‘We were furious’: Uber driver rejects couple because of their Christmas ham
A couple were left stranded and out of pocket after a rideshare driver refused to pick them up because they had a Christmas ham
The couple had been for dinner at their local RSL in Melbourne’s south-east on Tuesday night, and picked up a ham they’d won there a few weeks ago.
They ordered an Uber, but as they approached the car the driver told them the ride was cancelled.
“My husband had it (the ham) in his hand and the boot opened,” stranded passenger Marion told 3AW’s Kate and Quarters.
“The guy said ‘what’s that?”
“My husband said ‘it’s ham’, and he said ‘no, you can’t get in. The trip is cancelled.”
The driver told the couple he wouldn’t take them home with the ham because he was Muslim,
But when Marion checked her bank account she got a rude shock.
She’d been charged a cancellation fee from Uber for the ride which the driver cancelled!
“I looked it up and I got charged!,” she said.
“We were furious, we were left there.”
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