RideShare RoadTalk: Conversations In Motion
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RideShare RoadTalk: Conversations In Motion
You Had A Dog?
In Ep.2 of RideShare RoadTalk we engage in conversation with a recently fired government worker and discuss the current political climate, drunk women with sleep apnea, dual citizenship and driving in Cairo...(and the dog?). Let's drive!
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Welcome to another episode of Rideshare Road Talk Conversations in Motion, a podcast where we create unfiltered talk space that examines the meaningful lives of my passengers, while engaging in personal and topical discussions. I'm your host and driver, John Fondas, and we're cruising the streets of Washington DC. Buckle up, let's drive.
Speaker 2:Appreciate you.
Speaker 1:You have no idea what I just dealt with.
Speaker 2:Oh, what to get over here?
Speaker 1:No the person I drove. Oh, my God.
Speaker 2:Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Glad it's over the person I drove.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, oh my gosh. I'm so sorry to hear that. Glad it's over. It is over but it's this oh my God, just complicated, hammered, oh gosh, already so early. I don't discriminate at all. 300 pounds from Wyoming, oh Lady hammered, couldn't. Even I thought she was going to die in my backseat, oh no, wow, like sleep apnea, like she was stopping breathing.
Speaker 2:Oh my God, that is really scary.
Speaker 1:Like four red lights and I was like I just don't freaking care, I'll have to explain that in court. Yeah, literally.
Speaker 2:Right, cause at this point you don't even know like what the heck's going on. I, I, literally started doing this as a goof. I love engaging with people and some people don't even know like what the heck's going on.
Speaker 1:I literally started doing this as a goof. I love engaging with people and some people don't want to talk, right, I get it, but more often than not, people are just fascinating. Everyone's got a great story. There's hardships and success stories, and right now, people are really tripping out about things in DC, right, oh, yeah, I know how about that. I've driven a few people who had gotten laid off, like from DOJ or like career attorneys. Yeah, I got laid off too. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was, but because I work, for a DEI consulting firm and so a lot of our contracts were directly with the government agencies. Contracts were directly with the government um agency. So right before elections even started, like everything started tapering off because I guess the uncertainty and they budget for these things. So, yeah, it was like around august for me and then everyone now fast forward to february, everyone back in August. Huh. Yeah right before the elections.
Speaker 1:Well, I'm sorry to hear that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's been pretty tough. I mean, I got a job on bartending to kind of hold me over. Yeah, for sure To be in movement doing something and then, yeah, hopefully find something. But, yeah, it's so multifaceted, so it's very interesting. You're from DC originally. Well, yeah, I'm from Silver Spring, okay, but I've lived in DC for 14 years now.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that qualifies, yeah yeah, and so it's quite interesting because always we've always kind of been able to say oh well, we're protected, you know, we're in a bubble because we are government, and it's quite interesting that that's not true anymore, right.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, you're absolutely right.
Speaker 2:That used to be like the stability of working for the federal government, or even being in this area, I felt like, because, unlike other states in the US that you know are facing also unemployment and things of that nature, we always have federal governments downtown, federal governments downtown, so you know there's always business or there's always something happening, and now that they're literally just slashing everyone's jobs yeah that's.
Speaker 2:That's very interesting to see. It's again, I feel like I'm like. I'm like having like moments of disillusion within the country, the government, the direction. If we're the greatest, we should be investing in infrastructure, in transportation, we should be in all aspects of transportation. Amtrak sucks.
Speaker 1:Compared to Europe. Oh, my God.
Speaker 2:The Eurostar Amazing.
Speaker 1:Get a Europass and off you go here.
Speaker 2:It's like what yeah, it's so crazy expensive for like basic quality. It's not like we're riding in luxury or all the trains are asilas and they're super fast.
Speaker 2:I mean, literally, the people of la and san francisco booed our new transportation director because he was talking about how. I mean, literally, the people of LA and San Francisco booed our new transportation director because he was talking about how they're going to be canceling that. It's like that makes people lives easier. That's the goal. They should be helping us make our lives easier, easier to commute to work, easier to make money for everyone, not harder. Let's move to Greece. Yeah, shoot, greece looks fabulous.
Speaker 1:I think I'm entitled to dual citizenship.
Speaker 2:I think yeah, you should look into that With my dad through dissent.
Speaker 1:I think it only doesn't cost that much either.
Speaker 2:No, I'm actually in a process of doing that with my Colombian citizenship. Because, like you said, you know it's why not, in case something was to happen or you're actually ready to say you know what I'm out of here.
Speaker 1:Extended stay. I don't know what Columbia is like, but I know Greece has a basic level of universal health care. Yeah, no Columbia.
Speaker 2:Columbia too. Yeah, I literally was just there and like went to all these different appointments and like checked all of those things off my list for this year and like checked all of those things off my list for this year and it was like I think I spent like under like 300 oh wow and I went to like three different doctors. Wow, yeah, I was quite like I was loving that.
Speaker 1:I'm like, yes, what a shocker that's not supposed to be right, are you?
Speaker 2:yeah, most of them oh wow, what did this guy you?
Speaker 1:know it's the wild west sometimes.
Speaker 2:Yes, it is Out in Colombia, the driving is also very wild west. I drove in Cairo once oh my gosh, it was so much fun, was it? Oh my God, I would be so scared it's like 15 million people.
Speaker 1:It's like just chaos. But it just works right. It's like that in columbia, but have to play offense. Yeah, there's no insurance. Oh sorry, your bumper came off, bro, good luck and you just keep going.
Speaker 2:In columbia there's a lot of like um motorcycles and scooters, so you have to be like super careful because I'm like I would probably end up like bumping them, and not like on purpose, but the way that they, like you know, weave in and out and cuz, it's again like no rules.
Speaker 1:I think bumping is allowed. Yeah right, it's okay, that is true well, with all the silly talk we've had, I hope you guys have a nice evening and think, have a good meal and yes, that's what I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 2:I'm having a good meal gonna. Yes, that's what I'm looking forward to. I'm having a good meal. I'm going to hang out with my boyfriend. Good, we'll probably talk some more of this.
Speaker 1:There you go. Well, have a drink for me I know right, yes you can talk. We're going to avoid this because I don't want to jam you up.
Speaker 2:I'm going to you can do all of that. That just for you. No, you're awesome, because I could literally just pop out right here. Be careful getting out. Thank you so much, lovely evening yes, thank you, such a pleasure bye, take care bye.
Speaker 1:Oh, you had a dog. Wait, you had a dog the whole time. How did I not know that she's a good girl? Jesus had a fucking dog the whole time.
