{"id":505665,"date":"2024-03-18T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T07:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=505665"},"modified":"2024-03-18T13:08:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T07:38:07","slug":"google-engineer-uberindia-viral-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/trending\/google-engineer-uberindia-viral-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengaluru: Uber driver abuses Google techie, threatens to throw him out of the cab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Google engineer has now claimed that an Uber driver in Bengaluru abused him and threatened to throw him out of the cab. He took to X and posted the cab\u2019s registration number and confirmed the identity of the cab driver. He wrote that he was sharing his first bad experience in Bengaluru. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he had booked this Uber_India and the estimated time period of the journey was 1.5 hours. For the first 30 minutes the cab driver constantly kept talking on the phone on a loudspeaker. The Google engineer and his friend got a headache after a while and asked him politely to use headphones, or talk later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First bad experience in Bangalore. <br><br>Booked this Uber <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uber_India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Uber_India<\/a> the estimated journey time was 1.5 hours. For the first 30 minutes, the driver constantly kept talking over his phone on a loudspeaker. <br><br>I and my friend, got some headache after a while, and asked him politely to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gf2DKyNNHK\">pic.twitter.com\/Gf2DKyNNHK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Striver (@striver_79) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/striver_79\/status\/1768979147525902624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But the cab driver abused them and asked to get out of the car. He said he was not comfortable in riding with them. The post has got 500100 views on X and large number of social media users started commenting on the post. One user Riti Kumari asked if he had raised a complaint for the same?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Have you raised a complaint for the same?<\/p>&mdash; Riti Kumari (@riti2409) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/riti2409\/status\/1768981241964245350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One social media user Abhishek recounted his own experience when he had boarded an Uber 5 in the morning and that guy was on call with his buddy for the entire trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Once I boarded an uber 5 in the morning and that guy was on a call with his buddy for the entire trip. <br><br>Subh 5 baje kis se baat kar raha hai bhai&#8230;<\/p>&mdash; Abhishek (@OneAbhishekJain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OneAbhishekJain\/status\/1769002639910432811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another user Saurabh Srivastava said he does not understand with whom these people keep on talking on their phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For some reason, I never understood with whom these people in autos and cabs keep talking.<\/p>&mdash; Saurabh Srivastava \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@sasri108) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sasri108\/status\/1768981014293156259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One user Ansar Ahmed said this happens to him during every single ride from airport to Marathali . He joked that a petition must be filed to stop unlimited calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hahah during every single ride from airport to Marathali this happens with me <br><br>Lets file a petition to stop unlimited calling<\/p>&mdash; Ansar Ahmed (@AnsarAhmed49784) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnsarAhmed49784\/status\/1768982677460287672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One social media user Ajay Singh said nothing happens on these kind of complaints. He said he was threatened by a cab driver. He complained to Uber and asked them what had Uber done against the driver. Uber\u2019s response was that it is confidential and they could not share details about the same. He said there was zero transparency in their processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Uber does nothing on these kind of complaints. I was threatned by the driver.  I complained to uber. I asked them what actions did you take against the driver. They said it is confidential, we cant share the details of the action. ZERO transparency.<\/p>&mdash; ajay singh (@this_is_ajay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/this_is_ajay\/status\/1769054767278444854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Google engineer had booked this Uber_India and the estimated time period of the journey was 1.5 hours. For the first 30 minutes the cab driver constantly kept talking on the phone on a loudspeaker. The Google engineer and his friend got a headache after a while and asked him politely to use headphones, or talk later. 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