UBER DRIVER TAKES CUSTOMER FROM VIRGINIA TO NYC

A Virginia Uber driver set what might be a new record for the ride-sharing service by picking up a fare and driving her 397 miles to New York. Janis Rogers, 64, picked up a young woman outside of a Ben & Jerry’s in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the passenger revealed her intended destination was Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The woman asked Rogers how far north she could take her. Rogers decided she needed an adventure, so she took the passenger all the way – 7 and 3/4 hours. Rogers said her passenger, who paid $294.09 for the trip, did not seem terribly enthused and excited to see her boyfriend once they got there, either. Rogers said she immediately headed home to Virginia after dropping the woman off, bringing the total time she spent on the journey to 15-1/2 hours. She made about $9 an hour during the trip and spent $32 on gas and tolls.
* I wouldn’t be excited either, if I woke up to realize I’d stupidly spent $300 when I could’ve bought a bus ticket for about 40 bucks.
* I would almost guarantee that the ‘young woman’ had no clue where New York City was in relation to Williamsburg, Virginia.
* The Uber driver decided she needed an adventure? Then why did she drive 15 1/2 hours into New York and back for $9 an hour?
* Having the car break down in Bedford-Stuyvesant – now THAT would have been an adventure.
* At least it was two women, so they could talk the whole way. What? What did I say?
* The woman was outside a Ben and Jerry’s? That’s absurd. Who goes to a Ben and Jerry’s in December?
* It reminds me of shopping at the mall last week, although that only FELT like 15 and a half hours.
* Just take the fare from the woman. You don’t have to comment on her relationship.
* Colonial Williamsburg, huh? Maybe she just wanted to revisit the 13 colonies.
* Okay, you’ve heard the numbers here. Now who’s going to top this by Christmas?