Page 22 - 2017 yearbook

Uber stories

By: Joseph Parlade

“My friends and I were using Uber to go to “I was on my way to a friend’s when my Uber “I was late to school and my carpool had
another friend’s house after school. Since driver received a call on his phone and asked already left so I had to call Uber. My Uber
Uber only charges a small fee for waiting, we me if he could answer it, stressing that it driver picked me up and she had her children
decided to ask the Uber to stop at McDonalds, was important. Since there was little traffic, I in the car. One of the kids got hungry and the
and he happily stopped. Once we arrived, the said it was fine. He answered the call and we driver pulled into a Cuban bakery to pick up
Uber driver got out of the car and ate with us. It could hear the person on the other end talking a snack for him. I was in shock that this was
was unusual and funny but it wasn’t too weird. loudly. The driver started to cry and yelled happening to me, but I got a couple croquetas
We figured that this guy has been in the car loudly. He had just learned that he was cancer and made the best of it. After we all ate she
all day and probably wanted some company.” free. It was extremely cool to see someone dropped her kids off at a local elementary
experience such an emotional moment.” school, and then she dropped me off.“

Junior Ivan Pachon
Freshman Arsenio Moussa Sophomore Sebastian Roa “

“It was a summer afternoon and my
friends wanted to go have lunch in
Wynwood, but I didn’t have a car at the
time so I decided to Uber. I was running
a little late so I rushed to call the Uber
and I accidentally called an UberPOOL.
UberPOOL is a ride sharing mode which
splits the cost with other (random)
people heading in the same direction . I
had a pregnant woman sitting in the back
seat of this UberPool. As we arrived to
her destination, she accidentally spilled
a water bottle and it splashed over the
driver. The driver started to freak out
because he though the woman’s water “
had broken. It was probably the most
uncomfortable position I have ever been
in,“ said senior Justin Hernandez.