Kidnapping is too expensive

I needed to take an Uber for a long trip and the driver didn’t want to be paid by credit card because he didn’t have gas money. However, I couldn’t change the payment method so he proposed that we turn off the app and complete the trip outside of Uber. We were going to a destination on the Cairo desert road, so I told him «ok sir, we can do that but don’t kidnap me ok? » so he answered «Kidnap you ? I can’t afford to kidnap you. I’d have to feed you and in this economy I can’t even feed my children ». Reassured by this unimpeachable pragmatism, I accepted the transaction and arrived safely at my destination.