Being Considerate
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Paying for a service you're getting, that's being fair. But in the first place, do you think you're really paying them enough?Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:Yar.. Agree, then are doing their part to save Green Earth..
I respected them for that.
But looking on accounting points of view, we paid fo the service. This is just a transaction.
Now, paying for a service, and then thanking the person when the service is given and appreciating them for what they have done, that's being gracious.
Just because you pay for your domestic help, just because you pay for your meal at the hawker centre, just because you pay for the goods you bought in a shophouse, does not mean that it absolves you of the necessity to be polite and gracious. -
Nah that's not what i mean. I really apreciate what they did.Originally posted by Fatum:just because you're paying for the food and service doesn't mean you shouldn't say thank you to the waiters right ? ....
and just because we're paying for them doesn't mean we needn't say thank you eh ? ... -
I agree that they seriously need a payrise.Originally posted by Rhonda:Paying for a service you're getting, that's being fair. But in the first place, do you think you're really paying them enough?
Now, paying for a service, and then thanking the person when the service is given and appreciating them for what they have done, that's being gracious.
Just because you pay for your domestic help, just because you pay for your meal at the hawker centre, just because you pay for the goods you bought in a shophouse, does not mean that it absolves you of the necessity to be polite and gracious. -
the amount of money we're paying our maids in Singapore is almost criminal !!! ....
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Well said! Rhonda, thou art indeed wise!Originally posted by Rhonda:Paying for a service you're getting, that's being fair. But in the first place, do you think you're really paying them enough?
Now, paying for a service, and then thanking the person when the service is given and appreciating them for what they have done, that's being gracious.
Just because you pay for your domestic help, just because you pay for your meal at the hawker centre, just because you pay for the goods you bought in a shophouse, does not mean that it absolves you of the necessity to be polite and gracious. -
It definitely is!!Originally posted by Fatum:the amount of money we're paying our maids in Singapore is almost criminal !!! .... 
The treatment that most of these maids get is shameful as well! I mean, for a country with a high literacy and education rate, and where white-collar workers are mainly the ones who are able to afford domestic help, you'd think they'd know better than to abuse their maids but sadly, even the well-heeled and sometimes, especially the well-heeled, abuse them.
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Wah what a touching gesture..
But the sad reality is that it would probably be only them doing that. One gesture is not enough, there is a need for the whole world to realise that.