The Uber Ride - Part 1
It was a normal Saturday for Lee. His morning wasn't eventful. He had not so perfect date with Ying Yue he met on Tinder. Though she was good looking, she was extremely self obsessed. She would ask him constantly to take her photos where ever they went. He had spent a large sum he had earned during week driving for UBER.
The afternoon was dreadful. He met series of difficult customers. They would either not know English or they would yell at him if he was late by few minutes in picking them up or they wouldn't give proper pick up locations. He waited impatiently for the day to get over. The evening was fine. He took a break of an hour to meet his friend at a road side cafe.
He was relieved to meet his friend. He shared his woeful story , cracked few jokes and asked him about his day. His friend's day was no better than his. "I had a hangover in morning. I was planning to spend the whole day in the bad. But mama made me do chores whole morning , la.", his friend complained. Lee smiled , feeling better that his day wasn't that worse.
"So you are driving during the night ?", his friend asked casually. He put few pieces of fries into his mouth while he waited for his reply. "Yeah bro!", Lee replied nonchalantly. "Oh!", his friend said looking at the silver sheet of roof of the cafe. He shifted his gaze towards him. "Drive safe bro!", he said cautiously. Lee was confused.
"I have been driving during night for past few years. You never warned me ever. What happened?", he asked. "I don't know. But I hear all these spooky tales about night rides from my friends. That's why I warned.", his friend said. "I know, bro. But I don't think it's true. Anyway, I will stay safe.", he said, calming his friend.
He hugged his friend and left to complete his target rides. He had to earn at least half of what he had spent today. He knew it wasn't possible but he had his hopes held high. He started the engine and continued to take the trips. Fortunately the day was getting better with tourists mostly requesting for rides.
(To be continued)
The afternoon was dreadful. He met series of difficult customers. They would either not know English or they would yell at him if he was late by few minutes in picking them up or they wouldn't give proper pick up locations. He waited impatiently for the day to get over. The evening was fine. He took a break of an hour to meet his friend at a road side cafe.
He was relieved to meet his friend. He shared his woeful story , cracked few jokes and asked him about his day. His friend's day was no better than his. "I had a hangover in morning. I was planning to spend the whole day in the bad. But mama made me do chores whole morning , la.", his friend complained. Lee smiled , feeling better that his day wasn't that worse.
"So you are driving during the night ?", his friend asked casually. He put few pieces of fries into his mouth while he waited for his reply. "Yeah bro!", Lee replied nonchalantly. "Oh!", his friend said looking at the silver sheet of roof of the cafe. He shifted his gaze towards him. "Drive safe bro!", he said cautiously. Lee was confused.
"I have been driving during night for past few years. You never warned me ever. What happened?", he asked. "I don't know. But I hear all these spooky tales about night rides from my friends. That's why I warned.", his friend said. "I know, bro. But I don't think it's true. Anyway, I will stay safe.", he said, calming his friend.
He hugged his friend and left to complete his target rides. He had to earn at least half of what he had spent today. He knew it wasn't possible but he had his hopes held high. He started the engine and continued to take the trips. Fortunately the day was getting better with tourists mostly requesting for rides.
(To be continued)
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