Twenty cents is one big cow car wheel to SMRT

[Leepotism]

[h=1]Man: MRT staff lack compassion[/h]
Lianhe Wanbao - 1 hr 48 mins ago
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A man is criticising SMRT staff for refusing to lend his son 20 cents to get home.
Mr Chen's ten-year-old son had attended an extra-curricular activity on 5 October and had tried to take the MRT home from Newton to Yishun at about 8pm in the evening.
The boy discovered he was unable to pass through the MRT gantry gates as his ez-link card contained less than $3 in value.
The boy tried to top up his ez-link card with the $2 he had but found that he could not as the minimum top up amount seems to be $5.
Mr Chen (hypno-therapist) explained, "My son tried to ask the station staff for help and they asked him to buy a $2.20 single trip ticket. But he was short of 20 cents and could not do so."
At a loss of what to do, the boy called his father for help.
"My son was panicking over the phone, but I was on a working trip in Malaysia, and my wife was in a meeting at the time."
Mr Chen asked his son to borrow 20 cents from the station staff to get home, but the boy only managed to do so with great difficulty.
Mr Chen explained that the station staff had reminded his son many times to "remember to return the money".
He feels that the MRT staff could do better as they seem to lack the compassion to help a little boy get home.
"My son no longer dares to come home himself and panicks when there is less than $5 value left in his ez-link card," said Mr Chen.
SMRT is investigating the incident.
Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 6 November 2011. Click here for the Chinese report.

 

[Cruxx]

Siao. Compassion also can not increase GDP.

 

[psy83]

Eh... During the old days.. Old timers told me that if you dont have $$$ to board bus.. The bus driver will usually give you a free pass..

The smrt dude is defiantly a fucking stingy person.. How hard is it to fork out 20cent from your pocket and give it to a child.. Disgusting immoral behaviour... Must be an Ah tiong or local cheena bukit

 

[tonychat]

[h=1]Man: MRT staff lack compassion[/h]
Lianhe Wanbao - 1 hr 48 mins ago
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Mr Chen explained that the station staff had reminded his son many times to "remember to return the money".

wahahahhahah...... that is sinkie behavior for you...

 

[Cruxx]

wahahahhahah...... that is sinkie behavior for you...

I also LOL when I read that. First world country eh? 20 cents also so kiam siap

 

[LeMans2011]

Sinkie just like to complain. No doubt the station staff deserves to be stoned but this is too small an issue to complain. He ought to teach his son to be tougher, little problem also call outstation papa to help... pengz... i bet he cried his way home

 

[1sickpuppy II]

Still remember during my days as a station staff. Lots of people will come to the station with underfare tickets and pretend they at the gantry. When 1 pax usees his/ her tkt to go out that person with the underfare will rush out with him/her. Then there are those kiamsiap aunties who will teach their offsprings to crawl below the gates. The best was 1 time this chow ah neh all drunk come up to the station told us this sob story and demanded to have a free travel. Out of the kindness at that time we decided to encode a free single trip for him. Best part he turned around and asked us to lend him some $ for dinner. Pass him $5 and told him to keep it as I know he will never return it back. Fucker left without even thanking us.

 

[middaydog]

wahahahhahah...... that is sinkie behavior for you...

How about you? Return the money to your friend already or not yet?

 

[Charlie258]

Eh... During the old days.. Old timers told me that if you dont have $$$ to board bus.. The bus driver will usually give you a free pass..

The smrt dude is defiantly a fucking stingy person.. How hard is it to fork out 20cent from your pocket and give it to a child.. Disgusting immoral behaviour... Must be an Ah tiong or local cheena bukit

Sinkiepoor is a different place now. 20 years ago, I remember, if got no money to make a public phone call, can ask anybody hanging out at the void deck to give me the money....no problem at all. Now....cheeeyyyyyy.....even to get Taxi Driver to help taking luggage out of the boot is like asking him to take Fort Knox out of his bank account!!!!!!!

Sinkiepoor become like Shanghai already. Even squatting by the roadside is not free.....people come to ask you for money already.

 

[Airlib]

Well... At least the MRT Staff never issue IOU to the kid...
But seriously... 20 cents to help a kid get home... So difficult meh.....

 

[Loofydralb]

Bloody irresponsible parents want to push the blame to others?

Why can't the father ensure that his son has enough money anytime? Now want to complain? Asshole parents.

 

[po2wq]

... A man is criticising SMRT staff for refusing to lend his son 20 cents to get home.
... The boy discovered he was unable to pass through the MRT gantry gates as his ez-link card contained less than $3 in value.
The boy tried to top up his ez-link card with the $2 he had but found that he could not as the minimum top up amount seems to be $5 ...

dat man shud b critising smrt 4 not lending $3 2 his ah boy 2 top up his card ...

 

[Leepotism]

Well... At least the MRT Staff never issue IOU to the kid...
But seriously... 20 cents to help a kid get home... So difficult meh.....

Exactly. There are at least 3 to 4 staff at the counter, Why can't they each come up 5 cents to help the kid?. To them every cent counts, you know.

 

[Leepotism]

dat man shud b critising smrt 4 not lending $3 2 his ah boy 2 top up his card ...

You are asking SMRT for the sky, Lol.

 

[sense]

While it is only 20 cents, setting a precedent is not a good idea.