Radio host Jackie O reveals why she NEVER speaks to Uber drivers and prefers the ‘quiet mode’ option – as Kyle Sandilands calls her a ‘snob’
While Uber’s ‘quiet mode’ option has generated plenty of controversy, radio host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson has admitted she’s a fan.
She revealed on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Thursday that she has been tempted to use it but is worried what drivers will think.
‘I want to click that every time, but I’m too scared! Because I think, “Oh, they’ll think I’m such a snob,”‘ she told co-host Kyle Sandilands.
Keeping quiet: While Uber’s ‘quiet mode’ option has generated plenty of controversy, radio host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson (pictured) has admitted she’s a fan
‘But that’s what I want to click. I think it’s a great idea… I don’t want to talk in an Uber,’ she added.
Kyle wasn’t impressed, telling Jackie that her preference for the ‘quiet mode’ option does indeed make her a ‘snob’.
‘No, I just want to be on my phone and do my own thing,’ Jackie clarified, to which Kyle replied: ‘Yeah, snob. That’s what a snob is!’
Anxious: She revealed on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Thursday that she has been tempted to use it but is worried what drivers will think. Pictured with her co-host, Kyle Sandilands
He added: ‘You can’t be bothered talking to a stranger, because you’re in your own world, and whatever they’ve got to say, you’re not interested in. I think you’re a snob.’
Jackie then explained she had recently endured 40 minutes of small talk on an Uber ride across the city.
They’d spoken about ‘Sydney, what it’s like, the places you go, what do you do, what do you do for a living, where’d you come from, how long have you been here for…’
Not happy: Kyle wasn’t impressed, telling Jackie that her preference for the ‘quiet mode’ option does indeed make her a ‘snob’
‘The whole way we were chatting… It’s like, I don’t want to talk about that for 40 minutes! It’s too much, sorry!’ Jackie added.
She then asked if she was the only person who felt this way, and Kyle then admitted: ‘No, no, I get it.’
The Kyle and Jackie O Show airs weekdays from 6am on KIIS 106.5
Nightmare! Jackie explained she had recently endured 40 minutes of small talk on an Uber ride