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Hi #uber and all As many, I use Uber here and there when going to airports or when abroad, never an issue. Few days ago, going to Philly airport from the suburbs (40min drive) earlier in the morning (8-9am) my pregnant wife and I had the most horrendous experience. While not engaging with him in a conversation and out of the blue, he started smoking cigarettes in the car (!!!). Instantly politely asked if he wouldn’t mind not smoking… his words: it’s my car buddy, I can do whatever I want. If you don’t like it take another car. I whispered to my wife if we should ask him to just drop off wherever we where and take another one, she said that might trigger him and offend him and he’s obviously trying to pick a fight. We did t say anything further. THEN he starts blasting racist and homophobic songs (MAGA style) while singing along. Me and my wife were just looking at each other. We didn’t say anything for the rest of the trip. He was driving aggressively and almost slammed into another car twice. His rating was 4.80 and had “passed multi-safety screenings). I pressed the safety thing in the Uber app while in the trip and they got back to me after couple of hours asking for further details. I didn’t hear back from them despite sending them couple of reminders. Anything could be done? I have access to legal services though work. Should I be expecting a response from Uber? Only now I realized I could quietly and discreetly record audio through Uber app. Funny thing is that after accepting my ride, he called asking if it’s ok to stop to pump gas and if he get me coffee, he was so pleasant. I thanked him for his thoughtfulness and told him no issues in stopping. We’re fairly light skinned but I have an Islamic first name. As soon as he saw us, he didn’t say any word until the smoking incident. Thank you.
That was the nicest thing to occur in Philly that night.
Not tryna offend you, but it sounds made up.
Hey OP, if you’re comfortable DM’ing me your email or phone number - I’ll make sure someone from Uber reaches out to you about this.
Thank you so much! Will do
Use limo services. Not much more expensive, way higher quality
Any recommendations?
That guy sounds like a jerk and I hope Uber takes action, but what was racist? MAGA is not racist, stop drinking water from CNN. Why do you assume he did to you because of your race and not because of his lack of brain cells. Stop making everything about race, pathetic. (I am an immigrant, non white American)
Songs about anti-immigration, how everyone against farmers, songs glorifying white race.
Anti-immigration is not racist. Songs glorifying white race is another story, it’s bad and hopefully he is banned from uber. At the same time, even hate speech should be protected under free speech
Holy shit these replies. Sorry this happened to you. This place really needs a down vote button because fuck people cheering on a racist who smokes around pregnant women.
The guy is an ahole, no doubt, but attributing it to racism automatically is the problem.
Amazon, often times people are assholes to other people because they dislike them for one reason or another (race is one of the reasons) So I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume that guy was an extra dickish because of their race. I mean, start smoking with client in the car, especially pregnant woman? I am sure he is not doing it with everyone otherwise he would have been kicked out of platform long time ago
OP, ignore these arrogant comments. Sorry it happened to you. I am an immigrate, and even though I am white, there were times when I had to take shit because of my accent. My personal advise, move on with your life. You probably won’t get much out of Uber. The best case - driver gets banned and you get refund on your ride, but does it worth stressing out over it? Next time, record interaction and put in on social media - will get much quicker response and action from community and authorities PS. This is exactly why I like the fact that NYC requires uber drivers to have TLC licenses. You can report driver to taxi commission and he will loose his license altogether
Thank your for your reply. Arriving safely to our destination was the biggest concern, especially with a pregnant wife. My point concern for others not to go through the same experience.
I hear you. Just don’t let it ruin your day, week 👍
Smoking and dangerous driving is bad, but you’re attributing your own prejudices to the driver, the only racist here is you.
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