Passengers Won’t Stop Complimenting This Uber Driver’s Music, So He Reveals How He Sorted People Into 11 Categories
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It’s no secret that Uber rides are often awkward for both passenger and driver, so when music fills that unbearable silence and we don’t have to rely on stiff small-talk, it instantaneously makes things a hundred times better. Uber driver TJ Jones (who uses they/them pronouns) decided to cash in on an opportunity to show their creative skills and created 11 personalized playlists for their passengers. And it went viral!
After TJ’s initial tweet racked up 260K likes back in February, people have been flooding their feed with compliments and requests. From “white dudes who look like [they] like rap” to “quiet ppl”, Jones has a playlist for everyone. With the encouragement, the Spotify playlist virtuoso decided to create more collections and is now a professional playlist curator. Scroll down below to check out the story for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
Meet TJ Jones (who uses they/them pronouns) whose Spotify playlists went viral back in February
TJ’s original tweet gathered 260K and many people rushed to compliment TJ’s music choices
While driving for Uber, Jones decided to create 11 personalized lists
To make the Uber experience more enjoyable for themselves and their passengers
And it worked! Not only did their passengers compliment Jones, people on the internet also joined in
Encouraged by the public demand, Jones started creating other playlists
As well as offering to personalize playlists for people
Which soon enough grew into a profession
With many new playlists out and more on their way
Jones now describes themself as a music consultant and marketer
And people are absolutely crazy about TJ’s talent at curating playlists!
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Sometimes all it takes is making an effort to better other people's days. This is one of those success stories! Congratulations TJ and don't let up. Successful people keep at it and I'm sure that you will continue that trend! Great job!
Ahhh TJ, this middle aged, quiet white woman with a secret passion for hard rock and o early rap would stump you. :p BUT, the thought is appreciated.
Same here - 13 year old girl who loves Billy Joel, The Beatles, and David Bowie XD
Agreed. I’d stump them as well. I’m a 35 year old, white, soccer mom. When you get in my car I’m playing heavy metal and when people ask what my favorite band is they are taken aback when I say “Tool.”
That seems right though. A 35 year old white woman listening to an alternative rock band that was popular when she was a teen - 20’s.
Yep. 55-year-old quiet fat chick who likes modern Alt. Rock.
Yeah, same. I'm a yound-looking 36 year old with an obsession with kpop.
Yeup. 30-something nondescript business casual lady here who would desperately hope for noise, industrial, IDM, EBM or breakcore...... but really anything is OK and would be very curious to hear what they'd play!!
Same, I go even further to death metal, but I do also enjoy 50's/60's so they might get it right with a 50+ playlist :D
How about me? Middle aged woman into Stonerrock, German Industrial techno and similar? I am not even joking. I go mental in our dentists waiting room having to listen to millennial howlers with limp wrist, playing the banjo in a fedora, oh-oh-oh-ing their way through beefed up copies of children's songs. These playlists are doing nothing for me. I'd prefer silence.
*dentist's
boredpanda —there’s no point emphasising that the subject of the article uses the pronoun “they”, if you address them as a “he” in the title TWICE
Sometimes all it takes is making an effort to better other people's days. This is one of those success stories! Congratulations TJ and don't let up. Successful people keep at it and I'm sure that you will continue that trend! Great job!
Ahhh TJ, this middle aged, quiet white woman with a secret passion for hard rock and o early rap would stump you. :p BUT, the thought is appreciated.
Same here - 13 year old girl who loves Billy Joel, The Beatles, and David Bowie XD
Agreed. I’d stump them as well. I’m a 35 year old, white, soccer mom. When you get in my car I’m playing heavy metal and when people ask what my favorite band is they are taken aback when I say “Tool.”
That seems right though. A 35 year old white woman listening to an alternative rock band that was popular when she was a teen - 20’s.
Yep. 55-year-old quiet fat chick who likes modern Alt. Rock.
Yeah, same. I'm a yound-looking 36 year old with an obsession with kpop.
Yeup. 30-something nondescript business casual lady here who would desperately hope for noise, industrial, IDM, EBM or breakcore...... but really anything is OK and would be very curious to hear what they'd play!!
Same, I go even further to death metal, but I do also enjoy 50's/60's so they might get it right with a 50+ playlist :D
How about me? Middle aged woman into Stonerrock, German Industrial techno and similar? I am not even joking. I go mental in our dentists waiting room having to listen to millennial howlers with limp wrist, playing the banjo in a fedora, oh-oh-oh-ing their way through beefed up copies of children's songs. These playlists are doing nothing for me. I'd prefer silence.
*dentist's
boredpanda —there’s no point emphasising that the subject of the article uses the pronoun “they”, if you address them as a “he” in the title TWICE