Saturday, 30 Sept 2017, after more than 2 months not driving Uber, today I restarted the Uber apps again. Link to the last time I drove Uber on 24 July 2017 - Uber apps got drunk.
Start the Uber apps at 6.13am with 113,543km shown on odometer.
6.16am, 12min 5.5km, WAC, an ahmoi with short pant Jalan Gelam 8 Taman Rinting going to CIQ.
6.58am, 3min 0.6km, OOI a cleft harelip mark 'sumbing' ahmoi at the same CIQ going to Jalan Permas 1/4.
7.19am, 10min 4.5km, NHN a foreign young lady at Jalan Anggerik 28 Johor Jaya sending to Jalan Dedap 11. Cannot speak Malay or English. Aiyah.
Me cancelled on 13min 10.9km, and 12min 11.3km.
7.41am, an ahmoi, Jalan EJ 2/4 Taman Ehsan Jaya. When arrived at the house, I called, the ahmoi said going down, but after waited 7min still no show. So I cancelled and she was fined rm5. Shortly I saw she and her bf waved at me and I shouted and told them to request a new one.
7.56am, VIM at Jalan Lembing 15/7 said sent me an Uber message which I cannot see to pick up at her house 15/6 after I arrived at the pickup pin location. Inside the cab, the minachi complained that there were 2 previous Uber drivers cancelling on her booking. Then later sending her to the bus stop at Jalan Kota Tinggi which she cannot find in the Uber apps, instead she chose the Shell petrol station.
8.33am - break at Petronas Desa Cemerlang to pee and fill up ron95 for rm45.
8.38am, 4min 1.9km to pickup another chubby ahmoi at Jalan Tropika 11 going to house near Foon Yew School Stulang Laut. The uber surging rate was 2.7x which almost triple and I confirmed it again to her. The trip was 19.83km in 22min 13sec, instead of normal RM16, her fare was rm44.47, and after deducting the Uber fee of 25% (rm11.12), the driver earned rm33.35. Cool. I wish I could get all the surging trips!
9.15am, 7min 2km, JIF at JB Sentral ping me but when almost arrived, she cancelled. Then she ping again, I accepted it and pick up at JB City Square instead. 2 pax going to Larkin Sentral.
9.33am, 5min 2.2km, LIN at Jalan Saksama. She sent me message to pickup at 'block m'. I sent her to KSL City Mall, on the Starbuck entrance.
9.55am, 5min 2.1km, WNG at New York Hotel with his bf going to JB Sentral. He used credit card.
10.10am, 7min 3.9km to pickup DVN at Hospital Sultanah Aminah (HSA). The gps showed me the pickup location is 'Stor', luckily he called to pickup at the registration entrance. The local Indian veteran man is retired TNB officer liked to talk and talk and plan to travel to Pontianak. I told him I was visited Pontianak in 2013 and it surprised him. He paid me RM1 only after rm3 promo discount.
10.34am, ADL and his gf at Hutan Bandar going to Larkin Sentral. The young couple also paid me RM1 after rm4 promo discount.
10.51am, LEP at nearby KFC Larkin Sentral waited inside rather than by the roadside. It took me a while to call her 3 times. I send the ahmoi to Sutera City Mall.
Then after drop off, I set destination to home. One ping 11.27am, 8min 5.4km but she cancelled. Okay lah, no worries. Then I drive straight home with now ping in between.
12.10pm , home sweet home. Need to bring out family for this weekend as promised. Wife already calling calling so many times. Aiyah.
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| Sedenak junction from Plus highway entering old federal road Jalan Kulai - Simpang Renggam. |
Part 2: Driving Uber JB Today in the evening.
6.06pm, startup the car engine. The odometer was 113,747km.
6.08pm, 6min 12km to pickup AMR, a young boy at kedai mamak Afrin sending him home at nearby Jalan Bayu. It's a free ride bcoz he got the promo code rm4. Good lah.
6.24pm, 12min 6km - rider cancelled.
6.25pm, 11min 6.4km - FTM also cancelled when I almost reach the Kipmart Masai. 2 min later she ping again and I accepted.
6.32pm, 5min 1.7km, FTM again at Kipmart Masai sending to kompleks PG. She apologised concerning her cancellation just now, but I told her it's okay. She also got promo code of rm3.
6.51pm, nearby EMI and her 2 kids at Sasa restaurant Kompleks PG. I send them to Jalan Ciku 5 Taman Kota Masai.
7.10pm, MIC at nearby Jalan Duku 18. At first I thought she was a chinese. But during pickup, I noticed there were 3 Indian girls and their traditional dressing going to Kuil Arulmigu Raja Kallamunan at Taman Rinting. Later when I asked, MIC told me that her mom is Christian Indian and her dad is Hindu. That's why. The promo is rm4.
7.33pm, break at Petronas Taman Rinting. Pee and pray. Jajan rm8.
7.57pm, 10min 5.3km, ARF an Indon man near Terminal Bas Masai. But when I arrived, no rider show. I called him and we shouted to each other. He said he's waiting at the bundle shop which I cannot find. The surging was very good at 2.3x, but it's okay. No rezeki mas.
8.17pm, AHS ping twice at nearby Jalan Pasar Taman Masai Utama. The surging rate was 1.7x, and when she hopped in, the destination is 63km to Air Bemban Kulai. Wahlaweh, so when I asked, she looked surprised and said normally she paid only RM50 something. I explained to her about the surging rate it's going to be more than rm100. But she doesnt want to cancel the ride since she afraid might not getting new driver very soon. So she agreed for me to send her to Ayer Bemban Kulai. It's a very very long journey about one hour. After dropping at her house, the Uber didnt calculate the toll fare correctly, so I send a report to Uber. Later Uber wrote back to me saying that the toll fare was included in the fare. Kannina Uber.
From Sedenak, I set Uber destination to HOME. No ping until Kulai when I take a break and filled up the tank at Shell for rm44.
9.52pm, RDY 8min 5.7km - rider cancelled.
9.57pm, STI 13min 8.8km, - rider also cancelled.
10.00pm, DWI 10min 7.3km behind Econsave Senai, at warung Tiga Abdul. 3 Indon young ladies sending to Taman Impian Jaya Saleng, but need to stop to drop off one of the Indon girls. Later she gave extra rm3 tip. I smiled at her, and she smiled back at me. OTL
From Saleng, still no ping. I drove by using through Felda Tiram and Pekan Tiram.
11.33pm, arrived HOME sweet HOME.
Today, I completed 17 trips for 10hr 15min.
