Setting the scene in a post on the social media platform, Gale explained that while working for Uber recently he had accepted a booking from a woman, who then messaged him through the app asking if he would pretend to be her boyfriend when he arrived.

Initially confused, Gale responded to ask what she meant, to which she replied “I just need you to act like you know me, and that you’re not my Uber driver.” Understanding that something clearly wasn’t right, Gale went above and beyond, removing the Uber stickers from the outside of his car and “making a mental note” to keep his wedding ring “out of eyesight.”

When he arrived at the pick up point he saw the woman who had confirmed the booking stood talking to a man, and upon seeing the car arrive she shouted to Gale, “Hi, Babe! I’ll be right there!” Happy to go along with the situation, he shouted back “Awesome, because I’m starving” before waving at the guy next to her.

Gale explains how after she got into his car, the woman told him a story that many of us will be familiar with, of receiving unwanted attention and being trapped in a situation that felt threatening. “Once we got out of the guy’s sight, she told me the rest of her story. She went to the fair with a bunch of friends. In that group of friends was a guy that was very forward with her and wouldn’t take no for an answer,” Gale writes.

“He also had a history of being very aggressive. She thought that she could leave him behind by heading to her car, but he followed her, claiming to be a gentleman. Before they got to her car, she claimed to have lost her keys. He offered to give her a ride, and that’s when she decided to call her ‘boyfriend’.”

This taxi driver’s viral post is a lesson on how men can be better allies to women in danger