UBER-HEADACHE - she needed more than Panadol for this one.
Inebriation caused a British woman to accidentally spend more than $500 on an Uber ride.
Helen Dryden, 25, booked the journey to get from London to Guildford last week after a big night out, a 48km trip that normally costs about 80.
However she neglected to update the "Home" location in her Uber app, so the driver's instructions were to an old address in Newcastle, where she had studied at university.
In her sorry state she fell asleep in the vehicle, awakening some time later when the Uber driver wanted to reconfirm the destination en route.
After she corrected him he did a U-turn and took her 120km back in the other direction, with the trip costing 275 (A$505) in total.
IN WHAT some would describe as another example of the fox guarding the henhouse, cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris International is getting into the life insurance business - and is offering discounts to smokers who quit the ciggies.
A new wholly-owned offshoot called Reviti is initially selling insurance in the UK, with people who switch to e-cigarettes set to receive a 2.5% discount.
A 25% saving is offered to those who switch to the company's new heated tobacco product iQOS, while those who quit smoking totally for at least 12 months will get a 50% discount overall.
CEO Andre Calantzopoulos said one day the company hopes to stop selling cigarettes altogether.
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