So last night I had one of the most unpleasant experiences as an Uber driver. For reference, I've had over 7k trips over the course of several years and I've never ever had to call the cops to get someone out of my car before. But tonight I had to make that decision unfortunately. So to back it up to the beginning, this young black woman in her early 20s gets into my car here in Atlanta about 3:30 in the morning. Pretty much my last rider on Saturday night time. We proceed to get started and I noticed that her mask was down around her chin to which I told her to pull it up. I paid my attention back on the road for a bit and then did a visual check about 20 seconds later to make sure that she was following my directions. She had not and I told her again to please pull your mask up! She then pulled it up and then complained on the phone about how "all these drivers are doing the most" or some such bullshit to which I had to respond that 2K people died yesterday and I did not want to be one of those tomorrow.
She then proceeded to tell her friend over the phone that I was such a faggot to which of course I asked her to confirm what my ears just heard to which she then lied about it and things definitely started escalating from there. We started getting into a back and forth about COVID-19 then her friend on the phone told her to calm down but in the process of doing that also decided to hurl the f slur at me "he is definitely such a faggot" to which I abruptly proceeded to step on the brakes on the freeway and pulled over to the shoulder and told her to get the fuck out of my car. She said "I'm a black female and it's late at night and I have a dead phone, I'm not getting out of your car!" to which I then said "No, I ended the ride, get the hell out of my car" She then said, "you're about to lose your job for putting me out on the freeway" So I then took the nearest exit which was near Atlantic Station which is a fairly upscale and quiet part of town and told her to get out near this fire station. She then decided to yell at me several more slurs in quick succession and told me I nearly went into the wall and could've hurt her (I did not, I had complete control of the vehicle from start to finish of the session, I'm not an idiot) I told her to get out, she refused. I then said "I'm gonna have to call the cops" She then said "go ahead and do it, I'm not leaving, you're about to lose your job" and so I had no choice at that point. I called APD and told them the situation and then got out of my car with my coat and mask and just sat outside and waited for the police to come. In the interim, I offered to have her phone charged so that she could catch another Uber and I could go home so long as she calmed down and apologized. She then proceeded to scream at me that I was a "faggot ass ugly nigga" among several other things that I don't really quite remember now that I've woken up. (I really wish I had recorded this y'all, she was bonkers) So an offering of peace and a deescalation was out of the picture at this point. I then sat down and waited as she continued to scream at me slurs from my car and how I was endangering her this and that. A woman cop showed up about 35 or so minutes after I called the police, I told her what was going on - funny note here: as I was telling her what happened, it dawned on her that THE WOMAN WAS STILL IN MY CAR and she was like wait, she's still there? Hold on lemme solve this real quick. She then walked over to the car and said "baby girl, you gotta get out of here, this is this man's car and he told you to get out" She thankfully promptly did so and was talking to the cop briefly and I decided at this point that I needed to go home and so I did.
So yeah, fun night here in Atlanta hah.
She then proceeded to tell her friend over the phone that I was such a faggot to which of course I asked her to confirm what my ears just heard to which she then lied about it and things definitely started escalating from there. We started getting into a back and forth about COVID-19 then her friend on the phone told her to calm down but in the process of doing that also decided to hurl the f slur at me "he is definitely such a faggot" to which I abruptly proceeded to step on the brakes on the freeway and pulled over to the shoulder and told her to get the fuck out of my car. She said "I'm a black female and it's late at night and I have a dead phone, I'm not getting out of your car!" to which I then said "No, I ended the ride, get the hell out of my car" She then said, "you're about to lose your job for putting me out on the freeway" So I then took the nearest exit which was near Atlantic Station which is a fairly upscale and quiet part of town and told her to get out near this fire station. She then decided to yell at me several more slurs in quick succession and told me I nearly went into the wall and could've hurt her (I did not, I had complete control of the vehicle from start to finish of the session, I'm not an idiot) I told her to get out, she refused. I then said "I'm gonna have to call the cops" She then said "go ahead and do it, I'm not leaving, you're about to lose your job" and so I had no choice at that point. I called APD and told them the situation and then got out of my car with my coat and mask and just sat outside and waited for the police to come. In the interim, I offered to have her phone charged so that she could catch another Uber and I could go home so long as she calmed down and apologized. She then proceeded to scream at me that I was a "faggot ass ugly nigga" among several other things that I don't really quite remember now that I've woken up. (I really wish I had recorded this y'all, she was bonkers) So an offering of peace and a deescalation was out of the picture at this point. I then sat down and waited as she continued to scream at me slurs from my car and how I was endangering her this and that. A woman cop showed up about 35 or so minutes after I called the police, I told her what was going on - funny note here: as I was telling her what happened, it dawned on her that THE WOMAN WAS STILL IN MY CAR and she was like wait, she's still there? Hold on lemme solve this real quick. She then walked over to the car and said "baby girl, you gotta get out of here, this is this man's car and he told you to get out" She thankfully promptly did so and was talking to the cop briefly and I decided at this point that I needed to go home and so I did.
So yeah, fun night here in Atlanta hah.
