While in our 420-legal nation’s capital this week, stand-up comic Arsenio Hall was taken aback by the “overpowering” smell of cannabis when he got into his Uber.
“The smell of marijuana in this Uber car is overpowering. #contact,” Hall tweeted Thursday.
The smell of marijuana in this Uber car is overpowering. #contact
— Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) January 22, 2016
Hall’s Twitter followers had fun with the tweet — deadpanning everything from “that’s air freshener” to “Did you ask the driver if he saw a unicorn?” to “does he deliver?” to “did you take Snoop-er?”
@ArsenioHall that's air freshener
— Actor Robert Benn (@bobbybennn007) January 22, 2016
@ArsenioHall Did you ask the driver if he saw a unicorn ?
— 9ERBOB (@sf49erbob) January 22, 2016
@ArsenioHall does he deliver?
— BearWithMe (@bullmastiffdog) January 22, 2016
@ArsenioHall did u take "Snoop-er"??
— dshawg1 (@dshawg1) January 22, 2016
@ArsenioHall Embrace it!!!, I'm sure the driver is… lol
— babichryz (@babichryz) January 22, 2016
And that’s when Uber’s customer support account on Twitter chimed in, hoping to help their celebrity client.
“@ArsenioHall Completely unacceptable, Arsenio!” Uber Support tweeted. “Please DM us your account email address so we can follow up with you right away.”
@ArsenioHall Completely unacceptable, Arsenio! Please DM us your account email address so we can follow up with you right away.
— Uber Support (@Uber_Support) January 22, 2016
But Arsenio’s no narc — and he said as much in a tweet to Uber Support.
“Noooooo!” Hall tweeted. “It’s all good y’all. That ride was the first time I giggled, this entire day!”
Noooooo! It's all good y'all. That ride was the first time I giggled, this entire day! https://t.co/V6GzJseNJS
— Arsenio Hall (@ArsenioHall) January 22, 2016