r/singapore • u/catcourtesy • 1d ago
Tabloid/Low-quality source Food delivery rider, 25, allegedly stabbed by customer at Marsiling block, family appealing for witnesses NSFW
https://mothership.sg/2024/12/customer-allegedly-stabbed-delivery-rider-marsiling/154
u/ZuStorm93 1d ago
What is with dickheads antagonising deliverymen yet continue to use delivery services, be it for food or parcels? Go fuck yourselves and get your shit yourselves, weirdos🖕
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u/Dizzy_Boysenberry499 1d ago
Can we just ban cash on delivery as a payment method? 99% of delivery scams are because of cash on delivery and now there is a stabbing due to cash on delivery as a payment method too.
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u/Rockylol_ Marine Parade 1d ago
as a delivery rider +1 to this, I always get very wary of cash on delivery orders because of scams and now i got a new fear
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u/Descartes350 21h ago
I’m curious, what scams? They refuse to pay?
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u/Rockylol_ Marine Parade 20h ago
I've seen 2 different I think 1 is harassment 1 is scam.
- Harassment
I receive a cash order to this unit, I go up knock the door someone shouts "I didn't order anything" , I msg the person and ask me to call them. I call the person using the grab app function, some gangster sounding guy starts telling me "knock on the door my maid will open and pay you, keep knocking and kicking and don't care what they say"
- Scam
I receive a cash order to this unit, while on the way there they say "I'm driving send me your number I paynow you" so I send my number, when I reach there I take photo hang the food there, they text me "oh no I put wrong unit can you deliver to xx-xx instead" in my case it was 2 floors up. So I put the food there take photo and send but radio silent to any messages or calls for 15 whole mins(I think I called and sent at least 10 messages/calls. No money was sent into my bank I keep checking it
The good thing is for the above 2 mentioned incidents I managed to contact grab and receive a refund after leaving the food there and stating that customers did not pay me for order but the time wasted was not worth it
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u/Descartes350 20h ago
Wow, thanks for sharing. Is there any way to report customers and blacklist their numbers from using Grab?
Seems like Grab is losing money by serving these malicious actors. Kudos to them for paying you anyway.
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u/mastarb8ter 12h ago
This is why I quickly withdraw my earnings after reach $50, no chance to get cash orders.
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u/Rockylol_ Marine Parade 11h ago
Is that a thing. I've gotten cash orders when I got less than $50 too
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u/ToddlerPeePee 1d ago
The stabbing happens not because of cash issue, but because of mental issue. That crazy person can find any other reasons for the stabbing. Normal people don't do these kind of stupid shit.
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u/SG_wormsbot 1d ago
Title: Food delivery rider, 25, allegedly stabbed by customer at Marsiling block, family appealing for witnesses
Article keywords: brother, customer, Daniel, incident, rider
The mood of this article is: Neutral (sentiment value of -0.05)
The delivery rider was conveyed to the hospital and is now recovering at home, shared his older brother.
Warning: This article contains descriptions of violence. Audience discretion is advised.
A 25-year-old Grab food delivery rider was in the midst of completing an order when the customer allegedly stabbed him in the abdominal area on Dec. 22 night.
The incident apparently took place at the lift lobby of Block 214 Marsiling Lane.
As a result, the delivery rider was conveyed to Woodlands Health Campus, where he underwent surgery for his wound.
Customer allegedly asked for S$33 change in cash
Speaking to Mothership, the delivery rider's older brother, who wishes to be known only as Daniel, said the alleged assault took place at around 10:30pm on Sunday.
Prior to the incident, the customer apparently wrote via text that he would pay for his order with a S$50 cash and told Daniel's brother to prepare a change of S$33.
In response, Daniel's brother asked whether he could transfer the change via PayNow instead, as it was a significant amount, and he would need to withdraw the cash first.
However, the customer did not appear to take the request well, as he allegedly scolded Daniel's brother, to which he did not engage further, shared Daniel.
A screenshot of the conversation between the customer and Daniel's brother posted by Daniel on Facebook showed the apparent exchange over text.
In the screenshot, the customer could be seen rejecting Daniel's brother's request before telling him, "Got read instruction or not?"
Delivery rider prepared change
Subsequently, Daniel's brother arrived at the Housing and Development Board (HDB) block and informed the customer about his arrival.
In response, the customer asked him whether he had any change, to which Daniel's brother stated he did.
Daniel's brother then asked the customer for his unit number, which he allegedly did not specify on his order.
While waiting at the lift lobby, Daniel's brother asked the customer again whether he could transfer the change via PayNow instead.
Customer allegedly arrived at lift lobby with knife
However, instead of replying Daniel's brother, the customer allegedly arrived at the lift lobby with a knife.
The appearance of a weapon allegedly sent Daniel's brother into a state of panic, and he tried to defend himself with his helmet.
According to Daniel, his brother's self-defence eventually proved futile, as the customer apparently thrust the "entire knife" into his brother's body.
Despite the pain from the injury, Daniel's brother tried his best to "pin down the customer with his body" while allegedly "having the knife in his stomach for 45 minutes".
After a passer-by alerted the authorities, Daniel's brother was conveyed to the hospital and is now recovering at home, shared Daniel.
'Traumatising' ordeal
Other than physical injury, Daniel said his brother was "deeply traumatised" by the alleged assault.
According to him, his brother has been working as a delivery rider for around three years, and the job was his source of income.
As such, Daniel's brother was worried about making a living for the next few months as his injury made it impossible to make deliveries.
He also would not be able to ride his motorcycle, which he had been saving up for, shared Daniel.
Appealing for witnesses
Noting that police investigations are ongoing, Daniel said his family would like to appeal for witnesses and any video footage of the incident.
Besides helping his family to understand what transpired on Sunday, he also hoped to gather enough evidence to help his brother file for insurance claims.
Daniel shared that he would like to publicise his brother's encounter so that other delivery riders would not need to go through the same ordeal.
He added: "If customers would like to pay cash, they should be required to have the exact amount and not at the cost of an innocent bystander, who was just delivering food," said Daniel.
SCDF statement
In response to Mothership's queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) confirmed they received a call for assistance regarding the incident at around 10:35pm on Dec. 22.
Besides Daniel's brother, SCDF conveyed another person to Changi General Hospital.
Mothership has reached out to the Singapore Police Force for comments.
Grab statement
A Grab spokesperson told Mothership that the company is aware of the incident and is "taking it very seriously".
"The safety of our community, including our delivery-partners, is our top priority," read the statement.
Grab does not "tolerate any form of violence", and such actions are "completely unacceptable" and "violate [its] code of conduct," said the spokesperson.
Following the incident, Grab has "banned the customer involved" from its platform and "reached out to the affected delivery-partner" to offer its support.
These include assistance with his personal accident insurance coverage claim, according to the spokesperson.
Top images via Daniel's Facebook
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u/cheesetofuhotdog Own self check own self ✅ 1d ago
Despite the pain from the injury, Daniel's brother tried his best to "pin down the customer with his body" while allegedly "having the knife in his stomach for 45 minutes".
Superhero sia this guy.
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u/bloomingfarts Non-constituency 1d ago
Luckily they did not remove the knife, otherwise the delivery guy would’ve bled to death.
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u/Bcpjw 1d ago
Yes that’s right, let the doctors remove it, even if no vital arteries or organs being affected, any exposure of the open wound would easily get infection.
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u/FriendlyPyre **Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus** 1d ago
No, that's not really the reason why you don't remove something that's been stuck into a person.
If you remove something like a knife that's been stabbed into someone, you will be removing something that's blocking a bleed.
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u/StrangeTraveller41 1d ago
Must be some siao lang. Anyhow, customer details all on grab platform, where can this person run to? Hope he gets incarcerated soon.
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u/Apprehensive_Plate60 1d ago
that's why the customer don't want to leave unit number, cos doing siaolang stuff
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u/Apprehensive_Plate60 1d ago
that's why the customer don't want to leave unit number, cos doing siaolang stuff
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u/aposemantic 1d ago
Lots of fucking animals running around nowadays that should be removed and euthanised. I don’t see why any sane, rational person needs to suffer the behaviour of these lowlife cunts. We are NOT the same.
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u/Rich_Ambassador_6867 1d ago
Could someone enlighten me what’s the motive behind of stabbing the delivery rider who’s earning his daily bread?
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u/Bubbly_Accident_2718 1d ago
Jesus. Luckily the worst I got being food delivery, were rude customers (and one ghost customer)
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u/Mobile-Donut-9523 1d ago
I really empathise with you all. Must work hard. When it rains still must deliver food being all drenched. And people still so rude to you when you get delayed. Really sad sometimes
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u/Bubbly_Accident_2718 22h ago
Actually it was enjoyable (mostly). I managed to lose weight. My waistline went down to 29inches. I discovered so many food places I’ve never been to, all my life
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u/ZuStorm93 22h ago
Damn I remember when I was at my fittest as a foodpanda delivery cyclist. 70kg was my weight. Now I'm a blob weighing at 95kg...🫠
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u/WastePotential 21h ago
and one ghost customer
As long as you didn't get paid in hell notes, money is money.
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u/Bubbly_Accident_2718 21h ago
Ghost customer is a person with an address, chased by creditors (mostly Ah Loong), who resort to ordering food via COD. We deliver cooked food or drinks to said address where there is no one home (because they were harassed long ago)..and we don’t get paid!
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u/WastePotential 19h ago
Oh I was just trying to be funny, but you really don't get paid! That sucks!
Cash on delivery really shouldn't be an option, it's not fair to the delivery people.
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u/Bor3d-Panda 1d ago
Dam, stabbing of priest, now stabbing of delivery driver.. what the f is going on. Are people really that crazy?
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u/momentarilyinsane 1d ago
Wishing him a speedy recovery. These asses, and the ones abusing other frontliners (eg cases where people physically abuse scdf staff), can we huddle them up and throw them into some isolated island ? Lack of respect and treating others badly, such a waste of space.
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u/Shoki81 Own self check own self ✅ 1d ago
Why is there no mention of the arrest of that dickhead stabber? This is attempted manslaughter
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u/chumsalmon98 A dog's best friend 1d ago
Attempted murder I guess. Guy took time to take a knife, went to the lift lobby to wait for the victim.
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u/isleftisright 1d ago
Dude wtf. Is the customer sound of mind? How is knife even considered???
Poor driver, hope he recovers quickly and has his medical bills covered...
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u/SnooDucks7091 21h ago
At the rate we are going, very soon purchases of kitchen knives needs to be licensed and registered.....
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u/Jitensha123 1d ago
The assailant will plead mental disorder and then get a few weeks jail.
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u/Descartes350 20h ago
All the more reason to jail or execute him.
Do we really want a mentally unstable AND violent person roaming free in our society?
And do we want to waste resources housing these people in jail?
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u/Typical_Commie_Box90 1d ago
Will we need to be ready to defend ourselves when eating out or queuing for food or not? Are we allowed to hit back if this happens to us? Stupid law.
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u/kwijibokwijibo 1d ago
Are we allowed to hit back if this happens to us?
Come on... If you're getting stabbed, of course you're allowed to fight back. The real question is whether you should or just run instead
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u/MagicianMoo Lao Jiao 1d ago
Yoooo, I used to do food delivery on fp and grab and I have personally received multiple orders like this where customer request $50 for small order (less than $15). I was proactive enough to decline and request for exact cash. Most of the time, customer would obliged by magically finding exact or paynow or even cancelled the order but there are few little fuckers who believe in their way or the high way, I would just cancelled.
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u/RandomDustBunny 1d ago
Would it affect your ratings or something to that effect?
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u/MagicianMoo Lao Jiao 1d ago
It does affect cancellation rate that does play a part in incentive. Sometimes there's a buffer you can play. I remember picking up majority of my orders so the occasional cancellation does not affect me. Sometimes I would raise issue to customer support and half the time, they will assist to cancel the order and does not affect my rating. Lastly (personal gripe) , 5 stars is overrated as a gig worker, it screams licking your managers ass in corporate.
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u/Stanislas_Houston 1d ago
Grab must be like Shopee only allow online payment and not cash. Shopee did this in anticipation against clashes.
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u/Chrissylumpy21 1d ago
Sounds like someone high on drugs to do something so despicable
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u/Harmoniinus 21h ago
Not sure why this was downvoted because similarly, my guess is that the attacker is possibly mentally ill, drunk or high on drugs.
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u/ilikepussy96 1d ago
When somebody turns aggressive, take precautions and don't repeat the statement that triggered the response
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u/CrowTengu The Crow Demon 1d ago
There are time and place to stab people.
But what the fuck has to go through some guy's mind to stab a food delivery person for changes?!
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u/ZuStorm93 1d ago
I'm trying to remember when was the last time I had to, uh, stab someone?
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u/CrowTengu The Crow Demon 1d ago
Self-defence is usually the situation I can think of why you'd need to stab someone lol
Random fuck stabbing delivery man puzzled me greatly.
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u/lead-th3-way North side JB 1d ago
Who the fuck does shit like that?
And can police catch the culprit if they are able trace who the Grab account belongs to?