Who opened the floodgates to immigrants?

[Oppsgal]

Anyone seen the news on the bus driver go on a trip of 2 hours with the passengers guiding the way back to the right route?


So how they are charged? Hope not charge as per distance.

[pinky]

Oppsgal:

Anyone seen the news on the bus driver go on a trip of 2 hours with the passengers guiding the way back to the right route?


So how they are charged? Hope not charge as per distance.

the passengers should be compensated for the 2 hours loss because what if they were on the way to work/school/important appointments??

[Joule]

dovetail:

You are right Joule, I shouldn't complain. I have a choice. These days, there's not much value for money from the cooked food outside. Must try to cook at home more often.

You always got a choice, besides, don't blame these immigrants, they are here to escape their own country....if you want to blame, blame the people that allowed them to be brought in....in 2016 you have another choice, make it a good one...

[daisyt]

pepper spice:

I was at a bank. The customer in the next counter is a PRC youth (22 years old). He wanted to apply for some debit card, I think, but could not understand a word of English. Naturally, he could not fill in the application form. The teller kindly helped him to fill in his particulars of name, birth date etc, using his passport. But when the teller reached the part on “highest educational level”, she did not know how to translate that into Chinese and so asked PRC youth in English “你的highest educational level是什么？The PRC youth shook his head. The teller look left, look right for help, so I ventured to help translate into “最高学历“。 The PRC man replied “大专”. Later I heard the teller asking the PRC youth very softly, 为什么你读到大专却不会英语，那你怎么在这里工作?

On another occasion, on a bus, a PRC woman asked another passenger (a local) where to alight to get to the community hospital in Toa Payoh. The passenger was not sure, so she suggested that the PRC woman ask the bus driver, but the PRC woman said she couldn’t speak English and the bus driver is a Malay.
Yesterday, I had my lunch at a small eatery in Chinatown. The next table was a big group of PRC uncles, talking loudly in their Beijing accent. The stallholder who made my bowl of laksa is also a PRC. Next to the eatery were 2 other stalls selling 麻辣面， 刀削面。
I believe I am not alone in this feeling, that I am a foreigner in this country that I had fondly called home in the past. It is now quite an alien home, no wonder, many of my friends are making plans to retire overseas.

You are never alone to feel that way
I remember i went to watch NDP parade nearby and surrounding me were majority from China and India. What hurted me very badly was during the saying of pledge? I was proud to recite the pledge but just have the kind of mix feeling, is this still my home?

Anyway, after that incident, I prefer to stay home and watch.

I enjoyed the election rallies a lot because at least most of the crowds there are true Singaporean that give you the home feeling.

[daisyt]

tutormum:

Just want to :stompfeet: :mad: :rant:

Was in Chinatown and wanted to go to Bras Basah Complex. I asked the bus driver of No. 33 if the bus goes there as I thought it does but wanted to be 100% sure. He is definitely from China and noting that, I repeated my question in Chinese as I know the Chinese name for BBC. Instead, he kept saying that he's going straight. It seems that all he knew is the bus route :faint: If they can't speak English, the decent thing to do is teach them the Chinese names of landmarks and roads. If taxi drivers are tested on their knowledge on Singapore roads and landmarks, why bus drivers aren't? Gone are the days when we can just hop on the bus and say \"Uncle, I want to go to XXX\" and he would tell you when to alight. :nunchuk:

Haha! I have exactly the same kind of encounter as you before. Another time even funny, I asked him how much was the fare to the end of the terminal interchange in Mandarin, he answered ＂不是很贵啦＂and full stop!! :mad:

Didn't the bus company give them basic training??

[pepper spice]

Same thing here. I took bus from Bukit Merah, wanting to go to Funan IT Mall. To be double sure, I confirm with PRC driver, got go Funan hor? He blur. Got stop at Hill Street hor? The fire station there, urm, urm, 消防局? Also blur, he mumbled something in Mandarin. 你有经过克拉码头 (Clarke Quay) 对吗? By then, the bus already passed by Chinatown on way to Clarke Quay, no need to ask oredi.


Yes, in the past, just hop on bus and tell driver, "Uncle I want to go Funan, tell me when I reach, can? Thank you."

[daddy2007]

Hard to blame the transport companies for hiring foreigners. How many Singaporeans are willing to work as bus captain?

[Oppsgal]

daddy2007:

Hard to blame the transport companies for hiring foreigners. How many Singaporeans are willing to work as bus captain?

Depends how they ATTRACT Singaporeans to join bus captain. If pay not that much and have to work long hours, then how to attract them to join?

[3Boys]

Oppsgal:

daddy2007:

Hard to blame the transport companies for hiring foreigners. How many Singaporeans are willing to work as bus captain?

Depends how they ATTRACT Singaporeans to join bus captain. If pay not that much and have to work long hours, then how to attract them to join?

So are you willing to pay higher bus fares so that we can pay higher and attract local drivers? If not, who should pay for it then?

[Snow Crystal]

pepper spice:

Yes, in the past, just hop on bus and tell driver, \"Uncle I want to go Funan, tell me when I reach, can? Thank you.\"

Yes yes those were the days. We will try to sit near him so that he can alert us. Sometimes if where we are going is not on the bus uncle's route, he will even direct us to which correct bus to take. Nostalgia. So now is it very few of these uncles and mostly PRC men who will get lost and need to be directed by passengers or simply can't give advice for his own bus route? Where's the basic training? Our time's Singaporean bus drivers must be old uncles now and retiring in peace. Maybe they can be hired at minimal fee to be bus consultants onboard .... Haha jkjk.