Uber driver pees in bottle, grossing out passenger

An Uber driver peed in a plastic bottle while his passenger was in the car Monday in New York City. An Uber driver peed in a plastic bottle while his passenger was in the car Monday in New York City. Photo: Ben Birchall - PA Images/PA Images Via Getty Images Photo: Ben Birchall - PA Images/PA Images Via Getty Images Image 1 of / 45 Caption Close Uber driver pees in bottle, grossing out passenger 1 / 45 Back to Gallery

Uber drivers, take note. Passengers don't like it when you pee in the Pool.

Raichelle Carter was taking an Uber Pool ride Monday in New York City but was alone in the car when she caught a glimpse of her driver inconspicuously trying to relieve himself into a plastic bottle.

"I had my headphones in and was just trying to chill and unwind, and then I notice that we stopped moving. Then I see him unbuckling his pants and hear urine hit the bottle," a miffed Carter told The New York Post.

Carter, a 28-year-old chef, pulled out her phone, recorded video of the nature call and scolded the driver for his lack of decorum. He protested that he had been driving for an hour and half and could no longer hold it.

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"You could have gone to the bathroom, bro. Outside. You are a f—ing man," she says in the video.

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Uber officials told the Post that the driver was immediately banned from the service.

Finding a time and place to go to the bathroom has always been a problem for taxis and ride-hailing services.

Both Uber and Lyft incentivize drivers to drive all the time. "Power drivers" who log long hours and complete as many drives as possible in a given amount of time are rewarded with guaranteed weekly income and bonuses.

"If I log out to pee, I might miss a great ride," Rand Larson, an Uber and Left driver in the Palm Springs area, told The Ringer in 2016. "The time it takes to find a bathroom and use it is fairly significant. It's hard to log out for anything, even for basic human functions."

It's no wonder drivers are turning to plastic bottles for their bodily needs.

And it's not just ride-sharing drivers. A BBC investigation found that Amazon delivery drivers are under so much pressure to complete their rounds on time that some will drive at unsafe speeds, routinely pee in bottles and on occasion, even defecate in the back of their vans.

An Amazon driver was caught on video pooping on a neighborhood street in Sacramento in December.