front pricing down there.

Speaker 1: 43:25

Right Now, who the fuck knows how much you get per mile?

Speaker 2: 43:27

It's just it depends on how you spell your name or something, yeah.

Speaker 1: 43:32

Literally, that's probably what it is.

Speaker 2: 43:35

What's? What a quite astrological sign you are If your plan is in retrograde or whatever. I don't know. Yeah, Fucking stupid.

Speaker 1: 43:43

Fucking stupid. All right, I'm going to. I kind of went out of order here, but I'm going to quick talk about this. So, okay, Righty, Hello, mother efforts, Please go subscribe to. I mean, if you don't want a mobile vending service in your car that's fricking tits then don't do it, but go in our description. The link is there. You can pre-order. You got to choose that link to pre-order it and I think they give you a better. No, I'm not going to say that because I don't know for sure, because I tested the link a few times and it looked like the link was for the silver.

Speaker 1: 44:15

Remember we talked about that. I swear it's a cheaper price. But anyways, mobile vending machine for your car. It's called Righty. Like I said, the link is in our description. I've been super excited to talk about this. I've been talking with Boris, one of the co-founders on Telegram. I asked him his Telegram. I was like do you got WhatsApp or Telegram? He's like I got Telegram. I was like f***ing A, let's go there, you go. You know me and my voice messages, but I love to send them. I can explain myself better than trying to email. It's so annoying Email. I hate email. It's so 2000.

Speaker 2: 44:46

Yeah, that's how it goes.

Speaker 1: 44:47

I mean, I know you need it for forms and links and shit like that, but anyways, check Righty out. This is not like cargo. Cargo was ghetto as hell. Even though I signed up for it and didn't get it, cargo was ghetto. This is amazing. Basically, the gist of it is is you put it on the back of your headrest in the back. I should have shown a picture of it, but it's like what would you describe that as Larry?

Speaker 2: 45:14

Yeah, I mean it's got like eight pockets. Yeah, it's kind of like a apron yeah, a canvas apron that hangs on the back of their, but it's got individual pockets and it's got a little metal ring that locks it. Yeah, so when the passenger order something, they go through the app on their phone. As soon as they pay, that metal ring pops open and they're able to get their item.

Speaker 1: 45:37

Yes, and I was the first person to add a thing in the in the America market. I added a can of Monster Energy drinks so you can add your own products. I downloaded the app. I will let you know that the app is only on Android right now. They are working on it. My guess is by the time they ship them they'll have an iPhone. But I went in there, I just scanned the barcode, I put in the information. Within an hour they had approved the Monster Energy in there. So it's fucking cool. You scan the QR code, you put in what you want, you pay via Stripe, apple Pay, google Pay or whatever, and then the fucking thing unlocks and the customer takes it out.

Speaker 2: 46:12

Yeah, just got to give them to prove my lifting with Larry T-shirts now. Yeah, that'd be good to give.

Speaker 1: 46:16

I mean, who knows they might. I mean, I'll put in a good word for you. Me and Boris are like this. That's what I heard, man. Yeah, so definitely check it out, rydey, the link is in the description or pre-order your thing if you're interested in selling it. You're not going to make a ton of money. It's like the Octopus tablet, like the volume. You got to sell the volume. I mean, if somebody like Larry, I think, could do volume, I think he could because he's in a college town, whether it's water, monster Energy, five-hour energy shots, any of that, I think he'll be able to do volume Condoms.

Speaker 2: 46:47

Yeah, aspirin.

Speaker 1: 46:48

Charging cords.

Speaker 2: 46:50

Yeah, so anyways check it out.

Speaker 1: 46:52

I really am passionate about them. I think they've done a good job. What's the catch? The catch is you have to pay for the device, which is $39 or $49, and they take 5% of the sale. So if you sell something for $5, they take 5% of that.

Speaker 2: 47:09

So if you do referrals, you can even get that 5% lower, yeah, so I think every referral you do, you get six months of no fee which is fucking good, if you think about it.

Speaker 1: 47:24

You're for 10 people. That's a long time not paying a fee to them. Exactly so. I've seen people share the link already. It's starting to get around, so yeah.

Speaker 2: 47:35

Get in there why it's early.

Speaker 1: 47:36

Well, it's early. Yeah, yeah, Set it up so you don't ever have to pay a fee to them.

Speaker 2: 47:41

So there you go Okay, we're going to talk about this.

Speaker 1: 47:44

I can't believe I didn't put it in the title Wendy's what the fuck are you doing? And I have an update video on this, so I'm just going to play the video it's a self-explanatory and then we can talk about it.

Speaker 3: 47:56

Wendy's has released some absolutely crazy news today. Those who utilize services like Uber and Lyft are all too familiar with surge pricing, where the cost of a ride goes up depending on the time of the day and the demand. Well, the CEO of Wendy's today announced that they are going to start exploring surge pricing on their menus. The CEO announced that they are going to invest $20 million in digital menus that can change based on the demand in the time of day. That means that if you want Wendy's during lunch rush or dinner rush, you might pay a premium. Wendy's has not yet said how much the prices of their food items would go up during surge or peak times. However, this is definitely a surprise move by the chain when Americans are already feeling the pinch related to inflation, and you better bet that other fast food restaurants will be keeping a close eye on whether or not this new format and pricing works.

Speaker 1: 49:06

So yeah, so what I found out from the CEO just recently like he's brand new this month, so I don't know if this was like a way for him to like flex or something like that. So if you really read the article or the statements from I think it was the earnings call, it's very vague. You know, that guy explains it in layman's terms, which I fucking appreciate so much. Like don't give me the numbers, bullshit, just tell it to me. So obviously everyone was uproar.

Speaker 1: 49:37

You should have seen the comments on like our local like news I'm sure you saw it too 8900, 1000 comments on this. Like it's like people are losing their ship just because, I think, just because everything's so expensive now and you're like, really fast food is all we have left. Well, not really it's been going up to. Yes. What was your thoughts when you saw that?

Speaker 2: 50:00

Oh yeah, when I first saw, it's like, well, this is just a horrible idea. People, I mean almost everywhere you see a Wendy's, there's another fast food place, literally you know, right there next door. Yeah, so if I have a choice and I know price is going to be surgeon for fast food, I'm just going to go next door, right, mcdonald's or RBs or whatever what?

Speaker 1: 50:23

else is closer there. Me personally, wendy's is my favorite food or fast food. I love their sandwiches, I think, my I don't. Their fries are okay, but McDonald's fries are like if they're, if they're hot they're the best. Yes, but I love Wendy's. So then, of course, today, another video comes out. He's kind of back pedaling a little bit.

Speaker 2: 50:45

And they also said that they were misquoted. And I can believe that, because working when I was working for the city, I had to be interviewed a few times about different things and they there was things in that article. I'm like I don't know where they came up with that. I said that is not anything like what I said, so I think it could be they were misquoted.

Speaker 1: 51:05

Yeah, it's totally true what Larry said. I've been involved a few times with the news too, and there were things in there that were almost not true.

Speaker 1: 51:14

I mean, it was kind of like a stretch of the truth, I'm like that's not quite what or or that's not quite what happened, like I was involved in a tornado where I lived when Megan I first met, and I mean it went right through between me and the neighbors. It mostly was straight line winds, but we lost shingles and trees went down and the way they reported it was very weird. I was like that's not exactly how it happened. But here's a follow up video from another tiktoker.

Speaker 4: 51:41

So it's 12am and Wendy's is not asleep. They have officially responded to all their backlash that they've been receiving on their surge pricing menu boards. To clarify Wendy's will not implement surge pricing. We did not use that phrase, nor do we plan to implement that practice. No plans. This was misconstrued in some media reports as an intent to raise prices when demand is highest at a restaurant. We have no plans to do that and we would not raise prices when our customers are visiting us. Most Wendy's has taken the classy approach here. Okay, you guys got it wrong. We didn't mean to do that. I think if we had the angry translator here, she would be pissed.

Speaker 4: 52:16

One thing I found a little interesting in the article was an analyst named Tanner from Wendy said the digital menus will help reflect the fluctuating prices throughout the day. What does that mean, tanner? Is this a stock market of burgers? Are they going up and down? Are you really going to lower the prices if the beef goes down? I don't get that. What does that mean? Anyways, what the heck is all this? Leave a comment down below. Tell me what you guys think is Wendy's.

Speaker 2: 52:39

Okay. So I did see an article later tonight and from what I read from Wendy's they said that it's mainly going to be used to show different items throughout the day, but they also said during slow times they may discount things. So they were saying they were going the other direction. We're not going to use to raise prices, but we may lower prices on items during really slow periods.

Speaker 1: 53:02

I think they're gas lightness. I honestly think they are.

Speaker 2: 53:06

They may be.

Speaker 1: 53:07

I mean, I can see them doing that, but why wouldn't they? Yeah, I don't know. I'm backpedaling on hating on Wendy's a little bit, because if they were misquoted that like that surge word, if that was never said, that's fucked up.

Speaker 2: 53:26

And they're spending a bunch of money on these too.

Speaker 1: 53:28

Yeah, it was like what? $20 million $20 million I think, yeah, for a lot of money. And I'm just like, why would you do that? What would it do? Are you just saying that, basically that us Americans are so stupid that if it's higher price will pay it? But here's the thing how much higher if they were going to, let's say they were, which I still think they are, I think they're backpedaling and they're going to try to figure some way of doing it, but how much more are they really going to raise it?

Speaker 1: 53:56

I mean, it's not like they're going to put it up $5 more, it's probably going to be like 50 cents. Are you really not going to go to Wendy's if it's 50 cents more? Some people wouldn't?

Speaker 2: 54:08

I mean you're going to it's flexible.

Speaker 1: 54:09

Well, travelers like I'll stop going, like for 50 cents. You're not going to go for 50 cents. I mean I drink two monsters a day. It's $5 for the. I mean I spend $5 a day in monsters but we're not going to go to Wendy's for 50 cents. I'm just using 50 cents as an example. I mean, if it was $5, of course, they're fucked right. But, yeah, I mean, I get it. Mark's probably right. It's interesting how they do it. Well, I think Wendy's has an AI person taking the order too. Yeah, and.

Speaker 2: 54:44

I'll have to look for sure, but if I'm correct, like their Twitter account is it's good, it's good.

Speaker 1: 54:51

It's good.

Speaker 2: 54:52

Yeah, Throughout the past few years it's been pretty interesting.

Speaker 1: 54:55

They roast everybody. Yes, it's amazing.

Speaker 2: 54:59

Nobody is safe from their Twitter account.

Speaker 1: 55:01

Right, Shit, I was going to say something but I totally went out of my mind. I read something, I read Traveler's comment, and it screwed me up. But yeah, I mean, it may be the principle of the thing, but what was I going to say? Oh, I know what I was going to say. My wife last night said she goes in our lifetime we will have fast food restaurants that nobody's there, or there'll be one like manager there to make sure the machines are running correctly and food quality's there.

Speaker 2: 55:29

Yeah, I mean White Castle. Some of them already have a robot that makes the burgers. Yeah, I mean why not.

Speaker 1: 55:37

Why not? Like it's stupid, like mine as well, like I can't. I think McDonald's would be the first to do it, though I feel like they're the most innovative with stuff.

Speaker 2: 55:45

But yeah, and already a lot. Some McDonald's, the people taking your order are not in the restaurant. Really. Oh yeah, a lot of them are in another state. No way, no, look it up.

Speaker 1: 55:57

Wow, that's interesting. I've never heard that when I work from home and take orders from McDonald's that would be awesome.

Speaker 2: 56:09

Just setting your lazy boy Mark said they're already automated McDonald's.

Speaker 1: 56:13

There's full automated ones Completely. I need to see a link. I need to see a link.

Speaker 2: 56:19

I mean, it wouldn't be surprised if they weren't, if not completely, if they weren't pre-dained close.

Speaker 1: 56:25

Yeah, all right, let's do this lift one and then we'll wrap this shit up. Larry, where is it?

Speaker 2: 56:34

All right. So this is something that Lyft never had until recently. It was just a way to look and see how much driving time you had left. I mean, the only way you could do it. You could go into your, your rides and it would show like in a roundabout way, but it was always easy. You could just click on it. They would tell you you've got, you know, six hours, 23 minutes left. Now on Lyft, if you click on your earnings little, the very top center of your screen, if you click on that and then scroll down, it'll show you. It'll say driving time and show you how much time you have left. So this is small change, but it's one that I appreciate.

Speaker 1: 57:14

I had asked if this was new. I swear they already had this, but I don't drive Lyft enough to even know. And do you ever even get to the time limit? Is it ever a concern for?

Speaker 2: 57:23

you Lyft?

Speaker 1: 57:24

I'm Lyft. I've timed out.

Speaker 2: 57:25

Really yeah, because Uber usually don't. Because you know, when you sit for five minutes the Uber clock stops. Lyft is just if you're online, the clock is ticking.

Speaker 1: 57:35

So here's the question. Oh really, so I thought it was the same. When you take an Uber ride, do you shut the Lyft one off? You just leave it on? No, I shut it off. Oh, you do shut it off.

Speaker 2: 57:44

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 57:44

Okay.

Speaker 2: 57:46

Yeah, yeah, I've timed out and there's been twice like I've been trying to get to it like an Uber. I mean a Lyft like bonus. Yeah, and timed out with one ride left, oh no.

Speaker 3: 57:59

I've done that twice.

Speaker 2: 58:00

done that twice. Oh, no, yeah.

Speaker 1: 58:03

Yeah, Mother, may I? I would lose my mind. Yeah, one of them.

Speaker 2: 58:07

I knew it was coming, I was pretty sure. And then the other one. I had no idea that I was even close. Oh, shoot and I was sitting there and and all of a sudden I'd just taken a ride, and then it came up and said you've been driving too long, you have to take a break. Oh, I would cry, I would start, he's done it again, I would cry yeah, not happy, not happy.

Speaker 1: 58:27

I got to go back to the talking about taking orders. He said a traveler says a great side gig. I know if I could fucking get in my computer right here and like they're going to pay me. I don't know what are they going to pay me? How low $12 an hour, like I don't know Like it'd have to be more than that. But like, sit here for four hours Like I'm not doing anything on a you know Thursday evening. I can just like log in and take people's orders on my expensive microphone. I don't want to be a customer service person, I just want to take an order. Like I mean, you have to have a little customer service there but you're not dealing with the fallout when you know he comes to the. You know I don't want to take, I don't want to take calls from people's orders that are fucked up. I'm just want to take an order. I want to have a computer screen. I can just type it in or hit. You know, touch screen. Pay, pay me, that's what I want.

Speaker 2: 59:15

So just look it up real quick, says do you know? Some of your favorite restaurants need people to take orders for their customers right from their home office. What restaurants like Red Lobster, mod Pizza, noodles, chipotle, red Robin, kfc Pizza and many more have legitimate work at home opportunities?

Speaker 1: 59:33

I mean, there you go. Gig works slow in the summer lane. I'm not going to be driving bus, let's go. I'll do that. I mean, depending on how much it is, if they're going to pay me eight bucks an hour or minimum wage. They can eat a dick, but it's going to have to be like 15 or above, that's for sure. Yeah, huh, well, maybe I'll be taking your order at Red Lobster.

Speaker 2: 59:58

Yeah, they actually started. Mcdonald's started testing that actually in 2009.

Speaker 1: 1:00:02

Wow, I wonder what the advantage is. Oh, like, no overhead for that person or something because you're at home. I mean it's probably better, like it just doesn't have the stress of like the. You're not stressed out, you're just like.

Speaker 2: 1:00:17

No, you're in your nice quiet home. Yeah, it's quiet. They're like oh, can I take your order? You're in your jammies.

Speaker 1: 1:00:23

Yeah, you're feeling good. You, honestly, they're probably nicer to the customers if they're at home, then they're like stressed out, like it's fucking busy. You got 20 cars and like you have no idea, you're just, although you probably do see a queue, but you're probably just like, but you're not hearing all the noise from everybody around the cooking and dropping fries and that chaos.

Speaker 2: 1:00:42

That is a fast food place. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 1:00:45

Oh, that's so interesting. I actually fucking learned something today. I always am. I love it when I learn something on the podcast.

Speaker 4: 1:00:51

Isn't that cool.

Speaker 1: 1:00:52

That is cool. I have to say I think Mark needs to be our resident, like looking up shit, like so we don't have to check her, or whatever. Yeah, when we're like talking shit would be like Mark, look up that shit, so I know what I'm researching tonight.

Speaker 2: 1:01:08

Mark. You see, mark, yeah, I hate people now. I hate people now, but he hates people now.

Speaker 1: 1:01:13

Well, hey, Mark, I hated people all along.

Speaker 2: 1:01:15

So I'm right for that job, that's right. He never even did that.

Speaker 1: 1:01:18

So Jimmethy says I know what I'm researching tonight. Who knew?

Speaker 4: 1:01:21

that could be a thing.

Speaker 2: 1:01:23

Hey Jim. Yeah, you don't have to worry about anybody puking if you're taking calls from home.

Speaker 1: 1:01:27

I know that would be amazing. Like I have a perfect space down here.

Speaker 2: 1:01:31

You know, in my underwear it doesn't matter if you have a bed head. It doesn't matter if you have jammies.

Speaker 1: 1:01:38

And it'd be cool if you could tap into their intercom in there and like, hey bitch, hurry up with those fries. And then like unclick.

Speaker 2: 1:01:48

That'd be amazing, that'd be sweet.

Speaker 1: 1:01:51

Well guys, thank you guys so much for listening tonight. A couple of things coming up. We have a kind of a rotating not rotating. We have a guest host that's going to start at the end of March, either the third or fourth week of each month. Also have somebody on the 13th. His platform is tip. Oh, fuck, I fucked it up. What is it? Hold on? I think it's tip you in the appcom. I literally think that's what it is, Tip. Very cool. Tip you, Hold on. Yeah, tip you in the app. Literally that's his website.

Speaker 2: 1:02:33

So many names, good deal.

Speaker 1: 1:02:35

And you can get it on YouTube too. Cool, fucking dude, cool dude. We had like a pre-interview a couple days ago. Very good guy, his story is interesting, so he's going to be our B-side out. We haven't had a B-side in a while B-side, and so he's going to come on as like a gig worker, creator, all that stuff. So that is March 13th, so that's two weeks away. Very cool.

Speaker 2: 1:03:02

Looking forward to that.

Speaker 1: 1:03:04

Just FYI, next week's stream. It's my fucking birthday, so you better bring the heat. I'm going to be 48. I'm going to need some great comments. I'm going to need some pantless Larry. I'm going to need a lot.

Speaker 2: 1:03:19

Hey, I was here for my anniversary.

Speaker 1: 1:03:22

Oh, I'm going to be here Just another day. Oh yeah, I know, I know.

Speaker 2: 1:03:27

But I'm going to be here. We need lots of listeners. We need lots of comments. Hopefully we'll have some good stories to share.

Speaker 1: 1:03:36

Yeah, I don't know. I ain't driving this weekend, so the pressure's on you. It's on me, huh.

Speaker 2: 1:03:41

It's on you, brother.

Speaker 1: 1:03:43

All right, I'll see what I can do. All right, and, as always, don't put up with anyone's bullshit. You on the road, all right. Good night everybody.

Speaker 4: 1:04:27

Yeah, yeah.