Do you think I can get away with signing up as an Uber driver with my wheelchair? I really just want to see if I how far in the application process I can get before they stop me.
I just checked the official requirements:
[The picture is of Uber’s requirements, a three-bulleted list which states that the driver must be twenty-one, the vehicle must be from 2000 or newer, and the driver must pass a background test.]
I’m twenty-two years old, this baby is a Tilite Aero X 2013, and if it ever became serious (it’s not) I would pass all background checks which means technically speaking, I fit all of the qualifications.
Let’s fill out an application!
[The picture is from Uber’s Application. The question is: What type of vehicle will you drive? The first answer is: Personal vehicle.]
According to Dictionary.com:
vehicle
[vee-i-kuhl]
noun
1.any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport:
And since I own it, it makes it personal.
Which means that my wheelchair technically counts as a personal vehicle.
*Finger guns and winks*
Note: I realize that the original post has an error. I fixed the original version but since I had already reblogged it with the error, it’s going to keep showing up. I apologize for that. Anyway…
[The picture is of Uber’s Application. It’s a new page that says Tell Us About Your Vehicle.]
All right, this is where it gets good!
For reference, this is what my wheelchair looks like:
Enjoy my first apartment in the background.
We’re going to take this one page at a time and see how far we can get!
Allons-y!
[Picture is of the first page, stating that I need to upload a photo of my Driver’s License.]
This may be a problem. I don’t have a driver’s license. I do, however, have a non-drivers id. I’m going to try to upload it and see if it lets me go through the rest of the application.
Note: Obviously this is all a joke so the moment it looks like I might get in trouble, I’m pulling out.
The upload was successful!?
So clearly they don’t actually look at the picture from the beginning. You just scan it in and probably submit the application as a whole and they’ll review the pictures with said application.
Which makes me wonder if you can just put any picture in?
Onto the next page:
[Picture is of the Uber Application, telling me to submit a photo of my insurance.]
All right, in order to prove my theory that you can upload any photo because they’re not reviewed until you submit the application, I’m going to submit a picture of the Pepe Frog meme.
Wish me luck.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME, UBER!?
It accepted it!
Onto the next page!
This is unbelievable…
…Welp.
Somebody somewhere is about to get an application featuring Pepe, Bugs, and He-Man.
I probably shouldn’t have used my real contact info. Sort of regret that one.
But more to the point, if you were in a wheelchair and you had a car, thus had all of this information, then you could be accepted and if you were accepted and you showed up to your first client in your wheelchair, you would technically be following all of Uber’s rules. I think the only other rule was that you had to have four doors which means that if you put four little plastic doors from a doll house on your wheelchair, it would technically fulfill the requirement.
I’m not encouraging somebody to do this but I am. I absolutely am. Somebody do this.
UPDATES:
I received an email today and…
…Turns out Uber’s not in my area.
And I just love how that’s the only thing that disqualifies me.
