Earlier this weekend, Olacabs user Abhishek Mishra tweeted about how he had cancelled a ride when he found out that the driver was a "Jihadi" Muslim.
Olacabs took over two days to post a response, but when it did, it urged "customers and driver partners to treat each other with respect".
While many lauded the company, a bunch of people figured out a better way to deal with the hate in the original tweet – turn it into a joke format.
Cancelled an Ola cab because driver was a guy named Vikas and uske aane ki umeed thi nhi mujhe.
They started coming up with absurd reasons to cancel rides based on just the driver's name.
Canceled an Ola Cab booking today because driver’s name was L K Advani and waiting time was infinite.
Cancelled Ola Cab booking today because driver's surname was Jaitley. So who knows- final bill par kon kon cess & kon kon Service charge laga de 😭
And let's just say that a lot of potential rides were cancelled.
Cancelled Ola cab today, because the driver's surname was Modi, and he had brought a bullock cart after promising to bring a Jaguar to drive me home.
Cancelled an Ola cab because driver was a guy named Kejriwal as he would take a U Turn just before reaching the destination and drop me back home.
Cancelled Ola Cab booking today because driver's name was Ravi Shankar Prasad, pta nhi aadhe Raste me Istifa Mang Leta Istifa Prasad 😜
Of course, as absurd as some of these hilarious reasons got, none of them came close to the absurdity of the original tweet.
Cancelled the ola cab booking because driver's name was Tulsidas Khan. Can't tolerate to ride with a person whose name represent such unity in present scenario. https://t.co/KYKg7KHMpF
As is the case with most of these joke formats.
Perhaps the most ridiculous part is that this wasn't even the first time Olacabs has had to deal with a religiously charged complaint, and things are only getting worse, evidently.
But as long as some Indians remain above the hatred, maybe things aren't totally hopeless yet.
Cancelled my Ola ride because my driver was called Yamraj