KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — Grab offers a range of services that have made our lives more convenient, especially when we’re hungry or when we need a ride home.
One Sabah woman, however, found a new way to use Grab services: to wake up her husband and children.
Twitter user @ennietrando shared a story of how her friend used Grab while she was away from home. The friend had to rely on her husband to send her children to Sunday school.
Unfortunately, her husband was still asleep and after many failed attempts to call his phone, she had to call ‘Abang Grab’ for backup.
She hired a Grab rider and instructed him through text to ring the doorbell of her house to wake her family up.
In a series of chat screenshots, the Grab rider was confused at the woman’s request but he fulfilled it anyway and rang her house’s doorbell.
“Hold on yeah boss, this is the first time I’ve accepted a job to wake someone up,” the rider texted.
“It’s weird, I know. Sorry ah,” the woman replied.
My friend today: She’s not home. Left her husband & kids at home. Kids need to attend Sunday School. The husband slept in, not waking up to send kids to church. She called mutiple times to no avail. She had to use abam Grab service just to ring their doorbell. pic.twitter.com/WMvvY1rk9M
— Incandescent of Enniebelle du jour (@ennietrando) July 9, 2023
According to @ennietrando, her friend’s young son answered the door and the Grab rider passed down the message.
“You (her son) must wake him (her husband) up or else you won’t be able to graduate Sunday school.”
Online users were tickled and wowed by the woman’s innovative use of Grab and her dedication to getting her kids to Sunday school at all costs.
This is.... So warm. Its a weird request but it comes from a responsible mother, the abang grab also instead of denouncing it, take the request well and performed excellent service.
— Liyana Yasmin Sinaga (@LYSinaga) July 9, 2023
Weh good idea for urgent desperate momment in need ???? https://t.co/iNQieP3cb9
— Njieha •.•.• (@njieha_) July 10, 2023
User @ennietrando posted a follow-up Tweet that clarified her friend’s husband was not lazy but ‘just so happened’ to have slept in that day.
Just to clarify things here, in case ada org silap sangka kat husband kawan I tu. Dia bukan malas nak bangun ke apa. It’s just happened yg hari tu dia tak sengaja terlajak tidur, hp bunyi pun tak dengar. Nyenyak sgt agaknya
— Incandescent of Enniebelle du jour (@ennietrando) July 11, 2023