I Feel Like a Foreigner in My Own Cuntry

[makapaaa]

Posted on 18 Mar 2010
Service staff with poor English make me feel like a foreigner in my own country

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STOMPer S was made to feel like a foreigner by some service staff who could not understand and speak English.

The staff needed help to translate orders and queries from English to Chinese, says the STOMPer.

The STOMPer recounts the incident:

"Recently I went to a fast food restaurant called 'Bongo Burgers' at the Singapore Bird Park.

"I went to the counter staff and asked whether this restaurant is Halal certified.

"The counter staff, who had a foreign accent, told me to speak in English. I told her that I was speaking in English.

"The staff asked me what was 'Halal'. Then she asked another senior staff who explained the term to her. Even the senior staff spoke broken English with a foreign accent.

"There were so many people working in that restaurant and I realised none of them were Singaporeans.

"I'm sad to see that Singapore tourist spots don't have staff who speak proper English.

"Tourists will definitely think that Singapore is not an English speaking country even though we learn it as a first language in schools.

"On another occasion, I went to a "Q Bread" outlet to order a birthday cake and encountered a staff who didn't understand when I asked her 'when can I collect the cake?'

"A helpful customer helped me translate the question into Chinese.

"A few days later I went to collect the birthday cake and again, the staff didn't understand what I was saying. I ended up purchasing a cake which was on display.

"What bothers me is that the service standard of Singapore has dropped as the service industry is being filled with foreigners. I feel like a foreigner in my own country."




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Keywords: poor english , foreigners

 

[singveld]

vote PAP , get monkeys.
lots of them, live with it. emigrate or learn to live with them.

 

[batman1]

U sinkee will be overwhelmed by Foreigners whether in the bus,MRT,Serangoon,Lucky Plaza,Golden Mile or Peninsula Plaza or Bus Interchange or HDB...and they talked very loud making u sinkee a minority digit.WTF ? Is this little island really my country ? Do we want to catch and hang and rotan the traitors who sell out our country ?Maybe sinkees loved it ! everyday kenna butterd plus kaya and jam ,very shiok ! LOL ! If sinkees loved to be squeezed high and dry and put their heads on the chopping board,please continue to support the papdogs!

 

[UseYourBrain]

This morning I went to top up petrol and was attended by one prc guy who keep on blabbering in mandarin. I pretend not to understand and keep on talking to him in English. Finally I snatched my credit cad and left. I heard him shouting in mandarin asking me to stop but I pretend not hearing until the local ahpek pump attendant asked me what happen. I told the ah pek the prc guy told me today free free no need to pay. Finally a local guy came and serve me. The next time give them haRd time pretend you don't understand and irritate them and you will see the boss will replace them gradually. If in restaurant or super market do thesame thing. Take as many things as you want and let them key in all the goods and once they start to converse in mandarin and refuse to speak English, leave the counter and make them beg you.