February 26, 2025 • 8 mins
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In Ep.2 of RideShare RoadTalk we engage in conversation with a recently fired government worker and discuss the current political climate, drunk women with sleep apnea, dual citizenship and driving in Cairo...(and the dog?). Let's drive!
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Welcome to another episode of Rideshare Road Talk
Conversations in Motion, apodcast where we create
unfiltered talk space thatexamines the meaningful lives of
my passengers, while engagingin personal and topical
discussions.
I'm your host and driver, JohnFondas, and we're cruising the
streets of Washington DC.
Buckle up, let's drive.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
You have no idea what I just dealt with.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Oh, what to get over here?
Speaker 1 (00:39):
No the person I drove .
Oh, my God.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
Glad it's over the person Idrove.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Oh my God, oh my gosh .
I'm so sorry to hear that.
Glad it's over.
It is over but it's this oh myGod, just complicated, hammered,
oh gosh, already so early.
I don't discriminate at all.
300 pounds from Wyoming, ohLady hammered, couldn't.
Even I thought she was going todie in my backseat, oh no, wow,
(01:06):
like sleep apnea, like she wasstopping breathing.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Oh my God, that is really scary.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Like four red lights and I was like I just don't
freaking care, I'll have toexplain that in court.
Yeah, literally.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Right, cause at this point you don't even know like
what the heck's going on.
I, I, literally started doingthis as a goof.
I love engaging with people andsome people don't even know
like what the heck's going on.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
I literally started doing this as a goof.
I love engaging with people andsome people don't want to talk,
right, I get it, but more oftenthan not, people are just
fascinating.
Everyone's got a great story.
There's hardships and successstories, and right now, people
are really tripping out aboutthings in DC, right, oh, yeah, I
(01:45):
know how about that.
I've driven a few people whohad gotten laid off, like from
DOJ or like career attorneys.
Yeah, I got laid off too.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yeah, it was, but because I work, for a DEI
consulting firm and so a lot ofour contracts were directly with
the government agencies.
Contracts were directly withthe government um agency.
So right before elections evenstarted, like everything started
tapering off because I guessthe uncertainty and they budget
for these things.
So, yeah, it was like aroundaugust for me and then everyone
(02:20):
now fast forward to february,everyone back in August.
Huh.
Yeah right before the elections.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Well, I'm sorry to hear that.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah, it's been pretty tough.
I mean, I got a job onbartending to kind of hold me
over.
Yeah, for sure To be inmovement doing something and
then, yeah, hopefully findsomething.
But, yeah, it's so multifaceted, so it's very interesting.
(02:49):
You're from DC originally.
Well, yeah, I'm from SilverSpring, okay, but I've lived in
DC for 14 years now.
Yeah, that qualifies, yeah yeah,and so it's quite interesting
because always we've always kindof been able to say oh well,
we're protected, you know, we'rein a bubble because we are
(03:11):
government, and it's quiteinteresting that that's not true
anymore, right.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Yeah, I mean, you're absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
That used to be like the stability of working for the
federal government, or evenbeing in this area, I felt like,
because, unlike other states inthe US that you know are facing
also unemployment and things ofthat nature, we always have
(03:41):
federal governments downtown,federal governments downtown, so
you know there's alwaysbusiness or there's always
something happening, and nowthat they're literally just
slashing everyone's jobs yeahthat's.
That's very interesting to see.
It's again, I feel like I'mlike.
I'm like having like moments ofdisillusion within the country,
(04:07):
the government, the direction.
If we're the greatest, weshould be investing in
infrastructure, intransportation, we should be in
all aspects of transportation.
Amtrak sucks.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Compared to Europe.
Oh, my God.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
The Eurostar Amazing.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Get a Europass and off you go here.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
It's like what yeah, it's so crazy expensive for like
basic quality.
It's not like we're riding inluxury or all the trains are
asilas and they're super fast.
I mean, literally, the people ofla and san francisco booed our
new transportation directorbecause he was talking about how
.
I mean, literally, the peopleof LA and San Francisco booed
our new transportation directorbecause he was talking about how
(04:48):
they're going to be cancelingthat.
It's like that makes peoplelives easier.
That's the goal.
They should be helping us makeour lives easier, easier to
commute to work, easier to makemoney for everyone, not harder.
Let's move to Greece.
Yeah, shoot, greece looksfabulous.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
I think I'm entitled to dual citizenship.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
I think yeah, you should look into that With my
dad through dissent.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I think it only doesn't cost that much either.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
No, I'm actually in a process of doing that with my
Colombian citizenship.
Because, like you said, youknow it's why not, in case
something was to happen oryou're actually ready to say you
know what I'm out of here.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Extended stay.
I don't know what Columbia islike, but I know Greece has a
basic level of universal healthcare.
Yeah, no Columbia.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Columbia too.
Yeah, I literally was justthere and like went to all these
different appointments and likechecked all of those things off
my list for this year and likechecked all of those things off
my list for this year and it waslike I think I spent like under
like 300 oh wow and I went tolike three different doctors.
Wow, yeah, I was quite like Iwas loving that.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
I'm like, yes, what a shocker that's not supposed to
be right, are you?
Speaker 2 (06:04):
yeah, most of them oh wow, what did this guy you?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
know it's the wild west sometimes.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Yes, it is Out in Colombia, the driving is also
very wild west.
I drove in Cairo once oh mygosh, it was so much fun, was it
?
Oh my God, I would be so scaredit's like 15 million people.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
It's like just chaos.
But it just works right.
It's like that in columbia, buthave to play offense.
Yeah, there's no insurance.
Oh sorry, your bumper came off,bro, good luck and you just
keep going.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
In columbia there's a lot of like um motorcycles and
scooters, so you have to be likesuper careful because I'm like
I would probably end up likebumping them, and not like on
purpose, but the way that they,like you know, weave in and out
and cuz, it's again like norules.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
I think bumping is allowed.
Yeah right, it's okay, that istrue well, with all the silly
talk we've had, I hope you guyshave a nice evening and think,
have a good meal and yes, that'swhat I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I'm having a good meal gonna.
Yes, that's what I'm lookingforward to.
I'm having a good meal.
I'm going to hang out with myboyfriend.
Good, we'll probably talk somemore of this.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
There you go.
Well, have a drink for me Iknow right, yes you can talk.
We're going to avoid thisbecause I don't want to jam you
up.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
I'm going to you can do all of that.
That just for you.
No, you're awesome, because Icould literally just pop out
right here.
Be careful getting out.
Thank you so much, lovelyevening yes, thank you, such a
(07:40):
pleasure bye, take care bye.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Oh, you had a dog.
Wait, you had a dog the wholetime.
How did I not know that she's agood girl?
Jesus had a fucking dog thewhole time.
Welcome to another episode of Rideshare Road Talk
Conversations in Motion, apodcast where we create
unfiltered talk space thatexamines the meaningful lives of
my passengers, while engagingin personal and topical
discussions.
I'm your host and driver, JohnFondas, and we're cruising the
streets of Washington DC.
Buckle up, let's drive.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
You have no idea what I just dealt with.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Oh, what to get over here?
Speaker 1 (00:39):
No the person I drove .
Oh, my God.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
Glad it's over the person Idrove.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Oh my God, oh my gosh .
I'm so sorry to hear that.
Glad it's over.
It is over but it's this oh myGod, just complicated, hammered,
oh gosh, already so early.
I don't discriminate at all.
300 pounds from Wyoming, ohLady hammered, couldn't.
Even I thought she was going todie in my backseat, oh no, wow,
(01:06):
like sleep apnea, like she wasstopping breathing.
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Oh my God, that is really scary.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
Like four red lights and I was like I just don't
freaking care, I'll have toexplain that in court.
Yeah, literally.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Right, cause at this point you don't even know like
what the heck's going on.
I, I, literally started doingthis as a goof.
I love engaging with people andsome people don't even know
like what the heck's going on.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
I literally started doing this as a goof.
I love engaging with people andsome people don't want to talk,
right, I get it, but more oftenthan not, people are just
fascinating.
Everyone's got a great story.
There's hardships and successstories, and right now, people
are really tripping out aboutthings in DC, right, oh, yeah, I
(01:45):
know how about that.
I've driven a few people whohad gotten laid off, like from
DOJ or like career attorneys.
Yeah, I got laid off too.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yeah, it was, but because I work, for a DEI
consulting firm and so a lot ofour contracts were directly with
the government agencies.
Contracts were directly withthe government um agency.
So right before elections evenstarted, like everything started
tapering off because I guessthe uncertainty and they budget
for these things.
So, yeah, it was like aroundaugust for me and then everyone
(02:20):
now fast forward to february,everyone back in August.
Huh.
Yeah right before the elections.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Well, I'm sorry to hear that.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Yeah, it's been pretty tough.
I mean, I got a job onbartending to kind of hold me
over.
Yeah, for sure To be inmovement doing something and
then, yeah, hopefully findsomething.
But, yeah, it's so multifaceted, so it's very interesting.
(02:49):
You're from DC originally.
Well, yeah, I'm from SilverSpring, okay, but I've lived in
DC for 14 years now.
Yeah, that qualifies, yeah yeah,and so it's quite interesting
because always we've always kindof been able to say oh well,
we're protected, you know, we'rein a bubble because we are
(03:11):
government, and it's quiteinteresting that that's not true
anymore, right.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Yeah, I mean, you're absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
That used to be like the stability of working for the
federal government, or evenbeing in this area, I felt like,
because, unlike other states inthe US that you know are facing
also unemployment and things ofthat nature, we always have
(03:41):
federal governments downtown,federal governments downtown, so
you know there's alwaysbusiness or there's always
something happening, and nowthat they're literally just
slashing everyone's jobs yeahthat's.
That's very interesting to see.
It's again, I feel like I'mlike.
I'm like having like moments ofdisillusion within the country,
(04:07):
the government, the direction.
If we're the greatest, weshould be investing in
infrastructure, intransportation, we should be in
all aspects of transportation.
Amtrak sucks.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Compared to Europe.
Oh, my God.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
The Eurostar Amazing.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Get a Europass and off you go here.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
It's like what yeah, it's so crazy expensive for like
basic quality.
It's not like we're riding inluxury or all the trains are
asilas and they're super fast.
I mean, literally, the people ofla and san francisco booed our
new transportation directorbecause he was talking about how
.
I mean, literally, the peopleof LA and San Francisco booed
our new transportation directorbecause he was talking about how
(04:48):
they're going to be cancelingthat.
It's like that makes peoplelives easier.
That's the goal.
They should be helping us makeour lives easier, easier to
commute to work, easier to makemoney for everyone, not harder.
Let's move to Greece.
Yeah, shoot, greece looksfabulous.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
I think I'm entitled to dual citizenship.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
I think yeah, you should look into that With my
dad through dissent.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
I think it only doesn't cost that much either.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
No, I'm actually in a process of doing that with my
Colombian citizenship.
Because, like you said, youknow it's why not, in case
something was to happen oryou're actually ready to say you
know what I'm out of here.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Extended stay.
I don't know what Columbia islike, but I know Greece has a
basic level of universal healthcare.
Yeah, no Columbia.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Columbia too.
Yeah, I literally was justthere and like went to all these
different appointments and likechecked all of those things off
my list for this year and likechecked all of those things off
my list for this year and it waslike I think I spent like under
like 300 oh wow and I went tolike three different doctors.
Wow, yeah, I was quite like Iwas loving that.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
I'm like, yes, what a shocker that's not supposed to
be right, are you?
Speaker 2 (06:04):
yeah, most of them oh wow, what did this guy you?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
know it's the wild west sometimes.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Yes, it is Out in Colombia, the driving is also
very wild west.
I drove in Cairo once oh mygosh, it was so much fun, was it
?
Oh my God, I would be so scaredit's like 15 million people.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
It's like just chaos.
But it just works right.
It's like that in columbia, buthave to play offense.
Yeah, there's no insurance.
Oh sorry, your bumper came off,bro, good luck and you just
keep going.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
In columbia there's a lot of like um motorcycles and
scooters, so you have to be likesuper careful because I'm like
I would probably end up likebumping them, and not like on
purpose, but the way that they,like you know, weave in and out
and cuz, it's again like norules.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
I think bumping is allowed.
Yeah right, it's okay, that istrue well, with all the silly
talk we've had, I hope you guyshave a nice evening and think,
have a good meal and yes, that'swhat I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I'm having a good meal gonna.
Yes, that's what I'm lookingforward to.
I'm having a good meal.
I'm going to hang out with myboyfriend.
Good, we'll probably talk somemore of this.
Speaker 1 (07:14):
There you go.
Well, have a drink for me Iknow right, yes you can talk.
We're going to avoid thisbecause I don't want to jam you
up.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
I'm going to you can do all of that.
That just for you.
No, you're awesome, because Icould literally just pop out
right here.
Be careful getting out.
Thank you so much, lovelyevening yes, thank you, such a
(07:40):
pleasure bye, take care bye.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Oh, you had a dog.
Wait, you had a dog the wholetime.
How did I not know that she's agood girl?
Jesus had a fucking dog thewhole time.
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