Huge shoutout to the Uber angel at Clemson

I live in Georgia, not far away from Clemson, so I had to be at this game. I stayed in Seneca, about 15-20 minutes away, at the same place as another TD poster I met up with, LSUguy2023. Since we weren't that far away, our plan was to Uber back and forth between Seneca and Clemson, which worked fine on Friday afternoon/night, and Saturday morning.

On gameday, we walked around campus a bit, but mainly hung out at TD's and Tiger Town Tavern, watching other games there. Clemson fans were welcoming, and are really looking forward to the return trip next year. Then it was game time, and we all saw how it went. You probably heard the Clemson boos on TV, but some of them around me admitted we should have gotten that TD on the overturned call, they know they got away with one there. We finally won a season opener, and I would have gone on the field if I were farther down, but I was in the upper deck.

After the game is when the story really starts. Since LSUguy and I had separate seats, our plan was to meet up afterwards, and Uber back to Seneca after traffic had died down. So we met up at Esso, waited for a while, then tried calling an Uber. It would have cost about 4 times what we had paid that morning, but worth it. Still, no drivers, my request timed out. We tried again... and again... and again, with absolutely no one coming to pick us up. Then 2 AM rolled around, still no Uber even though the game traffic was gone, and Esso was closing, so we had to wait on the street. By 2:30, we were at the point of calling a cab from Greenville, we were stranded. And we weren't the only ones, a number of people around us were having the same problem.

Then out of nowhere, an older gentleman drove up in a minivan. He was an Uber driver, but not how you would usually expect it. He had just driven to Esso on his own, and offered to drive the 2 of us and 4 Clemson fans back to Seneca. Of course we all offered to pay him, but he absolutely refused it. We finally got back at 3 AM, and I don't know where we'd be without him. Probably still stranded in Clemson.

Since I haven't posted in a while, I know TD has been wondering about me, so here I am. Back in April, I had a medical emergency, and spent some time in the hospital, then a while recovering, and dealing with some personal issues at the same time. So much happened at once, and I'm not going into detail, but things are a lot better now. So happy we won the baseball championship, and I got to witness a huge opening win!