{"id":22876,"date":"2016-11-18T23:23:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T17:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officechai.com\/?p=22876"},"modified":"2016-11-22T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T10:05:13","slug":"10-uber-drivers-share-interesting-stories-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/office-humour\/10-uber-drivers-share-interesting-stories-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Uber Drivers Share The Most Interesting And Craziest Stories From Their Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Driving for an Uber is a serious business <\/a><\/span>these days and there’s a thriving community of Uber (and Lyft) drivers that’s only growing given the scope for flexible work and high returns. That said, being in a field where spending a considerable amount of time with dozens of strangers is a part of your job, day in day out, interesting things are bound to happen. So we did a bit of trawling on the internet, and dug up some of the most interesting things that have happened to Uber drivers<\/a><\/span> on the job.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. This guy who picked up the legendary “Grumpy Cat’ as his first customer in an Uber Black<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This Uber driver had no idea his first customer for Uber’s luxury ‘Black’ segment would be a non human being. The 5 year old cat is the face of the famous “grumpy cat” meme, and goes by name Tardar Sauce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. This Uber driver helped a victim of domestic abuse by dropping her to a shelter instead<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This Uber driver believed the woman and his child were in a dangerous situation, and coincidentally he knew of a rehoming shelter for domestic violence victims on the route. About what he calls just his good deed of the day, he had this to say, “Just hope this post helps a little to make people more aware that lots of people are in abusive relationships and that help is available, and make this kind of coincidence more common. They are all around us and talk to us every day. They usually look perfectly normal and smile a lot, but they’re hurting.”<\/span><\/p>\n

3. A female Uber driver got offered $500 to ‘Chill” with the customer later on<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Female Uber drivers are rare, and this is part of the reason why. A female Uber driver in Atlanta once got a $500 bill dropped on her lap with the implied message to “chill” with the customer later on. \u00a0A lot of drivers claimed that the incident is common, and female (even male) drivers are often flirted with or even propositioned to.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. This Uber driver was beaten up and assaulted by a rider over an argument about directions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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An Uber driver in California was severely assaulted by a rider, while on duty after he asked the rider to leave, over the latter giving inaccurate directions. The driver’s footage of the accident was recorded on a dash cam<\/a> and shared on YouTube. The assaulter was a manager at Taco Bell and has been fired<\/span> <\/a>after the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. A drunk girl gets rough with an Uber driver after hijacking his pre-booked car.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Looks like being an Uber driver isn’t entirely safe after all. An Uber driver in Miami was assaulted by a drunk girl who mistook the driver to be hers and hijacked the car which was already full of other riders. When asked to leave the car, the girl got abusive and even tried to rough up the driver. Eventually the police had to step in and control the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n