Kakis, come grab a chair and sit down to listen to this story. I tell you, standard driver customer service is one thing, but this Singaporean Grab driver’s wingman skills? Absolute 100/10.

It all started like any regular ride: passenger gets in, driver hits “Start Trip.” But this uncle wasn’t about to settle for standard small talk about the weather or ERP rates. Instead, he decided to deliver a masterclass in modern matchmaking, turning a routine ride into an absolute viral legend.

The Viral Masterpiece

The entire glorious encounter was captured in a TikTok video posted on Sunday (July 26) by Charmaine, @expiredstankysocks. Captioned “Grab driver’s dating advice,” she noted that she “will always entertain these type of conversations”—and it’s a good thing she did, because we got pure gold out of it (see the video below).

Phase 1: The “Singaporean Guy” Reality Check

The ride kicked off with the uncle launching into full-on, unfiltered relationship advice. First on his hit list? Singaporean guys.

According to Uncle, modern SG guys have a few glaring issues:

• Too pampered and overprotected
• Big ego and not mature enough
• The ultimate dealbreaker: Asking to go AA and split the bill on a date!

His advice to the female passenger was swift, ruthless, and delivered with absolute conviction:

“If the guy go out one time (and) split (the bill it’s) ok, next time you block him.”

Phase 2: The Hypeman Warm-Up

Before you introduce the grand prize, you’ve got to build up the candidate’s self-worth, right? Uncle knew exactly what he was doing. Looking over at the passenger, he dropped a line so smooth it deserves to be etched into the local dating hall of fame:

“Wah, a girl like you? Your queue of suitors stretches all the way from Tuas Checkpoint to Woodlands Checkpoint!”

Forget “you have nice eyes”—measuring beauty in Singaporean border-traffic jams is the ultimate local compliment.

Phase 3: The Plot Twist (Meet the Son)

Once the passenger was sufficiently hyped up, Uncle executed the pivot. The main agenda? Promoting his own 26-year-old son.

He assured her that his boy is entirely built different from the average SG guy—mostly because the young man was blessed with his father’s stellar genes. The pitch was so good that @expiredstankysocks actually leaned forward to look at a photo of the son, confirming on video that he looks “quite handsome!”

But the absolute highlight of the pitch came right at the end when Uncle dropped his closing line:

“Tonight you come into your FFIL’s (future father-in-law) dream first ok? We will communicate again,”

To which she playfully agreed they would “use telepathy” to chat.

The Verdict from Netizens

The internet, naturally, lost its collective mind after the video hit TikTok. Commenters were rolling on the floor, praising the driver’s unmatched matchmaker game.

• “Top salesman at his company.”
• “Lucky we have lesser competitors in this field.”
• One netizen even chimed in claiming they’ve ridden with this exact uncle before, and apparently, the highly-promoted son works as an engineer at Seletar Airport!

Netizen Takeaway	Rating
Sales Pitch	10/10 (Smooth execution)
Audacity	100/10 (Zero hesitation)
Grab Rating	5 Stars + Tip + Future Daughter-in-Law status

While we don’t know @expiredstankysocks’s current relationship status from the video, if she already has a boyfriend, Uncle is going to be severely disappointed! All that top-tier, telepathic, Tuas-to-Woodlands salesmanship would have completely gone down the drain.

Honestly? Grab doesn’t just need to keep this uncle on the platform—they need to pay him an extra salary as their official, in-house Professional Cupid. So, next time your Grab driver starts chatting you up, pay attention. You might just be talking to your future father-in-law.

Watch the viral video here:

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