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What makes for a great taxi ride? For me, simply arriving at my destination at a reasonable price is satisfaction enough, perhaps a bit of friendly small talk too. However, since Uber and other ride-share services arrived on the scene with their rating system, drivers have had to step up their game if they want to keep getting those fares.Of course, for many drivers it's not about the ratings at all, they simply pride themselves on delivering a great service.
Spending a working life with strangers hopping in and out of the car means lots of interesting and memorable encounters not only for the driver, but for the passengers too! We here atBored Pandahave collected a list of occasions when people took taxi rides that were so special, they just had to share. Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and share your own stories in the comments!
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This Uber Driver
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Kaisu Rei Kaisu Rei Community Member Follow
This is so nice, I hope the passengers play bass heavy music when on board!
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This Is My Uber Driver Beni, He Took Me To The Hospital And Keeping Me Company Since Most Of My Family Lives Out Of The State
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LyviaDaLeaf LyviaDaLeaf Community Member Follow
That's very sweet of him <3
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My Cab Driver Tonight Was So Excited To Share With Me That He’d Made The Cover Of The Calendar. I Told Him I’d Help Let The World See
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Luis Milian Luis Milian Community Member Follow
He working it tho!!
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A Note Hanging From This Taxi Driver's Steering Wheel
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Erin Erin Community Member
Precious!!
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My Uber Driver Was A Slimmer, Cooler, Mustached Version Of Myself
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Ctrl C, Ctrl V
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#6
Our Halloween Uber Driver Asked Us To Pose For A Picture With Her That She Could Send To Scare Her Husband - Who Was Worried About Her Driving Out Late. Mission Accomplished
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LyviaDaLeaf LyviaDaLeaf Community Member Follow
Great costumes!
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#7
Sign In A Taxi Cab
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That escalated quickly.
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#8
I Just Rode With The Highest Rated Uber Driver In NYC
Mustapha speaks four languages, studies computer programming at night at community college, has driven over 10,000 people, and has a rating of 4.96. Truly one of the nicest most inspiring people out there.
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Kaisu Rei Kaisu Rei Community Member Follow
Keep working hard Mustapha!
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This Bangkok Taxi Driver Being A Real Bro
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Kaisu Rei Kaisu Rei Community Member Follow
This is so nice though, they're such a generous driver!
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Funding Our Uber Driver’s Vacations!
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Wynand Wynand Community Member Follow
DJ Khaled needs some big tips!
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#11
How To Receive 5 Stars As An Uber Driver
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Pamela24 Pamela24 Community Member Follow
It actually makes me sad how hard he tries. :( He's an Uber driver not a five star hotel on wheels and he shouldn't feel pressured to be.
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#12
My Uber Driver Had An NES Set Up In The Backseat
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ThatOneOwl ThatOneOwl Community Member Follow
I. Need. This.
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#13
Mad Max Car
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Radityo Bagus Radityo Bagus Community Member Follow
Wait. You can have a Ford Falcon coupe as an Uber car? Daammnn..If it were me, I would looovveee to drive the car, and my Uber driver can take a rest for a while....
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He Wrote In The Comment That He Will Have A Cat With Him
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Kaisu Rei Kaisu Rei Community Member Follow
Nope. You don't take wild animals as domestic pets, you can't provide them everything they need. This is disgusting, I hope the driver reported the owner.
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My Friend Is A Lyft Driver And Turned His Car Into A Voter Registration Booth
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Nice Spiderman drawing there
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#16
Welcome To The Peach State! My Atlanta Lyft Driver Has Peaches Ready For Her Riders!
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Talia Johnson Talia Johnson Community Member Follow
And a lovely welcoming smile too!
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One More Way To Get 5 Stars
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Creative thinking pays off. 😂
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It Freaks Them Out!
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That’s definitely not creepy at all!
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I Don't Think The Uber Riders Will Find My Halloween Decoration As Funny As I Do
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When you need a hand opening the trunk.
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Starting My St Patrick's Day In This Uber
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Kaisu Rei Kaisu Rei Community Member Follow
Awww there's cupcakes, that's so sweet though!
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#21
Uber Driver's Hair Formed A Perfect 25
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Roy Roy Community Member Follow
it looks 253 to me....its like a captcha
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My Uber Driver Picked Me Up From The Airport In 5 Minutes, Which Is Insane Considering He Drove All The Way From 2002
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Roy Roy Community Member Follow
that's for your protection from upcoming bullets
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My Sister’s Friend’s Uber Driver
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This needs to be up higher!!!!!! This is awesome
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#24
Getting Out Of My Lyft And The Driver Handed Me His Business Card
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i wish he would start a revolution and run the government as advertised.
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#25
In The Back Of A Taxi. It's A Fair Request
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Carmen Elena Carmen Elena Community Member Follow
Fair enough.
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This Taxi Driver Grows Chili Peppers And More On The Cup Holder
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Someone has a green thumb ;)
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When Your Uber Driver Knows What's Important
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Roy Roy Community Member Follow
that's a big fish
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#28
We Asked Our Cab Driver What The Best Tip He Ever Got Was. Turns Out He Had Received That Tip Earlier Tonight!
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Salami
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#29
I Used Uber To Hail A Taxi, And This Guy Rolls Up In A Brand New Tesla S!
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Gotta pay for the new car somehow.
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#30
My Uber Driver Has Sticky Notes From All Of His Passengers On The Roof Of His Car
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Very colourful
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My Wholesome Uber Driver
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The Girl on Fire The Girl on Fire Community Member Follow
Looks like someone needed a lot :)
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My Uber Driver Was Dressed Like Superman
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Erin Erin Community Member
Yeah, but why is he stuck to the roof of the car?!
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This Is Roger My UPS Driver. He Stopped By On His Day Off And We Saw His License Plate
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Parmeisan Parmeisan Community Member Follow
Sweet. Roger that!
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The Uber Driver I Got Today Gives Out Treats
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thats so sweet :')
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Asked My Uber Driver For A Picture Of His Christmas Sweater This Afternoon
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Please tell me I'm not the only one who sees the beard in pigtails
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My Uber Driver Has A House Plant In His Car
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spirit wolf spirit wolf Community Member Follow
I think he has money plans (that plant is called a money plant)
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My Uber Driver In Chicago Had Snacks That You Were Free To Take
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JillVille JillVille Community Member Follow
This is what the back of my seat looked like when I was the Mom Chauffeur for my own 4 kids - getting them to all their activities required lots of driving and snacks kept them from bugging each other, lol.
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You Know You Are In LA When Your Lyft Driver Has His Headshot Strategically Placed For You To Notice
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He has to pay for those choppers somehow
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Our Lyft Driver Was All In On Passenger Comforts. He Had 3 Types Of Chargers On Each Side, Food, And We Could Pick Any Music We Wanted
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FatBaby FatBaby Community Member Follow
Heaven<3<3<3. Was there wifi too (:
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This Chinese Taxi Driver Grows Plants In His Cab
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Happiness is Hippo Happiness is Hippo Community Member Follow
That’s really cute :)
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My Cab Driver Is Reading "Learning To Drive"... While Driving
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Kaisu Rei Kaisu Rei Community Member Follow
That does not seem safe, like any of that, driving if you don't know how and reading while you're supposed to be focusing on driving
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As An Uber/Lyft Driver, This Hat Works Wonders
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Membership of one
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My Uber Driver Had NBA Jam Hooked Up For Passengers To Pass The Time
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Ashley Mason Ashley Mason Community Member Follow
This is literally the best thing that I have ever seen.
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My Uber Driver’s Car
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My mom would go ballistic.
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Laughing Too Hard
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Monday Monday Community Member Follow
I don't understand why this is funny. Am I missing something? :O
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This makes me want to BE an Uber driver
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While I admire their effort and dedication to work, it's sad that they need to do it. They work as a drivers - they should just take their passengers from place to place. All these chargers, snacks and funny notes looks like a serious fight for ratins and tips. it's nice for clients but I cannot stop thinking about them spending their free time to prepare for work... They should be able to earn decent money even without these super-hiper-extra additional efforts.
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I actually used Uber the other day for the first time, i missed the last bus home after a gig, it turned up ion 1 minute, i was very drunk and the guy was an absolute dude, a middle aged Somalian guy and he was mad at the world but in a funny way, we laughed and joked all the way home about his kids only wanting to look at their ipads all the time and how we went out all day and played and blah blah, it was an enjoyable ride and i will probably use it again.
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This makes me want to BE an Uber driver
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Enuya Enuya Community Member Follow
While I admire their effort and dedication to work, it's sad that they need to do it. They work as a drivers - they should just take their passengers from place to place. All these chargers, snacks and funny notes looks like a serious fight for ratins and tips. it's nice for clients but I cannot stop thinking about them spending their free time to prepare for work... They should be able to earn decent money even without these super-hiper-extra additional efforts.
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I actually used Uber the other day for the first time, i missed the last bus home after a gig, it turned up ion 1 minute, i was very drunk and the guy was an absolute dude, a middle aged Somalian guy and he was mad at the world but in a funny way, we laughed and joked all the way home about his kids only wanting to look at their ipads all the time and how we went out all day and played and blah blah, it was an enjoyable ride and i will probably use it again.
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