The driver bragged of drinking alcohol, he wanted to take her to a private house party and then refused to let the young female passenger out of the vehicle until she handed him her phone number.
She reported the incident to both Uber and The Straights Times where her story appeared on their Facebook newsfeed. This report should have made readers aware of problems with predatory Uber drivers seeking to take advantage of vulnerable young people; instead the reaction from readers was anything but concern.
Firstly readers correctly identified the vehicle in the background was not a Singaporean vehicle and was not at Clarke Quay. To their credit, The Straights Times immediately responded and informed readers Ms Nicole Lee (23) supplied the photograph herself and it had been taken whilst she was in Thailand - good stuff.
What was concerning was the majority of the comments were asking about her hair colour, her clothes, why she was out at 4:15 am, the fact that she was drinking and why she was alone? A number of people commented that "she looks like a slut" or "she deserved it" and numerous similar comments.
These comments were made by both men and women - absolutely disgraceful behaviour. What we have here is a young woman who was harassed by a Uber driver who then had the courage to speak out to warn people and was needlessly targeted and set upon by sad and pathetic people.
I don't know this woman personally but my life experiences tell me these irresponsible comments reflect the sad inadequacies of their personal lives - not hers.
She can wear what she wants, Clarke Quay isn't an area of ill repute and as an adult, she can stay out as late as she wants and she doesn't deserve such blatant hypocrisy. I would severely doubt she is anything like these pathetic comments state - people need to grow up.
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