A man shared a story of him trying to be a smart aleck and tried to argue with a safety distancing ambassador. However, the man did not receive any empathy from netizens but got scolded instead

Here is his “complaint”:

Had an unpleasant experience at Satay by the Bay this evening. Had gone there with the family (total 5 of us, 1 child) thinking it would be nice to have a meal outside after such a long while, albeit in 2 separate tables.

That’s right, I assumed 2 instead of 3 cos I tot the child, being unvaccinated, could sit with my wife and I, while the other two adults sit at another table. Seems I misunderstood the ruling for F&B where 5 can sit together along with the unvaccinated child of the same household.

Anyway ordered food, and along came this safe distancing ambassador coming up to our table and told us in an unfriendly tone that we cannot sit with three in a table and we had to split up. What irked me was not so much the message but her tone, and I told her that I had assumed an unvaccinated child could sit with the parents.

She stated flatly that Satay by the Bay was a hawker centre, not F&B, so we had to separate. Perturbed even more by her tone now, I told her I would check online there and then, and if verified, I would move (afterall if there were people coming to my house claiming they had a right to enter my house there and then to verify there is no party going on, I think I deserve that the right to verify if that is the case then.) Anyway she snidely said if I wanted to check to go ahead but first separate or she would take our pictures.

That became a threat. I refused to reply to her knowing my own short fuse would escalate the situation quickly and let her take whatever she needed. I spent a couple of mins checking and indeed seems 2 is the rule irrespective of child or not, vaccinated or not. I humbly complied and move to another table alone to eat my humble pie. What spoiled my evening was of course my own shoddiness to developments and also the general demeanour of the safe distancing ambassador. I understand she was only doing her job, but so so many things could have averted this unpleasant incident. Clear posters at the entrance reminding patrons, she on seeing the whole family coming in could have reminded us rather than spending the additional time trying to ambush families for infringements and going into unnecessary entanglements with them.

Everyone is stressed, mental health for many are at the fringe and we are trying to get through it together. It only takes a spark to start a forest fire. These ambassadors are in a delicate position and thankfully most are wonderful as they balance sensitivity with doing their job; this lady I feel fell far below the bar.

EDIT:- I need to leave a note that my issue is with the way the message was communicated and not the message per se. Am sure there are lots of careless people like me in such times of upheaval so sometimes details may slip past us. We are not Badge Persons, so a tactful reminder or a little patience would suffice.

Thank you, Darius, you must be MR EMPATHY PERSONIFIED.

A man was surprised to see offerings burned outside a unit during the 7th month. He said that it could be a fire hazard.

The burning of incense paper is prohibited in HDB common hallways due to the risk of fire. Incense papers should only be burned in incense burners or metal containers issued by the Town Council, according to the Singapore Civil Defence Force’s (SCDF) public fire safety standards.

In his post he said:

“No offence. Is this right? 7th mth offerings in front of door step & ashes blowing into your neighbours’ houses? What if the whole unit catches fire?”

Previously a photo was circulating on Facebook of a Fairprice meat product that has confusing labels. It is labelled as both pork and chicken. The photo was taken from the Fairprice outlet at Paya Lebar Quarters.

FairPrice has since apologized for the mistake.

Here is what they said on Facebook:

[Product Mislabelling] We are aware of a Facebook Group post regarding a chicken product erroneously labelled as pork. We treat this matter very seriously and have put in additional processes to prevent any errors of this nature from occurring in the future.

We recognise the sensitivities surrounding such an error and sincerely apologise for any offence caused.

We would also like to appeal to customers who find any labelling discrepancy to approach our staff immediately so that we may rectify it in a timely manner.

For further enquiries on this matter, please contact us at our Customer Relations Hotline at 65522722 or through email at [email protected].

A new national programme was launched on 13 August, in a bid to get more senior citizens to go for their vaccination shots.

Called the “let’s get our seniors vaccinated” programme, persons who successfully refer a senior above the age of 60 to get their shots will received a $30 voucher from Health Promotion Board.

It will then be credited via the HPB’s Healthy 365 app into their accounts.

The authorities will need to verify that the senior has received both doses of the vaccines (Pfizer, Comirnaty or Moderna) before awarding the vouchers.

The programme ends on 30 November.

Images source: Unsplash

A girl took to Instagram to ask whether it is normal for guys who are attached to watch p*rn about other girls.

She said that her boyfriend has been doing so and she says it is disrespectful.

She added that she doesn’t plan on sleeping with him as well.

She suggested that he could’ve used his imagination instead.

Images source: Unsplash and @yplovestories on IG

On Tuesday(10 August), a man was sentenced to one year, two months, and two weeks in prison for hiding beneath a neighbour’s bed when she got out of the shower naked and subsequently sexually assaulting her while she was sleeping.

34-years-old Muhammad Rafie Rasid was also caught breaking into another home to steal branded watches.

21 March 2020

Rafie sneaked into the home of a 32-year-old woman and hide under her bed while she was showering, the victim exited the shower and lay on the bed naked.

He somehow sneaked out of the apartment without the woman knowing.

In the evening he sneaked back into the woman’s home and started removing his pants and underwear while kissing the victim.

The victim who was asleep was unaware but Rafie started to use his hands to touch the lower region of the woman until the woman woke up.

The authorities were alerted and Rafie was arrested.

Went on bail

While Rafie was on bail, he partnered with a friend(Mohamed Shameer Mohamed Feroz) to break into a home in Woodlands with the intent to steal luxury watches.

Feroz knew that the victim will not be home as the victim will be serving his reservist and planned to break in during this period.

However, the victim got sick and was send back home to rest. While breaking in, they were caught red-handed and they escaped without stealing anything

A wayward teenager shared how he got arrested by the police again for the 3rd time.

And now he is worried that his school principal won’t take him back, or any other school principals for that matter.

He shared that he wants to continue his education but given that this is his 3rd time being arrested and he is now out on bail, he fears that no other school will accept him.

Here is the story:

Images source: Pixabay, Unsplash and @yplovestories

A netizen sends in a piece of their thought saying that a video was viral on Facebook and the video poster was blaming cars for driving too closely to cyclists.

Here is the story:

I saw this post on Facebook of a cyclist who complained about a car that drove too close to them. But the problem is what leh, these tour de France people think they are the owner of the road.

The road is built for motor vehicles not build for bicycles Leh, we pay road tax one leh ok, if this is the case can i drive my car on the cycling path anot. Let you ride on the road no pay taxi still want kpkb.

This cyclist has the audacity to even post his videos and complaint about a car on Roads.sg. As if the road is his father one. Not happy then don’t ride your bicycle on the road lah, KNN.