Redditer: Cynergy Queues Are a Sad Reflection of Singapore’s Cheapskate Driving Culture

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Cynergy Queues Are a Sad Reflection of Singapore’s Cheapskate Driving Culture​

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The endless Cynergy queues are more than just irritating. They are a damn clear reflection of a type of driver that feels more and more common on Singapore roads nowadays: the cheapskate who will gladly waste everyone’s time, including his own, just to save a few cents per litre.

Yes, driving in Singapore is expensive. COE is crazy, petrol is not cheap, and nobody likes paying more than necessary. But there is a difference between being practical and being so obsessed with a small discount that you are willing to queue until the station spills onto the main road and create congestion for everyone else. At that point, it is not being savvy. It is just being damn kiam siap.

The funniest part is that the savings often do not even make sense once you count the time spent queueing. If you sit there so long just to save a bit on one tank, the amount saved is basically the value of the time you burned. End up you are not proving you are smart with money. You are just showing your time is worth very little, and that you do not mind making everyone else suffer for your few dollars of savings.

I am not saying every driver in Singapore is like this, and I am not saying everyone in those queues is some terrible driver in every other situation. But this kind of behaviour does reflect something ugly about the roads nowadays. Too many people are willing to inconvenience everyone else for a tiny bit of personal gain, then act like it is normal.

That is why these Cynergy queues are so telling. It is not just about petrol. It is about a cheapskate mentality that has become way too visible on Singapore roads.

 

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@Dongyi

Where is our resident ACS member today? Went to Cynergy or Sinopec to queue for petrol?

Just wondering...

 

[True Believer]

@rocket
@Dongyi
Where is our resident ACS member today? Went to Cynergy or Sinopec to queue for petrol?
Just wondering...

Why do you keep talking to yourself and pretend that nobody else notices? LOL!

 

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@rocket
@Dongyi

Where is our resident ACS member today? Went to Cynergy or Sinopec to queue for petrol?

Just wondering...

Cum liao. On top

 

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Cum liao. On top

He finish pa yiu already

 

[Eisenhut]

Serfs and slave mentality hard to change.

AMDK think Time more important than $

 

[bobby]

People buy new cars like it is so cheap but when come to it’s running costs…they will scramble to save the few $ but already spent $$$$$$$$$$

 

[Dongyi]

He finish pa yiu already

He is using Jurong East 老招。

 

[Narong Wongwan]

Those in the queue are the same ones who tailgate to siam parking fees

 

[True Believer]

Those in the queue are the same ones who tailgate to siam parking fees

They are HDB dwellers who buy used cars nearing the COE expiry date, so they need to save every cent to avoid their cars getting repossessed.