Originally posted by king108:
Allowed me to selective quote.
Don't get angry, angry man do
nothing, angry woman do everything
At least you have admitted LTA
is [b]"part" of government. And of course, I must respect
you if you had lowered your position to talk to servant
somemore..
Just like when serviceman go to landed estates, when they knocked
at the rich man door..the maid will answer but refuse entry for
most of the servicemen..Only when the master is around, maybe they
may let you in (when they didn't call for you)
When I talk to people on pure business..I looked for the one that
can make the final decision and no the one serving tea.
Hence, to solve the problem..ask the master to advise if he can't
solve and never go to the servant.
[/b]
Your example is way too simplistic. If you look at Singapore as
Singapore Inc, just like any company, you have the CEO, Managers,
different departments etc
LTA is a department of Singapore Inc which is in charge of anything
pertaining to transportation issues or use of their space
etc.
This is not even a major issue. It's about free advertisements.
It's like saying you need to go to Mr Bill Gates to ask if their
supplier/customer/whatever can place a free ad on some of their
software boxes.
If the CEO or our Mr Prime Minister have to
decide on these minor issues our country is in MAJOR trouble.
The customer makes a proposal to your company, as the executive in
the department in-charge of the issue, you will have to make
proposals to the management first and the management will have to
decide. If management cannot decide then they bring it up in their
management meeting to discuss.
Basically what is happening now is that it is likely the executive
don't want to make a recommandation and it's easier to say no then
to propose to management why it is a good idea, $ aside. Anyway if
this is a major issue I would agree go direct to the boss, but this
is more of a value added social service which is not essential.
Good to have but can live without which is not necessary to go
direct. Anyway this can be handled just by the head of department
