S’pore motorists drive off without paying after filling up
DOWNRIGHT nasty – that’s how some pump-and-flee petrol cheats behave when caught by attendants.Some scream abuse, some try to bargain and others simply ignore the attendants’ plea to pay up.
Petrol theft in Singapore is a long-standing problem that rears its ugly head whenever petrol prices soar.
Prices have been going up since April.
Last week, the cost of petrol went up to more than $2 a litre.
A former Tiong Bahru pump attendant, who wanted to be known only as Mr Ganesh, 22, said some disgruntled customers even shout at staff when they are forced to return to pay up.
He said: “One customer was unhappy because he lived in Pasir Ris. He said he had to ‘waste petrol, waste time’ to return to our station.“
The customer owed about $100 in unpaid petrol for his Toyota Camry.
- It’s kind of serious to this kind of things start to happen!! What on earth is going on!?
