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CAIRO – 1 March 2018: While on your trip with either Careem or Uber, have you ever wondered about what kind of strange, interesting, funny stories the drivers might have to share?



Well, we were curious enough to reach out to Careem and Uber and ask their drivers to share with us their funniest passenger stories. From the forgetful parents to the grocery shoppers and the “Mahshy” lunchtime snacks; here they are.





Careem



Missing Butter:



“Customer forgot four kilograms of butter in the captain's car, as she was grocery shopping and got out and forgot her butter. The captain offered to pay the customer the price of those four kilograms to be satisfied as he cooked with it in his house, but Careem ended refunding the customer for them instead.”



Baby’s Day Out:



“Captain found a baby in his car’s backseat after dropping a customer off. He was freaked out and called the call center, at the same moment the woman realized she forgot her baby and was calling the call center in hysterics as the captain was not answering, (he was on a call with the call center to call the customer as she took all her bags and forgot her baby in the car). We called the customer and the captain delivered her child safely to her. All of this happened within a very stressful five minutes.”



The Grocery Shopper:



“A ride was booked to a hypermarket, and the captain offered to go to the hypermarket with the customer and drive her back. He got some stuff for himself, helped her carry all the bags to the car, and when she arrived at her drop off location she pretended that she didn’t have enough money to pay him for the trip and took her stuff and the stuff he got for himself as well and just got into her house.”



Uber



The Mother:



“A female customer with three kids got in an Uber on a hot summer day. The Uber driver had his AC on and suddenly he smells something weird coming from the backseat. Apparently, the mother started feeding her three kids from a big pot of stuffed cabbage, Mahshy. The driver calmly told the rider to stop doing so as the smell would stick to the car (he had to open the windows to let in some air). She offered him some mahshy and after several discussions she finally put away the mahshy.”



The Conspiracy Theory:



“The Uber driver reached the assigned location but couldn’t find the rider. When he calls her stating the location he’s in, she furiously says “Why did you go to my house? I’m not there now, how did you go to this location? Did Om Mohamed tell you to come here?” After various attempts from the driver to calm her down, stating she mistakenly picked this location, he asked her to order another ride to her current location. Before ending the call she forced the driver to swear that Om Mohamed isn’t involved in this misunderstanding. Obviously, she’s on bad terms with Om Mohamed.”



