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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:18 AM Mar 2016

Son of hated NY landlord calls uber driver a "minimum wage fa - - -t" and more, video goes viral

foul-mouthed frat bro who was caught on video berating an Uber driver with a stream of vile insults in Michigan has been identified as the son of one of New York's most despised landlords.

The University of Michigan's Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter is investigating Jake Croman, one of its members, for verbally abusing the driver, the Michigan Review reported. According to the New York Daily News, Croman is the son of Steven Croman, a multi-property landlord who is one of the most hated figures in New York real estate.

Uber driver Artur Zawada filmed Jake Croman and a group of his pals harassing him outside his car after Zawada canceled a ride they ordered.


While the whole group rips into the Uber driver, Croman has a starring role. In the video, he pulls out his own phone to film Zawada as he calls the driver a "minimum wage fa - - -t" and mocks him for needing to work "all day."

The insults don't stop there.

Zawada's video has been viewed more than 350,000 times since it was posted on YouTube on March 23. (Caution: It contains vulgar, abusive language.) The driver said in a YouTube comment this was the "4th time that I have been harassed by this rider and his friends."
http://www.sfgate.com/national/article/Frat-bro-spews-verbal-abuse-at-Uber-driver-in-7213558.php
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Son of hated NY landlord calls uber driver a "minimum wage fa - - -t" and more, video goes viral (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Mar 2016 OP
Piece of shit CommonSenseDemocrat Mar 2016 #1
OH they teach their children well. Anyone who doesn't understand that may be disappointed in Person 2713 Mar 2016 #2
Zawada took verbal abuse from Croman, but that wasn't bad enough ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #3
It's like a he is auditioning for a role as Trump's running mate GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #4
Why are the rich so angry? (nt) enough Mar 2016 #5
because they literally know nothing about what anything costs MisterP Mar 2016 #6

Person 2713

(3,263 posts)
2. OH they teach their children well. Anyone who doesn't understand that may be disappointed in
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 02:26 AM
Mar 2016

the future. They have been brought up never to give only to take and that is for them not others who are to be scorned. There is no generational die off of these pigs as some like to think. They breed and pass on the rules of greed and hate

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,681 posts)
3. Zawada took verbal abuse from Croman, but that wasn't bad enough ...
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 07:36 AM
Mar 2016

... Croman may be reviled for his rant, but, Zawada apparently got suspended from Uber.

http://www.michiganreview.com/uber-driver-fired-responds-anti-semitism-accusations/

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
6. because they literally know nothing about what anything costs
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 01:05 AM
Mar 2016

and their standards are so $30M-apiece-high that nothing can meet their satisfaction

and they can fire their nanny if she corrects them overmuch

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