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Think twice about the free water when using a ride-hailing app

Didi Chuxing admits driver peed in a bottle... and a passenger took a sip

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The alleged bottle of liquid gold -- and the driver, in the background, sipping his own bottle of water. (Picture: itouchtv.cn via Pear Video)
Karen Chiu
This article originally appeared on ABACUS

The lid on the bottle was a bit loose. But the drink was sitting there, and he was thirsty. So he drank it anyway.

It wasn’t a drink. It was urine.

Didi Chuxing confirmed that one of its drivers peed in a bottle -- the same bottle the hapless passenger in Shanghai took a swig from.

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The man, whose last name is Sun, told Chinese media he found the bottle in question in a cup holder between him and the driver. It’s customary for Didi to offer free water in their Premier rides, but this particular bottle seemed to have been opened before.

When Sun asked about the loose lid, the driver pointed out that the bottle was filled to the brim, so it could be that the previous passenger opened it without drinking. Sun took a sip, and instantly spat it out.

“It didn’t taste right,” he said.

The alleged bottle of liquid gold -- and the driver, in the background, sipping his own bottle of water. (Picture: itouchtv.cn via Pear Video)
The alleged bottle of liquid gold -- and the driver, in the background, sipping his own bottle of water. (Picture: itouchtv.cn via Pear Video)
In a video taken in the immediate aftermath, the driver countered it was dark at night so he couldn’t see clearly. He repeatedly denied it was his urine in the bottle, even as Sun observed “it was still warm.”
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