Someone write in to the ST forum

last SG · 2008-01-10T09:55:29+00:00

hi.. no offence but I hated that 777 because a lorry know into my car on 07.07.2007 and that idiot did not report to his insurance and I have to bear all the...

ORIGAMIST SG

Guard right to send maid to end of queue

I WAS tickled by Mr Alfred Loo's account ('Guard at POSB sent maid to back of queue'; ST, Jan 5). It seems we now have yet another use for maids - to be our personal proxies in queues so we can attend to other things without losing our place in a line.
The Cisco officer, in my opinion, acted judiciously and considered the interest of other patrons in the line at POSB Hougang branch.

Appointing proxies to take up space in a queue is ungracious and unashamedly, typically 'ugly Singaporean' behaviour. If Mrs Loo had an important errand to run, she should have planned her schedule with greater care.

If Mr Loo is to be taken seriously, I can only infer that all Singaporeans who have busy schedules (and can afford maids) should take them along to take up positions in queues in banks, post offices or at any other counter.

At the very least, we should all get our own mannequins and place them in queues while we attend to other things.

Narendran Krishnan

ORIGAMIST SG

I feel this statement is wrong. Afterall, queing is so much part of our life and with one to one exchange of place should be alright one… this fellow is too much !!

Blurified SG

wats wrong with asking someone to queue for u then take over once he/she almost reach the counter… its normal watz in everyday life… its not like the maid is cutting queue or something…

de_middle SG

guard had a bad night Laughing something was missing

FireIce SG

guard not right
this krishkanina oso wrong

it's the end of the world!

tomsss SG

Guard likes the maid, that's why got her to queue again... so can continue beo her more Laughing

hiphop2009 SG

like dat also kpkb. it is normal wad. nth wrong, nt like dey ask the maid cut queue.

too stressed is it den no wonder kpkb den write to ST forum kpkb.

Deino SG

I agree with you also.....unless the maid queued for herself and let her employer queue in front of her then could be considered cutting queue.......

ORIGAMIST SG

Because of this cutting queue thingy, I quarrel with my best friend many years ago. We were queuing outside a hotel one late Saturday night at the taxi queue. There wasn't much taxi so the queue became long. We waiting for more than an hour till our turn. When a taxi pull a NS guy came to us and asked us to let him go as he was late for booking in, my friend say "yes" and I say "no". I said if let him go, we had to go back to the queue to queue again or to take over his place. That's only fair. Or he had to ask everyone behind us if they mind to let him have the taxi. My friend called cold hearted without sympathy and was angry with me.. I was prepared to re-queue and he wasn't, so who was right and who was cold hearted... anyway, I gave in but before I asked behind if the queue allow it . .. no one say anything and so we let the guy get in ... sigh....

angel7030 SG

In the laws of the employment act, a domestic maid is mend for housework only. That include washing, cleaning, care for childrens, old peoples and cooking only. All other jobs unrelated to household chores should be omitted,
like washing cars, gardening, outside window cleaning, corridor washing, working in another household or 2 or more houshold,

Also acting as a representative for owner such as in shop selling foods, working in owner's company, bank or any public places is strictly not permitted.

Many of our domestic maid here have been abused, some work 7/24 non stop, some hv to do many things without knowing that they have the rite to say no to.

ORIGAMIST SG

I supposed most of us is guilty in one way or another ... my maid loves to wash my car and almost every weekend, she will ask if she could wash my car. She would normally take 1 to 1.5 hours to wash it .. . Embarassed

poon cho tang SG

the letter cracked me up Laughing

purpledragon84 SG

it will be surprising to see how much lesser commotion it would have caused if the word 'maid' was changed to 'son' or 'daughter'.. Confused

sbst275 SG

eh

are we gulity of it ourselves?

angelfairy SG

Originally posted by FireIce:
guard not right
this krishkanina oso wrong

it's the end of the world

Laughing

kcockicht SG

no happie ar, cu m sniff my lo ck Laughing

vince69 SG

hmmm... maybe true... unless the maid was brought there to open an account for the maid herself... in other words... she is queuing not for the employer but herself.. In this case, the maid is actually a customer to the bank.

why open a saving account for the maid? I know of some who prefer to deposite the pay directly into the maid's personal bank account, so that there is an audit trail of when and how much was given to the maid..

cApitaland SG

liddis oso can.

stupid guard. Rolling Eyes

bryanw SG

stupid writer no brain to think its expected frm them Rolling Eyes

HyperionDCZ SG

This is just a case of retarded discrimination. As long as the maid was willing and not forced to queue for her employer, what's wrong ? Its not as if anyone cut the queue. It's still standing in line, just that a representative is standing in.

Take this example. If your extended family, say 20+ people were at a family function, and everyone wants drinks. Does that mean all 20+ people are supposed to queue just because everyone wants drinks ? No right ? Most likely 2-3 people will REPRESENT everyone and queue to buy drinks.

So its the same what. As long as someone else is willing to queue fairly and wait in line for another person, nothing is wrong !

In this case, it must be discrimination. Just because its a maid queueing, the guard saw it as INSUFFICIENT representation and sent her to the back. If it was a HUSBAND/PARENT/CHILD, do you think the guard would've dared to do anything ?

So what makes a MAID less important than any other person when queueing up ? Is she any less human such that her representation of her employer is not recognise ?

All these people ... do things without thinking first. Very insulting