You never know what the day will bring when you arise in the morning. What the world will throw at you. Except that some sort of moral trial with evil is around each next bend.
A few weeks ago for us it was our car getting stolen. The detective explained how he thought it was a part of the Tik Tok challenge of teenagers stealing Hyundai Elantra’s on a dare. That was a rude shock, a personal reminder how much crime there is in our country.
And then today my wife got treated to a “Vomit scam” by an Uber driver. Our new car, the one we had to buy because some thug stole our car, being in the shop for a new alternator (big surprise when you have to buy a used car), my wife herself had to take an Uber to work.
After paying the bill she checked her bank account and besides the Uber fee, she was charged $150 for a cleaning fee.
I questioned her about it since it’s possible something leaked out of her purse, or something, but she is sure she caused no mess, rest assured leaving behind anything that would warrant a $150 cleaning fee.
Googling advise what to do, several websites are reporting the phenomenon of some Uber driver’s committing what is being called the “Vomit scam.”
These certain nefarious drivers will take a bottle of vomit, or a concoction that resembles vomit, and throw it all over the inside of the passenger door after the passenger exits the vehicle, take a snap shot of it, and then report it to Uber headquarters to collect their cleaning fee.
I said to my wife, “I bet they’ll claim you threw up in their car” (which of course, needless to say, she didn’t). And big surprise, when Uber responded to her complaint about the fee, they texted her a grotesque pic of vomit all over the interior door taken by the driver.
It was the kind of vomit you’d expect to see in a Hollywood movie like the Exorcist. And it was conveniently spread all over the interior of the door and not on the upholstery which would have been instead more of a chore to clean up.
Fortunately Uber was smart enough to refund the $$ to my wife, but only after several prodding online exchanges with someone who in all likelihood was an AI bot.
Word to the wise, if you take an Uber, when you’re sitting in the back seat keep your cell phone video on recording the entire encounter up to the point you step out of the car.
Is what it is. We offer up our crosses daily. And God have mercy, and deliver His Divine Justice, upon the creep who targeted my wife.
Lord have mercy on us.
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