Trip distance: 36.79kmEarnings: 1724.25 LKRIt was another Saturday. The first two hires for the day was just taking me around my residential area itself. I expected this to be a regular, or even possibly more boring, day.The fourth hire for the day directed me to pick someone from a new hotel that came up in Colombo. The name indicated someone ...
The week had been quite good so far. I had kind of figured out how the drive patterns work and what time of the day and what places in the city have reasonably profitable customers. When I got this booking from one of those areas somewhat quite early in to the night, I thought this was going to be just ...
Trip distance:33.65km Earnings:1425 LKRAs I dropped off my first airport customer, I looked at my Uber app. After paying for the toll and the fine I had to pay, I was at a net loss. I was determined to run this "as a business", so I decided that I should wait for a trip back from the airport instead of ...
"And what would you do after you retire?"This was the question asked from me most often when I told people I wanted to retire early."I don't know, I could run an Uber." was my response.While I was never serious when I gave that answer, I think I always had it at the back of my mind that this was something ...
(The term "junior" is used by graduates and undergraduates to refer to someone in a academic batch below/behind them.)It was a bit of a rainy day. I had decided to turn on my Uber app as usually on days like this, the price of an Uber ride goes up. This is called surge pricing. Some customers have later asked me ...
The day before my first day as an Uber driver, I received an email and an in-app notification that my Uber account is active. My original plan was to start the new job on Friday or Saturday, but ever since I got the notification, the need to test it out was the only thing in my mind."Well, I will check ...
It was quite a rainy morning. We were going through the monsoon season, so this wasn't much of a surprise. I decided to start my day early.My first customer happened to be someone who was travelling to the domestic airport nearby. This was bit of a surprise because while it was technically a civilian airport as well, hardly anyone travels ...
Trip distance: 41.54 km Earnings: 2301 LKRThe weekend was good. We were on our office outing, and after two nights ready to head back home. After bidding farewell to my teammates, I got in to my car. There was a good 50+km drive back home and I wondered, "Why not make something out of it?"There have been several instances where ...
Trip distance: 13.35km Earnings:666 LKRIt was a weekday and I had taken the day off as I had to attend to some personal matter in the early afternoon and had to run some errands in the morning. I decided to take a few rides in between.This was the second passenger for the day. I looked at the distance I had ...
Ever had that need when you are going somewhere?Well, so did I. Only problem was I was the driver and I was in the middle of nowhere. Some time ago, I had a very bad habit. I did not drink enough water. Over the last five years or so I've built up a habit of keeping a water bottle ...
Trip distance:8.80km Earnings:405 LKRCustomer location indicated that they were at a diner. The time was around 2.30 PM and this was a weekday. I automatically thought that this should be some kids after their school.As I suspected, three teenagers got in to the car. I checked their destination, it was about 30 mins. I reconfirmed the location as I usually ...
Trip distance: 8.90 km Earnings: 622 LKRIt was another Saturday evening. The last customer I dropped off was a perfect example for a "useless" deal. The customer was waiting outside a popular cinema hall in Colombo and I received the hire nearly 1km away from him. As I got close to the location, I called the customer to check the ...
Trip distance: 8.90 km Earnings: 622 LKRIt was another Saturday evening. The last customer I dropped off was a perfect example for a "useless" deal. The customer was waiting outside a popular cinema hall in Colombo and I received the hire nearly 1km away from him. As I got close to the location, I called the customer to check the ...
Trip distance: 41.54 km Earnings: 2301 LKRThe weekend was good. We were on our office outing, and after two nights ready to head back home. After bidding farewell to my teammates, I got in to my car. There was a good 50+km drive back home and I wondered, "Why not make something out of it?"There have been several instances where ...
Trip distance:8.80km Earnings:405 LKRCustomer location indicated that they were at a diner. The time was around 2.30 PM and this was a weekday. I automatically thought that this should be some kids after their school.As I suspected, three teenagers got in to the car. I checked their destination, it was about 30 mins. I reconfirmed the location as I usually ...
Trip distance: 13.35km Earnings:666 LKRIt was a weekday and I had taken the day off as I had to attend to some personal matter in the early afternoon and had to run some errands in the morning. I decided to take a few rides in between.This was the second passenger for the day. I looked at the distance I had ...
Ever had that need when you are going somewhere?Well, so did I. Only problem was I was the driver and I was in the middle of nowhere. Some time ago, I had a very bad habit. I did not drink enough water. Over the last five years or so I've built up a habit of keeping a water bottle ...
Trip distance:33.65km Earnings:1425 LKRAs I dropped off my first airport customer, I looked at my Uber app. After paying for the toll and the fine I had to pay, I was at a net loss. I was determined to run this "as a business", so I decided that I should wait for a trip back from the airport instead of ...
