I found your extra byte!

s/confered/conferred/

The extra byte he needed to shave off was in the 8086 assembly language brainfuck interpreter (in hex on the right of the letter) so it would fit nicely in a rectangle.

Punter: traffic is bad today eh?

Cabbie: me mates are making a point about Uber

Punter: Uber? What's that? <tap-tap-tap> Cool! Let me out here.

Cabbie: tom tit! :-(