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Misunderstanding with neighbour and now he must think I'm weird?!

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Dopey2dope · 30/05/2023 23:22

I booked an uber and it was outside my house.

Turns out my neighbour 3 houses down, who I've never really spoken to, started ubering.

DH did the majority of the chatting, and about 3/4 of the way the guy says 'were neighbours and friends now, I'll stop the trip' or something similar, his first language is not English.

So I thought he had cancelled the trip so we didn't have to pay, as he was talking about us being neighbours and now friends as we had met properly.

I didn't get a notification of payment like I usually do from my bank so this further made me think he had given us a free ride.

He had small kids and I didn't wnat him to do that. So once we arrived at our destination I left him 5 stars and 'tipped him the full amount of the trip'

Only 5 mins later I got 2 notifications, one for the tip and one for the full amount of the trip as normal.

So I don't know what he did or meant when he pressed something on his screen talking about us being friends but he must think I'm a weirdo now because I gave him a 100% tip 😂😭😭

And I'm not flush either

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TenThousandSpoons · 30/05/2023 23:24

Well now you’re REALLY good friends!

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Dopey2dope · 30/05/2023 23:26

TenThousandSpoons · 30/05/2023 23:24

Well now you’re REALLY good friends!

I guess so 😂

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thaegumathteth · 30/05/2023 23:27

I'd just pretend I didn't know what I was doing on the app

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TwoShades1 · 31/05/2023 02:48

I think you might need to write this off as just a bit of a funny mix up! For future you know to pay him like usual. But he will probably be extra nice and helpful after the big tip.

BakedTattie · 31/05/2023 05:11

😂 this is totally the kind of thing I’d do. You might need to just write it off if you can and laugh about it.

when I met my neighbour for the first time, she introduced herself and then asked me, “it’s Karen isn’t it?” And for some reason unknown to bloody anyone, I replied yes. Reader, My name isn’t Karen. She must have eventually found out my real name and now 5 years later we have just never mentioned it again 😂 I’m actually dreading that one day she’ll ask me why I pretended my name was karen.

musixa · 31/05/2023 05:51

Might he have given you 'mates rates' for the journey rather than the normal cost?

LadyOfTheCanyon · 31/05/2023 06:27

And now you can never order an Uber again. Grin

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Dopey2dope · 31/05/2023 08:21

musixa · 31/05/2023 05:51

Might he have given you 'mates rates' for the journey rather than the normal cost?

Nope. With uber you see the fare before you accept the ride.

The fare charged was the fare offered originally.

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Dopey2dope · 31/05/2023 08:22

LadyOfTheCanyon · 31/05/2023 06:27

And now you can never order an Uber again. Grin

That's what I'm thinking now 😂😂😂

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Igmum · 31/05/2023 12:25

Nah, you will get the fastest Uber service imaginable. He'll be running to get to you 😂

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