PHV driver calls Tada user 'entitled' for booking 4-passenger ride service and asking for 6-seater vehicle
A private-hire driver posted on Facebook a screenshot of a booking by a Tada user and labelled it as "entitled".
Can you tell what the Tada user did to deserve that label?
The booking was for a ride from Marina One Residences to Terminal 1 at Changi Airport on June 24 at 6pm.
It included a note that read: "Alphard/Vellfire only. Two adults and two babies, three big luggage, two strollers and two baby cots. Please come to the basement as it is easier to load. Thank you."
So how was the Tada user being "entitled"?
PHOTO: STOMP
The problem was that the booking was for AnyTADA.
AnyTADA is one of 16 ride services that Tada users can choose from to accommodate different numbers of passengers. The AnyTADA option is for up to four passengers.
In this case, there are two adults and two babies, which are four passengers, so AnyTADA appears to be the correct option.
But the note also stated: "Alphard/Vellfire only."
The Toyota Vellfire and Alphard are minivans that can seat up to six passengers.
Since larger vehicles cost more to book, the Tada user seemingly tried to book a six-seater vehicle ride under the category of four-seater vehicles to save money.
Stomper Herman, who alerted Stomp to the post in a Facebook group for private-hire drivers, said: "These people are not humans, they are aliens."
A netizen commented on the Facebook post: "This is a joker to the maximum. If you want five-star service, pay five-star money. Even at a Kopitiam, we must pay 50 cents for a glass of water."
Others joke that they should have booked a ride from a moving company. "It seems more like a delivery service than picking up passengers," said one commenter.
Stomp recently reported on a Tada driver who called out riders who ignore the ride-hailing platform's policies to save money .
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