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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy experience today made me very sad about the state of our country.
In Fort Worth today, I used Lyft four times. Four different drivers. Two AA women, one white man, one white woman.
I like to chat, so I engaged each driver, and asked them all them same question:
"Do you follow politics?" NOT ONE OF THEM SAID YES.
One of the women asked "Why, what is going on?"
The man said he was an IT guy, and Lyft was a second job, but I could tell from his tone of voice and the things he said told me he was a Conservative.
I thought when I finally got home, "This is really pathetic."
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)A lot of the time I'd rather not.
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)definitely side step any question about politics now. Too easy to blow a tip.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)in a situation when you're doing business of any kind with a client or customer whom you don't know.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)for fucks sake this is different.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)Very much different in the Bay Area.
SweetieD
(1,660 posts)And I'm an AA woman.
HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)I cant begin to imagine striking up a conversation about politics with strangers.
ecstatic
(32,731 posts)which I found kind of interesting... Might want to look into that with so many random travelers needing a ride from the airport!
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)DFW Metro area. It is incredibly disheartening.
It has been this way for a very long time.
We've been involved since 2001 and it has only gotten worse, not better. It is very sad.
rainin
(3,011 posts)That's my way of saying I don't want to talk politics with "you". I've had enough experiences listening to people who think they're experts spout opinions I'm not interested in to know to avoid any conversation about politics with a stranger
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)in a conversation about politics in this explosive political environment when part of my livelihood depended up the goodwill of people I'm ferrying around.