Of course, but the author didn't talk to them at all, and doesn't know anything about their situation except that they got out of the Uber at a van. Since they

Of course, but the author didn't talk to them at all, and doesn't know anything about their situation except that they got out of the Uber at a van. Since they were Ubering around town instead of driving the van, I would assume they're probably not poor. But we'll never know because the "journalist" was too busy listening to music to find out the facts.