Civil servants verbally abused by highly educated residents
Shin Min Daily News
Moulmein-Kallang GRC MP Denise Phua posted on her Facebook page about government servants verbally abused by highly educated and rich residents. (Pics / Screencaps)
An MP shared with netizens that some civil servants were verbally abused by highly educated residents in an affluent estate. The residents even used vulgarities on the civil servants.
Member of Parliament (MP) for Moulmein-Kallang GRC Denise Phua posted this message on her Facebook page on Thursday:
“This evening a group of staff from a govt agency shared with me how they were shouted at and verbally abused by some highly educated residents of an affluent estate. They sounded very discouraged.”
Most of the netizens who responded to her post were sympathetic, while öthers highlight that this is a “vicious cycle”, caused by “difficult” civil servants who are seen as abusing their authority. In return, residents treat them poorly, only to create more “difficult” civil servants.
On the post, a netizen shared a case where he witnessed civil servants being difficult on their part.
A government officer had demanded “by law” that the co-owner in a flat application must be present for a man to collect his house keys, despite the man in this case explaning that his wife was in the hospital delivering a baby. The man eventually walked out, cursing the officer after having lost his chance to collect his long-awaited house key.
Source: Shin Min Daily News, 10 July 2011.
Shin Min Daily News
Moulmein-Kallang GRC MP Denise Phua posted on her Facebook page about government servants verbally abused by highly educated and rich residents. (Pics / Screencaps)
An MP shared with netizens that some civil servants were verbally abused by highly educated residents in an affluent estate. The residents even used vulgarities on the civil servants.
Member of Parliament (MP) for Moulmein-Kallang GRC Denise Phua posted this message on her Facebook page on Thursday:
“This evening a group of staff from a govt agency shared with me how they were shouted at and verbally abused by some highly educated residents of an affluent estate. They sounded very discouraged.”
Most of the netizens who responded to her post were sympathetic, while öthers highlight that this is a “vicious cycle”, caused by “difficult” civil servants who are seen as abusing their authority. In return, residents treat them poorly, only to create more “difficult” civil servants.
On the post, a netizen shared a case where he witnessed civil servants being difficult on their part.
A government officer had demanded “by law” that the co-owner in a flat application must be present for a man to collect his house keys, despite the man in this case explaning that his wife was in the hospital delivering a baby. The man eventually walked out, cursing the officer after having lost his chance to collect his long-awaited house key.
Source: Shin Min Daily News, 10 July 2011.
