Uber Driver Offers Free Rides In Silicon Valley
I am an Uber driver in the Bay Area and I am offering free rides to government employees during the shut down. If you live in Scott valley, Santa Cruz, Capitola, Soquel, Aptos ,Freedom, Watsonville please Just gives me a Call at (8319008444) and I will pick you up for free.
— Khaled W Moslimany (@kwm009) January 18, 2019
Another Freebie for the Furloughed, for those with automotive interests, is free admission at the Simone museum in Philadelphia ( https://www.simeonemuseum.org/ ). Bring up to three guests, and your Govt ID.
Both gestures are to be appreciated; here’s someone giving in the only way available to him.
Were I nervous about the mortgage I am pretty sure a museum would be insufficiently distracting.
Oh, I quite agree. But some of my ex-coworkers just need some distraction. And that somebody GAS….
There are a number of stories like this, and not just in the United States. Canadian air traffic controllers have been ordering a large number of pizzas delivered to their colleagues south of the border (or west; I think it started with the ATCs in Yellowknife, for those in Anchorage.)