If you’re lucky, you’ve maybe had your Uber driver hand you a free bottle of water or an aux cord (the best kind of Uber driver, TBH). But what if we told you that your next ride may come with snacks, necessities like phone chargers and even free beauty products? Yes, this is real life.
Refinery29 reports that a new startup called Cargo is working with drivers on Uber, Lyft, Juno and Via to add mini vending machines stocked with all the essentials including snacks, pain relievers, tissues, gum, phone chargers and beauty products to cars. All you need to do to get the goods is pull up the Cargo app, pick what you want and your Uber driver grabs them for you from his or her prepacked Cargo box.
The most important part about all of this? While you’ll probably shell out around $5 for pretty much everything else, all beauty products are free – seriously. The app is starting with offering just one, a green tea sheet mask from Korean beauty brand Leaders, they’re planning to offer more in the near future. It’s kind of a win-win situation: riders get free beauty products they may have forgotten at home while on the go, and brands you might not have otherwise discovered get to offer samples of their products.
So basically, the next time your Uber is caught in so much traffic you think you might not make it out alive, you might just be able to use the extra time for a little self-care.