he said he rarely drives college students.

“I picked up a few Whitman students last week and took them out to the Verizon store,” Mike said.

The recognizable Uber decal. Photo by Tywen Kelly.

Mike isn’t complaining though, because middle-aged people give him better tips. An Uber driver is unlike a cab in the sense that tips are not expected, and while the younger generations know that, he occasionally has some older riders who give him twenties because they are unfamiliar with the system.

Mike only works as an Uber driver on Friday and Saturday nights, as he also has a day job at Cost Less Carpet, where he has worked for about a year doing flooring and granite countertops. Prior to that, he was a kitchen designer for Home Depot andanemone, when Dory suddenly recalls a memory of her parents. She compels Marlin and Nemo to help her travel to California to find them, and the trio eventually makes its way to a marine rescue park, where they must navigate various exhibits and rely on the help of new friends.

The plot is similar to “Finding Nemo’s,” but directors Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane don’t pepper the film with too many callbacks. A cameo of some returning friends gets out of the way quickly, and the film separates Dory and Marlin early so they’re off on their own adventures, not simply rehashing the dynamic of the first film. And by centering the majority of the film inside the aquarium/marine park, the film places the characters in a setting that