Woman asks to borrow Touch 'n Go card from S'pore driver at JB checkpoint, walks off & doesn't come back

A Singaporean driver was left perplexed after a fellow commuter asked to borrow her Touch 'n Go card at the Johor Bahru checkpoint — only to walk off and not return.

Real estate agent Eileen Gwee said that she had been at a counter on Dec. 11, waiting to get her passport stamped, when another woman came up to her from a white car in an adjacent lane.

The woman, who was holding RM20 (S$6) in her hand, asked to borrow her Touch 'n Go card. Gwee obliged.

But the other woman simply walked off without giving Gwee the money, and was not seen again, Gwee recounted to Mothership.

RM150 balance

In Gwee's dashcam footage, which she shared on Facebook group Complaint Singapore, she could be seen handing over the card to a woman in a white tank top.

The woman was holding RM20 (S$6) in her other hand, which Gwee believed she would pass over as reimbursement for the fee imposed for foreign vehicles entering Johor.

But the woman simply took the card and walked away, Gwee told Mothership.

After her passport was stamped, Gwee drove ahead and waited for the woman to return the card to her.

But after over 15 minutes of waiting outside her car, with the hazard lights on, Gwee found that the other woman did not turn up.

Gwee's dashboard camera was not able to capture the white car's number plate, as it was in the lane to the right of her car.

Gwee also told Mothership that she observed the woman staying to the side of her car, apparently to avoid getting captured on the dashboard camera.

She also wonders if the woman approached her because she was alone, and would not be able to leave her vehicle to ensure that the card was returned.

Borrowed "forever"

Gwee quipped on her Facebook post that the woman had borrowed her Touch 'n Go card — which contained RM150 (S$45) in value — "forever".

In response, users wrote in the comments section that she might have considered tapping her card for the woman, instead of giving it to her outright.

Another user joked that it really was a case of a "Touch 'n Go". "She touch your card and go already," he said.

Yet other users questioned why she had not asked the woman for cash at the outset, or simply refused to lend the woman her the card.

But Gwee brushed these off, replying: "People in need, just help only."

A warning

Gwee told Mothership that she hoped her post could help warn other drivers, so they could avoid losing their stored value cards.

Besides warning others, Gwee also had a word of advice for the woman to "maybe use her [own] money, not others' hard-earned money".

Top image from Eileen Gwee/Facebook