Woman says an Uber driver pulled up to her work looking for her. The problem? Her actual Uber was still 3 minutes away
She was lucky nothing happened
A routine Uber ride turned into a frightening safety scare when a woman says a stranger claiming to be her driver showed up at her workplace, even though the app showed her actual Uber was still a few minutes away. “I just had one of the strangest Uber experiences ever. So I just got off of work. It’s 2:30 in the morning. I called my Uber. It was still 3 minutes away. And this car pulls up and is telling the people that I work with, I’m her Uber,” Mackenzie (@mackenzieeeep) said at the opening of her TikTok video.
Mackenzie said the driver asked her colleagues about her and already knew her name. Her colleagues then apparently told her that her Uber had arrived, so she went to the driver. However, she immediately realized it was not her Uber. Besides being 3 minutes away on the app, the car that was supposed to arrive should have been a silver Ford, but the car in front of her was a black Toyota.
She said she refused to get in the car, but the driver repeatedly insisted and, at one point, got out of the car and allegedly tried to persuade her to get back in. Then, Voila, her actual Uber pulled up to the scene. “My Uber pulls up, and I’m like, what the f***? So I get in my real Uber, right? And this guy’s, like, still out of his car,” Mackenzie said.
Mackenzie could not believe how persistent the driver was, which made her even more suspicious than she already was. “If somebody tells you ‘you’re not my Uber,’ wouldn’t you just be like, well, f*** it, And go on your night and, like, try to get more drives?” Mackenzie said. She added, “Like, why are you fighting so hard to get me in your f****** Uber randomly? And how do you know my name?”
Mackenzie said she told her actual driver about the ordeal, and he said she dodged a bullet. “I tell my real Uber. I was like, ‘dude, this is so weird. Like, that guy knew my name, and it’s saying that he’s my Uber, blah, blah,’” she said. She added, “And my real Uber driver was like, ‘Wait, what? Like, good thing you didn’t get in their car, because, like, that’s f****** weird.’”
“Sounds like they were working together”
Mackenzie concluded her video with a public service announcement, urging everyone to stay vigilant of their surroundings, which had previously benefited some. She also advised to check the license plates of Ubers. The comments supported her message but also showed concern for her situation, with some suggesting the two Uber drivers might be collaborating to harm her.
One person wrote, “You should have canceled your real uber. Sounds like they were working together.” Another said, “mmm what if your real Uber told the fake Uber that you requested a ride and they work together to kidnap ppl…”
A few people, on the other hand, offered context, explaining how two Uber drivers can arrive at the same time. One person wrote, “Uber Driver here, so this happened to me once in the 10yrs of driving due to a glitch, me and another driver arrive at the same time for the same rider, but he got in the one that matched his app. I just waited for cancelation mode to activate so i can cancel and continue.”
Another individual gave a scary account of her experience. They said, “This happened to me multiple times in Bali years ago. They even went as far as having a second driver stop my real driver up the street and threatened them so they wouldn’t pick me up so they could steal get the ride and $ for the ride.”
Mackenzie’s story highlights the importance of staying aware of your surroundings and underscores that transport services like Uber must prioritize ride safety, especially for women. She recognized the warning signs and chose to refuse the ride, but others in her situation might not have been able to react the same way, putting their safety at risk.
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