Passenger insulted after Ryde driver allegedly calls her 'fat' and tells her to take another ride
A Ryde passenger was insulted after a private-hire driver allegedly made an offensive comment about her weight.
Stomper MC, shared with Stomp that she had booked a ride to Yishun via ride-hailing app Ryde on Feb 13.
"The driver was extremely rude, he insulted me," she said.
"He is a fatphobic person."
She recounted that the driver told her that considering her size, she should take another ride.
In a screenshot shared by the Stomper, the driver drives a Honda Shuttle and has a five-star rating.
"He said, 'Wah, so fat!'," she added.
"I am literally paying you to send me home and you talk to me this way despite being a Ryde driver?
"How do you expect to keep a job with this attitude?"
MC questioned whether Ryde condones such behaviour and emphasised that no one should be judged or ridiculed for their appearance.
"This is a free country where religion, race, size, and gender shouldn't even be used as a joke," she said.
"A fatphobic remark shouldn't be used in 2025.
"We are in a generation where bullying and harassment shouldn't be tolerated."
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