Anyone tried carpooling services like Waze pool? As an employee at google, I decided to give Waze pool a try. I live in San Jose and usually ride the google shu

Anyone tried carpooling services like Waze pool? As an employee at google, I decided to give Waze pool a try. I live in San Jose and usually ride the google shuttle to work. During traffic, it takes about 1 hour to 1.5 hours (keep in mind Google shuttle has multiple stops). After using Waze Rider a few times, it has now become my main mode of transportation to work and back. It cost $5 (and possibly less) and you get to sit in a car and talk about life, share your interests, problems, with another human being. So far I have completed about 26 rides and the socializing aspect outside of my social circle makes my commute much more exciting. Since drives can't make a living off the money from Waze carpool, the drivers I tend to meet are those who doesn't really need the money and simply doing it to meet new people. They all have different backgrounds going to work (or home). I've met a nanny, tax accountant, an aspiring policeman going to the academy, VP of a company, and software engineers. Yesterday, I waze carpooled with a product manager and a startup who picked me up in his Tesla. It was the first time I've ridden in a Tesla.