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Washington Post<\/a> | By\u00a0Sydney Page | December 9, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EST | Like Family | Shield Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She became friends with her Uber passenger. They became like family, and she took a large pay cut to be his caretaker.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All it took was a five-minute car ride for Jenni Tekletsion to foster a friendship with her 88-year-old Uber passenger<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She met Paul Webb in March 2020, when he called an Uber to take him to a nearby Verizon store to get his cellphone fixed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tekletsion, 52, picked him up in her gray Toyota RAV4 at his home in Columbus, Ohio, where he lives alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom the start, we really connected,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The feeling was mutual: \u201cShe was very personable, easy to talk to,\u201d said Webb, who was diagnosed with dementia several years ago and has been unable to drive since having a stroke in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only a few minutes into their car ride that day, \u201cI could tell how lonely he was,\u201d Tekletsion said. \u201cI had a feeling that he needed help. I told him I live nearby his house, so I said, \u2018From now on, when you need a ride, just call me.\u2019https:\/\/fbe8d7153d534fc1148fc787bcfc9583.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-38\/html\/container.html<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will take care of you,\u201d she told him, and gave the stranger her phone number. \u201cHe trusted me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Webb took her up on the offer and called the following day, asking for a ride to a nearby gas station to buy milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a matter of weeks, he called more often, and she also came by to check on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI started coming here every single day after work to take him out to eat,\u201d said Tekletsion, who was working remotely as a banker for a financial institution while also working toward her doctoral degree in business administration at Franklin University, which she is still pursuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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