I had just realised how much cab fare had increased. Took a cab from Potong Pasir mrt to Allan's house. The meter reading was $4 but the surcharge of $2 was TOO MUCH! Shucks! I cannot believe why the government would allow a 100% increase in peak hour surcharge.
This is my 1st time taking cab since the fare hike and I'm really feeling the pinch and heartache... Argh! To the extent that I'm blogging right now without even washing up yet. I simply cannot fathom why this can happening. And read from Papers that Comfort Delgro's reason for doubling the peak hour surcharge is to ameliorate the current disequilibrium between demand and supply during peak hours. And this is expected to reduce the waiting time during periods of high customer demand. Is this logical? Absolutely not.
This is just a superficial excuse to justify for the hike. At what? At the expense of the consumers! I can understand flag down fee or the increase in journey wise due to inflating diesel prices. But the reason for peak surcharge increase, I almost burst out laughing at this kind of reason. I wonder if a foreigner hears of this, what would they think?
Darn it. Going to take a nice long bath to cool myself down.
No wonder the power of our money is getting Smaller and smaller....
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