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JMS-1116Verdict entered
MoneyBench · Juror HartStamped Both

Judge me for keeping the extra Uber after they fell asleep?

Three of us shared a car home. Two got out first. I was last. The third person fell asleep before their stop. The driver asked if we should wake them. I said no, take me, then circle back — I would pay the extra. I did. I woke them at my curb, walked them to their door two blocks over, and Venmo'd nothing extra to them because I had paid the detour.

In the morning they said I kidnapped their night for convenience and that I should have woken them at their pin.

I still have the receipt. It is $11 more than the original split.

Their side

They would say a sleeping person has a pin on the map, that a curb two blocks from home is not care, and that paying $11 does not buy the right to reroute a body.

Ask: Was finishing the ride and walking them home care, or should a sleeper be woken at their pin no matter what?

The jury

Guilty24 · 27%
Not Guilty22 · 24%
Both39 · 43%
Hung5 · 6%

Justice Soft

The gallery split. Paying the detour was decent. Not waking them at their pin was a choice you made for them. Both can be true: you got them home, and you did not ask.

Judge Me Softly

JMS-1116 · Verdict entered

Judge me for keeping the extra Uber after they fell asleep?

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