At $40, a private-hire ride certainly doesn't come cheap - but neither do the fines if you're breaking the law. A Grab driver said that a man whom he ferried downtown had left the car to get cash from an ATM for fare payment on Oct 13, but he never made good on that promise, Stomp reported. The driver named...
At $40, a private-hire ride certainly doesn't come cheap - but neither do the fines if you're breaking the law.
A Grab driver said that a man whom he ferried downtown had left the car to get cash from an ATM for fare payment on Oct 13, but heThe driver named Simon had first picked up the passenger that morning at Block 106 Rivervale Walk and headed for an office tower lobby at One Raffles Place.The passenger also asked if he could transfer the money to Simon via PayNow. The driver obliged and provided his contact details for the man to make payment.
"Subsequently, he claimed that he already performed the transfer, but I didn't receive any notification from my bank that the amount had been transferred," Simon said."I asked him to show me the transaction on his phone, but he claimed he didn't take a screenshot the transaction."After leaving the vehicle and entering the office building for a few minutes, however, the passenger "came out of the building and walked away" without speaking to him, Simon said.
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