A netizen shared how she takes Grab to and from work every day, and she spends about $1.2k of her salary on her Grab rides alone.
Here is what she said
“I am working at a pub and my work starts at 7pm until about 3am. I have a habit of taking Grab to and from work because I want to avoid the peak hour crowds inside MRTs and trains.
I live somewhere in the West and my Grab rides to work cost about $30 plus, and by the time I end work, I’m usually drunk and it’s about 3am and there’s no more public transport and I have no choice but to take Grab home.
For context, I work at a pub and my job included serving, cashiering and drinking with the customers. And no I am not a hostess, my job scope just includes entertaining them and I get extra money if they buy me ladies drinks. I also don’t provide any “services”, it’s a legit and honest job.
And a lot of people are asking why I don’t have travel allowance from my workplace since I end work so late, and my employers tell me that they don’t give me travel allowance in exchange for 100% of the money from ladies drinks and a higher commission rate.
So basically i get more money, in a way.
Anyway, so taking Grab to and from work, each day I spend about $60++, and when I add up all the money that I spend on Grab every day, it totals to about $1.2k per month.
I am earning about $3k++ so almost half of it is spent on Grab rides.”
Editor’s note: You can save half the money by taking public transport to work, the MRT/buses isn’t as crowded as you think at 5-6pm+.