{"id":17307,"date":"2022-04-30T22:50:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T06:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/?p=17307"},"modified":"2022-04-30T23:05:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T07:05:37","slug":"i-guess-drivers-in-sf-are-relatively-luckier-in-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/?p=17307","title":{"rendered":"I guess drivers in SF are relatively luckier in that we aren&#8217;t too focused on the $\/mile and $\/minute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><title>I guess drivers in SF are relatively luckier in that we aren&#8217;t too focused on the $\/mile and $\/minute<\/title><\/p>\n<p>We are in Uber demand central and it seems like everybody takes Uber so the app keeps buzzing so much so that I had to turn it off when doing other stuff for even just 1-5 minutes.<\/p>\n<h2>If T loves driving, he should give it a try and drive until at least he gets the bonus offer paid<\/h2>\n<p>The question I have for you is: How do you decide when to stop driving? At what point is it no longer worth your time anymore?<\/p>\n<p>Since I don&#8217;t rely on Uber <a href=\"https:\/\/hookupdate.net\/de\/senior-dating-sites-de\/\">Senioren Dating-Seiten<\/a> to make ends meet, I have the luxury of experimenting with different strategies. I live on a dense peninsula full of tourists and service workers in the hospitality industry, many who don&#8217;t own cars. This population density means I can sit at home and wait for pings. This isn&#8217;t as productive as driving to Gulf Blvd.<!--more--> and waiting near the big hotels, but the quality of life is better when I&#8217;m at home and can do other things between passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Another strategy I want to test is absolutely not driving between passengers. When I drop one off, can I drive to the nearest shaded area and just wait? Will the downtime kill my hourly earnings, even though I&#8217;m saving on gas and other vehicle expenses?<\/p>\n<p>My best day was Saturday night. I basically remained in a two mile radius the entire night, shuttling tourists to dinner and back to their hotel. Later in the night it was to the bars and clubs or to a concert. It was my best day in total dollars but also in most productive miles.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m quickly finding that tracking my paid miles versus unpaid miles will be the most important measure of whether Uber is worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>Kind of interesting insight from a social prospective&#8230;.. It is good to be upper class. And sometimes we forget how bad things can really be.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for sharing! But yeah, I wonder about whether it&#8217;s worth it and I also have a lot of issues with Uber as a company.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest risk is getting into an accident. It may take a good week to make $1,000, which is often the cost of a deductible.<\/p>\n<h2>It&#8217;s definitely something we are considering for T (he loves driving, we now have a new enough car, and heck he&#8217;s talked about wanting to drive taxis in the past)<\/h2>\n<p>I don&#8217;t love driving at all. But, I still had a pretty interesting\/fun experience the first two weeks until I realized some things here and there that made me lose interest e.g. $33 gross fare to the airport, but it was really only $, etc.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what her, or anyone&#8217;s \u201clot&#8217;s of issues\u201d are. If you turn on the app and give someone a ride, then next Thursday they put money in your bank account. I will say my main issues are driving far to give someone a short ride, and driving into the city but having to return to NJ empty. Tipping would be nice, but a LOT of people hand me between $5 and $20. I ALWAYS say, \u201cyou don&#8217;t have to do that you know\u201d, and they ALWAYS say, \u201cI know\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>30k a year ( hrs per week) as a Uber driver is probably better than some other crappy jobs prospects.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to find a post relating to this or email directly but couldn&#8217;t find anything. I see you mentioning alternative investments and I was curious what your thoughts on P2P investing sites like Lending Tree and Prosper were. I&#8217;m looking for a mostly passive income stream to supplement my day job and 2 rental homes and I&#8217;ve been interested in this market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I guess drivers in SF are relatively luckier in that we aren&#8217;t too focused on the $\/mile and $\/minute We are in Uber demand central and it seems like everybody takes Uber so the app keeps buzzing so much so <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/?p=17307\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4687],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-senior-dating-review-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17307"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17308,"href":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17307\/revisions\/17308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thompsonsculptures.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}