It doesn't matter if I'm the one paying, I still desperately need you to like me. An investigation. Plus recs for Classy with Jonathan Menjivar, Joe Pera's special, and a look inside Kabul's hotels.
Wow, this is hilarious! Is it seriously possibly that your very high Uber rating is your greatest shame?! What's it like to have lived such a clean-cut life?
Careful with that obsession though... have you seen the Black Mirror episode called Nosedive? I think it would really speak to you.
Great podcast this week. Check out the app called Merlin from The Cornell Lab. You can identify birds by recording their songs. Helps them collect data and helps us learn stuff.
Five stars for you and five stars for Joe Pera! As for your greatest shame, maybe I can help. I always talk to ride share drivers. Most drivers have told me they use both apps, but when the conversation goes deeper into the differences between the apps, I always hear the same thing. Basically, Uber passengers and Lyft passengers are two very different groups. With Lyft fares, drivers have told me they usually expect someone friendly who wants to chat. They’ve also told me that Lyft fares are friendlier if they need to call to sort out the pick up details, and they’re rarely late (two minutes isn’t bad). Uber fares, those same drivers have told me, are less likely to want to talk and more likely to be late for the pick up. Basically, the driver expectation for Uber passengers is someone who doesn’t want or value the human touch for a ride share experience. My take: you’re five stars all the way, but when you get into an Uber you sometimes get dinged because the driver’s definition of five stars runs contrary to your nature. Finally, hell yes for offering the repairman water. I always do this and I’m always appalled when they tell me that so few people do, especially on blisteringly hot days. Hold your head up high, Chris, you’re a good person.
You might want to mention the fact that women are treated like cockroaches in Afghanistan. Good for the men working together but women are not allowed to work, go to school, etc. They are beaten to a pulp if an ankle is showing. Sorry to be Debbie Downer in an otherwise delightful post.
Wow, this is hilarious! Is it seriously possibly that your very high Uber rating is your greatest shame?! What's it like to have lived such a clean-cut life?
Careful with that obsession though... have you seen the Black Mirror episode called Nosedive? I think it would really speak to you.
Great podcast this week. Check out the app called Merlin from The Cornell Lab. You can identify birds by recording their songs. Helps them collect data and helps us learn stuff.
I appreciate you, Chris! Five stars!
- Other Chris
ELEVEN stars, Chris!! You break the damn scale ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Five stars for you and five stars for Joe Pera! As for your greatest shame, maybe I can help. I always talk to ride share drivers. Most drivers have told me they use both apps, but when the conversation goes deeper into the differences between the apps, I always hear the same thing. Basically, Uber passengers and Lyft passengers are two very different groups. With Lyft fares, drivers have told me they usually expect someone friendly who wants to chat. They’ve also told me that Lyft fares are friendlier if they need to call to sort out the pick up details, and they’re rarely late (two minutes isn’t bad). Uber fares, those same drivers have told me, are less likely to want to talk and more likely to be late for the pick up. Basically, the driver expectation for Uber passengers is someone who doesn’t want or value the human touch for a ride share experience. My take: you’re five stars all the way, but when you get into an Uber you sometimes get dinged because the driver’s definition of five stars runs contrary to your nature. Finally, hell yes for offering the repairman water. I always do this and I’m always appalled when they tell me that so few people do, especially on blisteringly hot days. Hold your head up high, Chris, you’re a good person.
Thank you Michael! And anyone who is reading this comment: go read Michael's book Ride/Share: Micro Stories of Soul, Wit and Wisdom from the Backseat https://www.amazon.com/Ride-Share-Stories-Wisdom-Backseat-ebook/dp/B082XDZQHF/
Okay if this is your affliction remember that when your book comes out, you can NEVER read amazon or Goodreads reviews of your work by strangers
This is EXTREMELY important advice
Definitely 5 stars!
five stars, duh!
5/5. As a former 4.3 uber rating, i salute you.
dear chris
fantastic newsletter. 10 stars! out of 5!
love you!
myq
5 out of 5!!
Thanks for the laugh! Much needed. Definitely 5/5
Excellent 5 stars love love love ❤️
5.065!!!!!
5/5 for making me laugh and making me realize that I also want validation, must go search for my own 5/5 rating
Five stars!
You might want to mention the fact that women are treated like cockroaches in Afghanistan. Good for the men working together but women are not allowed to work, go to school, etc. They are beaten to a pulp if an ankle is showing. Sorry to be Debbie Downer in an otherwise delightful post.
Still five stars.
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