cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53250107
Police confirmed they had responded to a report of “criminal mischief involving a robot” on the 1200 block of Filbert Street around 1:16 p.m. on Wednesday. A woman on the scene ignored “multiple commands” to move, they said, resulting in a criminal violation notice for disorderly conduct.
Uber declined to comment.
Marvin, who plans to contest the charge on the grounds of her First Amendment right to protest, has been undeterred by the arrest. She plans to continue blocking Uber Eats robots and chatting with curious passersby who ask what she’s doing.
“It allows me to talk to people about what’s going on,” she said. “It’s always very interesting conversations that we have, and I think it’s good to have those kinds of conversations in public space.”
They might complain, they’ll definitely call whoever took their money and demand answers.
They’ll be told their order was held up because someone messed with the robot delivering their order. They’ll maybe ask why a person couldn’t have done that job. Maybe they’ll ask if a person would have just sit there being blocked by some random lady instead of just going around her or taking a different route.
Customer service won’t have an answer for them, and next time they go to order food, they probably won’t use Uber eats.