S'pore man helps lady who lost her phone to book cab ride back to Yishun at 2am, she leaves without paying, sticking him with S$55 bill

On September 15, a man in Singapore assisted a woman in her 20s or 30s who had misplaced her phone. She was alone and drenched, having arrived at East Coast Lagoon Food Village around 2am. The man, noticing her plight and the late hour, utilized his Comfort app to arrange a taxi for her journey to Yishun. Initially, she provided a Yishun location for the pick-up, but later altered it to a different part of Yishun.

When prompted to select the cash payment option, she remarked that she would retrieve the funds from her home. Upon his return home, the man received a call from the taxi driver reporting that the woman had left without settling her fare. In the end, the man himself paid the bill, totaling S$55.18. He has not lodged an official complaint yet, but if he does, the case could be resolved using video footage from the vehicle.

He cautioned others against making the same error, emphasizing the potential for identification through in-vehicle cameras. He also urged Comfort to investigate potential methods for drivers to combat such fare evasion incidents, and to ascertain if the taxi's camera has been instrumental in identifying fare dodgers.