Such is the case with Ambika Sharma Anavkar, a Pune resident. She shared her horrible experience with her Uber driver in Facebook. According to what she shared, the Uber driver had repeatedly annoyed her with Whatsapp texts. At the beginning, Ambika thought the driver was just trying to return her cousin’s belongings, but when he said he misses her, she became cautious.
This is what she posted:
Dear #UberIndia,
On the 07th of May, I booked a cab from the airport to Pashan in Pune with you for a relative and her 2 boys! The driver seemed friendly and asked her where was she coming from and tried making small talks, to which she initially replied with politeness and later started ignoring. Now, this is what happens next. If this is not the beginning of harassment then what Is? I book my family with only uber because so far I felt safe and secure with you’ll. But not anymore!!! When he said he was the driver I thought my cousin left something back in the cab and he is meaning to return it.. but this is what the truth was!!
Please see the pics attached!
#punepolice
Edited to add:
I got a call from uber saying that they are extremely sorry and that they will now suspend him. Said they picked my complain up from Twitter and will now speak to the driver and then write to me about the actions they’ve taken.
These are the screenshots of the WhatsApp conversation she shared:
After realizing that the cab driver is just another creep, Ambika immediately reached out to Uber and shared her incident. Uber responded back that the cab driver will be suspended and also apologized to her.
Today Uber might have taken some action, but are they willing to ensure that such a thing will not happen next time? Isn’t prevention better than the cure?