Racial Riots Brewing Due to Old Fart's Fetish With FTrash?

[makapaaa]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>Dec 7, 2008
YOUR LETTERS
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>They should know S'pore is multiracial
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I refer to last Sunday's article, 'Service grouses spill to Facebook'. I wholeheartedly agree that all frontline service staff working in Singapore must speak and understand basic English.
I was at the Giant supermarket at IMM a few months ago, and encountered a check-out employee who did not understand basic English.
I tried in vain to explain to her that I wanted my groceries to be packed separately in recycled shopping bags. It was very frustrating as I had to ask her supervisor to help sort out the situation.
I have also noticed that these non-English-speaking staff usually tend to work 'under the radar' - that is, they work silently, do not maintain eye contact with customers and seem oblivious to the people around them.
This type of situation, if allowed to continue, will not bode well for multiracial Singapore.
I wonder how such workers can gain access to employment here, despite not knowing basic English.
Also, are they briefed well enough on the multiracial communities here? If so, they should not be asking customers if we can speak Mandarin instead of English. Rozita Aripin (Mdm)

 

[wallace]

These days the PRC service staff insists on mandarin.

In the old days, the ah soh service staff although cannot speak english, tries hard to speak broken english to communicate.

 

[theblackhole]

give them time, these china nationals will be able to speak perfect english - even better than the peasants and the heartlanders.

 

[makapaaa]

give them time, these china nationals will be able to speak perfect english - even better than the peasants and the heartlanders.

So what should Sporns do? Waste their time serving NS and accept being replaced meekly or kick out your owners and learn how to protect their interests?