Cabby turns aggressive
after Korean passenger asks to pay fare with credit
card
A cabby turned aggressive after a Korean passenger asked if she
could pay the fare with her credit card and threatened to bring her
to the Police station, prompting her to call her friend, STOMPer C,
to come to her aid.
The cabby, however, also yelled at C and accused him of using
vulgarities, while he himself was hurling obscenities.
Said the STOMPer:
"I am terribly disappointed with this cab driver's
attitude.
"My Korean friend took his cab and only had her credit card to
make payment with.
"However, he said his machine was spoilt.
"My Korean friend asked how, at which point this cab driver
surprisingly threatened to send her to the police station and
confiscated her credit card.
"Frightened and scared, she called me and a few of her local
friends to 'rescue' her.
"She was totally terrified when I arrived, and was crying badly
and shivering.
"So I took a picture of his car plate and approached
him.
"Noticing the cab driver shouting while I took his cab plate, I
quickly took a video as evidence.
"As you can see, I haven't started talking and he kept pointing
at me and accused me of saying a vulgar word.
"It happened at outside the 7eleven outlet near the Marina
Square taxi stand at 6:44pm on April 24.
"Even the two Malay security guards came down. Honestly, I
wanted to follow the cab driver to the Police station but my friend
was devastated by the incident.
"After the end of the video, the cab driver charged towards me,
right in front of my face, and said 'I am a high class gentleman,
if you think I think bully your friend, slap my face!"
"Totally shocking. Anyway, I believe Marina Square has security
cameras - another solid evidence.
"I couldn't take a video of him provoking me as he had became
very aggressive.
"I took a few days thinking whether to bring this thing up,
however, the more I look at the video the more I feel disappointed
by the whole incident.
"I strongly believe that all our current cab service standards
need to be upgraded and I am not targeting only one company.
"I read many news reports before that people beat up our cab
drivers, but I believe its not always 100% the passengers
fault.
"I firmly believe somehow the cab driver also provoked the
passenger. Why do such cases seldom happen in Japan, where a taxi
driver gets beaten up?
"I am a car driver myself and I very seldom take cabs, but this
incident has confirmed my thoughts that our taxis need proper
higher service standards.
"They are the first service line tourists meet when they arrive
at Changi Airport."
Cabby turns aggressive and scolds passenger
STOMP
