A woman was overwhelmed with emotion when it came to who her Uber driver was.
TikTok user @marynasummers shared the moment she was brought to tears because of how sweet her driver was. In a viral video that has garnered over 24.7 million views since it was posted on December 31, 2024, the woman can be seen in the back seat with her friend in floods of tears. In the text overlay of the clip, she said that she was overwhelmed and "lost it" because her Uber driver was an older gentleman.
She wrote in the caption of the video: "Our sweet Uber … thankful for the friends who are always there."
"He was such an angel," she says in the video's text, showing the older man in the driver's seat. "How do I even explain this to a guy?
"Praise Jesus I feel emotions and love deeply," the poster added. "Prime example of girlhood right here."
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Uber is a popular ride-hailing service that has become popular around the world over the last decade. Statista says the company's ridership across the globe has been rising steadily.
In the last quarter of 2023, the service recorded over 2 billion Uber journeys worldwide. The data specialists at DemandSage say that there are around more than 7 million people working as Uber drivers.
The TikTok user's video attracted thousands of comments, many of which were from people who said they experience similar feelings in situations like this.
Megan Kemp wrote: "This and seeing old people eating alone. It kills me every time."
Grace shared: "I had an old uber driver once who said he was driving in retirement for fun & to make some extra dollars. He wanted to make like $100 more before he went home to hang out with his wife for the rest of the day. It broke me so I tipped him $100 so I wouldn't cry."
"I think about the fact that he's learnt how to use apps and everything on his phone for this," posted @jessicafletcher580. "Girl I would be sobbing. I mean I am but as a passenger I couldn't cope."
Ari shared: "Dude no one talks about how hard it is being an empath. It's unhealthy how I cry at least 2-3 times a day over situations and people like this."
Mere commented: "I had an older Uber driver at 5 a.m. on the way to the airport and he told me that day was his wife's one year cancer free anniversary and he loves to uber and chat with people and I was sobbing quietly."
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