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In a story that has the internet buzzing, a Bengaluru woman recently shared an unexpected twist to her Uber ride—her driver turned out to be none other than her team lead from work.
She took to X to share a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation describing the bizarre-yet-very-Bengaluru moment: “Funny thing happened, you know. I booked Uber, and the guy who picked me up was a team lead at my office.”
The plot thickened when she explained that her boss was not moonlighting for extra cash. “He said he does this for fun and to kill some boredom,” she wrote. Apparently, he just enjoys the change of pace.
The post quickly went viral, with many calling it the perfect example of Bengaluru’s unique, startup-driven, hustle-heavy culture.
One user chimed in, “Must be a side hussle after month end blessings from Nirmala tai and Siddu uncle!” Another was more skeptical: “No one does it for fun, probably facing financial issues.”
Others questioned the plausibility of the situation altogether—“Naah it seems fake, unless her team lead is from sales or hospitality,” someone noted, while another wondered, “How can a team lead have so much of free time?”
Interestingly, this is not the first time such a story has surfaced from India’s tech capital. Last year, a Microsoft engineer made headlines for driving an auto-rickshaw on weekends just to cope with loneliness—wearing his company hoodie while at the wheel.
Yet another ‘peak Bengaluru’ moment that took over the internet features a man commuting to work on a unicycle through the notoriously chaotic Outer Ring Road (ORR) traffic. A viral video doing the rounds on social media captures the scene: the man, geared up with a helmet and a backpack, smoothly navigating the packed road, weaving past cars and buses on just one wheel, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
