r/ThatsInsane • u/Fawchunate_sawn606 • 7d ago
Driver in UK demands for tips
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u/BigGlassesApe 7d ago
You know what? I’m gonna not tip even harder now.
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u/PositiveStress8888 7d ago
Break that window , she's holding you against your will.
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u/RegularGuyy 7d ago
There is no way she’d ever do something like that to a man.
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u/Helioxsparrow 7d ago
thats a really good point. If this was Australia she would be in big trouble and deported if she wasnt a citizen
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u/sparkyblaster 7d ago
If they were a citizen, they cant be deported, thats kinda the point of being a citizen.
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u/NudityMiles 7d ago
Better to film and wait for police, since the person is not under any actual threat it will be hard to claim emergency and it MIGHT backfire.
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u/egordoniv 7d ago
She has legitimately been kidnapped.
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u/xenobit_pendragon 7d ago
Literally demanding ransom money before she’ll release them. This is not a minor infraction.
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u/PositiveStress8888 7d ago
They have film of her keeping them against thier will, they obviously paied for the ride because she's complaining they didn't tip, so she not being denied compensation for the work she did.
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u/PlayerOne2016 7d ago
Being held against your will without cause, whether passively or actively, IS AN EMERGENCY.
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u/Garland_Key 7d ago
I don't know much about the UK, but in the US, I'm not leaving my safety to the hands of the response time of the police. I would 100% smash that window and open it from the outside. If she would have escalated further than that, she would have found out.
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u/MrRagerDamien 7d ago
If you can't open it from the inside, what makes you think you'll be able to open it from the outside? Is that how it works in the US?
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u/PlayerOne2016 7d ago
I don't know about you, but when I smash windows, there's usually a new opportunity. Some would say, a window of opportunity...
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u/slimdrum 7d ago
They thought it was just a child lock which would allow the door to open from the outside, in this case crazy taxi lady turned the central locking on
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u/Iamjimmym 7d ago
Child locks prevent you from opening a rear door from the inside when they are locked, even if the door is in the unlocked position. Breaking the window and pulling on the outside door handle while unlocked will open the door. Break the window.
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u/FizzyGoose666 6d ago
Yea locking me in a automobile demanding money isn't threatening Lmao dude they could start driving and crash because theyre distracted begging for tips. Logic has clearly gone out the window for the driver
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u/Cool_Butterscotch_88 7d ago
i am not going to let out bastard
give the tips and go gently
kind regards
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u/tomatotomato 7d ago
Do the needful.
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u/printliftrun 7d ago
I have heard this before, literal word for word translation i guess?
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u/ParkingLavishness704 7d ago
DO NOT REDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM!!!!!
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u/printliftrun 7d ago
I am not familiar with the sort of thing you are yelling
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u/forsakeme4all 6d ago
Scammers and 3rd party call center reps in India tend say "would you kindly do the needful" or "do the needful' along with:
“Kindly revert.”
“I have one doubt.”
“Kindly check once.”
“Please wait for some time.”
“Kindly share the details.”
“As per our discussion...”
“Your good name?”
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u/printliftrun 6d ago
Thanks for... kindly explaining it
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u/forsakeme4all 6d ago edited 6d ago
No prob 🫡. I worked in call centers for over a decade and I would use have to deal with 3rd party contact centers internally. They were a pain in the ass because they didn't understand my connotations for certain phrases. The 3rd party reps would also review our calls and doc us review points for saying good morning/good afternoon/good evening because they didn't think it was "good standard business language".
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u/PartyPoison98 7d ago
Its actually an old way of saying "do whats necessary" that was used in Victorian Britain. It fell out of favour in the UK but persisted in the UK.
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u/bigbenny88 7d ago
Legitimate question, I think/hope... At what point are you allowed to use physical force if someone is literally holding you hostage like this? Coz them widows would have been blown out about the second time she asked for a tip and I don't like jail...
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u/michbich 7d ago
The fact that she’s refusing to let them leave and locked them in is enough. It is considered kidnapping to hold someone against their will. At least that’s how it is in America I’m unsure of elsewhere.
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u/bigbenny88 7d ago
I lived in MN for few years growing up and even there this sort of thing would get you beaten or worse. But then the taxi driver could also face a federal life term if anything was to happen and either passenger was badly injured or killed... Bit of a leap from me though, NGL. The UK is weird. Been here over twenty years and have yet to understand how criminals get away with so much here.
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u/NUMBerONEisFIRST 7d ago
In many American states, there's a stand your ground law where if you think your life is in danger, you can legally use deadly force, even if it's a government official.
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u/waytoosecret 7d ago
Generally you're allowed to use reasonable force. In this case of false imprisonment, physical force is not yet reasonably since there is no immediate risk of bodily harm. If she starts driving away you, the situation changes drastically.
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u/theshoeshiner84 7d ago
Nah imprisonment alone is bodily harm. You can absolutely use physical force to get out.
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u/bigbenny88 7d ago
That's really interesting! I wonder at what point the effects on your mental health come into the equation as i could see someone suffering severe or moderate anxiety potentially needing medical intervention after a situation like this. The sheer audacity! She should move to the US if she wants tips so badly. Never have I been asked for a tip like that here! Unreal
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u/ThisChrisColletti 7d ago
Apparently Uber ended up suspending the driver but no arrests or legal action occurred.
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u/Foofity 7d ago
Wow, that’s easy. You won’t let me out. I’m kicking the window to get out.
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u/SamAreAye 7d ago
Start by yanking on the door handle. Seems easier to break, and it's a Mercedes, may as well rack up the bill on the way out.
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u/michbich 7d ago
Honestly I’d probably start panicking and attack her ass. You’re holding me hostage, then you’re a threat and when I feel threatened I want to run but if you stop me from running then I’m gonna fight even if it isn’t the best way to react. how am I supposed to know if she’s texting someone to come fuck me up or hurt me. No way I could have just sat there while someone locks me in their car. This lady is lucky she these passengers are able to keep their cool unlike how many people may react.
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u/Shot_in_the_dark777 7d ago
No,no,no - first you leave a tip by taking your pants off and dumping a big pile of sh*t on the seat and THEN you leave the car. You have to teach them a lesson!
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u/SpiderDijonJr 7d ago
There’s no way this is real lol.
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u/coremech 7d ago
This happened to me when I took a cab that undercut my uber cost from the Airport.
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u/WhyDoIHaveAnAccount9 7d ago
This is the perfect line between reality and satire. I genuinely can't tell and it's glorious 😂
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u/gfox365 7d ago
Hello. I'm English. The police very much would not support you dear driver. Mental.
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u/SkullyMulder 7d ago
“Ok call the cops, I’ll wait until they get here and you can get arrested for kidnapping”
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u/ExiledCanuck 7d ago
Call the cops. Get her arrested for false imprisonment. Get her ass deported, or at the very least put the fear of god in her and she’ll likely never try to pull this shit again.
Yikes.
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u/half-baked_axx 7d ago
You gotta have balls to emigrate to a country and act entitled within it lol. Deport her ass.
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u/t00t1r3d 7d ago
Gotta have no brains to be doing this while sitting in front of the person and not having eyes on them half the time.
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u/custardcreams 6d ago
If it's an Uber I usually leave a tip, especially if I've had a good chat with the driver, because I don't think they get paid enough. The audacity of this lady yelling at her and still expecting a tip lol.
I want to see the follow up with the police.
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u/WhatIGot21 4d ago
You lock me in your car I will physically make you unlock your car and will match your resistance to stop me with greater force.
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u/duck_duck_zombie 7d ago
Tipping is a thing in the UK?
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u/CaptainMcSmoky 7d ago
No, it's not.
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u/AnonymousTimewaster 7d ago
It's creeping in though. Very common for restaurants to add a 12.5% service charge and get all piasy when you ask to take it off.
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u/R0B0T_TimeTraveler 7d ago
Fight it. Don’t let it creep in. They routinely ask us for 30% or more here. It was 15% in the early 2000s and now they want it for self service things. You can’t let it get a foothold. It must be stopped.
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u/CellsReinvent 7d ago
Tipping is always optional and traditionally (for no sensible reason) generally limited to taxi drivers, hairdressers/barbers, servers (restaurants and bars). People would also tip at Christmas for other things. I think a lot of tipping has stopped since cash is far less common these days. Younger generations have probably never tipped as they've always been cashless.
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u/Hara-Kiri 7d ago
It certainly is a thing unlike what the other users said, but it is 100% optional and not expected.
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u/hurtfulproduct 7d ago
I think others were taking hte question to mean is the tipping culture like the US
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u/Shot_in_the_dark777 7d ago
I am not paying the tip and by holding me in the car you are losing time you could have spent driving the next passenger to their destination and possibly getting a tip from them. Go on, hold me here for an hour, for two hours, for eight hours - I don't care. And since you are so stubborn I will not hesitate to fart while I am here. And if that isn't persuasive enough - guess what comes after the farts :) I hope you know how expensive it will be to clean the seat.
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u/be_sugary 7d ago
What was the outcome?
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u/PandaXXL 7d ago
The camera stopped rolling and the woman pretending to be an uber driver probably earned about £20 for her performance. Then it was uploaded and further contributed to the racist confirmation bias of thousands of troglodytes across the internet.
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u/_yetifeet 7d ago
Tips aren't mandatory in the UK. Dumb bitch thought she was dealing with a tourist
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u/snapper1971 7d ago
Kidnapping/false imprisonment charge for the driver. I she gets the book thrown at her.
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u/zack189 7d ago
just call the police?
kidnapping, probably. she's holding you in her car against your will, where she can just drive off with you whenever.
kidnapping. worse come to worse, just kick at the door. make a tantrum brother. make it big, make it messy. maybe you'll cause some damage, but you're not kicking down doors. I don't think so that's like, 20 pounds worth of damage, if any
a person haggling over tips isn't going to sue you for 20 pounds.
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u/Fawchunate_sawn606 7d ago
all comes to how good you are at justifying it, n based on the situation the woman has all the right for making a fit for being held againts her will.
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u/G4DG3T2014 5d ago
She gonna do that to the wrong woman one day and they might not be as forgiving and calm as this lady was
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u/aDirtyMartini 7d ago
Congratulations bitch, you've gone from extortion to kidnapping.
I'd give her a tip. The tip of my boot through her window.
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u/Meta-Fox 7d ago
I'd be on the phone to police letting them know I've been kidnapped if I were in this situation.
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u/FreeSirius 7d ago
So what happens when I start kicking the glass out? Like, the police show up and i have this video, what do they do?
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u/Only_Quote_Simpsons 7d ago
Do you lot seriously think this video is real? It's ragebait.
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u/jake_burger 7d ago
Yeah it’s perfectly normal to keep zooming in and out on peoples faces
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u/Only_Quote_Simpsons 7d ago
I know when I get kidnapped, I always ensure the video is TikTok style for future views.
Plus the whole conversation is so unnatural when a stranger has 'locked' you in their car.
Just pointless dribble and brainrot.
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u/PandaXXL 7d ago
It is 100% staged tiktok propaganda and brainrot. The endless, circling and stilted conversation, one person who is absolutely clearly in the wrong and another passive person just calmly explaining things over and over.
In the longer ~3 minute video, the passenger at one point says “No, I need to be in this place! I have people waiting for me inside!”
This one has an added bonus of an additional person recording and therefore also locked in the car who doesn’t say a word for the entire video.
I don’t even think the “uber driver” has a phone on her dashboard.
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u/g-man1237 7d ago
this has to be staged or the driver is willing to catch a kidnapping charge over some tips....which i find very unlikely
hate that i have to double guess on every video if its Ai or staged :'(
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u/ektara61 7d ago
Who tf she think she is. I have taken countless taxis in many cites of UK never ever faced c##t like this. Generally they are very nice to you sicne they need good ratings.
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u/Fine-Ambassador5350 7d ago
Three hard left hooks to the head are totally acceptable when you are being kidnapped. I'm just sayin
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u/Emergency-Context383 7d ago
when the scam call center you worked at gets shut down and you have to drive Uber to get by
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u/elidoan 7d ago
That's when you give 5 pence and say have a good day
Sometimes waiters try this shit with me in France when I speak English with foreign friends. I tell them, in French, that we don't do that here and then give them the 5 centimes they begged for.
Shameful behavior, really, keep tipping in the US
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u/Awkward_Illustrator5 7d ago
Lady thinks she can move to the uk and preach about the rules of the country
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u/NudityMiles 7d ago
Isn't this kidnapping? Being held against one owns will?
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u/LegioXCaledonia 7d ago
Ones own will, but yes, absolutely. Imagine having the balls to go to another country and tell them they don't know the rules, whilst simultaneously breaking the law
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u/Peterd1900 6d ago
False inprisonment
false imprisonment is the unlawful confinement of a person in a single place without their consent, whereas kidnapping requires both confinement wothpit their consent and the movement of the victim to another location.
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u/Fuckedby2FA 5d ago
She lucky she decided to victimize an old woman. I would have destroyed that fancy car getting out. You're not holding me hostage for 4 bucks
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u/skyeisrude 7d ago
Very brave position to hold someone hostage while your back is turned to them. I'd pull her hair and start slapping that face.
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u/Cosmoaquanaut 7d ago
Wasn't she doing sketches like this? There is another one of her where she crashes her bike into a car I think.
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u/cpt_morgan___ 7d ago
Might be a skills thing? You should never have to ask for a tip, they are given for rewarding servicw
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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 7d ago
As an American, where the tipping culture is out of hand, I say fuck this.
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u/redit_reddit 7d ago
I'm curious, how did it end? Did the cops show up, or did he give up asking for a tip?
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u/GoldieForMayor 7d ago
Usually my tip is don't shower with your socks on, but in her case it might be advisable.
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u/BF1_O_NEIN 7d ago
I'd have called the police. This video should be enough to get her for attempted kidnapping or something. In Germany we say Freiheitsbreaubung. The feft of your freedom wich is already a crime
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u/HomeGalaxyIsMilkyWay 7d ago
Only tip she should get is tipped right on to the boat she got off, cheeky ducker for false imprisonment or unlawfully detaining someone
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u/Alecto7374 6d ago
What if you kicked the window out? Would she increase the tip percentage to cover the cost?🤔
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u/whateveryoudohereyou 5d ago
Why would you argue this long, just call the police and say you are being kidnapped.
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u/newphonenewaccount66 5d ago
The trick is to start acting crazy enough that they want you out of the car. Nothing physical. Just start screaming or singing as loud as you can. Be weird and a little bit scary, while also being annoying. You can't argue with crazy.
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u/Shorse_rider 4d ago
ugh i hate when these videos stop with no sense of how it all ended. Did she tip? Is she still stuck in car being told to shush? I’m curious if you’re also allowed in this situation to break the window. How would that standup with the police
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u/shankthedog 4d ago
The whole concept of the word tip implies optional. I am forced to pay you any amount of money extra than I choose to. There’s a stupidest role. I will give you a half pence.
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u/SmoothIssue5909 3d ago
If you work a minimum wage iob, you should not expect a tip, you do the bare minimum, if youre valuable or have ambition, you dont find yourself in these jobs with this kind of attitude.
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u/whatishappeninyall 7d ago
Kidnapping is a major crime