At 5:12, Maria gets a ping: Claude caravan, 6 p.m. departure, 4 riders locked, 2 empty seats. Pickups: Chipotle, Torchy's, Tyler's BBQ, Braum's. Your take-home: $52 minimum.
She accepts. The app maps her route: Chipotle → Torchy's → Tyler's → Braum's → I-40 East → Claude. Thirty-four minutes of Amarillo pickups, twenty-eight miles of highway, fifteen minutes of in-town drop-offs, twenty-eight miles home.
At 6:47, Edna at 221 W 4th Street is eating barbacoa while her cat watches. Marge is unwrapping a Trailer Park taco. Bill is setting out brisket on the good plates because his grandson came in from Dalhart.
Four deliveries. One trip. $52 for Maria. Average $15 fee per rider — eight dollars under what any app would have charged them solo.