Japan woman says ‘racist’ Singapore cabby changed tone after realising she was not Chinese
Rude Lion City taxi driver treats woman badly on way to airport, then starts to ‘treat her like a queen’ when it became clear she was Japanese
A Japanese online influencer has complained about being discriminated against by a Singaporean taxi driver who mistook her as Chinese.
The young woman who goes by the name @CrazyJapanese online and has 664,000 followers, shared “one of the worst experiences” she had in Singapore on February 20.
She said she took a taxi with her luggage when she was ending her tour in the country and going back to Japan.
She said the “old driver” at the taxi rank was impatient with her and her friend, who was seeing her off, because she spoke Mandarin with him.
When she asked him if she could get in, he only pointed his finger towards the back, gesturing to her to pack the luggage herself.
She said she was shocked by the zero help from the driver, but continued to check if she could use the credit card to pay, because she did not have cash.