An employer has warned citizens in Singapore to beware of taxi drivers ripping off foreign workers after learning his maid was overcharged for a ride from Tampines to Punggol.
The maid’s employer surnamed Cho wrote on his Facebook page on Saturday afternoon that his maid arrived home by taxi needing to pay S$10 (US$7.30) more than he had estimated for the ride, Shin Min Daily News reported over the weekend.
Earlier that day, the maid was handed S$20 by Cho, who wanted his maid to be able to take a taxi home after sending his elderly father to Changi General Hospital in Tampines.
However, the receipt the maid obtained showed the driver had travelled 26.5 kilometers and charged her S$23.70 for the 48-minute trip.
A reporter who investigated this said the concerned route should be about 14.6 kilometers and should take 24 minutes and cost S$13.38.
Some netizens replied to Cho, saying the maid might have said the name of her destination wrongly – or she might have dropped by to meet someone before going home.
The employer dismissed both claims, saying he had full trust in his worker, and she was given a note with the names of locations.
So, Cho filed a complaint to the taxi company, stressing he did not mean to get the concerned driver fired but wanted to highlight taxi malpractice because it was a matter of honesty.
What all taxi-drivers bull-shit talk nosensent
Grabtaxi isnt fixed price. Take grabcar or justgrab instead.
I am a helper here and it happened to me also. As we newly moved here in punggol i couldn’t memorize yet the route. When i go to the granparents house to take something the nai naie wld asked me to take taxi way back home from Buangkok to Punggol. The taxi driver wld charge 13 dollar. Now that i know all the routes i can tell the taxi driver where to pass for faster and easier route and the is actually only 7 dollar. There many taxi drivers that are dishonest if they think their passengers are foriegn and new.
…finally all these unscrupulous traditional taxi drivers are "dying off" now. Thanks to Grab and Uber… there are some small issue too but isolated ????????????????
…common in Malaysia too… my son was cheated for a longer ride too by taxi driver… when my query the route he used… the taxi driver shouted at him…
It’s happened to me also…in a short story taxi driver Uncle just taking advantage…its only a money,but u most take care your job also….
Use grab or uber or the comfort delgro app
Yes, its happened to my elder sisters n aunties. Sometimes when they see old people , they take advantage of the stuation. Its is not the matter of extra $ they gain, its the fear they put on these elder people when they know the taxi is taking another route then their usually n they dont dare to voice out in case they will be drop off in an unfamiliar place!
That’s good lesson for those drivers no concern .some driver like that, they wil take the long road to drive even have a shortcut. more money lah so they don’t care..
Happened to me also.thats old taxi driver just pretend don’t know the way to go.if they don’t know the way to go around in Singapore then why he became taxi driver.after I on my GPS then.thats showing the way….. It’s really annoying with kind of taxi driver.
Me also happened to me already.. From lucky plaza to Leonie hill usual fare I pay is S$6+ but they charge meS$10
Grab will tell u the minimum and maximum of u suppose to pay for a trip before u book or will tell u the exact amount of ur location it is depend on how far ur destination and they will calculate it.. grab taxi is more expensive than grab car.. for the minimum and maximum at least they will tell u that ur grab fare is 9-12 dollars but doesn’t mean that drivers will collect u more than that.