“Why do Uber drivers skip the gym?”/“Because they aren’t trying to Lyft.”

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Entry from August 10, 2017

“Why do Uber drivers skip the gym?”/“Because they aren’t trying to Lyft.”

A joke about the transportation companies Uber and Lyft is:

Q: Why do Uber drivers skip the gym?
A: Because they aren’t trying to Lyft.

The joke was posted on Twitter on July 26, 2017.

Wikipedia: Uber (company)
Uber Technologies Inc. is an American technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, operating in 633 cities worldwide. It develops, markets and operates the Uber car transportation and food delivery mobile apps. Uber drivers use their own cars, although drivers can rent a car to drive with Uber.

Wikipedia: Lyft
Lyft is a transportation network company based in San Francisco, California. It develops, markets and operates the Lyft car transportation mobile app. Launched in June 2012, Lyft operates in approximately 300 U.S. cities, including New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles and provides 18.7 million rides a month. The company was valued at $7.5 billion as of April 2017 and has raised a total of $2.61 billion in funding.

Twitter
Cortez Hill‏
@hidbll
Why do UBER drivers skip the gym ?
Because they’re not trying to LYFT
😎👍🏿🇺🇸🚕 “have a good day” 😂😂
12:30 PM - 26 Jul 2017 from Pacific Grove, CA

Twitter
PLAYBOI JOEY‏
@J0Rocky
Why do Uber drivers skip the gym? Cause they aren’t trying to Lyft…... 😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭
4:00 PM - 26 Jul 2017 from Goodyear, AZ

Reddit—Jokes
Why do uber drivers skip the gym?
submitted July 27, 2017 by Vani11aGori11a7
Because they don’t even lyft.

Twitter
Saiv‏
@novias_B
Why do uber drivers skip the gym? They’re not tryn to lyft
2:34 AM - 27 Jul 2017

Twitter
cHïRäG‏
@chibhatt
Q: why don’t Uber drivers go to the gym?
A: because they don’t like to LYFT!!!
#FridayFunny 😭😭😭
11:04 AM - 28 Jul 2017 from Houston, TX

Reddit—Jokes
Why do uber drivers skip the gym?
submitted August 10, 2017 by JackThoma5
Because they aren’t trying to Lyft.

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