‘Predatory’ texts and groping: The women claiming sexual harassment by food delivery drivers

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1. > The allegations range from flirtatious text messages and verbal harassment to indecent exposure and rape. They involve drivers working for Deliveroo and UberEats. 

   Police doesn’t track these cases therefore there is no way to say how common they are.

   > Some of the cases were more extreme: Last month, a food delivery driver was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison in Doncaster after he hid in a woman’s bathroom, and then cornered her and repeatedly asked her for sex. It is not clear what company he worked for.  

   This is on another level!

   > ~~Some of the cases were more extreme: Last month, a food delivery driver was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison in Doncaster after he hid in a woman’s bathroom, and then cornered her and repeatedly asked her for sex. It is not clear what company he worked for.~~ copy& paste error

   > A woman from south Wales, whose Deliveroo driver climbed into her bed and tried to kiss her after she left her front door unlocked, told ITV News: “He tried to kiss me, I think twice, maybe three times, and I could feel the erection on my leg at that point.” 

   Another one. What goes in their minds?

   > Danielle Vincent, a Senior Associate in the abuse specialist personal injury department for law firm Hugh James, said her team has seen “a significant increase in reports of delivery services using personal contact details to inappropriately contact customers after the transaction has been completed.” 

   Shouldn’t be too difficult for the companies to auto delete the data and prevent screenshots and copy paste if they cared. It won’t prevent the most dedicated ones from writing it down, but should reduce the opportunities.

2. I am shocked, next you’ll tell me they don’t even pay tax.

3. As if we needed any more reason to not use these apps. They’re basically a laziness tax.

   And I guess the article decided to casually ignore how 99% of delivery drivers are from a culture in which this behavior towards women is normalized. A reader might have thought these drivers are a representative sample of the population that includes east asian, welsh, and scottish people.

4. What’s the average demographic for food delivery drivers again?

5. I am so surprised undocumented workers that haven’t gone through any checks whatsoever are acting like this.

6. I like when it’s a 6ft4 guy that turns up when my rider’s name is “Cheryl”.

7. The companies need to work harder to track their workers. Simple tracking would give the police the ability to investigate.