Doing laps of Bellingham. I drove on Holly Street and that’s when I had to pinch myself. It was a white pig, with grey spots. It wasn’t babe pig in the city, it was being lead by a woman down the road with a rope. Yes that’s right, it was her bloody pet. As an uber driver, I never thought I’d see so many bizarre things, or even experience them. This pig was a medium size and just sniffing the air. Why? What possessed you to bring a pig into town? Especially on a leash. I thought to myself wouldn’t it be funny if they needed an uber. Excuse me sir, do you accept pigs in your vehicle? I don’t know is it a service animal? I read recently that a miniature horse was a service animal and could be taken on the plane. Can’t you have a normal pet? Honestly what is a horse going to do? America is a strange place. Even in the outback in Australia I never saw a pig on a rope being casually walked down a main Street. I saw people on horseback. Maybe a goat, but a friggen pig? Come on seriously.
Finally my first customer. He needed to pick up his rig. A semi trailer near the dollar tree. I asked him how much a truck license is and how long it takes? 6 months and $3000. Not bad. We went a slightly different way to the map directed to avoid the traffic on meridian. It’s always busy. We went around and as we were coming down the hill a cyclist decided to run a red light. Almost hit the bastard. The truck driver said he has to deal with that all the time. It’s much harder to stop a truck than a car. Yeah I bet! Scary, if I was in a truck that guy would have been dead. As I dropped him off he said 5 stars. I said yep definitely.
Nice truck actually! He thanked me. I headed back to the area where I saw the pig. Next customer was Jennifer. Then it she rang me and said she wanted to cancel. Nope. I can’t cancel. You can. She asked me how to? I said via the app. I told her where to go. She wouldn’t cooperate. She was going to be charged. I don’t care if you want me to cancel. Eventually she figured it out and then pew. No more rider. I got the cancellation fee.
The following customer needed a lift to the new brewery in town. 122w. It used to be Melvin brewery. He, himself works at Stemmers, also a new brewery in town. He noticed that Flogging Molly was playing on the radio. He said he loves that band so I cranked it up. The fellows asked me if we have bad drivers in Australia. I replied no we’re amazing drivers. Not true, we have some shockers too. Worst drivers so far I’ve seen were Canadians. Oh and the Vietnamese. In fact their not bad, they’re just scary. I remember going to Vietnam in 2007 and I was horrified. They come right up to your leg with the tyre when you’re on the back of a motorcycle. Just scary. After dropping him off he thanked me.
Had a repeat offender in my car. Good old Isaiah. Off to Jack in the box. Working hard for his horticulture schooling.
Then whilst I was sitting at the airport I thought of one customer that I hadn’t seen in a while who works at the Best Western. Thought I would see more of her. Then she pinged me! Psychic or psychotic? One of the two. I saw her, she had just come back from Maui. The one Hawaiian island I haven’t been to get. She looked refreshed and ready to conquer the world. She remembered me and asked how I was. Great thanks mate.
Not many people today unfortunately, till today.
