BGAIN 130 Eating House at Jurong Gateway, I patronize this coffeeshop every other week, as their Western food is one of the best that I’ve had.
There’s this one staff from the drinks stall that has a bad attitude.
My sister and I went to purchase some buns from the stall, and generally in coffeeshops, the buns are self-service, customers grab the tongs and paper bag, and proceed to pick the buns of their choice. I did the same, but was chided by this staff. She was rude and condescending, saying ”给我啦，拿拿拿” in Mandarin.
She grabbed the tongs away from my hand and proceeded to take the buns. She spoke with a derogatory tone, and I can’t help but feel that it was uncalled for.
They always say that we have to respect seniors, yes I agree to that, but why does no one remember that younger people need respect too?
Edit: I feel like I need to add this in, and I have grandmothers too, one of them works as a cleaner at a hawker centre, so I symphatize with seniors working in such occupations. In fact, there’s an aunty working at the drinks stall at another coffeeshop at Jurong West that I’ve visited a couple of times, and I feel bad for her because she has a slouching posture when walking and my own grandmother does too, so it’s seniors like these that truly deserve my respect, and not those that shout at people just because they look like easy targets.