Yesterday I noticed something interesting and, yet, irritating whilst watching the footage on what SBS Transit is doing with when the train was held up in the tunnel. There were members of staff from Transit who were wearing brightly coloured vests that had the following words on their backs: Goodwill Ambassador.
Where may I ask is the supposed GOODWILL that they are showing? Is the goodwill displayed in that Transit actually considered that patrons will be confused and frustrated and hence catered for people to direct them? Is the goodwill displayed in how these "ambassadors" are pacifying the crowd?
Hmm it's funny how the word "goodwill" is now used when describing acts of fulfilling one's duty and obligations. Apparently I must have misunderstood that acts of goodwill are supposed to be beyond the call of duty. I must have misunderstood that for the past 2 decades or so. Amazing. My command of english sucks.
And that was issue Number 1.
Issue number 2 is that suddenly our train and bus fares have risen again. They have magically risen after the hike in taxi rides. Oh my, I think I should have to start jogging really soon as I might not be able to take any public transport in future. Once again the same old crap about staying competitive and accomodating for rising costs is bandied.
And also how such fare increases are shared among the large population so much so that it's negligible.
And how oil prices have increased such that this fare increase is needed. If that is so, how come I don't see any fare decreases when oil prices go down. Oh that's right, oil prices might have gone down from a record high but it still beats all the other years and hence we have to maintain our fare hike. My bad my bad. I'm such a bastard for not understanding.
Suddenly the SGD 700 seems so little. Unless someone from the government is able to guarantee that my 700 bucks can cover ALL (and I mean ALL categorically) the little increases for the next...hmm let's see....6-7 years till the next elections, my wish is for the fucking government to just keep these lousy handouts to themselves and use it to actually stave off these increases. That will be a real surprise.
Now isn't this such a great way to usher the arrival of another National Day celebration? I sure wish I had gotten hold of some of those National Day parade tickets. With them, I could have at least sold them and gotten some cash to tide me over the increases for awhile.
Where may I ask is the supposed GOODWILL that they are showing? Is the goodwill displayed in that Transit actually considered that patrons will be confused and frustrated and hence catered for people to direct them? Is the goodwill displayed in how these "ambassadors" are pacifying the crowd?
Hmm it's funny how the word "goodwill" is now used when describing acts of fulfilling one's duty and obligations. Apparently I must have misunderstood that acts of goodwill are supposed to be beyond the call of duty. I must have misunderstood that for the past 2 decades or so. Amazing. My command of english sucks.
And that was issue Number 1.
Issue number 2 is that suddenly our train and bus fares have risen again. They have magically risen after the hike in taxi rides. Oh my, I think I should have to start jogging really soon as I might not be able to take any public transport in future. Once again the same old crap about staying competitive and accomodating for rising costs is bandied.
And also how such fare increases are shared among the large population so much so that it's negligible.
And how oil prices have increased such that this fare increase is needed. If that is so, how come I don't see any fare decreases when oil prices go down. Oh that's right, oil prices might have gone down from a record high but it still beats all the other years and hence we have to maintain our fare hike. My bad my bad. I'm such a bastard for not understanding.
Suddenly the SGD 700 seems so little. Unless someone from the government is able to guarantee that my 700 bucks can cover ALL (and I mean ALL categorically) the little increases for the next...hmm let's see....6-7 years till the next elections, my wish is for the fucking government to just keep these lousy handouts to themselves and use it to actually stave off these increases. That will be a real surprise.
Now isn't this such a great way to usher the arrival of another National Day celebration? I sure wish I had gotten hold of some of those National Day parade tickets. With them, I could have at least sold them and gotten some cash to tide me over the increases for awhile.
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