He Doth Protest Too Much
This Uber driver had a passenger who definitely did not burn his own house down on purpose. You might be wondering how they learned this personal information. Well, the guy told them right when he got in the car. He was hitching a ride to the motel he was staying at while his house was being rebuilt after the aforementioned fire. That he definitely didn’t start.
This passenger was on a mission to convince the driver that he totally didn’t burn his house down for the insurance money. It was almost as if the driver explicitly asked, “Hey, did you burn down your house for insurance money?” They didn’t, and they didn’t really care one way or another whether this guy was scamming. Seemed like he was a bit on the defensive for no reason…