Calgary Lyft/Uber Chronicles: Dec-16-24

[@anandrew6641]

Merry Christmas Captain! Hope you visit a Christmas service this season at a church, they are beautiful and people put in a lot of work into them, and a lot of great people around.

[@enigmaEV]

Hey Sergei, thanks for the content. Uber does have destination filtering. Select the magnifying glass on the top right of the app, enter you destination then toggle on the destination filter. You should also be able to pick what time you want to arrive. It limits you to 2 uses/day but it's a great option for those return trips when running errands.

[@rbfarrell1]

Lived in Calgary for a few years, Winters are cold and long. I moved to San Diego and have seen snow in years.

[@riccardo3921]

Sergei how would you compare the weather in Calgary to the one in Cambridge your previous home ? Can you do a video about that

[@ungradge9722]

It was s good plan to buy 6 liter engine car for ubering, but what went wrong?

[@ddwheelspin]

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes!

[@kmilton1593]

Merry Christmas, Captain.

[@Island-Gypsy]

Can I ask you what made you STOP the heavy haul business ? Thanks for your reply Sergei

[@HHTV60]

These videos have nothing to do with my old trucking business that I quit in 2022.

[@Aintright890]

Happy new years.......!

[@giork2828]

You would make twice that next month if you posted, regularly, well-produced shorts with brief stories in it. KZbin shorts (not shorties) is where the extra money will be for the coming few years.

[@moethedeaf2746]

I don't know about Calgary but in Toronto, Uber pays very cheap and you cannot decline it very often. If your acceptance dip below 85% or your cancellations are more than 5%, Uber will not show you any information at all. So, we have to keep an eye on our rating. I maintain 90% acceptance and 2% cancellations. Also, you need to have a star rating of 4.85 or better. In short, it is capitalism at its worst.

[@kellismith4329]

Thats the best kind of tip to give, nice cash ohh the books etc

[@milan1969]

This is all a hobby at this point.

[@bovellois]

That's right, the meat and potatoes still come from KZbin, years of hard work filming the adventures of an owner-operator on the roads of Canada and the US.

[@milan1969]

@@bovellois He told us YT paid him around 1K last month. His day job is what keeps him afloat somehow.

[@bovellois]

@ yes, and in the other side gigs (Uber, Lyft, Uber eats, Turo), the cash flow looks good, but payments keep coming.

[@Aintright890]

Ya think

[@johngreydanus2033]

You're totally missing how a service industry works; the customer must be obeyed. UBER was started to provide cheap transport to the public, not to make money as a individual business. Of course management makes money but drivers are the bottom of the totem pole. You like KZbin, plenty of videos can explain it better than me, drivers even had strikes trying for better pay.

[@Alexrubiccon-gm6wp]

Сергей посмотри шоу The Ramsey Show Highlights и поймёшь почему у этих людей нет машин!

[@TomRyall3]

Buy a diesel car you'll get way better mpg I don't know why in USA and Canada ur all obsessed with gas guzzler cars fuel is way too expensive to be running petrol cars nowadays.

[@njb7209]

❤

[@thedude1249]

Things are running smoothly for El Capitan, that pilot's jacket is very stylish. 😎

[@bradpittless837]

BYOB