Man Blames SMRT For Missing Phone That’s Unattended At Charging Point: 6 Topics S’poreans Talked About Today (7 May)

As Singaporeans, we’re not strangers to blaming SMRT for problems we’ve experienced in Singapore.

Late for work? Oh, track fault again luh. Late to meet your friends? Had a train disruption lor. What’s new?

True or not, people will still go, yeah, SMRT cui can.

But how much is too much?

Man Blames SMRT For Missing Phone He Left Unattended At Charging Point

This gentleman here shows us how far you can go blaming SMRT before it backfires.

Meet Calvin.

On 4 May, he uploaded a post on Facebook calling SMRT “irresponsible” and “not doing anything” to help him.

So it appears that he allegedly left his phone at the charging point unattended at Admiralty Station.

CCTV records show that he left his phone alone at 10.47 am and headed for the ATM. Then he returned to the charging point at 10.51 am, by which time a third party had taken his phone.

SMRT had replied to his email and indicated that they’ve called him on 20 Apr. They’ve advised him to lodge a police report.

They promise to fully cooperate with the police should they be approached.

But he decided that wasn’t enough and took to Facebook and post about the entire incident.

Unfortunately for him, it backfired.

But this guy said it best.

What do you think? Legit feedback or unreasonable person?

Search Operations For Missing S’porean Diver Near Sentosa

On Saturday, Jake Seet Choon Heng, a 33-year-old diver went missing while working.

He was conducting underwater operations for the vessel Jork at the Western Anchorage
near Sentosa.

The Maritime Port Authority (MPA) said that they were alerted to his disappearance at around 2.40 pm.

Immediately, two MPA and police coast guard vessels were deployed to the area.

“Dive boats and divers were also deployed by the commercial diving company to support the search,” MPA added.

It is understood that the 33-year-old diver is married with two sons, aged three and six.

His wife is pregnant and due next month.

Man Threatens Woman Who Gets Involved in Dispute, Calls Her a Sl*t

If you haven’t known, threatening to beat people up isn’t just for secondary school kids.

Age has proven that it’s just a number. Like this guy who’s 26 but the maturity level…

But that’s a story for another day. Or I should say, a story only exclusively available on our Goody Feed app (download it here for all the app-exclusive contents!).

So it’s no surprise that yet another incident happened in Singapore on 30 Apr.

A woman witnessed a dispute between a woman and two men at Ang Mo Kio bus interchange.

They were arguing over queue cutting (oh so common).

One of the men asked the woman in front of them if she’s taking photos. Then he raised up his fist and say he’ll call the police.

The other one got into her face and spoke to her quietly.

The woman tried to intervene.

Eventually, she got on the same bus with the two men while the original woman in the dispute left on another bus service.

When she was on the bus with the two men, one of them kept saying he’ll beat her up, and how he’ll “never let her go”.

He also added that he is “very drunk” and told his companion to leave him alone.

It’s pretty interesting how everyone who’s doing something wrong will tag the disclaimer that he’s very drunk, huh?

It was understood that the police were alerted to the case and they’ve advised both parties to lodge a Magistrate’s Complaint.

Daredevil Stunt E-Scooter Rider Rides Up Travellator in Shopping Mall

There might be harsher penalties on errant e-scooter riders but you’ll still have these strange people who thinks that rules are meant to be broken.

Like this guy.

On 4 May, Stomp uploaded a video of this e-scooter rider who rides up a travellator in the shopping mall.

He could be seen losing his balance a couple of times while trying to stay on the device.

Just for your info, errant e-scooter riders who are caught breaking the new laws can be sentenced to jail or fined a substantial amount.

Here’s where an e-scooter is allowed to be ridden with immediate effect.

Let Your Kids Make Mistakes, Or They’ll Grow Up A Typical Strawberry

Today in the workplace, we see many strawberries. People who can’t act without instructions, who requires soft guidance and will quit once scolded.

And most of the times, we’d wonder how they grow up.

Channel Newsasia released a very thought-provoking article on parenthood by June Yong, a mother of three, that has gone viral.

She says that the reason why people become passive and wait for instructions instead of doing things voluntarily can be traced back to their childhood.

When mid-year exams come, parents start gearing up for the season. They engage tuition teachers, nag at them to study, tell them what to do, what to eat, etc.

And in doing so, kids start to harbour the thought that it’ll be okay, there’ll be someone there to help jaga things for them.

They start losing their initiative.

Plus, they’ll lose confidence in their ability to start and do things.

The best things parents can do is to let go and let their kids take charge. Then let these kids learn from their mistakes and bad experiences.

Only then, can they grow.

Don’t be too kiasu, have faith in your kids and just let them grow at their own pace.

After all, good decisions come from bad experiences. And bad experiences come from bad decisions.

You can read the full article here. It’s worth your time, trust me.

Foreign Domestic Worker in S’pore Share About Her House Rules in Employer’s Home

We know that Singaporeans are tough bunch to please. We want everything cheap, fresh and good.

So when this foreign domestic worker posted about her “house rules”, we’re not surprised.

Here’s her house rules.

She claimed that rule no. 6, the one about curfew, has been changed three times.

It was originally agreed upon at 9 pm, then now, it has changed to 8 pm.

Whenever she tried to argue, she was told that this is a house rule and it cannot be changed.

Responses to the post were mixed.

There are some who thinks it’s reasonable.

While some said that her employers is considered pretty good already. They have it worse.

What about you? Do you think the rules given to this particular FDW was reasonable, or too much?

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