There’s a saying in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) that our sergeants used to tell us: Do anything but don’t get caught.
And admit it or not, if you’ve been a prowler during guard duty as a serviceman, you’d have skived once or twice in your illustrious 2-year career.
However, doing it in the SAF would net you 7 extra duties.
Doing it in the real world might just end up backfiring on you spectacularly.
Parking Officer Discovered Not Doing Her Work
In June and July 2017, a parking officer reportedly skipped her patrols when she was supposed to be working.
She was working for Ramky Cleantech Services and had to check the cars at the car parks in the Choa Chu Kang area.
Every day, she will collect a handheld scanner and a daily patrol accountability form from her supervisor before going on her rounds.
Unfortunately, she didn’t exactly do her patrols.
Which wouldn’t have been such a big issue if she hasn’t done something else.
Issued Thousands of Dollars Worth of Summonses To Innocent Motorists.
During one of her earlier patrols, she kept records of vehicles which did not have season parking.
To make it look like she was working, she entered the registration numbers of these vehicles into the system despite not knowing if the cars are parked there during her shift.
With that action, she actually issued thousands of dollars worth of summonses to innocent motorists.
In total, 16 motorists have paid the fines, amounting to $304 before she was caught.
My colleague, who’s a driver, has this to say: “Usually I just pay the parking fines ‘coz I’d not have remembered if I’ve illegal parked anywhere.”
In other words, he has parked illegally so often, it has become a case of whether he get the summons or not, and not why he get the summons.
But not every driver is like my colleague.
A motorist who received the summon was surprised as no one had driven her car. She decided to report the incident to the police.
And shortly after, Noorasimah Jasman was caught.
Lost Her Job, Sentenced To 4 Weeks Jail Time
On 15 Oct, Noorasimah was sentenced to 4 weeks jail after pleading guilty to 18 offences under the Computer Misuse and Cybersecurity Act.
Her defence counsel, Mr Chu Hua Yi, said that she was “extremely remorseful” and she had a reason behind her actions.
She claimed that her grandmother was sick in May 2017, and because she had to take care of her, could not fulfil her parking officer duties.
She is currently out on bail of $10,000 and will begin serving her sentence on 31 Oct 2018.
HDB has cancelled the remaining fake summonses and refunded the fines to motorists who’ve already made payment.
She has lost her job as a parking officer as well.
It was added that while there is a daily quota of cars to be checked for parking officers, there is no quota for the number of summonses issued.
In the private sector, employees usually get the sack for skiving. But here’s a lesson for you: if you skive and cause some damage, prepare to face the music (like going to jail).
I wonder if my colleague is reading this. His skiving has made me do more OT recently, which technically is damage. #HeyYouReading?
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