SBS problems.... again! and... "The Same"
posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wow 3 days ago while on a bus home, the bus was driving crazily slowly, and the air-con was barely on. It was super crowded as it was peak hour and I was even beginning to sweat. After more than an hour(usually I take about an hour or so), I was still quite far from home, at a certain bus-stop, there was a relatively steep slope, and after allowing the passengers to alight, the bus couldn't move. Each time the driver tried to accelerate, the bus rolled backwards, which was pretty dangerous and after about 5 mins, the driver was shouting over the phone, communicator or whatever to the HQ complaining how his bus isn't working and stuff, and without even refunding our bus ride, he got all the passengers to alight. Well this isn't the first time I encountered a faulty bus on this particular service no. and the buses are usually really old...
Today, on my way home on the bus, I saw an interesting sight. A china woman, not sure of where to alight was trying to find out from the bus driver when the bus driver went like, "don't ask me I don't know I don't know (in chinese)" and the china woman gave in and said, "okok" and stood near the bus driver looking out for her stop. Almost immediately after that, another girl, a Singaporean, went up and ask the bus driver for directions and this time round, the bus driver replied really politely and even gave her directions....
In less than a week, so many ugly incidents with SBS, as our fares are STEADILY increasing, this is the service they provide us. Faulty buses, trains and attitudes... zz
During my birthday, a friend brought me to this nice buffet at a hotel (I don't remember the name). Towards the end of the buffet, I decided to try out the pasta as there is a chef that will cook it on the spot for u. I actually ordered Penne with Alfredo sauce, then came along an indian man behind me, he went like, "I want exactly the same thing as he (thats me) is having... except that I want Speghetti and erm... I want tomato sauce" The chef looked up with a "blank" and confused look, smiled to him and said, "erm... ok"... I couldn't help but walked away laughing about it. I mean... how is that EXACTLY the same thing in any way at all? lol...
the time is right;
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