Behind the Wheel 2: Notes from an Uber/Lyft
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00QL3PLUE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 493 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the trenches of San Francisco’s sharing economy: another rideshare confessional. The second installment of the Behind the Wheel saga, Notes from an Uber/Lyft includes more insight into the day-to-day travails of a rideshare driver in San Francisco, more stories about driving drunks, switching from Lyft to Uber, a visit to Uber HQ, self-entitled douchebags, talk of gentrification and displacement, the tech boom, public debauchery, emotional breakdowns, police activity and the constant threat of pukers.
Love Kelly's Writing! Kelly's books are quick, dirty, probably full of exaggeration or maybe even outright fabrication, but they tell the truth about driving rideshare in San Francisco. Sharp, honest and easy-reading prose heavy on the Kerouac (in a good way). Very enjoyable.. S. Clark said Accusatory. This was real disappointing after reading, "Behind the Wheel 1", which was so light and buoyant. The first half of this sequel was so bitter and heavy I felt like the author was accusing me, the reader, of making his life a living hell. Even his hemorrhoids! The author could have eased up on this if he'd included any idea that he had a satisfying social life or enjoyable recreation activities outside work.Also, the use of fancy words such as 'pummel', 'endemic' and 'accoutrements' in the fi