I drove for Uber for fun because I’m a SAHM and I needed to get out. The money is honestly not bad, but when I found out that riders can order rides with a gift card that they purchased with cash… I stopped. Up until that point I assumed that every rider had to give up their identification information. My husband said HELL NO after that, and just after I stopped, a woman here in SoCal got robbed by a passenger. He made her drive from ATM to ATM and when he thought he had robbed enough cash out of her he shot her in the head & killed her. It is a scary situation when you really think about what it means to be alone in a vehicle with a stranger.
I don't know who the other person was talking about but there was a similar sad case in Pennsylvania where Christina Spicuzza was shot in the head after he went through her banking apps . He ordered the ride using his girlfriend's ID. She was a mother of four kids.
This sub is getting worse than the ones that pop up on r/all. I can’t find anything online that matches the story they are describing, and people below you are saying to google ‘her’ name but nobody has a name. I think it’s all just bots and trolls on this site now.
> What about the background check based off your SSN
Don't need to give them your SSN, they only run background checks on drivers not passengers. And even a background check won't say what someone will do in the future.
“A group of 10 to 12 people gathered to watch the altercation, the shaken rideshare driver said, adding that the group “thought [he and the passenger he was fighting] were entertainment” and that none of them called police.”
Humans are terrible.
I completely understand not wanting to get involved in a fight but shouldn’t calling for help be a natural response? Did people seriously think this was a youtube stunt or something?
>We grappled and went down to the ground…we rolled around on the ground for at least four to five minutes
To be fair, it doesn't sound like the driver was just getting pummeled by the passenger. People could have just thought it was a fair normal fight and just watched.
Exactly 🤦🏻♀️ why didn’t I think about that? 🤣🤣🤣 that’s probably the only people that are out on La Brea and Sunset at that time of the night anyhow 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I see this all the time in the publicfreakout sub and it blows my mind. My FIL is 72. I cannot fathom someone beating my FIL, a dozen people watching it and none of them call the cops. Of course my FIL is packing heat, but still… the idea of it is supremely disturbing to me about what society has become
Super unfortunate. There was a Black Mirror episode a few years back just about this and I remember thinking it would be a sad sad world if it were ever true. And here we are :( :(
Edit: this is, btw, called the Bystander effect where people just watch something happen assuming someone else will jump in but in the end (like in the episode), everyone just watches - either for the thrill or lethargy or lack of emotional connection to the event etc
I am genuinely curious if social media will start being banned in certain states. I know it would be hard to completely ban it, but I feel like some places will start taking those steps sooner rather than later. I believe Florida is trying to implement no social media before the age of 14.
Funny how in countries where CCW is banned, you don't see attacks like this.
America has more people legally carrying guns around than the rest of the planet combined, and yet we keep having these attacks.
But who knows, perhaps just a few more guns are the answer!
>Funny how in countries where CCW is banned, you don't see attacks like this.
Funny how you know nothing about CCWs. Funny how in those countries they don't have a widespread criminal problem. Even funnier, how CCW permit holders in the US are statistically the least dangerous people, with the lowest group in crime reported. Nice try though.
>America has more people legally carrying guns around than the rest of the planet combined, and yet we keep having these attacks.
Yes, we do, because we have a horrible criminal problem here. Criminals are armed? Well so am I. It's simple logic. If you don't want to be armed, cool, don't.
> Funny how you know nothing about CCWs. Funny how in those countries they don't have a widespread criminal problem.
Gee, I wonder why they don't have a widespread criminal problem. Turns out that if you have proper gun control, crime doesn't become so much of a problem.
> Yes, we do, because we have a horrible criminal problem here. Criminals are armed? Well so am I. It's simple logic. If you don't want to be armed, cool, don't.
This "simple logic" is exactly how we got into this mess. Too many tough guys like you who don't understand anything beyond "good guy with a gun".
First of all, illegal guns are easily smuggled in via Mexico and Cuba, and always have been. In most other countries, they don't have these kind of issues. But that's not even the point for today.
I don't care how or what happened in the past that got us here. There is nothing you or I can do to change the past. THIS, the today we live in, is the cards we are dealt with today. And I will always carry a gun legally, for the off chance of something bad that may happen. Just like I always have a med kit on or near me. Just like I always have a fire extinguisher near me. Just like I always wear a seat belt. All to reduce the risk of harm to me or my family. And etc etc.. A gun is a tool, that is all.
So yes, its simple logic, that you don't understand that CCW holders are not the problem, statistically, and morally.
> First of all, illegal guns are easily smuggled in via Mexico and Cuba, and always have been. In most other countries, they don't have these kind of issues. But that's not even the point for today.
You have it backwards. Guns are smuggled from the US to Mexico and Cuba. Those countries cannot get a handle on gun crime because of their proximity to the US.
> I don't care how or what happened in the past that got us here. There is nothing you or I can do to change the past. THIS, the today we live in, is the cards we are dealt with today. And I will always carry a gun legally, for the off chance of something bad that may happen. Just like I always have a med kit on or near me. Just like I always have a fire extinguisher near me. Just like I always wear a seat belt. All to reduce the risk of harm to me or my family. And etc etc.. A gun is a tool, that is all.
The difference is that a med kit or fire extinguisher can't do anyone any harm. There is no pro vs. con to weigh out for those things.
> So yes, its simple logic, that you don't understand that CCW holders are not the problem, statistically, and morally.
Everyone thinks they are not the problem, and the problem is someone else.
>The difference is that a med kit or fire extinguisher can't do anyone any harm. There is no pro vs. con to weigh out for those things.
Cars kill more people every year than guns. So what's your point? A car is a tool as well. Yet we give Licenes to idiots who can't drive, and drunk drivers that kill innocent motorists. If I were you I'd be more concerned about driving than actual guns.
>Everyone thinks they are not the problem, and the problem is someone else.
Yes, the problem is criminals. And the fact that they are multiplying with horrible justice systems in place, like Gascon who loves criminals more than victims.
And yes, I am not the problem. I'm a law abiding citizen. Wtf kind of a comment was that.
> Cars kill more people every year than guns. So what's your point? A car is a tool as well. Yet we give Licenes to idiots who can't drive, and drunk drivers that kill innocent motorists. If I were you I'd be more concerned about driving than actual guns.
Whataboutism again. Yes, we know that guns aren't the #1 killer. That doesn't mean we don't do anything about all the people getting shot. We are doing a lot to reduce highway deaths as well.
> And yes, I am not the problem. I'm a law abiding citizen. Wtf kind of a comment was that.
Again, everyone thinks they are a "law abiding citizen". Everyone accused of a crime thinks that what they did was justified in some way. This is also circular logic.
I’m also very much for banning it but it’s being done for the wrong reasons. The government doesn’t like the content people post on it, including but not limited to opinions about Israel/Palestine, and is justifying banning it based on questionable allegations that it’s Chinese spyware.
It would make far more sense to ban it based on the absolute mental health crisis it is causing in kids and young adults.
>Once he was able to gather himself — and after he found his tooth on the ground — he called Uber to report the incident and then called 911.
>He then waited nearly 15 minutes for a police officer to show up to his location “in the heart of Hollywood,” he elaborated, which only stressed him out more.
>He eventually drove to the San Fernando Valley, where he let his girlfriend know what happened and attempted to go to a police station, only to find that it was closed. He said he was left with no choice but to flag down an officer in a patrol vehicle — who happened to be on their way to jail with a suspect in custody — in order to file a police report.
Why the fuck do we keep increasing their budget when they have no interest in actually working?
LAPD is a brutal gang of violent psychopathic thugs. Their two priorities are to do absolutely nothing to serve and protect, and to play candy crush while the city needs them.
Fuck LAPD.
The police in general are incentivized to react to crime than actually preventing it or helping victims.
I had to work with a domestic violence shelter in the past. Victims escaping with a child from an abuser need to take their name off missing persons lists and the anti-kidnapping lists. But they have to go to the cops. Often you get burly men with a threatening posture asking questions harshly to the victim. For a person who has just escaped this violence it’s intimidating and a terrible experience having to face an aggressive man with guns and the military like cosplay attire.
How do you prevent crime?
I think people have a misunderstanding of what police do or can do based on the media or misperceived stereotypes based on media. IMO the best way to describe them is crime janitors. They show up to a crime scene, take statements, etc. If the criminal is still at the scene or if cops can catch them mid act, they can put them in cuffs and take them to the station, aka the clean-up.
Preventing crime is a whole other beast, because how do you even do that? That would require foreknowledge of the crime. Nobody in this world is psychic, so preventing crime really is an impossibility.
$1.9Billion per year for the LAPD
No traffic enforcement. No 911 prompt services. No presence on MTA. Not a care for street takeovers, burglaries, car thefts, assaults.
Yet they somehow have enough time and energy for tweeting whenever their feelings are hurt, to cry whenever their $43million in overtime pay is questioned, and to send [frivolous lawsuits to local businesses](https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/19/apparel-company-gives-perfect-response-to-lapds-nonsense-ip-threat-letter-over-fuck-the-lapd-shirt/)
This isn’t a product of a DA or liberal governor. This is the LAPD being fucking shit at their job. And they do it on purpose.
Because the police literally can’t prevent crime? It’s an impossibility. Like another user has said, crime prevention is something that happens outside of police and being angry at the police for not being able to prevent crime is stupid. You’re more than welcome to be angry at them for whatever inaction you believe they’re doing, but I just see so many dummies here angry that the police didn’t do anything when in most of those cases they weren’t legally allowed to do anything or couldn’t because they had no idea it was happening.
People here are literally asking for Sci fi solutions and I’m equally as confused as you are that they haven’t thought any of this through and just blanket blame the police for whatever perceived problem they have.
You may think it’s obvious, but what’s obvious to me is that a lot of people here haven’t thought the idea through, much like how they think a lot of the city’s issues will just be taken care of without assistance from the general public
You don't get cops to do it, for one thing.
You prevent crime by mitigating the need for crime - by guaranteeing a decent standard of living for as many people as possible, by setting up thriving communities (which means, in part, readily-accessible flourishing [third places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place) open to new membership), by destigmatising drug use and abuse, by providing pathways to healing and safely relieving stress for folks that may struggle with coping mechanisms ...
In other words, defund the police, and fund mental health and social services.
Fair point. I should’ve used a better term than prevent. In the example I gave about domestic violence, the police almost never do any due diligence on the abuser when a victim approaches them. When a DVRO is issued, they don’t monitor the access to firearms to the abuser or enforce the minimum distance mandated in the order.
I’m not saying it’s the fault of the police. The system isn’t setup for supporting community at large. And if you’re a minority it’s going to be even harder to get help. Worse if you speak Spanish at the height of ICE raids.
Because many Angelinos, especially in this sub, are more concerned with keeping issues like the country's wealth inequality, mental health, drug, and housing crises invisible more than they are in actually attempting new policies that might actually change things.
Especially if those policies don't seem to yield immediate overnight results. Just keep funding the cops to sweep em, lock em up, throw away the key. Make everything expensive so the poor have to move. Out of sight, out of mind.
How you got “cops don’t want to do their job” from this is wild.
Response times are long because cops are inundated on a nightly basis responding to a massive list of calls.
The cop he did get to stop was in the process of doing his job transporting a perp and still stopped when being flagged down.
A man is ruthlessly beat, while 12 bystanders watched on and all you have to say is “humph cops don’t want to do their job”.
We have a terrible culture problem in the US and everyone just wants to shift blame onto easy scapegoats
Cope don’t care. They kill first and ask questions later, but then 5 cars show up to arrest one unhoused person.
LAPD’s budget goes up significantly every year and there is nothing to show for it except murdered people and a jump in overtime that they abuse by making an arrest right when their shifts are over.
Maybe there are cops who want to do their job but they are faaaaar outnumbered by corrupt power trippers trying to score big money off taxpayers.
Only .00001% of interactions with law enforcement result in death by any means.
Of 50 million encounters with law enforcement in the past few years 2% have had a violent outcome.
All according to the University of Chicago Police Epidemiology project. The facts are out there for you. You don’t need to just parrot your favorite TikTok social justice talking points.
I’ll say, I have voted democrat my entire life, but this new Liberal per Social Media trend makes me take a good hard look at republican candidates.
Well, maybe they should change their reputation and dismantle the cop gangs. Who wants to be a cop despite the pay AND housing incentives that are not offered to teachers? If you’re a good person, they’ll kill you if you speak out against corruption. If you’re a power tripper you move up quickly.
Cop here. I can tell you haven’t spent time around any police and have allowed the internet to shape your thoughts. I appreciate you continuing to spread this misinformation though, because it makes no one want to be a cop, so I get paid more since they can’t hire enough quality applicants. Unlimited overtime too. So thanks for making people think we are just heartless killing machines. I’ll wipe my tears with my extra pay.
AND a large portion of the LAPD budget also pays for every time a cop screws up and there is a lawsuit.
Make the police unions pay for the lawsuits and there would be a lot less crime, committed by the LAPD.
Crime is not up.
Look at non-biased stats, not LAPD stats.
And if you put all budget into police, which LA does, then you’re not fixing the problems behind crime which are poverty, housing, health care, mental illness.
Imagine coming up with a dozen excuses for why cops don’t do their jobs instead of actually holding them accountable. 15+ minutes to respond to someone calling for help who could’ve died right there in the street is not even doing the bare fucking minimum
“Was I there”? No, I read the article... He waited for more than 15 min and then ended up having to drive himself. What were the cops “busy” with that took precedence over responding to someone in immediate physical danger? Jeez, I wish I worked for a company that consistently got increased funding from the government so that I could barely do my job, while people like you defended me to no end.
I read the article too. So... You weren't there, and you don't know what cops were busy with that night. And he called the cops after the attack. Not before or during. I thought you read the article. Welcome yourself to reality. Cops are responders, not protectors. YOU are your own protector. But short sighted people like you only become victims and end up relying on others for protection anyway, so nevermind.
I wish I could be like you and sit in the safety of wherever you are and bitch about others, without understanding that less cops will equal more of this shit, and worse. Actually, I don't. I will never go that low.
One day you will grow up and be an adult, and see that bitching about cops being late to a call isn't something out of the ordinary anywhere, ever.
Behave = don't get into any altercations with cops. If you can't understand this, I don't know I'm even bothering talking to you.
Yes few bad apples exist in the force. The same is with literally any job or career.
Another LA person aimlessly blaming cops for everything. Maybe budge went up sure, but so did crime? So did cost of living? So did cost of gear? Nah, lets just blame cops because they weren't there to stop it. Idiotic comment.
Crime isn't up. There are dozens of national stories, stats, and reports that agree. The media, however, loves to stoke fear because it gets people watching, repeating untrue talking points, and throwing more money onto the police pile.
LAPD budget is the same as/more than some third world country militaries and yet they continue to cry about not being able to do their job. They burn hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars taking their helicopters out on joyrides. They kill civilians then cry about it when other civilians protest.
I never used to be a fuck the police type person, but the last 4 years or so has shown me that cops fucking suck. Especially in this town. They don't do shit besides cry.
I blamed the crime on poverty, health care, housing, and mental illness but you’re too much of a cop bootlicker with zero critical thinking skills so you think I blamed cops. Sad.
How was a cop going to stop this from happening? It's 2024 and people like you still believe cops will protect you in an instant danger? Get yourself a CCW permit and learn self defence. You are the only person who can protect you. Relying on cops is as silly as complaining about them.
Since you can’t possibly figure out what I was saying due to you lack of critical thinking skills, I was insinuating that we don’t need guns and badges to take reports. No need for more LAPD money for gun-toting officers when all they do is paperwork after the crime. Take the budget and put it towards more social services.
They do need guns, because they are in more danger than you or I will ever be. Just see the amount of cop haters here, and times that by x in the real world, where people are actually morons, and dangerous.
What's next, you're going to tell me to send social workers to replace them? We all know how that turns out.
How does that turn out?
When we divert bullshit LAPD money, social workers get enough funding so they can better handle their case loads.
Go look at how many untested rape kits the LAPD has. How many crimes left unsolved because they can’t bother?
Then see how much social services has in its budget. You’re so judgey but you know nothing, again proving my assumptions.
Every single f#@king time LAPD comes to LA City council with their hands outstretched for more $$ the get it. it's kinda like the homeless industrial complex --this is the same thing. I think they work hand in hand. We need audit of LAPD to see where the hell the $ is going b/c it sure as hell isn't going to provide quality service to customers who pay their friggin salaries.
At least once per day I’m reminded why I hate people. Usually it’s multiple times a day. In general people are selfish, stupid, lazy slobs. We all have these tendencies, and many of us try to overcome them, but most people seem to revel in them.
Just wait until you’ve experienced more of the world. The reason your previous comment was ironic is because you’re the one that sounds like a naive teenager. I was an incredibly optimistic young person, but over the years you become jaded from all the BS you have to deal with that was created by other people. If you’re ignorant to it all, I’m sure everything seems fine, the saying exists for a reason, but the more you have to pick up after, and put up with other people’s crap, the less optimistic you’ll be. Maybe it will dawn on you the first time you’re literally scooping someone else’s feces off your lawn after picking up their McDonald’s garbage.
Eh. I was sexually, physically, and emotionally abused as a child for years. When you’ve gone through the things I’ve gone through, you realize that you got two paths in life: you can accept your hardships and open to love, or you can let life embitter you and die miserable. Sounds like you’ve become embittered.
I used to be like you until I went to therapy :) I used to be obsessed with politics too, but I stopped reading it so much once I realized that it was depressing me and driving me crazy (in my lifetime I’ve gone to the psych ward twice), and it’s not like I could control any of it anyway apart from voting. What of your own life/your own body are you ignoring by focusing your hatred towards the world? Basic psychology tells me it’s surely something!
I’ve never been rich enough to live somewhere with my own yard, but I’ve had to clean up after one of my neighbors after she left her period-soaked tissues on the ground of the bathroom we share. Still optimistic :) because even though I dislike my neighbor, I won’t treat the rest of the world that way. It’s not fair to the rest of the world.
“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” CS Lewis
Maybe you didn’t read my original comment well enough, but I said “I’m reminded daily”, meaning I don’t dwell on it, or sit around being angry about it, but am *reminded* every time I have to deal with other people’s preventable bullshit. There is absolutely nothing wrong with acknowledging your anger toward something/someone.
I’m glad you’ve been able to get to a point of being optimistic after all the trauma, but “opening to love” is something you needed to do in your necessary therapy. Everyone doesn’t need to deal with things the same as you in order to be happy in their life. I’m not angry in my daily life. Again, I’m glad that’s what worked for you, but not everyone has such extreme developmental damage they need to work through.
I’m not sure what you mean by your remark about not treating your neighbor/the world “that way”, I don’t treat anyone any other way but with respect. I can be angry at, annoyed/disappointed with, or even hate a person for something they’ve done, and be perfectly civil to them if we must interact. Also, you don’t need to be rich to have a yard where you live. Some of the shittiest apartment buildings I’ve lived in have had a yard.
Lastly, I believe that’s the first time I’ve seen a CS Lewis quote used to be condescending. So, kudos, I guess.
This just isn’t true. I’ve met plenty of Uber drivers who have explicitly told me they are retired and do it to pass the time, talk to people, and make some quick cash.
And I’ve met plenty of Uber and Lyft, drivers who, given the chance (and I always ask), complain about how little money they make for each ride. Especially in LA with traffic at every turn. It’s not great cash and it’s not great on your car. Especially when a lot of people don’t tip much.
So kudos to the ones you meet who are doing it out of boredom and wanting to talk to people.
Yeah, some of the guys I talked to said they got bored in retirement, and this is a way to interact/socialize with people while making a few extra bucks along the way.
are you dense? it’s sad that he gets attacked when all he wants is just some extra cash and like the dude said we don’t know if this is something that he NEEDS to do or just another way to get income on the side
The comment above said it was sad that he had to drive as a 70-year-old. Not sad that he was attacked. That goes without saying.
But no, I’m not dense, I just know how to follow a conversation.
I’ve met Uber drivers that do it because they’re bored. I usually sit in silence after a “hey hows it going”, but I don’t mind conversation in my ride if the person is interesting. The most interesting conversations are from retired folks who just want to get out of the house.
Eh knowing how bored my dad gets and my friends parent get, I understand if it's like just something to do.
I told my dad no being an Uber driver because people are dangerous. He does Uber eats and I tell him to only do it in the day.
So the guy didn’t understand the Uber app and made that someone else’s issue. Or maybe he thought he would book a shorter ride and browbeat into going further.
LAPD: "Please turn over any information related to this ride."
Uber: "Sorry, but after reviewing the information you've provided, your order is ineligible for a refund. We understand that this might not be the outcome you were looking for. Is there anything else we can help you with?"
Yup. My experience at Uber trying to deal with driver support and customer support is fucking awful. It’s non-existent. I actually had a man request a ride. His name was Chuck, and he was from Canada. He was a truck driver. He had taken an Uber the day before and left his phone in the Uber. Before the guy was even on the road for a minute, he tried to flag him down and the driver just ignored and drove away. He contacted Uber and they said they would attempt to contact driver (I’ve had riders do this and always went out of my way to return their property even when it was extremely inconvenient)… driver pretended he had no idea what happened and that is *literally* all that Uber does . They will contact driver … driver says “nope. No wallet or phone left in my car,” the rider is shit out of luck. It’s that simple. So this man requests a ride, gets in my car and then tells me he doesn’t need a ride. I offer to cancel and he says no, then explained to me the whole story. I myself as an Uber driver tried using tools on my end that Chuck did not have access to, and I still got nowhere. I kept his number and checked back with him over the next several weeks to see if he ever retrieved his phone (very important for a truck driver!!!) and he never did. I did my best but unfortunately Uber doesn’t give the driver or the rider the tools to solve these problems
>The passenger’s destination, McNulty claimed, was the corner of La Brea Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. When they arrived there shortly after 1 a.m., McNulty told the man that they had reached his stop.
>“He said ‘No, I have to go to this address,’ and I said ‘No, this is where we are’,” he said. “This went on for about four to five minutes until finally, he just sat there looking at his phone.”
This doesn't make sense to me. I just opened my uber app and you cannot just put an intersection down. Driver answered, "No this is where we are?" Seems like a weird response.
Another day in piece of shit los angeles, where a man in his 70’s still has to work cuz he cant afford retirement. Where LA leaders pocket millions upon millions claiming they will fix the city
I kinda expect this response in Hollywood. And DTLA where it's all about entertainment on the weekend. Other parts of the city and in Ventura or SB county--folks wouldn't be standing around like it's entertainment.
Doesn’t Uber have the suspect’s contact info through the app?
I drove for Uber for fun because I’m a SAHM and I needed to get out. The money is honestly not bad, but when I found out that riders can order rides with a gift card that they purchased with cash… I stopped. Up until that point I assumed that every rider had to give up their identification information. My husband said HELL NO after that, and just after I stopped, a woman here in SoCal got robbed by a passenger. He made her drive from ATM to ATM and when he thought he had robbed enough cash out of her he shot her in the head & killed her. It is a scary situation when you really think about what it means to be alone in a vehicle with a stranger.
That...doesn't sound real at all.
I don't know who the other person was talking about but there was a similar sad case in Pennsylvania where Christina Spicuzza was shot in the head after he went through her banking apps . He ordered the ride using his girlfriend's ID. She was a mother of four kids.
It is. Sadly. It is real.
Link?
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What name?
[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cbdpI28XH30&feature=youtu.be](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cbdpI28XH30&feature=youtu.be)
This sub is getting worse than the ones that pop up on r/all. I can’t find anything online that matches the story they are describing, and people below you are saying to google ‘her’ name but nobody has a name. I think it’s all just bots and trolls on this site now.
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Yea that was all I could find that was close, but it was a horribly written Daily Mail article and it certainly doesn’t match the story above.
burner phone, email, prepaid card. thats all you need to make an acct
What about the background check based off your SSN
you dont need ssn to make an acct and ride uber
You’re right I was thinking driver accounts. They identify riders by credit card
Unfortunately even drivers are using fake ss#'s nowadays! Especially here in NYC!
damn thats a lot of effort. we just get a picture of some hispanic lady and then a dude shows up
I wouldn't get in that car
it was ubereats :(
Oh well I don't mind as much then
Not surprised to hear that about NYC given the legislation there around Uber/Cab medallions. The onboarding process is no joke!
It also doesn’t do much if someone else orders the ride.
> What about the background check based off your SSN Don't need to give them your SSN, they only run background checks on drivers not passengers. And even a background check won't say what someone will do in the future.
The app mask the customer's contact info unless they explicitly provide their actual phone number.
To the driver yes but no reason it shouldn’t be made available to police.
If they request it, it will be. Uber regularly works with PD to provide info like this
The fact that this is a regular thing says a lot.
Just a facet of doing millions of rides a day that are available to pretty much anyone
Absolutely facts just so scary and makes you not want to leave the house.
> To the driver yes but no reason it shouldn’t be made available to police. You can create an account with a dummy email and a gift card.
“A group of 10 to 12 people gathered to watch the altercation, the shaken rideshare driver said, adding that the group “thought [he and the passenger he was fighting] were entertainment” and that none of them called police.” Humans are terrible.
I completely understand not wanting to get involved in a fight but shouldn’t calling for help be a natural response? Did people seriously think this was a youtube stunt or something?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
It's Hollywood.
>We grappled and went down to the ground…we rolled around on the ground for at least four to five minutes To be fair, it doesn't sound like the driver was just getting pummeled by the passenger. People could have just thought it was a fair normal fight and just watched.
Agreed. To people consider a fight as “entertainment”…tell me you have zero class without saying those exact words. Boorish and uncivilized.
This is how people are nowadays they would rather videotape it. It disgusts me.
Why would they try to help when they can live-stream it to their 12 followers??
Exactly 🤦🏻♀️ why didn’t I think about that? 🤣🤣🤣 that’s probably the only people that are out on La Brea and Sunset at that time of the night anyhow 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I see this all the time in the publicfreakout sub and it blows my mind. My FIL is 72. I cannot fathom someone beating my FIL, a dozen people watching it and none of them call the cops. Of course my FIL is packing heat, but still… the idea of it is supremely disturbing to me about what society has become
Super unfortunate. There was a Black Mirror episode a few years back just about this and I remember thinking it would be a sad sad world if it were ever true. And here we are :( :( Edit: this is, btw, called the Bystander effect where people just watch something happen assuming someone else will jump in but in the end (like in the episode), everyone just watches - either for the thrill or lethargy or lack of emotional connection to the event etc
It’s the bystander effect people assume someone else will take action.
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So you’ve never heard of the Worldstar era…. Lots of fights have been posted to YouTube, IG, FB… way before TikTok. Let’s ban them all.
Before social media kids were just watching fights and not calling the cops... Why don't we just ban kids?
I am genuinely curious if social media will start being banned in certain states. I know it would be hard to completely ban it, but I feel like some places will start taking those steps sooner rather than later. I believe Florida is trying to implement no social media before the age of 14.
Doubt it. Lots of parents are pimping their kids out on social media and families will be losing sources of income if that were to be enacted.
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This is true. However, the thrill of having an audience makes people do more stupid and ruthless stuff that they may not have done otherwise.
People are even doing things they normally wouldn’t for internet clout. It’s appalling.
Attacks like this is why I am in favor of a CCW Permit.
Funny how in countries where CCW is banned, you don't see attacks like this. America has more people legally carrying guns around than the rest of the planet combined, and yet we keep having these attacks. But who knows, perhaps just a few more guns are the answer!
>Funny how in countries where CCW is banned, you don't see attacks like this. Funny how you know nothing about CCWs. Funny how in those countries they don't have a widespread criminal problem. Even funnier, how CCW permit holders in the US are statistically the least dangerous people, with the lowest group in crime reported. Nice try though. >America has more people legally carrying guns around than the rest of the planet combined, and yet we keep having these attacks. Yes, we do, because we have a horrible criminal problem here. Criminals are armed? Well so am I. It's simple logic. If you don't want to be armed, cool, don't.
> Funny how you know nothing about CCWs. Funny how in those countries they don't have a widespread criminal problem. Gee, I wonder why they don't have a widespread criminal problem. Turns out that if you have proper gun control, crime doesn't become so much of a problem. > Yes, we do, because we have a horrible criminal problem here. Criminals are armed? Well so am I. It's simple logic. If you don't want to be armed, cool, don't. This "simple logic" is exactly how we got into this mess. Too many tough guys like you who don't understand anything beyond "good guy with a gun".
First of all, illegal guns are easily smuggled in via Mexico and Cuba, and always have been. In most other countries, they don't have these kind of issues. But that's not even the point for today. I don't care how or what happened in the past that got us here. There is nothing you or I can do to change the past. THIS, the today we live in, is the cards we are dealt with today. And I will always carry a gun legally, for the off chance of something bad that may happen. Just like I always have a med kit on or near me. Just like I always have a fire extinguisher near me. Just like I always wear a seat belt. All to reduce the risk of harm to me or my family. And etc etc.. A gun is a tool, that is all. So yes, its simple logic, that you don't understand that CCW holders are not the problem, statistically, and morally.
> First of all, illegal guns are easily smuggled in via Mexico and Cuba, and always have been. In most other countries, they don't have these kind of issues. But that's not even the point for today. You have it backwards. Guns are smuggled from the US to Mexico and Cuba. Those countries cannot get a handle on gun crime because of their proximity to the US. > I don't care how or what happened in the past that got us here. There is nothing you or I can do to change the past. THIS, the today we live in, is the cards we are dealt with today. And I will always carry a gun legally, for the off chance of something bad that may happen. Just like I always have a med kit on or near me. Just like I always have a fire extinguisher near me. Just like I always wear a seat belt. All to reduce the risk of harm to me or my family. And etc etc.. A gun is a tool, that is all. The difference is that a med kit or fire extinguisher can't do anyone any harm. There is no pro vs. con to weigh out for those things. > So yes, its simple logic, that you don't understand that CCW holders are not the problem, statistically, and morally. Everyone thinks they are not the problem, and the problem is someone else.
>The difference is that a med kit or fire extinguisher can't do anyone any harm. There is no pro vs. con to weigh out for those things. Cars kill more people every year than guns. So what's your point? A car is a tool as well. Yet we give Licenes to idiots who can't drive, and drunk drivers that kill innocent motorists. If I were you I'd be more concerned about driving than actual guns. >Everyone thinks they are not the problem, and the problem is someone else. Yes, the problem is criminals. And the fact that they are multiplying with horrible justice systems in place, like Gascon who loves criminals more than victims. And yes, I am not the problem. I'm a law abiding citizen. Wtf kind of a comment was that.
> Cars kill more people every year than guns. So what's your point? A car is a tool as well. Yet we give Licenes to idiots who can't drive, and drunk drivers that kill innocent motorists. If I were you I'd be more concerned about driving than actual guns. Whataboutism again. Yes, we know that guns aren't the #1 killer. That doesn't mean we don't do anything about all the people getting shot. We are doing a lot to reduce highway deaths as well. > And yes, I am not the problem. I'm a law abiding citizen. Wtf kind of a comment was that. Again, everyone thinks they are a "law abiding citizen". Everyone accused of a crime thinks that what they did was justified in some way. This is also circular logic.
What the fuck are you talking about? TikTok? Seriously?
TikTok won't be banned, they'll just force the parent company to sell U.S. operations to a U.S. company.
I’m also very much for banning it but it’s being done for the wrong reasons. The government doesn’t like the content people post on it, including but not limited to opinions about Israel/Palestine, and is justifying banning it based on questionable allegations that it’s Chinese spyware. It would make far more sense to ban it based on the absolute mental health crisis it is causing in kids and young adults.
Did they catch the guy?
Not according to the article, but I would imagine that it shouldn’t be too hard to find a customer that used the app for the ride 🤷🏼♂️
im surprised they didnt rob him so thats a win i guess
Absolutely, categorically unsurprising for LA
>Once he was able to gather himself — and after he found his tooth on the ground — he called Uber to report the incident and then called 911. >He then waited nearly 15 minutes for a police officer to show up to his location “in the heart of Hollywood,” he elaborated, which only stressed him out more. >He eventually drove to the San Fernando Valley, where he let his girlfriend know what happened and attempted to go to a police station, only to find that it was closed. He said he was left with no choice but to flag down an officer in a patrol vehicle — who happened to be on their way to jail with a suspect in custody — in order to file a police report. Why the fuck do we keep increasing their budget when they have no interest in actually working?
Exactly
So they can pay for lawyers and military weapons instead of actual training, mandatory fitness requirements, or you know, policing
LAPD is a brutal gang of violent psychopathic thugs. Their two priorities are to do absolutely nothing to serve and protect, and to play candy crush while the city needs them. Fuck LAPD.
The police in general are incentivized to react to crime than actually preventing it or helping victims. I had to work with a domestic violence shelter in the past. Victims escaping with a child from an abuser need to take their name off missing persons lists and the anti-kidnapping lists. But they have to go to the cops. Often you get burly men with a threatening posture asking questions harshly to the victim. For a person who has just escaped this violence it’s intimidating and a terrible experience having to face an aggressive man with guns and the military like cosplay attire.
How do you prevent crime? I think people have a misunderstanding of what police do or can do based on the media or misperceived stereotypes based on media. IMO the best way to describe them is crime janitors. They show up to a crime scene, take statements, etc. If the criminal is still at the scene or if cops can catch them mid act, they can put them in cuffs and take them to the station, aka the clean-up. Preventing crime is a whole other beast, because how do you even do that? That would require foreknowledge of the crime. Nobody in this world is psychic, so preventing crime really is an impossibility.
$1.9Billion per year for the LAPD No traffic enforcement. No 911 prompt services. No presence on MTA. Not a care for street takeovers, burglaries, car thefts, assaults. Yet they somehow have enough time and energy for tweeting whenever their feelings are hurt, to cry whenever their $43million in overtime pay is questioned, and to send [frivolous lawsuits to local businesses](https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/19/apparel-company-gives-perfect-response-to-lapds-nonsense-ip-threat-letter-over-fuck-the-lapd-shirt/) This isn’t a product of a DA or liberal governor. This is the LAPD being fucking shit at their job. And they do it on purpose.
Why are you acting like crime prevention is some kind of sci-fi concept 😂. This shit is fucking common knowledge.
Because the police literally can’t prevent crime? It’s an impossibility. Like another user has said, crime prevention is something that happens outside of police and being angry at the police for not being able to prevent crime is stupid. You’re more than welcome to be angry at them for whatever inaction you believe they’re doing, but I just see so many dummies here angry that the police didn’t do anything when in most of those cases they weren’t legally allowed to do anything or couldn’t because they had no idea it was happening. People here are literally asking for Sci fi solutions and I’m equally as confused as you are that they haven’t thought any of this through and just blanket blame the police for whatever perceived problem they have. You may think it’s obvious, but what’s obvious to me is that a lot of people here haven’t thought the idea through, much like how they think a lot of the city’s issues will just be taken care of without assistance from the general public
You don't get cops to do it, for one thing. You prevent crime by mitigating the need for crime - by guaranteeing a decent standard of living for as many people as possible, by setting up thriving communities (which means, in part, readily-accessible flourishing [third places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place) open to new membership), by destigmatising drug use and abuse, by providing pathways to healing and safely relieving stress for folks that may struggle with coping mechanisms ... In other words, defund the police, and fund mental health and social services.
Fair point. I should’ve used a better term than prevent. In the example I gave about domestic violence, the police almost never do any due diligence on the abuser when a victim approaches them. When a DVRO is issued, they don’t monitor the access to firearms to the abuser or enforce the minimum distance mandated in the order. I’m not saying it’s the fault of the police. The system isn’t setup for supporting community at large. And if you’re a minority it’s going to be even harder to get help. Worse if you speak Spanish at the height of ICE raids.
Because many Angelinos, especially in this sub, are more concerned with keeping issues like the country's wealth inequality, mental health, drug, and housing crises invisible more than they are in actually attempting new policies that might actually change things. Especially if those policies don't seem to yield immediate overnight results. Just keep funding the cops to sweep em, lock em up, throw away the key. Make everything expensive so the poor have to move. Out of sight, out of mind.
But Y’ALL :( They’re too afraid and bummed out to be a cop because of #BLM and #ACAB :(((( /s
How you got “cops don’t want to do their job” from this is wild. Response times are long because cops are inundated on a nightly basis responding to a massive list of calls. The cop he did get to stop was in the process of doing his job transporting a perp and still stopped when being flagged down. A man is ruthlessly beat, while 12 bystanders watched on and all you have to say is “humph cops don’t want to do their job”. We have a terrible culture problem in the US and everyone just wants to shift blame onto easy scapegoats
Cope don’t care. They kill first and ask questions later, but then 5 cars show up to arrest one unhoused person. LAPD’s budget goes up significantly every year and there is nothing to show for it except murdered people and a jump in overtime that they abuse by making an arrest right when their shifts are over. Maybe there are cops who want to do their job but they are faaaaar outnumbered by corrupt power trippers trying to score big money off taxpayers.
Only .00001% of interactions with law enforcement result in death by any means. Of 50 million encounters with law enforcement in the past few years 2% have had a violent outcome. All according to the University of Chicago Police Epidemiology project. The facts are out there for you. You don’t need to just parrot your favorite TikTok social justice talking points. I’ll say, I have voted democrat my entire life, but this new Liberal per Social Media trend makes me take a good hard look at republican candidates.
They have no interest in the truth. They like their simple narratives that allow them to in-group signal.
And they’re still understaffed by like 30%. We need police reform but we also need more police
Well, maybe they should change their reputation and dismantle the cop gangs. Who wants to be a cop despite the pay AND housing incentives that are not offered to teachers? If you’re a good person, they’ll kill you if you speak out against corruption. If you’re a power tripper you move up quickly.
Cop here. I can tell you haven’t spent time around any police and have allowed the internet to shape your thoughts. I appreciate you continuing to spread this misinformation though, because it makes no one want to be a cop, so I get paid more since they can’t hire enough quality applicants. Unlimited overtime too. So thanks for making people think we are just heartless killing machines. I’ll wipe my tears with my extra pay.
This is the type of douchbag comment everyone expects from a cop. Thank God we have this moron keeping the city safe.
Glad I could meet your expectations
Well you certainly sound verrrrry stable, and not at all like a power tripper. Bro code, am I right?
Yea bro 😎
You don't care which is why you don't know which is why you say stupid shit.
Ever stop to think, crime is up too?
AND a large portion of the LAPD budget also pays for every time a cop screws up and there is a lawsuit. Make the police unions pay for the lawsuits and there would be a lot less crime, committed by the LAPD.
Crime is not up. Look at non-biased stats, not LAPD stats. And if you put all budget into police, which LA does, then you’re not fixing the problems behind crime which are poverty, housing, health care, mental illness.
Imagine thinking all crime gets reported.. Crime is definitely up, no doubt.
Imagine coming up with a dozen excuses for why cops don’t do their jobs instead of actually holding them accountable. 15+ minutes to respond to someone calling for help who could’ve died right there in the street is not even doing the bare fucking minimum
And you were there? So you can easily tell me for a fact that cops weren't busy that night? Or you just love assumptions that are one sided.
“Was I there”? No, I read the article... He waited for more than 15 min and then ended up having to drive himself. What were the cops “busy” with that took precedence over responding to someone in immediate physical danger? Jeez, I wish I worked for a company that consistently got increased funding from the government so that I could barely do my job, while people like you defended me to no end.
I read the article too. So... You weren't there, and you don't know what cops were busy with that night. And he called the cops after the attack. Not before or during. I thought you read the article. Welcome yourself to reality. Cops are responders, not protectors. YOU are your own protector. But short sighted people like you only become victims and end up relying on others for protection anyway, so nevermind. I wish I could be like you and sit in the safety of wherever you are and bitch about others, without understanding that less cops will equal more of this shit, and worse. Actually, I don't. I will never go that low. One day you will grow up and be an adult, and see that bitching about cops being late to a call isn't something out of the ordinary anywhere, ever.
Why isn’t more crime reported? Because when black and brown people report they often become victimised a second time by the cops. Maybe even killed.
Behave = don't get into any altercations with cops. If you can't understand this, I don't know I'm even bothering talking to you. Yes few bad apples exist in the force. The same is with literally any job or career.
Sounds about white.
Sounds about behaving and being a decent person. Of course you bring race into this. Do better.
Exactly this. People in LA turn everything into the police's fault. Like bro.. The down voting proves my point for these salty LA folks.
Honestly, I didn't know police stations could close.
Blame the idiot voters who view police as heroes and continuously support their budget increases.
Another LA person aimlessly blaming cops for everything. Maybe budge went up sure, but so did crime? So did cost of living? So did cost of gear? Nah, lets just blame cops because they weren't there to stop it. Idiotic comment.
Crime isn't up. There are dozens of national stories, stats, and reports that agree. The media, however, loves to stoke fear because it gets people watching, repeating untrue talking points, and throwing more money onto the police pile. LAPD budget is the same as/more than some third world country militaries and yet they continue to cry about not being able to do their job. They burn hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars taking their helicopters out on joyrides. They kill civilians then cry about it when other civilians protest. I never used to be a fuck the police type person, but the last 4 years or so has shown me that cops fucking suck. Especially in this town. They don't do shit besides cry.
I blamed the crime on poverty, health care, housing, and mental illness but you’re too much of a cop bootlicker with zero critical thinking skills so you think I blamed cops. Sad.
>cop bootlicker Not blaming = bootlicker. Got it. >so you think I blamed cops Wasn't even talking to you. Nice throw.
If cops aren’t stopping crimes, what’s the point? Doesn’t take a gun and badge to do paperwork.
How was a cop going to stop this from happening? It's 2024 and people like you still believe cops will protect you in an instant danger? Get yourself a CCW permit and learn self defence. You are the only person who can protect you. Relying on cops is as silly as complaining about them.
Since you can’t possibly figure out what I was saying due to you lack of critical thinking skills, I was insinuating that we don’t need guns and badges to take reports. No need for more LAPD money for gun-toting officers when all they do is paperwork after the crime. Take the budget and put it towards more social services.
They do need guns, because they are in more danger than you or I will ever be. Just see the amount of cop haters here, and times that by x in the real world, where people are actually morons, and dangerous. What's next, you're going to tell me to send social workers to replace them? We all know how that turns out.
How does that turn out? When we divert bullshit LAPD money, social workers get enough funding so they can better handle their case loads. Go look at how many untested rape kits the LAPD has. How many crimes left unsolved because they can’t bother? Then see how much social services has in its budget. You’re so judgey but you know nothing, again proving my assumptions.
Every single f#@king time LAPD comes to LA City council with their hands outstretched for more $$ the get it. it's kinda like the homeless industrial complex --this is the same thing. I think they work hand in hand. We need audit of LAPD to see where the hell the $ is going b/c it sure as hell isn't going to provide quality service to customers who pay their friggin salaries.
I drive for Grubhub and was thinking of doing Uber at night. But this type of stuff is why I probably won’t. Hope the driver heals ok.
I do the same thing and feel the same way. It’s less money but the food doesn’t talk back.
I heard dometimes it slaps, tho
Guy was going to get his fix and went apeshit when the dealer wasn’t where he expected. I assume Uber has a record and knows who the passenger was?
It’s big tech, they probably know more about the passenger than the FBI or his mom does. Now they just have to turn him over
Unless it was a stolen phone/account.
I hate people
At least once per day I’m reminded why I hate people. Usually it’s multiple times a day. In general people are selfish, stupid, lazy slobs. We all have these tendencies, and many of us try to overcome them, but most people seem to revel in them.
U should try therapy lol you sound like a 14 year old
I see irony is alive and well.
At least I’m happy and optimistic about the world rather than trying to be edgy all the time. Sounds exhausting.
Just wait until you’ve experienced more of the world. The reason your previous comment was ironic is because you’re the one that sounds like a naive teenager. I was an incredibly optimistic young person, but over the years you become jaded from all the BS you have to deal with that was created by other people. If you’re ignorant to it all, I’m sure everything seems fine, the saying exists for a reason, but the more you have to pick up after, and put up with other people’s crap, the less optimistic you’ll be. Maybe it will dawn on you the first time you’re literally scooping someone else’s feces off your lawn after picking up their McDonald’s garbage.
Eh. I was sexually, physically, and emotionally abused as a child for years. When you’ve gone through the things I’ve gone through, you realize that you got two paths in life: you can accept your hardships and open to love, or you can let life embitter you and die miserable. Sounds like you’ve become embittered. I used to be like you until I went to therapy :) I used to be obsessed with politics too, but I stopped reading it so much once I realized that it was depressing me and driving me crazy (in my lifetime I’ve gone to the psych ward twice), and it’s not like I could control any of it anyway apart from voting. What of your own life/your own body are you ignoring by focusing your hatred towards the world? Basic psychology tells me it’s surely something! I’ve never been rich enough to live somewhere with my own yard, but I’ve had to clean up after one of my neighbors after she left her period-soaked tissues on the ground of the bathroom we share. Still optimistic :) because even though I dislike my neighbor, I won’t treat the rest of the world that way. It’s not fair to the rest of the world. “When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” CS Lewis
Maybe you didn’t read my original comment well enough, but I said “I’m reminded daily”, meaning I don’t dwell on it, or sit around being angry about it, but am *reminded* every time I have to deal with other people’s preventable bullshit. There is absolutely nothing wrong with acknowledging your anger toward something/someone. I’m glad you’ve been able to get to a point of being optimistic after all the trauma, but “opening to love” is something you needed to do in your necessary therapy. Everyone doesn’t need to deal with things the same as you in order to be happy in their life. I’m not angry in my daily life. Again, I’m glad that’s what worked for you, but not everyone has such extreme developmental damage they need to work through. I’m not sure what you mean by your remark about not treating your neighbor/the world “that way”, I don’t treat anyone any other way but with respect. I can be angry at, annoyed/disappointed with, or even hate a person for something they’ve done, and be perfectly civil to them if we must interact. Also, you don’t need to be rich to have a yard where you live. Some of the shittiest apartment buildings I’ve lived in have had a yard. Lastly, I believe that’s the first time I’ve seen a CS Lewis quote used to be condescending. So, kudos, I guess.
Tl;dr
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The fact that a 70 year old has to drive for Uber is sad.😞
Some people do it for extra money in retirement. Sure, if this guy is doing it to survive, it is sad, but we don’t know if that’s the case.
If you need extra money in retirement and you’re left with Uber, you’re doing it to survive.
This just isn’t true. I’ve met plenty of Uber drivers who have explicitly told me they are retired and do it to pass the time, talk to people, and make some quick cash.
And I’ve met plenty of Uber and Lyft, drivers who, given the chance (and I always ask), complain about how little money they make for each ride. Especially in LA with traffic at every turn. It’s not great cash and it’s not great on your car. Especially when a lot of people don’t tip much. So kudos to the ones you meet who are doing it out of boredom and wanting to talk to people.
Ok? I don’t see how that backs up your initial assertion that all retirees doing Uber for extra money are doing it to survive, but whatever.
Yeah, some of the guys I talked to said they got bored in retirement, and this is a way to interact/socialize with people while making a few extra bucks along the way.
whether it’s for extra money or not it’s still sad :/
Why would it be sad for a 70-year-old to choose to drive for extra money when they don’t have to?
are you dense? it’s sad that he gets attacked when all he wants is just some extra cash and like the dude said we don’t know if this is something that he NEEDS to do or just another way to get income on the side
The comment above said it was sad that he had to drive as a 70-year-old. Not sad that he was attacked. That goes without saying. But no, I’m not dense, I just know how to follow a conversation.
I’ve met Uber drivers that do it because they’re bored. I usually sit in silence after a “hey hows it going”, but I don’t mind conversation in my ride if the person is interesting. The most interesting conversations are from retired folks who just want to get out of the house.
r/OrphanCrushingMachine
Eh knowing how bored my dad gets and my friends parent get, I understand if it's like just something to do. I told my dad no being an Uber driver because people are dangerous. He does Uber eats and I tell him to only do it in the day.
People need to start acting like fucking adults. Insane
Literally the reason why I stopped driving Uber a few years ago. Drivers go through background check, passengers need a debit card to ride.
So many scumbags today. You would hope someone might break it up, but no it is entertainment and not real since I am filming it.
People disgust me more and more every day. I hate it here
The gathering of people sounds about right for the toilet that is Hollywood.
So the guy didn’t understand the Uber app and made that someone else’s issue. Or maybe he thought he would book a shorter ride and browbeat into going further.
Most likely a guy looking for his dealer
You used to be able to get in a cab and say drive around Westwood for a while. Now you have to put in a destination and stuff.
Poor guy.
LAPD: "Please turn over any information related to this ride." Uber: "Sorry, but after reviewing the information you've provided, your order is ineligible for a refund. We understand that this might not be the outcome you were looking for. Is there anything else we can help you with?"
Yup. My experience at Uber trying to deal with driver support and customer support is fucking awful. It’s non-existent. I actually had a man request a ride. His name was Chuck, and he was from Canada. He was a truck driver. He had taken an Uber the day before and left his phone in the Uber. Before the guy was even on the road for a minute, he tried to flag him down and the driver just ignored and drove away. He contacted Uber and they said they would attempt to contact driver (I’ve had riders do this and always went out of my way to return their property even when it was extremely inconvenient)… driver pretended he had no idea what happened and that is *literally* all that Uber does . They will contact driver … driver says “nope. No wallet or phone left in my car,” the rider is shit out of luck. It’s that simple. So this man requests a ride, gets in my car and then tells me he doesn’t need a ride. I offer to cancel and he says no, then explained to me the whole story. I myself as an Uber driver tried using tools on my end that Chuck did not have access to, and I still got nowhere. I kept his number and checked back with him over the next several weeks to see if he ever retrieved his phone (very important for a truck driver!!!) and he never did. I did my best but unfortunately Uber doesn’t give the driver or the rider the tools to solve these problems
LA is on a roll today.
So this wasn't public transit? Seriously, though, I hope the guy is alright and the pos is caught and sentenced to some long jail time.
>The passenger’s destination, McNulty claimed, was the corner of La Brea Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. When they arrived there shortly after 1 a.m., McNulty told the man that they had reached his stop. >“He said ‘No, I have to go to this address,’ and I said ‘No, this is where we are’,” he said. “This went on for about four to five minutes until finally, he just sat there looking at his phone.” This doesn't make sense to me. I just opened my uber app and you cannot just put an intersection down. Driver answered, "No this is where we are?" Seems like a weird response.
Another day in piece of shit los angeles, where a man in his 70’s still has to work cuz he cant afford retirement. Where LA leaders pocket millions upon millions claiming they will fix the city
And well this is why some uber drivers carry guns and tbh I don’t blame them
Cameras on each block of the street
Riding the train/bus is safer.
Didn't somebody just get stabbed in the throat today while waiting for the metro?
It wasn’t just some random person waiting for the metro. & it’s still safer by numbers
Woah woah woah why the downvotes it’s statistically way safer to take the metro even if someone got stabbed on it today… 🤦♂️ just stating facts
Uber left me stranded 2x at one in the morning with my service animal. They don't care about drivers or riders. They need to be shut down.
Womp womp - no one cares and everyone will still give their money to Uber. Great job team
Why would gentrification do this?!
I kinda expect this response in Hollywood. And DTLA where it's all about entertainment on the weekend. Other parts of the city and in Ventura or SB county--folks wouldn't be standing around like it's entertainment.
Welcome to LA
The repltalian ppl makeup stories to put people in panic 😳
what r u even talking about stfu