Supermarket

[limlim]

3Boys:

How comfortable would you be, if you observed such egregious behaviours, to provide feedback to that individual? I think if enough of us stood up for it, it is what makes a difference and creates the 'Singaporean culture.' Its worth speaking up for, don't you think?

I feel that a signboard \"Do not poke/open packages etc..\" and \"area under CCTV surveillance\" is more effective :evil: :evil:

[limlim]

3Boys:

peapot:

How come staff allows that to happen?

How come WE allow that to happen?

bcoz WE do NOT have the authority/power to prevent/stop it.

for e.g. you saw someone smoking at non-smoking area. You can tell him off, but you do not have the power to stop him. Reasoning is only effective for reasonable people.

[Oppsgal]

3Boys:

peapot:

How come staff allows that to happen?

How come WE allow that to happen?

There is no WE. For me, the case where the \"customer\" opened the grapes bag up and eat one, I wrote a feedback straight to make a feedback to the supermarket.

[3Boys]

limlim:

3Boys:

[quote=\"peapot\"]How come staff allows that to happen?

How come WE allow that to happen?

bcoz WE do NOT have the authority/power to prevent/stop it.

for e.g. you saw someone smoking at non-smoking area. You can tell him off, but you do not have the power to stop him. Reasoning is only effective for reasonable people.[/quote]Learned helplessness?

Of course, we tell them off, and we keep doing it, all of us. It is our Singaporean values, make a stand for it.

[3Boys]

Oppsgal:

There is no WE. For me, the case where the \"customer\" opened the grapes bag up and eat one, I wrote a feedback straight to make a feedback to the supermarket.

Wasted opportunity. No point complaining to customer service, tell that customer off straightaway. C'mon, it takes all of us to make a culture, not customer service at NTUC.

[Oppsgal]

3Boys:

Oppsgal:

There is no WE. For me, the case where the \"customer\" opened the grapes bag up and eat one, I wrote a feedback straight to make a feedback to the supermarket.

Wasted opportunity. No point complaining to customer service, tell that customer off straightaway. C'mon, it takes all of us to make a culture, not customer service at NTUC.

Did I say is NTUC? No right?

Tell customer off? For what? Just don't buy... not like got pay me to tell the customer off and make other people angry.

[3Boys]

Oppsgal:

Tell customer off? For what? Just don't buy... not like got pay me to tell the customer off and make other people angry.

There you go. Now I know where you stand.

If we don't defend our own culture, because 'no one pay me to make other people angry', then lets just be prepared for other people to walk all over us. The Singaporean culture is truly dying, and it ain't the g'ments fault.

[Oppsgal]

3Boys:

Oppsgal:

Tell customer off? For what? Just don't buy... not like got pay me to tell the customer off and make other people angry.

There you go. Now I know where you stand.

If we don't defend our own culture, because 'no one pay me to make other people angry', then lets just be prepared for other people to walk all over us. The Singaporean culture is truly dying, and it ain't the g'ments fault.

What is \"Singaporean culture\"?

[Oppsgal]

3Boys:

Oppsgal:

Tell customer off? For what? Just don't buy... not like got pay me to tell the customer off and make other people angry.

There you go. Now I know where you stand.

If we don't defend our own culture, because 'no one pay me to make other people angry', then lets just be prepared for other people to walk all over us. The Singaporean culture is truly dying, and it ain't the g'ments fault.

So telling people off = defend own culture? If end up having a huge \"show\" in supermarket? No thank you. I would rather the supermarket do something... like placing some \"sample\" for customers who prefer to taste before buying.

[cherrygal]

Such inconsiderate acts do not just happen in Singapore. They happen everywhere. Since we are in a supposedly gracious society, we can't deliberately pick a fight with total strangers in public over a packet of chicken or milk. We have our own standards of dignity. Besides, what they are doing is not considered a crime. It's low class, but not a crime.


I have seen what the angmohs do when they catch an inconsiderate act at the supermarket... they stare at the person in disbelief for 2 minutes :shock: and try to get eye contact. That \"OMG, you are so uncouth / bad\" look may just do the trick. But in Singapore, we better don't stare at pple who look like gangsters.. unless we want to get stabbed. :slapshead:

It will take several generations of re-education to phase these people, and such inconsiderate acts, out.