Reposted cos removed from asksingapore as usual

Hi guys, I recently had a...disagreement with our contractor due to them being completely irresponsible and having attitude problem. I don't want to say too much cos IDW to doxx myself... But the contractor is not happy with me that I cause so many problems despite just joining my company. I don't know if I did anything wrong tbh... My boss is on my side though, like she agrees with me and gave them a good scolding as well, but now my relationship with them is not too good...

Edit: To add more context, it wasn't really an argument. Firstly, no voices were raised as it was a text message. Secondly, he started to make personal attacks against me which I declined to take part in and instead forwarded it to my boss, to which he continued to make more personal attacks. In the end, I just ignored him

What's the read on this apology citing absent husband, father etc? His daughters are about 17 and 15 years old based on public reports.

Giving a sorry eyed video apology is not part of the playbook.

yup, we are part of mala tangs.

It's like once you hit 25 all of a sudden you no longer need mental wellness support. You can no longer look into environmental solutions or engineering. You can no longer build community. If what you want to push or do doesn't target the youth, elderly, or special communities it doesn't exist. You can't even be single and meet people any more. What about the bulk of people that are still living? it's like after 25 you're suppose to dissappear until 55 where all the elderly stuff starts concerning you.

Did not see much specific reviews about Transtar on forums before I bought my tickets last minute

Despite the Solitaire advertisements on their website and YouTube, do note that their ratings at their HQ Grantral Mall is only 2.5 out of 5.

Timings are misleading, no matter what tier of seats you buy, they transfer you on 40 seater shuttle buses everywhere all over Singapore to combine passengers. A lot of time wasted waiting for other passengers in different locations, and even after the immigration custom to fill up the bus.

If I wanted shuttle service, I could have paid around 1/3 the price within the same company instead of paying almost 3 times more expecting a more direct and premium experience.

The Solitaire bus was old and dirty, and my partner got bitten by something on the blanket provided.

We bought return tickets and AFTER we arrived in Malaysia, we were informed on our return trip, we would transfer to a free seating shuttle bus. By then, if I requested for a refund, I’d only get back 10% of the ticket price, LOL. It’s a bait and switch. Do note especially if you’re travelling with children, elderly, worse if you have prams and wheelchairs

I have recently been getting along very well with one of my male colleagues, even other colleagues have told me that we clic super well and it’s almost as if we’ve known each other before meeting.

We’ve been meeting for coffee 1 on 1 during work hours just to chat about work and to distress, and he also sent me to somewhere he was going to after work too.

I’m not sure if he’s gay or straight, but something about our interactions and the fact that I actually enjoy talking to him makes me feel that he might be a sister, but he constantly tells me that he has a girlfriend and he also knows I’m in a relationship.

My main question is, should I distance myself? I do enjoy his company very much, have been super sian about my job so far, but can’t help but feel like we’ve been getting too close for comfort if he is straight.

Or should I monitor further to see how? Would be quite sian to distance myself from this friendship if he rly did turn out to be straight too.

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"[The Cap That Stood Still]

There's a number in your CPF account that hasn't moved in 18 years.

In 2008, CPF gave you a bonus 1% interest on your first $60,000. That number hasn't changed. What has changed: the Full Retirement Sum (FRS) you need has more than doubled.

So the bonus that once covered more than half of your target now covers barely a quarter of it. Same cap, different world.

I asked the Minister for Manpower why this cap hasn't been reviewed when other major CPF parameters are revised regularly. Swipe through to see my questions, the answer, and what it means for your money."

As cliche it sounds, getting rich people around the world to invest money in SG to create jobs for locals is pure naive.

Businesses just like money can open and close and move elsewhere like the recent H&M and Gardenia cases and unemployment rises. AI too is not helping.

Do you ever think companies foreign and local here care about SG other than their profit and loss margin? NOPE.

The wealth gap between rich and poor is widening year after year even after Government transfers help like GST vouchers. It's still not enough.

When was the last time you heard a billionaire residing in SG gave bonuses to its employees?

I can only remember Sheng Siong's boss.

Others including foreigners in the likes of Dyson or Eduardo? NOPE.

We REALLY NEED a wealth tax for those not contributing to the SG economy.

As long as this is not implemented, SG is regarded as a holiday home or stepping stone.

At first there's 1 bot, then I just realised today there's another one now.

ffs, two bots with LLM generated replies in a single post?

wtf do you have any original thought at all or did you outsource your thinking to a machine? Can you not construct your own sentences and articulate your thoughts?

Really feels like I'm experience the dead internet theory for real now.

Every time I see a LLM generated article or post now, I will close the discussion and move on. It tells me that the poster has no original thought of their own. Freaking turn off man.

A woman lost control of her car and crashed into a road divider on Middle Road in Bugis, but abandoned her vehicle and went for supper with her friends, ignoring police officers’ warnings to return to the scene of the accident.

On May 20, Carrissa Loh, 30, pleaded guilty to five charges, including failing to render assistance to officers and causing an obstruction on a road.

According to court documents, Loh was driving along Middle Road at about 3am on Feb 1, heading towards Cuppage Road. At the junction of Middle Road and Queens Street, Loh attempted to make a right turn but lost control of her vehicle. The car, which also carried three of Loh’s friends, mounted a kerb at the centre divider and collided with a plastic bollard, uprooting it in the process.

The accident site was given as Middle Road, in front of China Bank.

Proceeded to supper after accident

Despite the accident, Loh and her friends alighted and went to Cuppage Road for supper.

At the point of Loh exiting the vehicle, the car’s right rear wheel was atop the centre divider and the car’s front portion blocked the right-most lane of Middle Road, thereby causing a traffic obstruction.

Police officers arrived shortly after, and called Loh to return to the scene of the accident. She refused, despite being warned that it was an offence to abandon her car.

She faced the following charges:

• Driving without reasonable consideration of road users
• Failing to remain at the scene to assist a police officer after an accident
• Leaving a vehicle on a road in a position that can cause danger and obstruction to other road users

Allegedly lied to officers in 2023

Loh also faced charges for a 2023 incident where she allegedly lied to police officers, and swapped the driver’s seat with a male friend who was disqualified from driving.

On Feb 19, 2023, Loh was in the front passenger seat of a car driven by 26-year-old Marcus Ng, who was previously disqualified from driving following a charge of drink-driving.

At about 11.40pm, Ng was driving on the KPE towards TPE when a traffic police officer signalled for him to stop. Ng stopped a distance away and swapped seats with Loh while the officer approached the car.

Loh was aware that Ng was not allowed to drive. When the officer caught up to their vehicle and asked who the driver was, Loh provided false information by allegedly claiming she was the one behind the wheel.

Ng and Loh were subsequently brought to the Traffic Police Headquarters for further investigations.

While providing a statement to an investigation officer, Loh continued to claim that she was the driver and had received the car keys from its owner.

In reality, it was Ng who had collected the car from its owner before driving to Loh’s home to pick her up.

Loh was accused of misleading officers by falsely claiming she had been the driver, knowing that her actions could help Ng evade punishment.

Accused suffered from depression: Defence

During sentencing, the prosecution called for an aggregate sentence of fine between $2,400 and $3,000, as well as a 24-month disqualification from driving.

According to Shin Min Daily News, the accused’s lawyer argued that Loh suffered from major depressive disorder and asked the judge to consider sending her for mandatory treatment and evaluation before sentencing. The judge acceded, and the case was adjourned to June 23 for sentencing.

Siao ah. All these ppl .. there are cases where after the police found the child, the child went "missing" again the next day. True story.

Can some explain how this is happening? I understand that there are massive layoffs due to the rise of AI replacing jobs and what not and it does seem like we are entering a bit of a crisis with the Iran war as well. So why is the stock market hitting all time highs despite all these problem?

Can anyone who understands economics explain to me why this is happening? Feeling unjust seeing headlines of stocks or companies doing well while most of us low-middle income families are struggling with the current job market. Is it just the rich getting richer again?