Raffles Hotel, one of the icons of Singapore, which had won so
many awards, overseas as well as locally, and a hotel that
Singaporeans are supposed to be proud of. But I
was absolutely disappointed on my visit there today. My
friends and I were chilling out at the open section of LongBar when
we saw a bat caught in the net that is placed on the hotel's
exterior! It was a real surprise to all of us. A closer look
and we realise that the bad has somehow got its
wings entangled in the net. It struggled hard to escape but
its wings were totally binded by the net. My friends and I pointed
this out to the bar's waiter in the hope that the waiter can free
the bat. However, we were again surprised at the waiter's
response.
"That's what the net is supposed to be for," he said with a
grin.
Overwhelmed with disbelief, we tried to borrow a pair of
scissors so that we can cut away the net around the bat. However,
we were stopped by a waitress who said that the housekeeping
section will take care of the matter. We trusted that a reputable
hotel like that will not fail us. However, for the rest of the 45
minutes we were there, there was no one to attend to the bad.
A few others tried to cut the net using a nailclipper that
brought with them, but were unfortunately stopped by the waitress
and assured that the housekeeping section is coming to attend to
the matter.
We were extremely disappointed at how poorly the management has
dealt with this matter in several aspects. Firstly, the bat
must have been caught in a torn net to have been entangled in the
net. Secondly, I would like to believe that the hotel's intention
is to deter the bats from flying too low and as such disrupt the
guests and not to capture the bats. Thirdly, to achieve the goal of
deterrence, I thought that the hotel would have chosen nets with
smaller holes so that the bats will just bump into the net, rather
to be entangled in the net. Lastly, the management did not respond
to the matter quickly and the poor bat might have died from the
ordeal due to their slow response.
I feel absolutely ashamed that the hotel is so closely
associated with the country.
Ya complain complain somemore then if no net then u drinking
your expensive drink at the bar then got bats flying here and
there then u sure kp say wah such a high class place got bats
flying around wtf management is doing blah blah blah.
Housekeeping also not so free to respond to bat call asap u
think they batmen and batwomen? they busy cleaning up the rooms and
stuff because if they dont sure will have pple complain and kp
say pay so much money to stay but housekeeping so slow no standard
blah blah blah.
