Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Discrimination

You've heard of sexism. You've heard about racism. You may even have heard of ageism.

But I was discriminated against twice in the past 2 days in a way I didn't know existed, especially in Singapore.

Languagism.

I went to a food centers and looked at the signboard in front of the stall I wanted to order from. I then read out the name of what I wanted in English, exactly as it was displayed.

The stall owner looked at me, contorted his face, and in the most snobbish of tones said, "Har???"

He made me feel like I've said the most confounding thing he's ever heard in his life. Mind you, I was reading off the signboard he made.


The same thing happened the next day.

If this had happened a month ago I would think I had a problem.

Now I think they have a problem.

3 comments:

  1. Haha, I totally agree with you!

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  2. You have to understand, most hawkers aren't educated in English. You wouldn't be able to speak proper English too if you grew up in the dumps speaking Hokkien or some other dialect.

    This just shows that we should appreciate our education all the more instead of complaining about going to school all the time.

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