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Is it just me or we see many more angry people in Singapore?
GeneralMaybe this is an unpopular opinion, but I genuinely think Singapore’s cost of living is making a lot of gig workers angry at life. Every other day now feels like some random person needs a therapy session, a complaint about expenses, or someone quietly carrying years of frustration. Some Grab drivers and riders come across incredibly cynical, passive aggressive or just emotionally exhausted, and honestly I don’t even fully blame them anymore.
Think about it. Many of them are driving 10 to 14 hours a day just to survive while dealing with rising petrol prices, rent, COE, food costs, platform cuts and difficult customers. Yet society still treats gig work like it’s “flexible freedom” when for many people it feels more like survival mode. The scary part is I think gig workers are just reflecting the real emotional state of Singaporeans right now. People are burnt out, financially stressed and increasingly resentful that no matter how hard they work, life here still feels like an endless treadmill.
I know some people will say “then just upgrade yourself” or “find a better job”, but I think that response completely ignores how brutal and mentally draining Singapore has become for lower and middle income workers. At some point the stress leaks into daily interactions. You feel it in the roads, customer service, public transport and even random conversations. Are Singaporeans becoming angrier because life here is genuinely getting too expensive to enjoy anymore?
