Heard stories of people ubering their kids to and from school. If i had kids that would be me. Well it is me now with my parents. Neither can drive long distances any more and I trained my mom how to use uber on her phone but she lost her phone. Tried to download uber onto my dad’s iphone last night and he could not remember his “Apple ID” so I set the alarm for 9:30 AM (way early for me) and program the uber to pick them up at their house, call and explain where they should wait and then watch the little car on the map on my phone go pick them up and now it is driving them to Santa Monica for their scheduled doctor’s appointment.
But then the little car turns and heads away form their route. I watch, first with interest and then with trepidation. Maybe there is a major traffic issue they are avoiding. I look at the sigalert website – nope – the route they should be taking is all clear. Slight panic I call my dad to ask how it is going. He recalled that they had changed the appointment ot Century City but has not recollection at all as to where or even the name of the doctor to look it up.
My parents were disappointed in me more often than not throughout my childhood, at least it always felt that way, and now they seem to be returning the favor.