I took an Uber alone from my university campus to my flat one afternoon. The Uber driver was a very chatty middle-aged-man- I was polite but not overly friendly. Then he asked if I had a boyfriend, and I said “no” without thinking like an idiot- I’m kicking myself for not just lying. He said that was crazy because I was so beautiful, and then right before we arrived at my apartment he took a very obvious wrong turn, prolonging the ride. He asked me if I was into older guys- I told him no and that I was only seventeen but he still continued flirting, and said that he would save my number after the ride. He finally dropped me off. I did report him on the Uber app. When I told people the story later, several people said I overreacted by reporting him since I could have cost him his job, which infuriated me: he made me fear for my safety.
