Techie Gets Scary Text From Delhi Cab Driver: 'I Am Facing Threat Of Murder'; The Truth Is Unexpectedly Funny

A lighthearted mix-up between a Delhi cab driver and a Meta engineer has become the internet’s latest source of laughter. What began as an alarming message quickly turned into a hilarious misunderstanding — all thanks to an auto-translation glitch.Arnav Gupta, who works at Meta, narrated the incident on social media, explaining how a routine Uber ride took a suspenseful turn. His driver had sent him a message that read “facing threat of murder” — a line that instantly startled him. Sharing the moment online, he wrote, “Today I made my Uber driver wait for 2 min as I was getting out of my house. And suddenly I received a notification from Uber "I am facing the threat of murder,” along with a screenshot of the text.Gupta described his immediate

reaction, recalling the fear and confusion that gripped him. “A chill ran down my spine. It is Delhi afterall. Anything can happen. Is he threatening to murder me because I made him wait and mistyped it? Are people on the street threatening to murder him because he is blocking the road? All sorts of thoughts raced in my head.”The twist came when he realised the message wasn’t sinister at all — just mistranslated. Revealing the truth, he wrote, “I saw it was a message translated by Google. I clicked ‘see original’ as at least 15 different possible translations roamed around my head. And then I heaved the biggest sigh of relief in a long long time. He was in front of Mother Dairy.”

The story amused thousands online, prompting plenty of reactions. Some were curious, some amused, and others wished the suspense had lasted longer.One user asked, “Wouldn't you get the notification of the untranslated message first?” Gupta clarified, “I think because it is a UK account, it shows notification of the English translated message.”Another person joked, “I was ready to read a good 5-minute thriller story, but ye toh shuru hote hi khatam hogaya (I thought it would be a 5-minute thriller story, but it ended soon after starting).”A third wrote, “What a plot twist, I did not see that coming at all.” While someone else added, “It was worth opening the thread.''