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Posted on 04 Dec 2011
Volunteers given expired food at marathon, but event official says it's OK
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Said the STOMPer:
"We went to volunteer at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011 and got this food pack at 1.30am today, when the sticker on the container clearly stated that the food had expired an hour before that, at 12.30am.
"They distribute expired food with hair in them and expect us to eat them!
"My classmates and I dare not take the risk because we don't want to suffer from food poisoning.
"There have been news about food poisoning on TV and newspapers nowadays and yet they still don't take it seriously!
"Are they going to wait till people are admitted to hospital before they take serious actions with regard to expired and unhygienic food?
"When my classmates asked the leader, who was wearing a Standard Chartered shirt, he said it was OK. Just sit on the floor and eat. Horrible. This us just horrible!"
STOMP also received another complaint from STOMPer James, whose daughter participated in the marathon:
"On behalf of my daughter, I'm writing in regarding a very disappointed experience she experienced in this year Standard Chartered Marathon 2011.
"She reached the bag deposit point at around 5.45am and queued for 90 minutes, only to know they had just closed the bag deposit point.
"They were then telling people that the starting point will be closing soon as they will be 're-opening' the road thus all runners who still wanted to carry on for the run had to 'run quickly' to the starting point before they closed it.
"With her heavy bag, my daughter had to run all the way to the starting point and carry on her 21 km challenge.
"Upon reaching 11km, she was told to board the bus as she was too slow but that was because she had wasted 90 minutes at the bag deposit point.
"They said they would ferry her to the finishing point and she would still get her medal but that isn't what she signed up for?
"I certainly do not understand what the management has been doing, especially since it's such a large-scale event. I am really very disappointed with this issue."
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Volunteers given expired food at marathon, but event official says it's OK
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Said the STOMPer:
"We went to volunteer at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011 and got this food pack at 1.30am today, when the sticker on the container clearly stated that the food had expired an hour before that, at 12.30am.
"They distribute expired food with hair in them and expect us to eat them!
"My classmates and I dare not take the risk because we don't want to suffer from food poisoning.
"There have been news about food poisoning on TV and newspapers nowadays and yet they still don't take it seriously!
"Are they going to wait till people are admitted to hospital before they take serious actions with regard to expired and unhygienic food?
"When my classmates asked the leader, who was wearing a Standard Chartered shirt, he said it was OK. Just sit on the floor and eat. Horrible. This us just horrible!"
STOMP also received another complaint from STOMPer James, whose daughter participated in the marathon:
"On behalf of my daughter, I'm writing in regarding a very disappointed experience she experienced in this year Standard Chartered Marathon 2011.
"She reached the bag deposit point at around 5.45am and queued for 90 minutes, only to know they had just closed the bag deposit point.
"They were then telling people that the starting point will be closing soon as they will be 're-opening' the road thus all runners who still wanted to carry on for the run had to 'run quickly' to the starting point before they closed it.
"With her heavy bag, my daughter had to run all the way to the starting point and carry on her 21 km challenge.
"Upon reaching 11km, she was told to board the bus as she was too slow but that was because she had wasted 90 minutes at the bag deposit point.
"They said they would ferry her to the finishing point and she would still get her medal but that isn't what she signed up for?
"I certainly do not understand what the management has been doing, especially since it's such a large-scale event. I am really very disappointed with this issue."
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