Amid the pool of complaints about misbehaviour of Ola and Uber drivers, seldom posted are those posts that point out how helpful some of these drivers are.
Anirban Banerjee, shared one such post on Facebook about how his Uber driver Vivek Kumar surprised him with a gesture he’d never forget.
On my way back home, last Friday, my Uber driver, while we were waiting at a traffic signal, suddenly got out of the car and opened the rear door, where I was sitting. He asked me to shift to the other side and folded the seat to take out something. I was a bit alarmed at the very suddenness of his movement but as I saw him pull out a leather jacket, I thought I had understood the situation and went on to pass one of my usual useless comments – ”kaafi thand ho gayi hai”. Then, as the signal had turned green and Delhi, as per character, was blaring car horns at us, he got into his seat, rolled his window down and gave his leather jacket to a homeless man who was only wearing trousers.
”Sach me Sir, kaafi thand hai.”
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I often rant about Uber drivers and co-passengers but this is not one of those. This man advised me to keep old clothes handy in my car or even give them to cab drivers like himself, who could then pass them on to those who definitely need them more.
”Sach me Sir, kaafi thand hai.”
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I often rant about Uber drivers and co-passengers but this is not one of those. This man advised me to keep old clothes handy in my car or even give them to cab drivers like himself, who could then pass them on to those who definitely need them more.
When The Huffington Post contacted Vivek, he told them that he didn’t do anything great and pointed out that everyone should be doing this.
He gave him his only jacket because he couldn’t see the homeless guy shivering like that,
“I don’t have a jacket right now. But that person needed it more than me. He was sitting there holding his chest. It was a sight I couldn’t see.”
Not only that, Kumar even keeps a bag of coins so that he can give some money to old, homeless and disabled beggars at traffic signal.
It is people like him that keep our faith in humanity alive.
Source: Facebook