Uber Eats Driver Asks Customer for Gas Money Before Delivering Food

The customer took to Twitter to share screenshots of his text message conversation with the Uber Eats driver.

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An Uber Eats customer was livid when a delivery driver asked him for gas money.

The customer, Exavier Pope, took to Twitter to share screenshots of his conversation with his driver. β€œThis Uber Eats Driver just asked me to CashApp him gas money to bring my food to me,” Pope tweeted on May 31.

In the screenshot, the driver said to Pope, β€œI’m gonna run outta gas, can you cash app me a few bucks for gas please, I had no idea u were that far.”

In a follow-up tweet, the customer wrote that the driver had called him five times, saying it was β€œharassment.”

Twitter: @exavierpope

Their message conversation continued, with Pope calling the driver β€œunprofessional” and the driver apologizing.

Twitter: @exavierpope

Pope then threatened to call the police.

Twitter: @exavierpope

It appears that the driver ended up leaving the food, though Pope noted it was, β€œleft it on the ground outside like trash.”

Twitter: @exavierpope

Uber replied to Pope’s thread, and in response, he called the incident a β€œharrowing experience.”

Twitter: @exavierpope

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