English speaking old man asked for left overs...

• Bikeforceful

  20 Dec 12, 17:08

  We were at the FU Lou Shou complex /albert complex to sample some of the typical local hawker food. It was 2pm just after the lunch crowd. We order our food and ate. As we were about to finish. An old English speaking Chinese man approached our table he was about early to mid 70s. He askedvery pleasantly ," could I have those two left over fish balls and that left over kuay teow please?" I said " sure yes!" without thinking and then realised he wanted our left overs! It was shocking because here was this old man who actually spoke to us in English and wanting to eat our left overs. I promptly bought him a new packet of food and also a drink for him . I gave him the new packet of food and saw that he wanted to keep it in his bag and continue eating the left overs!!!! What's happening to my Island Paradise?
• troublemaker2005

  20 Dec 12, 17:12

  english speaking is common- even professionalbeggars can speak english. only cheena cannot

• Bikeforceful

  20 Dec 12, 17:14

  Originally posted by troublemaker2005:

  english speaking is common- even professionalbeggars can speak english. only cheena cannot

  
  But this is the richest country in the world......two fish balls and left over kway teow ......really sad!
• SJS6638

  20 Dec 12, 18:01

  I encounter people middle age to senior asking me for money.  They are both local and foreigners.      The foreign Indian lady came with her son told me she needed money for lunch for her son.    I misunderstood her , thought she told me she had just finished lunch.

  Asking for money in Singapore is common nowadays.   Now foreigners join iin the crowd.

  So pathetic a country is Singapore.   What has become of this tiny island?   Sad sad sad.    Being someone who was born and bred here I am really upset, things going downhill . . . .. 20 years down the road, there will be more "beggars".