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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 10:32 PM Jul 2016

Uber driver loses his mind



Angry Uber driver yells ‘Get out of my car’ at rider again and again (WARNING - GRAPHIC LANGUAGE)

The three-minute video ended with a bystander promising to walk the woman to the emergency room. The video, “Hostile Uber driver refuses to take me to ER!,” had been viewed over half a million times by Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/angry-uber-driver-yells-car-article-1.2710007
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Uber driver loses his mind (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Jul 2016 OP
This is the problem with UBER. Texasgal Jul 2016 #1
ooooookay, not the most stable individual there. underahedgerow Jul 2016 #2
Its a safe bet something happened before she started filming Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #3
Exactly. 840high Jul 2016 #4
Who are the 2 doofuses (or is that doofi) that think this is worth discussing? BlueStreak Jul 2016 #6
Sometimes I think these videos MUST generate income for SOMEONE. closeupready Jul 2016 #5
Youtube pays 1-2k per million views Travis_0004 Jul 2016 #7
Staged frankieallen Jul 2016 #8
At least Chewbacca Mom didn't show up at the end n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2016 #9

underahedgerow

(1,232 posts)
2. ooooookay, not the most stable individual there.
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 10:55 PM
Jul 2016

You couldn't have found me staying in that car for 1/10000th of a second longer, much less making a video. That's the shit you run away from as fast as you can. She was completely out of line for continuing to provoke him. Where was her sense of self-preservation???

Gotta choose your battles. A few bucks on an uber isn't worth it.

 

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)
3. Its a safe bet something happened before she started filming
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 11:18 PM
Jul 2016

Who was the asshole, the passenger? Driver? Both?

I don't know and I don't care, but I'm sure we are not getting the full story.

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
6. Who are the 2 doofuses (or is that doofi) that think this is worth discussing?
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 11:40 PM
Jul 2016

I mean seriously -- what is that? It that a real thing? Does somebody pay these people to sit there talking about about such inconsequential stuff? That is worse than Tosh.0.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
5. Sometimes I think these videos MUST generate income for SOMEONE.
Wed Jul 13, 2016, 11:35 PM
Jul 2016

You know, all these viral videos that go circulating on FB and the internet tabloids like inquisitr. They generate internet traffic, leading to revenue somehow. I'm not a techie and I don't really get how internet traffic leads to serious money, but I know some people DO make good money, and money must be motivating people to do stupid, outrageous things just to get some kind of funny, clickbait-y footage.

 

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)
7. Youtube pays 1-2k per million views
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 12:08 AM
Jul 2016

Its tough to put an exact figure on it because it depends on how many people actually watch the ads, but there is certainly money to be made.

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