It is getting ridiculous. It is just unfair to expect everyone
to speak Mandarin, especially those from other races.
Maybe those who are Indian should just answer back in Tamil and
see what's the reaction of the staff.
I really feel for those non Mandarin speaking Singaporeans.
Where once everybody got by speaking a mixture of English,
Singlish, Hokkien, Malay to each other, the message got across and
everybody was happy.
Last time, who working in the kpitiams didn't understand mee pok
tah, prata kosong, teh tarik, kopi siu dai, mee siam mai hiam (not
hum
) ?
These days, you order in malay or hokkien or English, you get a
blank stare and a blur look.