Rachel Bolles, who's been driving for Uber in the Columbus, Ohio area for just over a year, says her job is about much more than getting passengers from A to B. "I consider myself part nanny, part chauffeur," she says. "A lot of these people just need someone to talk to."
That was more true than ever when Bolles picked up a distraught customer coping with the death of his girlfriend's father. Having recently lost her own father, Bolles empathized and offered advice during the trip. "It was one of those rides you walk away from feeling really good," she says.
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