Ubuncinci umqhubi wam ebenganxilanga.Ifoto: Alfredo Mendez / Flickr Njengoko ndabona izibane zentloko zisondela ngelixa umqhubi wam eqhubeka kwicala elingalunganga ezantsi kwendlela enye, ndandisele ndicinga ngomsindo wokukhwela endiza kuwungenisa eLyft.
Phantse ukufa kwintloko yokungqubana ngokuqinisekileyo yayiyeyona ndawo inde kakhulu yokuhamba ngeLyft endiyithathileyo ngoMgqibelo emva kwemini ukusuka ePenn Station eManhattan ukuya kwindlu yam entsha eBrooklyn, kodwa yayisesinye seziganeko ezenza mandundu, ziyingozi nezikhalazo. zenzekile-kunye, baba yinyani yokwenene yeeteksi. Ndicacisa yonke into eyehlayo xa bendicela uphononongo lokuhamba. Akukho mpendulo. Ndabhalela kwinkonzo yabathengi okwesibini emva kweentsuku ezintathu, ndaye ndamva ndisiva ukuba ngelixa iLyft ithatha iingxelo zalolu hlobo ngokungathandabuzekiyo… zonke iindleko kwiqonga leLyft azibuyiswa.
NgoMgqibelo emva kwemini, ndaphakanyiswa eLyft kwikona yesitalato i-West 33rd nakwindlela yesibhozo eManhattan, indawo endandisiya kuyo: iBrooklyn. Kwangoko, saqala kakubi. Umqhubi wam — owathi, kunye nemoto yakhe, yafumana ivumba lomzimba — saya ngasentshona xa kufanele ukuba siye empuma. Emva koko, nangona wayesebenzisa iGPS, waya ezantsi edolophini de sayokufika kwisitalato sama-26, wajika kuphela waqhuba idolophu engaphaya kwe-50 kwisitalato.
Xa ndaqaphela ukuba sikufutshane neCentral Park kunokuba besinjalo nakweyiphi na iibhulorho ezidibanisa iManhattan neBrooklyn, ndabuza ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni.
Kutheni sisiya phezulu? Yeyiphi ibhulorho ozama ukuyithatha?
Wayengenacebo. Ugh andazi. Ndiye ndajika. Hmmm. Singathatha i-Queens Midtown Tunnel nge-36? wambombozela.
Ndamxelela, kulungile, emva koko yiya phaya, ucaphukile kuba besele siqhuba kangangemizuzu engama-20 kwaye itonela ziibhloko ezimbalwa ukusuka apho siqale khona. Kananjalo, bekufanele ukuba bendikufutshane ngenene nendawo endiya kuyo ngelo xesha, ukanti sasingashiyanga siqithi. 
Emva kokuthumela oku, ndithathele ingqalelo ukubhengeza konke ukuhamba. Kodwa bendixakeke kakhulu ndinika umkhombandlela kwaye ndiqinisekisa ukuba andifi.(Ifoto: Twitter)
Njengoko sasondela kwitonela, wema embindini wesitalato kwaye waqalisa ukumba emotweni yakhe efuna okuthile. Ngeli xesha, iimoto ziyaqondakala ukuba zenze imbeko kwaye zijikeleze nathi. Kwakhona, ndabuza ukuba wenzani, waphendula wathi ufuna iPass yakhe ye-EZ. Kulungile, nangona bekungafuneki siyenze embindini wesitrato. Kwaye, ndingazi ngelo xesha, ukuba i-EZ Pass ayizukunceda.
Ngoku eQueens, singene etoneleni saya kumrhumo, apho umqhubi waphakamisa i-EZ Pass ukuze ahlawule. Isilumkiso sikhanyisile kwiscreen sokuba ibhalansi iphantsi kakhulu kwaye kufuneka abize inkampani. Kwakucacile ukuba i-EZ Pass ayizukusebenza, kodwa umqhubi uqhubeke nokujija iingalo zakhe ngelixa eyibambile ukuzama ukufumana inzwa ukuba iyifunde. Ngokucacileyo bendidikwe yilento kwaye ndamxelela ukuba ayizukusebenza kwaye kufuneka afumane enye indlela. Wenza ubomi bokwenyani ¯ _ (ツ) _ / ¯, kwaye sahlala apho ngelixa umgca we-20 okanye iimoto ezazisenza emva kwethu zitshixiwe. Ekugqibeleni, inyani yokuba iimoto zixhaswe etoneleni yafumana ingqalelo yomntu owayemgada kwaye yamqhubela ukuba eze. Sabhatala imali sahamba.
Emva kwemizuzu embalwa, ndiqaphele ukuba siqhuba ngokujikeleza kwaye umqhubi ubonakala ngathi akanalo nofifi apho siya khona. Ndimbuzile ukuba kwenzeke ntoni ngeGPS yakhe, wathi iyekile ukusebenza. Oku kwandothusa kuba wayenefowuni, ithebhulethi kunye neGPS kwiscreen esilungiswe kwideshi. Ngelixa emisiwe, wajonga nje ekhohlo nasekunene, ngokungathi loo nto ingamnceda ukuba abheke phi. Ndicinge ukuphuma emotweni ndaza ndamxelela nokuba, kodwa ndigqibe kwelokuba ndiphikise oko kuba 1) besikumqolo ongasemva ziivenkile ezishiyiweyo eQueens kwaye bendingenalo nofifi lokuba siphi, 2) bendisengxakini enkulu ( Ndiphakathi kokuhamba, kwaye abatshintshi sele bezile kwaye babendilindile), kunye no-3) ndinekati yam kunye nam. Njengoko ndandicwangcisa i-GPS kwifowuni yam ukuze ndimkhombe, ndabona ukuba uqhuba ebuyela eManhattan. Ngethamsanqa, ndamnika indlela phambi kokuba akwazi ukuwela umlambo kwakhona.
Emva kokuba ndiqalisile ukumnika umkhombandlela ngamanyathelo ngamanyathelo, izinto bezijonge phezulu. Kuze kube yilapho, ngelinye ixesha, akazange amamele imiyalelo yam kwaye waqala ukuqhuba ngendlela engafanelekanga kwisitrato esisodwa. Sasiqhuba ngokoqobo kwizithuthi ezizayo, kwaye kwakusoyikisa kwaye kusoyikisa njengoko kuvakala njalo. Iimoto zazijikeleza jikeleza de sakwazi ukujika. Emva koko wahleka ngokungathi phantse ukufa kukuhlekisa.
Sifikile kwigumbi lam emva kwemizuzu embalwa. Bakhwela ngaphezu kweyure — ubude obuphindwe kabini kunoko kufaneleyo. Ngokucacileyo ibiza kabini oko kufanele ukuba nako.
Kamva ngobo busuku, ndakhetha uphononongo lwesicelo kwirisithi yeapp ndachwetheza iakhawunti eneenkcukacha ngokwenzekileyo. Emva kweentsuku ezintathu, ndandingekaphenduli, ke ndibhalele ukusebenzela abathengi. Ndifumene le mpendulo ilandelayo:
Sage, Molo,
Enkosi ngokufikelela ukuze usazise malunga neenkxalabo zakho zokhuseleko kunye nomqhubi wakho weLyft wamva nje.
Sithatha iingxelo zolu hlobo ngokungathí sina, kwaye ngokuqhubekayo sizama ukuphucula umgangatho weqonga leLyft. Ingxelo yakho yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokwenza oku kwenzeke.
Nceda wazi ukuba iTrasti neqela loKhuseleko lithathe amanyathelo afanelekileyo kwaye ayimfuneko ngalo mqhubi. Okwangoku, ndiyakuqinisekisa ukuba awusoze uphinde ubhangqwe nalo mqhubi kwakhona.
Songeze ukukhwela simahla okukodwa okuxabisa ukuya kuthi ga kwiidola ezili-15 kwiakhawunti yakho. Isibonelelo sokukhwela siza kuphelelwa ziintsuku ezingama-60 ezizayo, kwaye uya kuba nakho ukubona oku kukhwela simahla kwiakhawunti yakho ngokundwendwela icandelo lokuhlawula kwi-app yakho yeLyft.
Ukuba kukho nayiphi na imibuzo eyongezelelweyo esinokuphendula yona, nceda ungathandabuzi ukubuza.
Ikhredithi eyi- $ 15 ayisombululi le ngxaki kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ayibuyisi ukholo lwam eLyft, ndibhale ndabuya. Ndacacisa ukuba i-15 yeedola izisa imali yam yokuya kwi-35 yeedola, engaphezulu kokukhwela bekufanele ukuba nokuba asikaze siphume endleleni okanye asibanjiswanga kwindawo yokurhafisa imizuzu eli-10. Ndiqhubeke ndathi ngelixa oku kungawulungisi umba wokukhwela, awuzami nokuzama ukwenza into yokuba umqhubi wam uphantse wandibulala kwingozi yokungqubana. Olu hambo luphela kufuneka lube simahla, emva koko ndibhale. Ukuba awukwazi ukuthenga ngetyala / ukundibuyisela lonke iindleko zolo hambo, ndingathanda ukuthunyelwa kwakhona kumphathi okanye komnye umntu. Uthe uzithatha ngoluhlobo ezi ngxelo nzulu, ke nceda ungqine.
Ummeli ofanayo wabuyela kum ngentsasa elandelayo ngenye impendulo. Umahluko kuphela yayikukuba le yonyusa isibonelelo sam sokukhwela ukuya kwi- $ 25. Ke kuya kufuneka kwenzeke ntoni ngaphambi kokuba uLyft abuyisele imali, okanye ikhredithi yokukhwela kwisixa esipheleleyo esihlawulweyo? Ngaba kuya kufuneka ndife?
Umgibeli owayesemotweni kunye nomqhubi onxilileyo weLyft eAustin ngexesha le-SXSW wafumana ukukhwela kweedola ezintlanu zasimahla. Nokuba ndinikwe iihambo ezininzi zasimahla, nangona kunjalo, andizukuzisebenzisa, kuba andikaze, ndiphinde ndikhwele noLyft kwakhona.
QAPHELA: Ukusukela ukupapashwa kweli nqaku, omnye ummeli waseLyft ufikile kum ukuba axolise ngendlela le meko ephethwe ngayo kwaye undazise ukuba ndinikwe imbuyiselo epheleleyo yokukhwela. Ngaba oku kungenxa yenqaku? Akukho ndlela yokuxelela, kodwa mhlawumbi.
