Payment/ride summary: July 11-17

Woot, pay day! I was online 14.82 hours last week, completed 44 trips, and got all 5 stars, supposedly. Total earnings were $279.70. That said, my rating actually went down and then up during the week - I have 5 4-star ratings now, instead of my old 4, which briefly brought me down to 4.93, but now I'm back up and higher at 4.95, yay!

Interesting conversation of the week award goes to the law student I had on an UberPOOL ride, who is planning to go into youth offender public defense - an extremely noble plan. He apparently helped with a bill that is/was before the Massachusetts Senate (having already passed the house) to allow youth records to be expunged at age 18, rather than the current 3 year waiting period to age 21 (I may be oversimplifying, this was a short conversation). I was horrified to hear that just being picked up by the police, even if you're never charged or even see the inside of a jail cell, can be on someone's record until three years AFTER they turn 18, and even then, expunging isn't automatic. During that time they'll potentially have to disclose that record and lose out on job opportunities, scholarships, etc. It's no wonder we have a youth crime problem when the system closes off legitimate routes for youth who may not have even done anything wrong.

Anyway, off my soapbox, that's it for this week. I should be getting approved for Lyft soon once my background check completes, and then I'll have more fun things to talk about! :)