Singapore netizen claims million-dollar earning CEO takes MRT to work

SINGAPORE: A netizen has sparked a debate on whether a rich person taking the MRT signifies a poor economic climate, after he claimed that the chief executive at his workplace takes public transport to work despite earning between one to two million dollars a year.

He questioned: “Is this not a testament to Singapore’s expensive nature that even someone like him thinks taking MRT is more economical?” One Redditor, who uses the handle 45tee, said: “Nothing wrong for the rich to take MRT. Nothing wrong for the poor to buy a car.”Another commenter, lbe91 on Reddit, pointed out: “Depends on how you look at it, I personally like MRT more than car where I can just browse my phone and enjoy on train while driving you have to damn well focus on it & losing energy.

Some suggested that the OP needs a perspective change as his anecdote could show that public transport is so good that it is attractive even to those who don’t need to rely on it, while a number of commenters added that there is nothing wrong with taking the MRT. Reddit user belungar argued: “I think your mindset is very backwards and you lack insight.

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