🚗 Uberful Life Segment 4: From Driver to Author – The Bartender in the Car 📖
Most people view an Uber ride as “just a trip”, a transactional checkbox to be completed.
But for Robert Field behind Uberful Life,
the car becomes a confessional booth!
He describes himself as a “conversationalist” and the “bartender in the car”.
Many passengers see the driver as someone they can share something with, often needing to get things off their chest because they don’t feel comfortable sharing in their own world or surroundings.
While many drivers might shut down these intimate moments,
the Uberful Life driver starts doing the “magic,”
delving into a passenger’s brain and turning a simple comment (like Newark Airport being a mess) into a conversation of significance.
This is how he learns people’s stories.
The Birth of the Book:
* Sharing on Social Media: The book, Uberful Life, originated because the driver started hearing these compelling stories and posting them on Facebook.
* Encouragement: His friends appreciated the posts and told him, “you should write a book”.
* Double Duty: The material is also incorporated into his comedy as material and crowd work, allowing him to lay down jokes for his passengers.
By engaging in these conversations and sharing them with the world, the driver has become “all Uberful”.
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