So Friday late night I pick up pax off of Van Ness St. Two college aged girls, one acting ok and the other one sleeping on and off. The one sleeping was too drunk to answer questions or respond to her friend other than a drunk laugh.. back to sleep. First pax was going 7 minutes away but other one was going to Bethesda. She assured me that her friend would be fine by herself ( I’m never trusting that again). Asked her, does her friend throw up when she’s drunk... “ No no. She’ll be fine”.
First girl gets out at her stop. Continue on with 2nd girl, sleeping rest of way to Bethesda. About 3 minutes to destination, I turn inside lights on and start waking up the girl. She wakes up and then all of a sudden... Pukes all over herself. By that time we were one minute from her house. I gave her puke bag and pulled over... Then she got out at her house.
Damage looked like mostly all over her clothes with 2 small splotches on floor.. Went to a gas station for good lighting and get pics. Puke was smeared on the seatbelt about 70% of the belt... plus some on door, floor, seat, etc.
I did the best I could cleaning it at 1 am at a gas station. Used concentrated dish soap and then febreezed it to death... Belt itself still smells. I’m going to try cleaning with Mr Klean w/ Gain smell liquid and need to buy that Ozium spray.
Any other ideas for cleaning and get rid of smell completely?? Is it possible to get the seatbelt replaced at the dealership? How much hassle and expense would that be?
I did get the full cleaning cost $150 but had to quit early in night missing out on a good night Friday night. I learned my lesson... Do Not Allow Someone That Drunk to Continue on a Longish Ride by Herself.. I should have ended the ride at the 1st girl’s house or made the 1st girl stay with her friend to the 2nd location.
As long as the surge is there it is worth the risk. As soon as they get rid of surge these piece of shit cheap ass drunks can wallow in their own vomit and shit on U Street waiting for a ride for all I care I don't give a shit. Surge and Boost make it worth the risk. Otherwise they can go screw themselves.
Pour boiling water with a mix of baking soda & a little soap or as hot as possible on the belt & vaccum, repeat as necessary, you want to pour plain water & vaccum in the end a few times so it doesn't stay kinda stiff when dry
The belt will absorb quite a bit of water so it's not too messy, I've fixed stiff seat belts this way before
Do you have a station over your way with vacuum and shampoo stations? We have one in Glen Burnie you can shampoo and it has a spot remover as well, I’ve used it a few times for all kind of things, it smells fresh and clean after, cost me like $5 and a little elbow grease
If you don’t have any place like that just buy upholstery spot cleaner, you’ll use it more then once anyway.
Do you have a station over your way with vacuum and shampoo stations? We have one in Glen Burnie you can shampoo and it has a spot remover as well, I've used it a few times for all kind of things, it smells fresh and clean after, cost me like $5 and a little elbow grease
If you don't have any place like that just buy upholstery spot cleaner, you'll use it more then once anyway.
Pour boiling water with a mix of baking soda & a little soap or as hot as possible on the belt & vaccum, repeat as necessary, you want to pour plain water & vaccum in the end a few times so it doesn't stay kinda stiff when dry
The belt will absorb quite a bit of water so it's not too messy, I've fixed stiff seat belts this way before
Burn the car. There's no hope for it. Go leave it somewhere in DC, burn it, report it stolen, somehow try to get James River insurance to pay for it and get a new car.
In all seriousness, try the carpet stain machine they sell to clean up pets. I have one, had an incident, and my car doesn't smell like throw up. I still want to get the thing shampooed though.
So Friday late night I pick up pax off of Van Ness St. Two college aged girls, one acting ok and the other one sleeping on and off. The one sleeping was too drunk to answer questions or respond to her friend other than a drunk laugh.. back to sleep. First pax was going 7 minutes away but other one was going to Bethesda. She assured me that her friend would be fine by herself ( I'm never trusting that again). Asked her, does her friend throw up when she's drunk... " No no. She'll be fine".
First girl gets out at her stop. Continue on with 2nd girl, sleeping rest of way to Bethesda. About 3 minutes to destination, I turn inside lights on and start waking up the girl. She wakes up and then all of a sudden... Pukes all over herself. By that time we were one minute from her house. I gave her puke bag and pulled over... Then she got out at her house.
Damage looked like mostly all over her clothes with 2 small splotches on floor.. Went to a gas station for good lighting and get pics. Puke was smeared on the seatbelt about 70% of the belt... plus some on door, floor, seat, etc.
I did the best I could cleaning it at 1 am at a gas station. Used concentrated dish soap and then febreezed it to death... Belt itself still smells. I'm going to try cleaning with Mr Klean w/ Gain smell liquid and need to buy that Ozium spray.
Any other ideas for cleaning and get rid of smell completely?? Is it possible to get the seatbelt replaced at the dealership? How much hassle and expense would that be?
I did get the full cleaning cost $150 but had to quit early in night missing out on a good night Friday night. I learned my lesson... Do Not Allow Someone That Drunk to Continue on a Longish Ride by Herself.. I should have ended the ride at the 1st girl's house or made the 1st girl stay with her friend to the 2nd location.
If you decide that you must haul another one like this, again, what you do is inform the friend that has some possession of her faculties that she is going to accompany the blind drunk person to her drop-off. Once Miss Drunkblind is out of the car and inside her address, you will bring back the one who still can walk. You inform the one who can walk that she is to watch her friend and if friend is about to ralph, she will notify you so that you can pull to the right, friend can get out and ralph. You hand friend the ralph bag and inform her that she is going to keep it at the ready. If either of them balk, let them summon another Uber. Be sure to give them the Shirlington Shuffle before you leave their drunk [donkeys] by the side of the road.
If yo do haul them, report them to Uber immediately upon discharge. Uber tends to believe whoever gets to it first. People like that will submit a false complaint about you.
Does this appear to be too much hassle for you?
CORRECTAMUNDO! It IS.
This is why I will not haul people in this condition.
As for the clean up, you have several good suggestions, here. One suggestion to which you should pay particular heed is the removal of the back bench. Make sure that this person did not get any ralph under the back seat or between the bench and back of the back seat.
If Uber would actually pay current cab rates, I would cover my seats and get rubber floors. Unfortunately, I can not find a cab seat shop that will cover the seats and floors for 1979 prices.
puke bucket...anybody who is that drunk sits with it in their lap....if they don't like it...GTFO...as you learned, the bag is too little and too late.
Nature Miracle is for cleaning pet messes and neutralizes smell pretty good...puke, poo, skunk. Make sure you wipe down everything in the car...not just where you found solids. The slight mist of vomit goes everywhere and smells just as bad or worse than the big chunks.
Good idea HPCLay..I didnt think about where the vomit mist may have traveled...I"ll wipe down everywhere around there to be sure.
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Uber Drivers Forum
7.7M posts
191.7K members
Since 2014
A forum dedicated to Uber drivers and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about taxes, documents, visas, travel, car care, finances, banking, maintenance, reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more!