I am a high school English teacher and entrepreneur who started working for Uber and Lyft in April of 2016 to make some extra money. From the first day, I loved driving people around.

I quit for a few years for personal reasons, but I’m back at it in a new location. I’m at the Jersey Shore instead of Coastal Virginia.

Umans of Uber is an attempt to record some of the amazing uman beings I interact with.

I do the best I can to recapture conversations and recount stories. I admit–I get things wrong sometimes. I reserve the right to employ some poetic license, but I don’t wander too far. That wouldn’t be any fun.

Unless they give me express permission, I don’t use the real names of my passengers.

I’ve made an editorial decision for my newer posts. I’ve decided to go ahead and include profanity verbatim, and I may share stories involving adult conversations. I guess this means I’m less concerned about the blog being family friendly from this point on. Fair warning.

Thanks for reading. If you have been one of my Uber riders, thanks for sharing fifteen minutes of your life with me.