well versed in 19 languages?
the last time i was served by an Indonesian, what ever i
ordered, her standard reply was "thank you, that will be $2.50
sir". quite retarded. i feel like just paying her $2.50.
not that locals don't want to work in F&B line, it's just
that the salary is not attractive enough. in most job markets where
labour supply is fixed, wages would have to increase to entice
folks into it, but here they suppress the wages and import more
labour from other countries to destabilise the labour market.
in most countries, you have labour unions to fight for worker's
rights and prevent exploitation. but in Singapore, you have NTUC
(worker's union) who's only interested in making profits from it's
supermarket and other businesses.
that's why Singapore workers has depressed wages as compared to
other developed countries.
I was crapping about the languages that the robots know of..
it's the glam thingy that singaporeans have been instilled upon.
Office job = Higher level. F&B or Retail = Sec school part time
job.
The wages can never be justified given everyone is thinking of
level upping. And businesses would not want to pay more just for
singaporeans.
so the discussion for this topic, should be how to attract
singaporeans to do jobs that serves the progress, image of the
nation? Singaporeans have ceased to be builders of their
country.
One thing is the pride that singaporeans don't have in the
things they do. In japan, I believe we have heard some customer
service stories that were impressive? In singapore, people tend to
look down on the basic workers. People don't realised that without
these cleaners, Retail, F&B etc.. you think you can
enjoy a simple lunch or dinner? and all we do is complain
about their service?
Money is not just the way to go, although with the rising cost
of inflation, it has to justify. Did you even try clearing your own
trays at Fast food joints? Although you can say they have cleaners
for this, I dare say that if everyone is public spirited, clearing
their own trays will save many troubles. The cleaners still got a
job to do that is to bring out the trash.
And don't say about why you paying for service charge and why
should you keep the place clean or clear the trays. This is called
Courtesy and such values are lost already.
Food court wise, nobody will expect you to wash the dishes. But
maybe keep all the leftovers gather all the trays and plates
consolidate on your own table NEATLY to let the cleaner have a
easier job to speed up efficiency.
