11/18/2018: arams

I decided to take a bus from Los Angeles to Las Vegas today, rather than fly. So, I got a Lyft to the bus station. The driver’s name was Aram:

I got on the bus and arrived in Las Vegas 6 hours later and I ordered a Lyft again, in order to get to my hotel. It locates a driver and he’s on the way. As I’m tracking him on the app, I suddenly notice that his name is ARAM14.

So, 2 different drivers, 2 different cities, the only two Lyfts I would take today…both named Aram?

When I got in the car and brought this up with him, because to me it was crazy, he said his name was actually Armen…and that ARAM14 was his license plate number. I didn’t realize Lyft displayed license plates on the app and I must have just mistaken it for his name. I mean..still…close enough.

This is the receipt, just so you see the ride was on the same day…and in Vegas, when I got there:

Unfortunately, I didn’t think to screenshot my phone when it showed ARAM14 and as soon as I was actually in the car itself, it disappeared from the screen. I’ve verified that this is always the case when using Lyft.

I’ve been trying to get Lyft to verify the license plate for me, so I can provide actual proof here, but they won’t do it, for security reasons. BUT, I looked up the plate online and even though it doesn’t list Armen as the driver, it shows the model of the car:

And here is Lyft, verifying that’s his car:

Now, if I didn’t have hundreds of examples like this happening constantly I guess you could just brush off me getting 2 Lyft rides, in two different cities, 6 hours apart, both with the name Aram (in some way) as just a weird coincidence. But I know it’s not just a coincidence. The main question is…WHY DID IT OCCUR?