A video circulating on social media has sparked widespread outrage after a girl secretly filmed her Rapido driver and body-shamed him, resulting in outrage on-line.
Within the clip, which has now gone viral, the lady claimed she was compelled to cancel her Rapido trip as a result of there wasn’t sufficient house for her to take a seat. She alleged that the rider was occupying an excessive amount of house and likewise had a big backpack, which left her with no room to trip pillion.
With out informing the rider, the lady filmed him from behind and mocked his look. Talking in Hindi, she mentioned, “Rapido wala bulaya, Rapido wala dekh rahe ho? Essential chupke video bana rahi hoon, jyada offend na ho jaye, however predominant kaha baithungee? Koi mujhe batayega, b**od..”
Whereas she claimed she didn’t wish to offend the motive force, social media customers identified the hypocrisy and condemned the lady for body-shaming and violating the person’s privateness by recording him with out his consent.
“Physique-Shaming isn’t humorous”: Web reacts
The video has triggered a wave of offended responses on-line. Many customers known as out the lady’s insensitivity and identified that mocking somebody’s physique kind, particularly a stranger at work, is unacceptable.
One consumer wrote, “She thinks that shaming a hardworking, trustworthy man is nice. She might have merely cancelled the trip, however she selected to document a video and mocked him on-line in entrance of hundreds of thousands.”
One other commented, “It’s actually disheartening to see somebody exit of their solution to disgrace a hardworking individual simply attempting to do their job. If she had a difficulty, canceling the trip would’ve been sufficient. However selecting to document and mock him publicly in entrance of hundreds of thousands? That claims extra about her than him. We should always uplift honesty and exhausting work—not humiliate it.”
A number of customers additionally raised privateness issues, with one submit studying, “Recording somebody with out consent after which shaming them on social media must be taken severely.”
