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Plastician demands Uber explain how a cab to Croydon ended up in the East Midlands
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 11 October 2019
I got in a taxi in Balham late one night, asked to go to Richmond Road in Hackney, nodded off and woke up some time later with the driver trying to kick me out in Richmond. Which, for anyone not familiar with London geography, is definitely not where I wanted to go.
Producer and DJ Plastician recently had a similar journey, from Fulham to Croydon, except he ended up in Sleaford. Which, for anyone not familiar with London geography, is in the East fucking Midlands.
In a series of posts on Twitter yesterday, the musician, real name Chris Reed, told the story of his recent experience with an Uber driver that involved a major detour after he fell asleep in the car. In total his Uber journey home took five and a half hours and resulted in a bill just shy of £1500, thanks to both the distance and the fact that he’d booked the car while the taxi app was on so called surge pricing.
His tweets then detail his efforts to get an explanation, apology and refund from the Uber company. He says an Uber employee initially confirmed that his home address was definitely the destination entered into the app when he originally booked the car. He then goes on: “They are now denying this, yet have no proof that I ever entered an address in Sleaford – a destination I have never been to in my life”. Well, except that one time.
Wither Uber not being especially responsive, how this uber detour happened currently remains a mystery, with Reed saying that there is “no indication inside my app of that address being entered by me”. He then notes that Uber’s website states that both passengers and drivers have the power to amend the destination.
Accusing the company of taking “zero responsibility for their passenger’s safety”, he concludes: “Don’t drink and drive but also, don’t drink and get in an Uber, as this could happen to anyone”.
Of course, if it turns out that this happened because Reed was attempting to listen to some Sleaford Mods and typed his musical request into the wrong app, well, that might finally take the heat off Ed Balls.
