The company has reportedly scratched the Uber Eats urban cowboy ‘driver’ who delivered an order on horseback.
Earlier this week, a video of Stanley Chen riding a horse through the streets of Paddington, in Sydney’s inner east, went viral.
In what has become a “nightmare” for Chen, he claims that Uber has temporarily banned him.
In the TikTok he shared on Thursday, Chen exclaims: ‘Look what just happened, I got banned! They banned me! I can not believe this.’
Chen shared the message he received from Uber where the company told him they had “concerning comments” from a customer.
Uber also told Mr Chen that “you may have been delivering animal orders (sic).”
Mr. Chen jokingly refuted this claim by saying that his horse “Leilani is not an animal, she is a queen!” I can’t believe you banned it!’
On Wednesday, TikTokker @jessielouiset shared the short original clip of Mr Chen riding a horse through the streets of Paddington. Now it has had millions of views.
Pedestrians stopped to take videos and seemed bewildered and delighted to see the horse running smoothly through the busy shopping area.
Mr Chen and Leilani strut around Paddington in Sydney; Pedestrians stopped to take videos and seemed bewildered and delighted to see the horse galloping gently through the busy shopping area.
Chen has urged his followers to contact Uber to reverse his and Leilani’s ban.
“If you want to see Leilani and I placing more Uber delivery orders, message them and tell them to unban me,” he said.
Chen and his new social media fans hope Uber will back down from its stance and reverse its decision.
Uber Eats has been contacted for comment.