much as i hate their accent, i prefer to deal with them as service-providers than i do with sulky sinkees ...
got lost in a mall & asked a filipino shop manager for directions ... he was polite & helpful, and this is not the 1st time ive been politely helped by filipino shop assts ...
if sinkies, they will scowl at u, and most likely u have to speak to them in mandarin ... even if u speak in mandarin, they will still scowl as if they hate their jobs ... many sinkess really have an attitude problem at work & they deserve 2b replaced by foreigners ... on this, i agree with leongsam ...
getting paid low salaries does not give them the excuse to be rude to customers ...