CONFESSIONS OF AN UBER DRIVER - Therapy Gecko

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A caller explains how his job as an Uber driver has had a profound effect on his life in a variety of ways, a caller debates the ethics of pissing in the sink, and a final caller tries to be less competitive so she can attend board game night in peace.
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*TIMECODES*
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - The Uber driver experience.
34:23 - Caller debates the ethics of pissing in the sink.
44:22 - Caller tries to be less competitive.
01:05:14 - How to call the geck!
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@Sandybowls_9001 Год назад

"Uber is catching the strays of my emotional turmoil" I felt that!

@braxtonjoseph.5708 Год назад

Fuck, as a DoorDasher of 1.5+ years, I can really relate to the first caller. Being in a metal box all day, worried about gas, your car breaking down, constantly getting fucked over with little or no tips and an insultingly low base pay, it’s an anxiety-inducing way to pay your bills. Props to that guy for keeping himself together. If my partner left me while I was in the middle of this job I would have to take a grippy sock vacation. Stay strong, my fellow rideshare comrade ✊🏻

@shunnyshun Год назад

grippy sock vacation😭😭😭

@koekepeertje5024 Год назад

@@shunnyshun bro put in the most horrendous way to describe it in his text😭😩

@branwithoutclaws Год назад

Get a real job?

@allegorx58 Год назад

do something else?

@destroylonelyxkenkarsonlvu1783 Год назад

@@branwithoutclaws how is that not a real job we need people to work for ever job

@justfrog2859 Год назад

Id love to talk to first caller man seems like a great guy

@adhds69 Год назад

I came for the green geck & jokes, I'm staying for the genuine dude and smooth jazz.

@scotttucker9613 Год назад

The first caller’s mentality: get rich or cry trying

@nestummutsen5251 Год назад

I like how gecko didnt rush this call.

@wilberttecla543 Год назад

A little advice from a driver with +1000 rides completed: Keep something in you car to occupy your mind and look forward to during the breaks. I generally keep a skateboard, soccerball, or a book to break up the works and take a few minutes off. Eating good food and moving your body will improve your mood and your desire to work. If you are working during dead hours, you have change your schedule and find the most lucrative times to work. The great thing about Uber is that you can control your own time to a much greater extent than having a typical job, so take advantage of it and use your down time to pursue your interests!

@SemenStainsMountTops Год назад

thought you'd be sitting in an uber doing this episode and I gotta say it ain't a bad idea

@SixOhThreeSam Год назад

YOOOO a guest every episode 😂 ride sharing therapy session

@xXxGelXeSxXx Год назад

Taxicab Confessions. Yes I'm old.

@okaythen- Год назад

That would probably be expensive af though

@Eagleable 11 месяцев назад

An hour Uber ride would be $$$ but worth cause that’d be amazing 😂

@FudgeYeahAmerica Год назад

I was in a similar spot as the Uber guy, esp with the empathy and world events. And with geckos advice. I was an Uber eats driver too. Not gonna say becoming a Mail Carrier fixed everything, but it minimized a lot of these problems, and gave me a sense of community

@noviatoria2436 Год назад

Canadian money doesn't have one dollar bills, we only have 5 and up for bills, so that could be why they were confused about the tip

@strangebirb1565 Год назад

I really resonate with Pomegranate on those feelings of empathy, I find myself caring so much about how others are doing and their problems rather than my own. I might not be in the same situation as him but it definitely affects me similarly.

@GanjaFreedom420 Год назад

Wow that quote about treating someone you are talking to like it's the first conversation you ever had really resonated with me.

@uwujuul4508 Год назад

i'm the exact same as the last caller i have to stay away from competitive games ESPECIALLY online games when you know there's other real people playing with you. the last one i played was fall guys when it first came out and almost threw my controller at the tv so i just stay away from that kind of stuff bc it's never that serious

@uwujuul4508 Год назад

like i still have my childhood dsi and there's bite marks on it when i got mad playing mario when i was 5 lmaoooo

@DELL.ACNT. Год назад

I don’t understand how this conversation was so entertaining to me. 😂

@alejandrorivas4585 Год назад

There's a voyeuristic quality to it. Kind of like going to the salon with your mom and aunts listening to gossip. And then also a like, well I like to reflect on it and think about my life and I feel better about myself after listening

@lilitulee Год назад

I relate to the person talking about peeing in the sink on a spiritual level tbh 😂

@kensley8502 Год назад

These podcasts are what's keeping me going, thank you Lyle for uploading so much they're my only source of entertainment in life right now.

@PeterGriffin-rp9iq Год назад

You got this Kensley

@WedgeKahr 7 месяцев назад

Hey Kensley it's been 10 months, congrats on making it this far, hope you're doing better

@kensley8502 7 месяцев назад

@@WedgeKahrwow thanks man I am doing better, 10 months ago the doctors told me I might have cancer and it was the middle of exam season.. Turns out I probably don't have cancer 👍 livin large now. Hope you're doing good too:)

@michaelbundy5554 Год назад

As a long haired man I know the weirdly apologetic.

@Robert-ho7ys 9 месяцев назад

Guy reminds me of Travis from Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, observing the ills of the world & overthinking

@acemyname 8 месяцев назад

wow this video has been very topical for me despite being posted 9 months ago, specifically the uber driver’s story, i haven’t gone through a rough breakup recently or anything like that but i’m a doordash driver and i tend to struggle with having a very active mind while driving, sometimes it can be helpful but a lot of times it’s just a negative feedback loop inside my brain, i also struggle with intense empathy to the point that it negatively affects my day to day life if i focus on other people’s issues too much or spend too much time on social media zoned in on political and humanitarian issues, even down to the israel palestine “conflict” 😭😭 it’s been haunting me and i’ve been trying my best to take breaks but it’s hard, anyways listening to this was very therapeutic for me in ways i didn’t expect at 7am so thank you so much ❤️

@iphgfqweio Год назад

Dat thumbnail, ooooh boi. sooo goood

@petruspaulitius Год назад

Geck: How high are you? Uber: yes

@luisjacome5359 Год назад

The Canadian part is so true, they're so nice.. met a couple people and they're all nice talkative people.

@Sprud999 10 месяцев назад

I like how Lyle just passed over that there are no $1 bills in Canada

@KillerKolt44 Год назад

Gecko is right. I once had a cab driver tell me about his ex wife it was actually cool. I think he had been drinking, solid guy

@madmike7029 14 дней назад

You calling that guy back to ask him where he poops made me laugh harder than I have in years. Thanks for that, Lyle. Golden.

@newchannelwtfwhy Год назад

First caller might make a great driving instructor.

@mitzelnation78 Год назад

Love ya, Geck!

@clairecampbell7821 Год назад

The way I religiously watch these videos to fall asleep is alarming

@heckpeanuts Год назад

Strange circumstances creates strange solutions. Once the bathroom is fixed you'll be gucci

@christianrios6295 Год назад

Is this backdrop the streets of Morocco? Absolutely beautiful.

@mygvmtnamepublicallyavailable Год назад

Keep doing activism, and even if you burn out, keep yearning for the real stuff wherever you can find it.

@jazzfeline5970 Год назад

r/im14andthisisdeep

@raak4070 Год назад

@@jazzfeline5970 r/im30andjaded Pretending you don't care while the world burns is cringe. Having strong convictions and caring about societal improvement is good actually.

@jazzfeline5970 Год назад

@Raak Nice strawman, kid. I was responding to a pretentious and poorly-worded comment, please tell me how you concluded that I was arguing against activism. The original comment, on top of naming themselves "1312 Revolutionary" is peak cringe and childish edginess.

@raak4070 Год назад

@@jazzfeline5970 inferring is not strawmanning. Don't be so vague and people won't misunderstand you. Also kid lmao, I hope that was an ironic bit and not am actual shot.

@jazzfeline5970 Год назад

@Raak There was nothing to "infer" from my comment other than what I've already stated. You assumed I was jaded and anti-activist because I pointed out a cringy, poorly-worded comment from a cringy username. Nothing vague about it, you're just bad at making inferences. Again, I don't even think you understand the context of their username, so shut up and quit looking so deeply into things you don't understand.

@Bojanglesthewitch Год назад

Alternative title: confessions of an ooVoo javer

@Somewhere_sometime_somehow Год назад

Love the thumbnail of this vid. I would buy that t-shirt.

@fungurl8631 8 месяцев назад

Thank you Lyle I absolutely love these shows.

@ch3burashka 7 месяцев назад

flipping out because you lost at splatoon is a pretty dope visual

@lewchootrain Год назад

I did it for a summer, I feel like you’re just always worried about which fare/area/timing and it can be stressful. Sometimes good conversations but it’s tough and gas/taxes suck unless you get an independent contracting license to write some stuff off.

@jayvanover4130 Год назад

Nuh uhhhh

@that.ll_do_pig Год назад

You don't need an independent Contracting license for tax expenses. It is literally an independently contracted job which means all of the expenses are supposed to be a write-off, period.

@Photik Год назад

@@that.ll_do_pig certain cents up for gas, pay double in taxes, it's really nothing great tbh. Independent contractor 1099 sucks. More money now, more money to give back when it's tax time.

@jazzfeline5970 Год назад

Never done Uber, but used to doordash quite a bit. It all came down to the area I was in. It's much more profitable in densely populated areas than the suburbs. I'd get some order requests that payed $3.50 to drive 20 miles round trip. Then the next order offer I'd get, $10 to only drive 4 miles. Doordash apparently gives first dibs on high paying deliveries to drivers with high order acceptance rates, but ironically the amount of low-paying orders you have to accept to maintain that >50% acceptance rate makes it not even worth it.

@guieguima Год назад

Heard on the podcast you were coming to Portugal, wish you came to Porto instead of Lisbon so I could talk to you :( Anyway hope you have a good time here! :)

@Max-zv8hm Год назад

This is the same person who called in to say he was doing meth under a bridge but now making 100k.

@LaurenOliviArt Год назад

Idk he kinda sounds different

@Max-zv8hm Год назад

@@LaurenOliviArt he’s not in a manic-depressive episode in this one. As far as I can glean. Reflects in his voice. Then again perhaps you’re right.

@skpdu3505 Год назад

Hi from Portugal, we do watch the Gecko in Portugal

@Zach-dc8ws Год назад

That last call about being competitive really didn’t sit right with me. Really just the way she was approaching the problem was way more “that’s just the way I am” than actually trying to curb and stop the action.

@igo0di Год назад

Wasn't she referring to her having ADHD

@bloody_bones5673 Год назад

I have been watching therapy gecko for a week, and already I can firmly say that I would be 100% comfortable if he ran for president in the suit and I would encourage everyone I know to vote for him.

@Scousewegian Год назад

Paying off debit is not a good reason to get out of bed, we don't live to work and pay off debit. Wake up to live your life and do what you love. Lifes too short!

@christophercarrillo4726 Год назад

I beg to differ

@Photik Год назад

Living paycheck to paycheck is real though

@AbuHajarAlBugatti Год назад

Background looks like Jerusalem. Maybe lebanon

@azyaUno2023 Год назад

hey! how do people in europe call in??

@torin8871 7 месяцев назад

Damn man these are such amazing stories. The first story at a few points made me laugh I hope thats not wrong haha, it sounds like my dude isn't doing to terribly great but I can relate a ton even if I'm not a driver.

@joselousy6544 Год назад

20:08 the drums go ham

@beanspoles Год назад

no boston tour? my heart will forever be broken lyle

@CorinthianIvory Год назад

25:24 I'm glad Lyle knows about the kids in Yemen

@Edgelordroxas Год назад

The thumbnail alone got me

@mf-ws3cj Год назад

My #1 favorite gecko!!!!!

@Bumpercat86 Год назад

Bro interviewed the modern day Taxi Driver.

@rachaelescober6000 Год назад

I think it’s also building intention, like it’s okay to go on twitter, but go in with the knowledge that it’s a chaotic thing to do and set aside time for more intentional present time.

@sparky.scott09 3 месяца назад

a driver from uber who also drives lyft told me if the ride is $10, he'll get $1 but for lyft he'll get like $7. this is in nj outside of nyc.

@Dogsrule777 6 месяцев назад

My work got super slow this last year so I started Ubering part time and it’s not too bad. You do make peanuts and the only way to make real money is to basically live in your car and do it for hours and hours a day… (which I don’t:) I just put in one ear bud and listen to podcasts and chew nicotine gum. In that way it’s fun and mindless. 🏁😌

@TurboJThomas Год назад

Wait til this guy finds r/sinkpissers and realizes there are literally dozens of him 😂

@maxraccoon3529 23 дня назад

As someone who did Uber and Lyft, he's right. The pay from either of them averages around 40% from what I gathered from my riders, except tips. And being in the car for so long to pay your bills can get exhausting mentally and you can easily end up gaining weight doing it. And there's definitely times and places you have to be to even remotely make it work. And Uber was much worse before. Years ago I had to argue with them for a few days about someone puking in my car. They tried claiming "we don't see anything". So I implored them to send someone out to smell my car and give me that statement again. They eventually gave it to me, but they definitely gave me a hard time about it

@Super_Broly Год назад

Oh man, the last caller is just like me but I'm a man. I just got a code of conduct warning from PSN for messaging a guy "lil dick energy 🤣🤣" after he went ghost on GTA and kept killing me before leaving the session.

@aristotlesimone4773 Год назад

"I dont know if its normal to pee in the KITCHEN sink"

@edgarohito4662 4 месяца назад

If you pay at $1200+ you def earned your right (still nasty Caucasity) . I hope he drinks enough water 😂

@petruspaulitius Год назад

He had positive plans, but then he got high.

@Parscuit Год назад

If the guy is remodeling his bathroom and has to pee in the sink, where the hell does he poop. Im gonna go crazy if Lyle doesn't ask him. Edit* thank God, he called the guy back, I'm so thankful

@thunderwerldd Год назад

What confused me was he seemed to have no urgency about installing a toilet in his home, like how long has this been going on, how long will it go on??

@Maryjolisa Год назад

Is this Morocco?

@PJ-gq1kh Год назад

I'm so lonely

@AbuHajarAlBugatti Год назад

Me two

@Photik Год назад

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti mewtwo

@nikitasidoryuk852 Год назад

Same wanna rope honestly

@BarabbasTheRedeemed Год назад

I am the loneliest man alive.

@name-ni3jc 6 месяцев назад

so i go to Chili's sometimes with my mom and sister. I have a round face and i have long hair so i already kinda look like a girl. I have a little facial hair so you can kinda tell im not, but chili's is dark; the second we walk in, its, " hello, ladies. Table for 3?" And then we sit down and as soon as the waiter sees im not a girl, i can PHYSICALLY SEE it in their eyes and it kinda becomes uncomfortable for me and them. The problem is they never address it again. I think that's kinda funny

@Krooling Год назад

Where's the Tim Heidecker one? can't find it.

@bigstepper4125 Год назад

I wished there was a way for people from other countries to call.

@capealio Год назад

why cant they

@marc4143 Год назад

You can, a caller from germany was on the show one time

@jrhntr Год назад

Blue screen babyyy

@foodforthesoul4936 Год назад

All his “meaning” comes from outside himself. I hope he can focus some positive energy inward and find meaning within himself

@meowieberry4905 Год назад

Nice copy paste

@mildred714 Год назад

If the riders are paying way out of ass. How does Uber prefer riders and treat them better? Sounds like a service that is screwing over their drivers and riders. As a rider for years I’ve heard negativity on both ends.

@lily1747 Год назад

im so curious about the hold music now

@earth-in-latin Год назад

It is a horrendous mental and emotional journey fueled by classic piano/orchestra stuffz- that was my vague drunken experience at least LOL

@juancorzo5081 Год назад

Are you coming to Spain Gecko guy?

@digger3578 Месяц назад

I left Twitter years ago. Then Facebook and instagram about a year ago. Just do it. It feels great. You can do it.

@SquidRain Год назад

WHY IS NO ONE COMMENTING ABOUT THE PISSING IN THE SINK

@aaroneye86 Год назад

Crazy world

@mygvmtnamepublicallyavailable Год назад

Always focus on your corner of the world-your cat, ect. Because you never know when life can take away everything you love :)

@P00py8UTT 3 месяца назад

The girl that’s a sore loser is me. I don’t play games with my boyfriend’s family at holidays for this reason lol. I always use the excuse I don’t know how to play the game but it’s really because I don’t want to embarrass him and myself LOL. I played uno with them once and that was enough.

@TheeRomantic Год назад

Sounds like my guy needs to quit the Uber job and get a salary driving job

@neilm4795 7 месяцев назад

Listening to them talk about Canadian money 🤦‍♂️. If you got $11 in bills, he handed you American dollars. We have $5, $10, $25, $50, $75 & $100 bills.

@Ellio123 Год назад

"Can I interest you in everything, all of the time?"

@Luffnin 5 месяцев назад

I always try to watch a minute to get him views

@RickyRacksOfficial Год назад

🌳

@francescagalfre9265 Год назад

Ti amo

@mistergreeen Год назад

NO POMEGRANATES

@noble137 Год назад

Lyle Forever forever.

@Photik Год назад

Forever and ever. Ever ever.

@Dyls_Wrld Год назад

Let me get on fridays stream

@richyket661 Год назад

Wait till they realise the commitment and work politics in an actual job can be just as soul crushing.

@Jo_Rogan Год назад

if youre renting and theres no toilet you should pee in the sink

@QuentinBOT Год назад

Need subtitlle bro

@Zeebo_Rowte 11 месяцев назад

geck 4 pres

@Notoromus Год назад

Dude I try not to judge so hard but HOW could you pee in the trash can??

@lavendersvenus 5 месяцев назад

love the uber driver lol

@writerartist6306 Год назад

The ADHD lady is like Jesse from Saved by the Bell on caffeine pills.

@coffeebreak4888 4 месяца назад

1st called forgot about taxes. So he gets 5

@Dollarsign420 Год назад

why is a renter remodeling the bathroom ^_--

@user-ye6hw5hw2i 8 месяцев назад

My rent is 1200 but water is free

@Fishofftheperc30 Год назад

2nd dude needs a big funnel

@Auynix Год назад

Thank God, not another 🥱 guest

@AbuHajarAlBugatti Год назад

1 guest for 1 hour is wayy too much. It should be 4-8 - depending on flow of the conversation. Atleast thats how its done in the german legendary Call in show Domian for 30 years now, led by Domian. Guy is a total legend and some of the callers went into history

@homebrewgraphics2384 5 месяцев назад

That ma’am shit is soooo wild when you have long hair. Being accidentally called a woman is disproportionately insulting to some peeps 🐎💀 also don’t get the weirdly apologetic tone from people. I took it as a compliment