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My Strange Experience With E-Hailer Bolt

In the course of my work as a Property Renovator, I occasionally e-hail to make site visits. And for a while now, Bolt has been my first choice for such visits.  And so it was that on Friday, 26 November, 2022, I e-hailed a Bolt to Glen Marais, Kempton Park for a project preparation meeting with a client. However, something quite odd transpired both on the outbound and inbound trips and I'll explain in a moment. I have to state, however, on the outskirts that, I'm loathe to summon a car and have the driver waiting unnecessary. In fact, even when I have to travel with my wife, who - because of a motor vehicle accident, years ago - walks with the aid of a crutch, I always ensure that we're both on the kerbside before summoning a car. Really, I loathe to have a poor Bloke turn up only to find that the the customer isn't yet at the rendezvous point. And so, this drizzly Friday afternoon, I went to my pavement and summoned a Bolt, watched it start off from wherever it was, d...