The foreign students claimed she got confused because SGD & MYR look similar.
Rather than scolding the young woman for her mistake, the driver kindly accepted the currency.she wrote in the video caption. Feeling guilty for the trouble, the 20-year-old can be heard asking the driver if it was really okay for her to pay in RM to which he insisted that it wasn’t a problem.
The video went viral with over 300k views at the time of writing. Netizens praised the Grab driver for his kindness and even pointed out that he can use the Malaysian currency for his next trip to Johor Bahru. There were a few who were curious on how the passenger could have made the mistake when travelling to Singapore. Grab Singapore even reached out to her to ask for details to presumably reward the kind driver.
Speaking to AsiaOne, Hana explained how she got herself into that situation by mistake. It is understood that she was in Malaysia prior to her trip to Singapore and had forgotten to change some Singapore dollar notes. Another factor for the confusion was that both the RM50 note and the $50 SGD note apparently look similar, according to the student. She noticed the mistake after the driver pointed out that she gave him the wrong currency.
Who knows what could have happened if she had a different driver? Thankfully, things went better than expected. Let this be a reminder to double-check the currencies before travelling.
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