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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
Texasgal
(17,041 posts)No responsibility and no regulation!!!
underahedgerow
(1,232 posts)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)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.
840high
(17,196 posts)BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)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)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)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.