He explains the conversations he had to invent to get 745 Uber drivers to give him a 5-star rating, and he doesn't leave anyone indifferent: "Is this the plot of Camp Rock?"

Uruguayan TikToker Amadeo Mercadal has shared his secret to becoming an “Uber Celebrity” on TikTok. With his trademark humor, the content creator explained how he got 745 drivers to give him the top 5-star rating: “I don’t know how to tell you all this. Well, I’m an Uber Celebrity. I’ve been keeping it a secret for years that drivers love me; I have an average rating of 5.0 stars. Do you understand that no one has ever given me less than 5 stars?” he asked, laughing, before telling his story.

The TikToker assured that his feat is not limited to a few trips: “You might think, 'Amadeo, you'll only have a few trips. Not enough drivers must have rated you'… Ah! First mistake. 745 drivers, more or less the entire population of Uruguay, and on top of that, I chose UberX, which I have no idea what it is, but it must be good too,” he explains humorously.

Amadeo explained that the key to his success lies in his interaction with drivers: “Chatting with an Uber driver is like going on Twitter. You never know when you'll come across a medieval opinion like the bike path and gays ruined every area of ​​the entire country. Most people get around it by wearing headphones, and that's a mistake because you'll seem insolent to the driver; they come with Dolby Atmos sound activated,” he says ironically.

According to the TikToker, the strategy consists of acting and “distorting reality” depending on the type of driver, and he presented three personalities he uses during his trips. The first is based on a dramatic story, for example: “I say to him, 'Can I play music?'… He says, 'No, not if it's reggaeton.' When he tells me he loves rock, I tell him, 'I love rock too. In fact, I'm going to a rock camp now. Today I found out I could go because until yesterday I couldn't, because I couldn't afford it. The truth is, it was really expensive, but my mom got a job as a cook there.' Is that the plot of Camp Rock? Yes, but it was one of the best and most fun trips I've had so far because the driver got hooked on the story.”

The second personality is used when dealing with problematic drivers: "This is like when a driver makes a homophobic comment at you. I once told him, 'You know, my sister just turned out to be a lesbian, that's a bummer, but we took her to a conversion center in Brazil... then she came back, and the truth is, for now she's doing great,'" he says. "He'll be speechless because you bring out the homophobe in the driver, and he'll be half-hacked," he explained.

Finally, the third personality is more harmless and seeks to lighten the conversation: “Sometimes the Uber driver will say, 'Are you coming back from work?' And you say, 'Yeah, we're really packed at Starbucks.' And do you actually work at Starbucks? No, but it gets your mind going on the ride and makes you feel less like talking,” he concluded with a laugh.