Uber driver gets stuck on staircase, of course blames navigation app

An Uber driver messed up big time while picking up passengers in San Francisco.

Instead of leaving a grocery store parking lot, you know, through a normal exit, the driver took the stairs.

Stairs are lauded as a healthy alternative to elevators or escalators, but in this case this was the wrong choice. Naturally, after making the supremely embarrassing move, the first thing the Uber driver did was blame Uber’s navigation system for leading the car down the pedestrian stairway. 

I’ve driven in this particular Safeway parking lot at the busy intersection of Church and Market streets many times, and it’s admittedly unclear how to get out of the lot, but it’s not drive-down-a-staircase unclear. Read more…

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