Uber Eats delivery riders are blaming the Trump presidency for the ongoing, massive detention of these people in Washington, D.C.
Over the previous days, the United States president Donald Trump led the governors from six Republican states sending hundreds of troops to Washington, D.C. to introduce aggressive measures in the hopes that this move would fight off violence, Al Jazeera reported.
However, even innocent delivery riders are not spared from the takeover, and the harrowing incidents are covered by Ridesharing Forum.
Heists, detentions
A resident of the capital, Tyler DeSue, shared with the media how they thought of ordering their breakfast one Saturday morning via Uber Eats. They chose to order burritos, but the driver took longer than usual.
So, DeSue took to the app and realized that the GPS location that the delivery driver had pinned was wrong.
They went out of the house and saw police lights everywhere.
“I stepped into the street, I looked down and [saw lights] in the direction, like police lights, in the direction of where my driver was,” DeSue told ridesharing media. “It was my driver by himself and, like, nine different officers all wearing different uniforms… Most of them had face coverings on.”
It was then that the customer realized that the driver was being questioned about his vehicle’s registration and his immigration status.
“You’re gonna come with us, you’re gonna come with us today,” a masked agent can be heard telling the delivery rider.
“Can you tell me in Arabic, please?” the delivery rider answered.
It appears that the rider was a foreign national.
Previously, the Ridesharing Forum team reported how Uber Eats was allegedly hiring illegal migrants as workers, but this was in the United Kingdom, not in the United States.
The police responded that they couldn’t say in Arabic as they did not have the tools, so they instead cuffed the driver’s hands, waist, and feet, and placed him inside a car. It was a cuffing incident that’s so different.
This incident was one of the many arrests of delivery drivers since the Trump presidency takeover. The result: some of them have chosen to sacrifice and have stopped handling deliveries in the city.
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The fun side
Meanwhile, on the fun side, retailer Jollyes has partnered with Uber Eats to launch a new on-demand or rapid home delivery service.
Founded in 1971, Jollyes is a pet superstore chain based in Great Britain, one of the largest in this country and Ireland. They offer a wide range of pet products including food, toys, and accessories for various pets, as well as advice and grooming services.
The new service is called “Zoomies,” designed to give pet owners an on-demand delivery option, denoting the very first time Uber Eats has partnered with this retailer.
Through this partnership, customers in a five-mile radius of 13 Jollyes stores could now order delivery of pet food, raw food, and toys in as little as 30 minutes, yes, 30 minutes, via the Uber Eats app.
Joe Wykes, Jollyes’ CEO, pointed out, “We’re so excited to launch our trial with Uber Eats and become their first national pet partner. The new service will allow us to reach more shoppers than ever before, more quickly [than ever before].”