Author: Gunthrek
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Dear Lyft
Dear Lyft, I received your notification that one of my passengers suggested that I might provide more in the way of customer service, and I would like to say that I hear what you’re saying…and completely don’t care. First, my job isn’t to impress YOUR customers. It’s to pick them up from where they are […]
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Lost in the Sauce
Those of you with a military background are familiar with the meaning of the title of this article: a definite lack of situational awareness caused by ignorance or incompetence. It’s used to describe a service member who simply doesn’t seem to grasp even the most basic concepts behind whatever it is the unit is supposed […]
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We Need a Lot More Hope in the World Right Now
It’s no secret to anyone who is actually paying attention to what’s going on in the world right now that things aren’t going very well. We’re living in a time of massive inflation, food shortages, skyrocketing fuel prices, rolling blackouts in major cities, and of course the return of the looming threat of total global […]
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The Rideshare Rip-off
As you might have gleaned from my last few posts, I’ve recently begun doing rideshare full time as a stop-gap measure to keep the income flowing until I can find something more permanent. For the most part it hasn’t been too bad, and there are parts of it I even enjoy from time to time. […]
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Manipulation by Lack of Information: Rideshare Shenanigans
So I’ve been doing this rideshare thing for over a month now, and as you might expect I have some gripes about the current status quo. While it’s awesome to be able to finally be my own boss and make money on my own, some of that feeling gets taken away by the way the […]
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Ride Share’s Insincere Push Toward Green Vehicles
One of the more interesting things I’ve encountered since beginning ride share driving several weeks ago is the apparent desire of both Lyft and Uber to convert their entire driver base to electric vehicles. It would apparently be a great thing for the environment as society in general becomes increasingly concerned about the whole global […]
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Rideshare Driving is Awesome…and Really Sucks
It’s no secret that I’ve been unemployed for quite a long time now. My previous job ran out in February and I was on unemployment for the six months that you get to find a new job. After months of holding out for something that more closely aligned with the kind of work I’d like […]
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The Endless Impulses of the Mind
As far as we’ve come as human beings, dominating the world with our technology and ingenuity, it’s amazing how simple some of the processes that rule us are. Psychologists and physiologists have demonstrated rather effectively that there are two levels to who we are as people: the well developed cognitive structures of our brains that […]
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Living Life Without a Plan
One of the big things about my life really bothers me is that I’m about to turn forty and I still have absolutely no idea what the hell I’m going to do with my life. I did the military thing for a bit more than a decade, but ultimately the culture and constant demands wore […]
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Always Searching for the Unicorn
Perhaps one of the most difficult things about being raised toward the beginning of the millennial generation is that you have two perspectives of the world that are constantly warring with one another. The first is the idea that we live in a world that has realistic limits and you have to learn to live […]
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