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13-02-2014, 07:20 PM
An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
Her late hours are exacerbated by a long and uncomfortable commute. "When I'm on back-to-back shifts, I'll reach home around midnight and have to leave by five in the morning to get to work. But I won't get a seat to rest in the train and moreover, when I'm in my nursing uniform, people expect me to give up my seat. Don't nurses have the right to sit down, too, or are we supposed to stand throughout our journey?"
Patricia's situation stands starkly against the case of Anton Casey, a British wealth manager who ignited the wrath of Singaporeans when he referred to public transport commuters as "poor people". He also posted a status update about washing "the stench of public transport off me" once he had gotten his Porsche back from the workshop. Despite apologising publicly, Casey and his family (he's married to a former Miss Singapore, who went on to become Miss Universe) were forced to leave the country and he was also fired.
- http://www.theguardian.com/cities/20...ionaire-island (http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/13/unaffordable-cities-singapore-workers-millionaire-island)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?174868-Guardian-SG-workers-tread-water-on-millionaires-island&goto=newpost).
Her late hours are exacerbated by a long and uncomfortable commute. "When I'm on back-to-back shifts, I'll reach home around midnight and have to leave by five in the morning to get to work. But I won't get a seat to rest in the train and moreover, when I'm in my nursing uniform, people expect me to give up my seat. Don't nurses have the right to sit down, too, or are we supposed to stand throughout our journey?"
Patricia's situation stands starkly against the case of Anton Casey, a British wealth manager who ignited the wrath of Singaporeans when he referred to public transport commuters as "poor people". He also posted a status update about washing "the stench of public transport off me" once he had gotten his Porsche back from the workshop. Despite apologising publicly, Casey and his family (he's married to a former Miss Singapore, who went on to become Miss Universe) were forced to leave the country and he was also fired.
- http://www.theguardian.com/cities/20...ionaire-island (http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/13/unaffordable-cities-singapore-workers-millionaire-island)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?174868-Guardian-SG-workers-tread-water-on-millionaires-island&goto=newpost).