Template Conversation

There is a template for conversations in ride sharing. Everyone seems to know. The most common questions I get are:

1. Oh my god, how can you drive a stick in San Francisco?
2. How long have you been a driver?
3. Do you like driving?

There are times when these starter prompts lead to interesting things. There are other times when these are the only questions people can come up with and the rest is silence.

The more interesting question for me is, why do people in ride share situations feel the need to chat? Do you chat with the taxi driver normally? Truly the situation is kind of awkward. A rider taps the phone and a completely random person arrives in their car to take them for a ride. 

#awkwardnessofthefirstworld