Confessions Of Uber Drivers

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Most Uber drivers are there to take you from A to B, but for some the job is a chance to get up to mischief, it seems.
Drivers at the transport company have been sharing revelations about their jobs on the anonymous confessions app Whisper - and the stories range from the comical to the sordid.
The workers reveal they've apparently driven while high, cheated on their wives with customers and told sneaky tales to get tips.
Elicit liaisons with customers is one of the common themes.
One contributor confessed: 'My friends make fun of me for taking a condom as a "just in case". I've actually used them three times now.'
Another added: 'I drive Uber to cheat on my wife with no questions asked about my whereabouts.'
Similarly one user admitted: 'As an Uber driver I'm just waiting for those hot drunk women to come onto me.'
One revealed in graphic detail the things that go through his mind when attractive customers step inside the car.
And an additional user said: 'Don't get me wrong, I value conversations I have with my guests. But I can't stop thinking about turning off the meter and taking one of these ladies for the ride of her life.'
Furthermore one more confessed: 'I drive for Uber on the weekends. I hate the drunks but I love all the hot women dressed to the nines.'
Meanwhile, another driver spilled the beans about a sneaky technique used to get tips.
He said: 'When riders ask about me I always tell them about my son with Autism in hopes they will tip. I feel guilty but therapy costs a lot.'
More shockingly, one even confessed to driving passengers while allegedly under the influence of drugs.
They said: 'I was always high while driving for Uber. I was the best.'
Some said they were picky about the clientèle they picked up, with one confessing: 'I don't accept requests from anyone at a strip club, they are the worst passengers.'
And another said: 'I hate driving rich snobs. You are NOT better than me just because I'm driving you around.'
Some confessed to eavesdropping and said they found it hard not to laugh at back-seat chatter.
One wrote: 'The hardest part is overhearing people's conversations and trying to keep a straight face like you heard nothing at all.'

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MailOnline Travel has not been able to confirm if the confessions on Whisper are genuine and has asked Uber for a response to them but has yet to receive a reply.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3606419/Picking-passengers-high-driver-cheat-wife-shocking-confessions-Uber-drivers.html

Confessions of Uber drivers: Hitting on hot women, driving while high... and using the job to cheat on oblivious wives
Uber drivers have revealed some 'truths' of their job on the Whisper app
Many have slept with customers they have picked up while doing a shift
One would tell customers about their Autistic son in the hopes of a big tip
By BECKY PEMBERTON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 03:46 EST, 25 May 2016 | UPDATED: 08:55 EST, 25 May 2016

Husband Beaten On New York City Subway, After Wife Argues With Passenger

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Cops say the argument started in Manhattan, when the woman tried to tried to squeeze into a seat next to a man in a reflective vest. The woman told police that he elbowed her and she elbowed him back and the two launched into a tirade that lasted across the river and four stops into the Bronx.
At Jackson Avenue, the argument escalated, with the woman and man chasing each other around the car and the woman holding the car doors for several minutes as she called for help and the other straphangers yelled at her to calm down and get away from the doors so the train could move. Even the woman’s own husband told her to stop her antics.
“Yo, chill,” he said to her.
But it was too late for the 38-year-old husband as the other man decided to take his frustration out on him and promptly laid him out.

http://nypost.com/2016/01/21/husband-pummeled-in-crazy-subway-brawl-after-wife-spits-at-man/

Husband pummeled in crazy subway brawl after wife spits at man
By Danielle Furfaro and Daniel Prendergast
New York Post
January 21, 2016 | 4:45pm

Cambridge, MA Taxi Driver Allegedly Punched Passenger

During this period of intense competition with online ride sharing companies taxi drivers should be more thoughtful about their actions. Previously a strong supporter of taxi industry, until one driver created a similar situation trying to provoke violence. They lost my support for evening the playing field due to poor behavior. The drivers might try respecting their clients or the industry will disappear.

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20160113/NEWS/160118365

Cambridge police: Man jumps out of moving taxi after fighting with cabbie
Posted Jan. 13, 2016 at 10:33 AM
Updated at 10:34 AM

Cambridge Chronicle

JFK Airport Thieves Take Items Worth $20,000 From Luggage

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the loot that baggage handlers were allegedly taking for themselves. The items included cellphones, iPads, laptops, jewelry and other items worth a grand total of more than $20,000.
The items were taken from travelers’ checked luggage between March 2012 and June 2014, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Wednesday.
“The defendants have been caught red handed and will now face the consequences of their alleged illegal acts,” said Brown.
“The defendants — who were hired to handle the baggage of those traveling in and out of Kennedy Airport — are alleged to have stolen computers, cell phones and other items from checked luggage with many of them selling the pilfered items to a pawn shop or to a ‘fence’ who was actually an undercover police officer,” Brown said.
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The baggage handlers who were arrested were all working for subcontractors for airlines at JFK.
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Police said the alleged thieves even fenced or sold the items on airport grounds, telling buyers there was plenty more where that came from.
The only trouble for them was that the buyers were undercover police officers.
Authorities said baggage thefts are now rampant, and anyone who puts their valuables in checked bags may never see them again.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/12/03/7-jfk-bag-handlers-charged-with-stealing-jewelry-electronics-from-checked-luggage/

CBS2 Exclusive: $20,000 In Loot Allegedly Taken From Checked Luggage By JFK Bag Handlers
December 3, 2014 6:13 PM
CBS News New York NY

Uber Curbed in Germany

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A German taxi organization won a fast-track ruling that may halt the use of Uber Technologies Inc.’s ride-hailing application in the country.
Uber drivers don’t have the necessary permits to carry passengers under German law, a Frankfurt court said in the emergency ruling dated Aug. 25, citing evidence provided by Taxi Deutschland Service Gesellschaft fuer Taxizentralen eG. The Frankfurt case is one of at least four legal actions against the company in the country.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-02/uber-faces-ban-in-germany-as-taxi-group-wins-court-order.html

Uber Faces Ban in Germany as Taxi Group Wins Court Order
By Karin Matussek

Sep 2, 2014 2:05 PM ET

Amtrak Acela Leaves Passengers Behind At NYC Penn Station

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More than 650,000 passengers pass through Penn Station every day, making it by far the busiest in the U.S.
So when one Amtrak train bound for Washington pulled away from the station on Saturday at 3pm, it was somewhat of a surprise that it managed to forget all of its passengers.
The Acela Express 2253 departed as passengers were waiting at a completely different platform after being given the wrong information. The driver apparently left without getting permission from the station.
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He added that when the passengers returned to the main level of the station, they were met by an Amtrak manager who explained the situation and then handed out bags of Doritos. They were also fed pizza.
Eventually, the majority of passengers jumped on to a train more than two hours later.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2715800/Amtrak-train-leaves-Penn-station-Washington-without-passengers.html

Forget something? Amtrak train leaves Penn station for Washington… without any of its passengers
Passengers take to Twitter to vent fury at mix-up
Train driver apparently left station without permission
Commuters were given Doritos and pizza to appease them
Daily Mail (UK)
By CHRIS IRVINE

Black Woman Passenger, "I kill white people like you," When Asked To Turn Off Cell Phone

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The 43-year-old Williams, seen at right, was asked by another female passenger to “turn off her cell phone due to the aircraft being in flight,” according to a court affidavit. In reply, Williams allegedly said, “I kill white people like you.”
Investigators noted that Williams told the other passenger, K. Colleen Coult, 50, that she would follow her upon reaching Houston “and find out where she lived.” The comments “created fear in Coult for her safety,” the affidavit notes.
A United flight attendant told cops that Williams’s statements “were causing anxiety and fear throughout the cabin.”

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/in-flight-cell-phone-threat-674312

Never Say "I Kill White People Like You" When Asked To Turn Off Your Phone Post-Takeoff
June 3, 2014

Smoking Gun

Cruise Ship Passengers Bribed Crew To Board Lifeboats

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2091752/Costa-Concordia-accident-Rich-Russians-bribed-way-lifeboats.html

Rich Russians 'bribed their way onto Costa Concordia's lifeboats by stuffing wads of cash into crew members pockets'
Search efforts continuing but officials say it will be a 'miracle' if anyone is found alive
Hero hairdresser Giovanni Di Mauro, 35, was last to leave after helping evacuation for seven hours
ames of confirmed dead and missing revealed in list
By Chris Slack
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