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Title: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: Tugg Speedman on June 07, 2017, 06:37:13 AM


Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19565407/cb-shareece-wright-takes-550-mile-8-hour-uber-trip-chicago-voluntary-buffalo-bills-practice

Not wanting to miss a voluntary practice Monday, veteran Buffalo Bills cornerback Shareece Wright took about a 550-mile and over eight-hour Uber trip from Chicago's O'Hare Airport to the team's practice facility in Orchard Park, New York.

Wright later tweeted that the ride, which began Sunday night around 11 p.m., cost $632.08. One of Wright's representatives, Tamerat Berhe, tweeted that Wright also gave a $300 tip for a total cost of $932.08.
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: Galway Eagle on June 07, 2017, 07:13:47 AM
It's funny sure but then that driver is stuck there and has to spend loads of time and money getting back. Not to mention factoring in all missed opportunities during his trip back and subsequent recovery from driving 16hrs.
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: GGGG on June 07, 2017, 07:33:10 AM
It's funny sure but then that driver is stuck there and has to spend loads of time and money getting back. Not to mention factoring in all missed opportunities during his trip back and subsequent recovery from driving 16hrs.


He could have declined the trip.
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: swoopem on June 07, 2017, 07:37:08 AM
It's funny sure but then that driver is stuck there and has to spend loads of time and money getting back. Not to mention factoring in all missed opportunities during his trip back and subsequent recovery from driving 16hrs.

If the driver was worried about that he would have declined the trip.

Funny story, me and some MU friends were on spring break in LA in 2008 and while we were there MU got placed in Anaheim against Kentucky. After we won most of us went back to my friends sister's place in Santa Monica to celebrate, but one of my friends jumped in a cab and went to Vegas. If I recall it was about $400 for the trip. Dude was a wild man
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on June 07, 2017, 07:47:54 AM
Clearly packer fans are better than bill fans

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000813474/article/friendly-cheeseheads-give-davon-house-ride-to-otas%3fnetworkId=4595&site=.news&zone=story&zoneUrl=url%253Dstory&zoneKeys=s1%253Dstory&env=&pageKeyValues=prtnr%253Daround-the-league-u%253Bteam%253Dgb%253Bconf%253Dnfc%253Bdvsn%253Dncn%253Bplyr%253Ddavon_house&p.ct=End+Around&p.adsm=true&p.tcm=%2523000&p.bgc1m=%2523EAEAEA&sr=amp
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: Galway Eagle on June 07, 2017, 09:30:42 AM

He could have declined the trip.

It doesn't tell you destination anymore and you get a finite number of declines and each one of them severely effect your driver rating.

I was driving for Uber after college for a few months you'd be surprised how much Uber screws over drivers for places they don't want to go.
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: jsglow on June 07, 2017, 09:40:56 AM
Agreed Bags. Our son drove Uber for about a month prior to his FEMA gig. Not sure how I would have felt. At least the player gave him a nice tip raising the all in to over $930.
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: Tugg Speedman on June 07, 2017, 02:34:12 PM
It doesn't tell you destination anymore and you get a finite number of declines and each one of them severely effect your driver rating.

I was driving for Uber after college for a few months you'd be surprised how much Uber screws over drivers for places they don't want to go.

I was told by Uber drivers the reason the destination is hidden until after the passenger is int he car is that is to prevent discrimination ... otherwise, drivers would decline rides into minority neighborhoods.
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: GB Warrior on June 07, 2017, 04:09:55 PM
Clearly packer fans are better than bill fans

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000813474/article/friendly-cheeseheads-give-davon-house-ride-to-otas%3fnetworkId=4595&site=.news&zone=story&zoneUrl=url%253Dstory&zoneKeys=s1%253Dstory&env=&pageKeyValues=prtnr%253Daround-the-league-u%253Bteam%253Dgb%253Bconf%253Dnfc%253Bdvsn%253Dncn%253Bplyr%253Ddavon_house&p.ct=End+Around&p.adsm=true&p.tcm=%2523000&p.bgc1m=%2523EAEAEA&sr=amp

Yeah, but House didn't give them a cut of the $150k offseason workout bonus they helped him achieve.
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: jsglow on June 07, 2017, 04:29:40 PM
Yeah, but House didn't give them a cut of the $150k offseason workout bonus they helped him achieve.

House offered to pay them. They refused. He then insisted on at least gas money. And I suspect much Packers bling/courtesies are on the way.
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on June 07, 2017, 05:34:35 PM
Yeah, but House didn't give them a cut of the $150k offseason workout bonus they helped him achieve.

As Glow pointed out, he tried to pay them. He also did sign a bunch of stuff for them.
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: Galway Eagle on June 08, 2017, 07:13:48 AM
I was told by Uber drivers the reason the destination is hidden until after the passenger is int he car is that is to prevent discrimination ... otherwise, drivers would decline rides into minority neighborhoods.

Probably true. I only know that you have to pick someone up to find out where they're going.
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: Herman Cain on June 15, 2017, 11:36:04 AM

Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19565407/cb-shareece-wright-takes-550-mile-8-hour-uber-trip-chicago-voluntary-buffalo-bills-practice

Not wanting to miss a voluntary practice Monday, veteran Buffalo Bills cornerback Shareece Wright took about a 550-mile and over eight-hour Uber trip from Chicago's O'Hare Airport to the team's practice facility in Orchard Park, New York.

Wright later tweeted that the ride, which began Sunday night around 11 p.m., cost $632.08. One of Wright's representatives, Tamerat Berhe, tweeted that Wright also gave a $300 tip for a total cost of $932.08.
I took an Uber from Ohare to St Louis once, it was the guys first day working for Uber so he was pretty excited .
Title: Re: Shareece Wright takes 8-hour Uber trip from Chicago for voluntary Bills practice
Post by: #UnleashSean on June 15, 2017, 04:57:45 PM
I was told by Uber drivers the reason the destination is hidden until after the passenger is int he car is that is to prevent discrimination ... otherwise, drivers would decline rides into minority neighborhoods.

I see nothing wrong with that. If it was 3am and I got a destination in Englewood I am sure as crap declining it