A taxi passenger was horrified when a 'creepy' driver tracked her down on social media and asked her out for a drink - saying he hadn't stopped thinking about her for three months. Miniver Larman says she booked a taxi from the train station to her home in Oxford on the evening of Thursday 5th March, with Go Green Taxis via their booking app.
The 25-year-old had a pleasant journey chatting with the driver and didn't think any more of it until just days ago [June 12] - three months after her fare - when she claims to have received a message from him. The message shows the driver declaring that Miniver's name had been 'stuck in his head' since they met months before and asking if she would 'like to go for a beverage sometime' - even suggesting meeting last weekend.
The marketing assistant says the 'inappropriate' exchange left her feeling 'unsafe', especially since the driver knew her address. After making a complaint to Go Green Taxis, the company responded with a brief apology message and said it would be 'dealt with' - but Miniver is calling on them to discipline the driver for his antics.
Miniver, from Oxford, Oxfordshire, said: "The journey was fine, we were just chatting away. He was telling me about his holiday and I was telling him about what I had been doing that day and I didn't think anything was off but it seems like he took that friendliness for something else.
"When I saw the message I was just immediately shocked because you hear about these things happening but when it actually happens to you, you think how is this real? How has this person not realised how creepy it is?
"I started to feel unsafe about it because he dropped me off at my house. I think it's really unprofessional and puts, especially women, in a really dangerous position.
"I [tweeted about it and] got a reply [from a social media user] that was like 'this man might lose his job because you reported him' but it is an abuse of power. You've trusted them with your address and you've trusted them to take you home safely and also, as a woman, it shouldn't be that if you are kind to someone that means you're coming onto them.
"I know there's that argument of how do you meet people if you can't do that during your job but I just don't think it's the place." The marketing assistant got into the booked cab at a train station in Oxford to take her to her home address at around 11pm on Thursday 5th March.
