[D-River]

I did a huge weekend, and am shattered.

I now know how those that pull 2k a week must feel.....

I don’t know how you do it!!!

 

[ANTe]

I did a huge weekend, and am shattered.

I now know how those that pull 2k a week must feel.....

I don't know how you do it!!!

Thought you were full time, therefore qualify as being an ice ant?
How many DiDi trips did you complete this week by the way?
Did you join Neil in the middle to become our forum's other resident DiDi Platinum Ant?

 

[D-River]

Thought you were full time, therefore qualify as being an ice ant?
How many DiDi trips did you complete this week by the way?
Did you join Neil in the middle to become our forum's other resident DiDi Platinum Ant?

Ahhhh. I thought an Ice ant was someone that worked 80 hours a week or something ridiculous.

Not this week. Hit the 30 trips.

Not doing 80 trips at 19%

Next week is my challenge. Any wagers?

 

[ANTe]

Ahhhh. I thought an Ice ant was someone that worked 80 hours a week or something ridiculous.

Not this week. Hit the 30 trips.

Not doing 80 trips at 19%

Next week is my challenge. Any wagers?

I'll pass.
I'm sure Neil would be more than happy to take up a wager with you on the challenge, though.

 

[ghrdrd]

I did a huge weekend, and am shattered.

I now know how those that pull 2k a week must feel.....

I don't know how you do it!!!

What's your stats for the week - hrs worked, $ gross, # trips?

Ice Ant is indeed someone pushing 70-80 hrs, eyes glazed over, 1 yawn away from falling asleep, 600mL Mother in the cup holder, grossing $2k+, posting on UP daily about mega corns and Peninsula runs. Ice Ant would also be right of centre, perhaps far right in their views - unlikely tofu munching soy boys have the nuts needed to reach Ice Ant status.

Ice Anting not a bad idea for the next 2-3 weeks before the virus community spreads and rideshare dies a quick death.

 

[yogi bear]

I did a huge weekend, and am shattered.

I now know how those that pull 2k a week must feel.....

I don't know how you do it!!!

hint, the clue is in the OP title..

 

[Kick poor Ant in guts]

Ahhhh. I thought an Ice ant was someone that worked 80 hours a week or something ridiculous.

Not this week. Hit the 30 trips.

Not doing 80 trips at 19%

Next week is my challenge. Any wagers?

Watch out for the $$$ vortex - as long as you look after yourself you can do 80 hours a week but your time management will have to be next level and have a serious fitness regime including elite dietary management. For about 5 weeks straight in 1992, I drove a taxi 12 hours a day and only had a handful of days off. Week 6 I was in hospital. Be careful dude. I wasn't. And I paid for it. For years I blamed my taxi owner but I was an adult and I now accept what I did was my poor judgment. All the $$$ I earned in that 5 week period were used up in my recuperation.

 

[D-River]

Watch out for the $$$ vortex - as long as you look after yourself you can do 80 hours a week but your time management will have to be next level and have a serious fitness regime including elite dietary management. For about 5 weeks straight in 1992, I drove a taxi 12 hours a day and only had a handful of days off. Week 6 I was in hospital. Be careful dude. I wasn't. And I paid for it. For years I blamed my taxi owner but I was an adult and I now accept what I did was my poor judgment. All the $$$ I earned in that 5 week period were used up in my recuperation.

3 long days was enough for me. Having the day of today 😀

 

[The Source]

I did a huge weekend, and am shattered.

I now know how those that pull 2k a week must feel.....

I don't know how you do it!!!

When I was new to this forum and first heard the term ice ant I thought it was a reference to ants who drive around the clock and get on the sweet puff to stay awake.

 

[Subaru_X]

When I was new to this forum and first heard the term ice ant I thought it was a reference to ants who drive around the clock and get on the sweet puff to stay awake.

That is what it means, although actually taking ice wouldn't be sustainable.

Working 12 hours per day, 7 days a week equals 84 hours. It can be done but as mentioned above, stimulants, fitness and great discipline are required. Even then, exhaustion can result in a health crisis. Aside from that, probability of a car accident skyrockets.

For the ice ant, 2 grand is poor effort. He aims for up to $3000 per week.

 

[clmre]

Working 12 hours per day, 7 days a week equals 84 hours. It can be done but as mentioned above, stimulants, fitness and great discipline are required. Even then, exhaustion can result in a health crisis. Aside from that, probability of a car accident skyrockets.

I could manage for 3 weeks probably. Any more and would rather eat a bullet from my Makarov

 

[Inner_west]

Careful with the meth, drug bus can detect that and if in accident your insurance will be void, charges laid so on.

For the 12 hours I break it into 4 hour chunks with power naps and light cardio.

Keep shift all AM or PM. Switching between night and day shifts will increase fatigue levels.
Also watch blood sugar levels, high carbs will knock you out.

Schedule dedicated days off.

Welcome to shift work now you can share stories with health care industry and others

 

[Kick poor Ant in guts]

Everyone in Frankston fires up the glass BBQ and gets their crack on
Ice and being a rideshare driver - they could replace the star rating system stars with glass BBQs - you drive with a big cucumber sandwich grin, you get 5 glass BBQs

3 long days was enough for me. Having the day of today 😀

D, are you ok?

3 long days was enough for me. Having the day of today 😀

Most of that 5 weeks I was high. Crazy past life behaviour 30 years ago. But geez that 90s black putty was a great smoke

 

[zanboor]

I did a huge weekend, and am shattered.

I now know how those that pull 2k a week must feel.....

I don't know how you do it!!!

I could drive for hours and hours with no issues, it's just that idle time (waiting for pings) that wears me out

 

[kneel_right]

Everyone in Frankston fires up the glass BBQ and gets their crack on
Ice and being a rideshare driver - they could replace the star rating system stars with glass BBQs - you drive with a big cucumber sandwich grin, you get 5 glass BBQs

When it comes to meth, Frankston still pales in comparison to Altona - aka Melbourne's meth capital.

While on topic regarding meth - a pax once offered to shout me a puff as a tip, he even went to pass me the pipe and lighter - I was working the night shift and he said "have some of this, it'll help you stay awake and not fall asleep since you're working late, it's my shout as a tip for giving me a lift bro".

 

[Immoralized]

I did a huge weekend, and am shattered.

I now know how those that pull 2k a week must feel.....

I don't know how you do it!!!

It like running a marathon. You train up to it as you'll probably just die if you try to do under 3 hours without training.
A lot of those drivers do 40 hours first then 50 then 60 and after that consistently in the 70 to 80 hours. Have to be both physically & mentally fit to be behind the wheel that long on a consistent bases. "Or be an Indian/African"

When I was testing myself in doing those long FT hours 50-60 hour at the start of doing rideshare. It wasn't so much the driving that was draining. It was the hospitality aspect of it with 1 in 5 riders expecting limo treatment on Uberx rates that was I have to say the hardest part of the job. My average hours work out under 30 hours pw now days :redface: "over the course of the year"

I've sat next to drivers that does 70-84 hours on Uber and done another 20-30 hours on Ola. Usually they are ex taxi drivers from the country they are from and this is a cake walk to what they did then which probably doing 48-72 hours straight shift before passing that car to the other guy.

 

[clmre]

Have to be both physically & mentally fit to be behind the wheel that long on a consistent bases. "Or be an Indian/African"

I think more of the second part...one needs to have real desperation in his life to go on for prolonged periods of times taking those never ending brain numbing trips on and on :frown: forget exercise or any form of self development, that schedule barely allows few hours of miserable non REM sleep every now and then pretty desperately pathetic existence

 

[Immoralized]

I think more of the second part...one needs to have real desperation in his life to go on for prolonged periods of times taking those never ending brain numbing trips on and on :frown: forget exercise or any form of self development, that schedule barely allows few hours of miserable non REM sleep every now and then pretty desperately pathetic existence

It all about budgeting ones time in a 24 hour clock cycle. 12 hour driving + 6 hours sleep = 18 hours. An hour training/eating and another hour running errands or whatever still leaves around 4-5 hours of time for personnel development or entertainment. "Sometimes people can cut down their sleep to no more then 4-5 hours per day. Have to be pretty fit with an excellent diet or face burnout."

The goal is to do it for 1-2 years until the next thing is up and running and you can focus and pour that time into that as rarely "even the indians/africans" look towards driving no longer then 3 years FT like that.

 

[D-River]

Everyone in Frankston fires up the glass BBQ and gets their crack on
Ice and being a rideshare driver - they could replace the star rating system stars with glass BBQs - you drive with a big cucumber sandwich grin, you get 5 glass BBQs


D, are you ok?


Most of that 5 weeks I was high. Crazy past life behaviour 30 years ago. But geez that 90s black putty was a great smoke

Yep all good. Just woke up.

As I said don't know how people can do it for a week or more

 

[Inner_west]

Yep all good. Just woke up.

As I said don't know how people can do it for a week or more

Being able to keep the lights on is a big motervator