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What a great story? I always ask Lyft/Uber drivers about interesting stories. One told me how he picked up 3 girls outside of a fancy condo in LA and drove them

What a great story? I always ask Lyft/Uber drivers about interesting stories. One told me how he picked up 3 girls outside of a fancy condo in LA and drove them to Vegas which is about 300 miles and a 5 hr ride. Turns out the girls were drunk and the condo guy had called for a ride to take them home, And they decided they rather go to Vegas to continue the party ;-)

umeshunni 7y ago
Wouldn't the person who called the Lyft be the one entering the destination?
- ryanmercer 7y ago
  I would imagine he handed his phone over and said "put in your address".
  - sharadov 7y ago
    That makes sense, unless he was so sloshed that he had no idea what he was doing!
  - jandrese 7y ago
    Yeah, this is exactly how I imagined it. They punch in "Caesar's Palace" then hit "yes", "Accept", and "Charge my stored card" before handing the phone back to the guy. Then the guy is wondering how in the hell he got a $500 charge from Lyft on his credit card statement at the end of the month.
- sharadov 7y ago
  If you are a single dude partying with 3 hot chicks, you will get them a ticket to the moon if they so desire! He was probably way too drunk or he just did not care!
- kelnos 7y ago
  This may have been in the days before you were required to enter the destination up front and could just tell the driver when you got in the car.
acomjean 7y ago
Huh. Its a long haul. Penn and Teller's "Desert Bus" game simulates a bus drive between LA and Las Vegas.. Debatably the worst video game ever, but now used for charity drives.. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/desert-bus-the-very-worst-video-game-ever-created https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/desert-b...
- cobbzilla 7y ago
  pedantic nit: Desert Bus simulates the drive from Tucson to Vegas, not LA
Semaphor 7y ago
There were [0]/are [1] fun twitch uber/lyft livestreams on twitch. They ask the passengers if they are okay with being livestreamed and have text-to-speech commands in chat. Tablet in the car for the passengers to interact with chat if they want to. It's a cool experience, especially with the party crowd. [0]: https://www.twitch.tv/cinnabarcorp https://www.twitch.tv/cinnabarcorp [1]: https://www.twitch.tv/b3ck https://www.twitch.tv/b3ck

umeshunni 7y ago

Wouldn't the person who called the Lyft be the one entering the destination?

ryanmercer 7y ago
I would imagine he handed his phone over and said "put in your address".
- sharadov 7y ago
  That makes sense, unless he was so sloshed that he had no idea what he was doing!
- jandrese 7y ago
  Yeah, this is exactly how I imagined it. They punch in "Caesar's Palace" then hit "yes", "Accept", and "Charge my stored card" before handing the phone back to the guy. Then the guy is wondering how in the hell he got a $500 charge from Lyft on his credit card statement at the end of the month.
sharadov 7y ago
If you are a single dude partying with 3 hot chicks, you will get them a ticket to the moon if they so desire! He was probably way too drunk or he just did not care!
kelnos 7y ago
This may have been in the days before you were required to enter the destination up front and could just tell the driver when you got in the car.

acomjean 7y ago

Huh. Its a long haul. Penn and Teller's "Desert Bus" game simulates a bus drive between LA and Las Vegas.. Debatably the worst video game ever, but now used for charity drives.. https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/desert-bus-the-very-worst-video-game-ever-created https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/desert-b...

cobbzilla 7y ago
pedantic nit: Desert Bus simulates the drive from Tucson to Vegas, not LA

Semaphor 7y ago

There were [0]/are [1] fun twitch uber/lyft livestreams on twitch. They ask the passengers if they are okay with being livestreamed and have text-to-speech commands in chat. Tablet in the car for the passengers to interact with chat if they want to. It's a cool experience, especially with the party crowd. [0]: https://www.twitch.tv/cinnabarcorp https://www.twitch.tv/cinnabarcorp [1]: https://www.twitch.tv/b3ck https://www.twitch.tv/b3ck