Man uses neighbour’s address on Uber so he ‘didn’t get robbed when driving to the airport’ only for THEM to get burgled
A MAN has been slammed online after he claimed he used his neighbour’s address when ordering an Uber so he ‘didn’t get robbed when travelling to the airport’ – only for them to be burgled instead.
The unnamed man asked on Reddit if he was in the wrong after using the different address.
The Reddit user who goes by the name of Tough_Scene explained that he often goes to the airport for work.
He said he was “paranoid” that the Uber driver would rob the house, thinking he was going on holiday.
He explained: “I take Ubers regularly to the airport for work.
“I’ve always had a paranoia that the Uber driver will rob my house if they see that they’re driving me to the airport as no one will be home.
“So I usually put my neighbours house.”
He continued: “Well it happened. I got picked up at 5am last Monday and out the pickup location as my next door neighbour.
“When I came back yesterday I found out they were robbed that day (they weren’t home as they were on vacation).
“Police have identified the Uber driver as the prime suspect.”
The Reddit user added that he didn’t tell his neighbours, who live four doors down from him, what he did, and just said “damn, that sucks”.
He asked online if he was in the wrong – with many claiming that he was.
One person said: “You thought it might happen, so you made sure it would happen to someone else rather than you. I don’t really see the question here?”
Another said: “You have information that places the Uber driver at the scene and could help the police catch and convict him.
“I can’t believe you thought this was a good idea.”
Another user agreed: “Why would you put your neighbour? You say that you’re always afraid so you put their address. That’s pretty messed up.”
One added: “You should’ve just set it as the corner of the street you live on dude.”
Others were not in agreement.
One person asked: “But this is such a common thing. It’s common advice to tell someone to set their Uber pickup location a couple blocks from their actual home.”
Another person agreed: “What. This is obviously victim blaming….. Unless [he] knew that the neighbours were on vacation too, there is absolutely no way he is the a*****e.”
A former taxi driver added: “Having worked in the taxi industry for years, I can tell you that people calling their taxi two doors away is way more common than you think.
“Like at least 10-15 per cent of our calls to the airport are made two doors away.”
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Sun Online Travel contacted Uber for comment.