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I have a colleague who took one day leave to volunteer help PAP. As to why she did that I did not ask.
Being a fresh volunteer, she was given the easiest task - to go door to door and distribute the PAP leaflets and manifestos.
As she was going about her task, some doors were opened and she got to talk to the resident inside. Some residents gave her some feedback.
When she got back to the PAP branch office, she got to meet the PAP candidate (already an MP in the previous election). Being enthusiastic as she is, my colleague started telling the candidate the feedback she received from the residents as she was distributing the leaflets.
To her astonishment, the PAP candidate dismissed those feedback and said "Singaporeans worry too much and complain too much." The PAP candidate did not even bother to know which household gave the feedback. The PAP candidate then advised my colleague not to talk to the residents anymore as that may caused the PAP to lose votes.
My colleague felt quite disappointed and distasteful after that talk with the PAP candidate. This was the first time she volunteered to help the PAP and immediately she was put off. She had in fact applied for leave to help on other days but had since cancelled them all.
Being a fresh volunteer, she was given the easiest task - to go door to door and distribute the PAP leaflets and manifestos.
As she was going about her task, some doors were opened and she got to talk to the resident inside. Some residents gave her some feedback.
When she got back to the PAP branch office, she got to meet the PAP candidate (already an MP in the previous election). Being enthusiastic as she is, my colleague started telling the candidate the feedback she received from the residents as she was distributing the leaflets.
To her astonishment, the PAP candidate dismissed those feedback and said "Singaporeans worry too much and complain too much." The PAP candidate did not even bother to know which household gave the feedback. The PAP candidate then advised my colleague not to talk to the residents anymore as that may caused the PAP to lose votes.
My colleague felt quite disappointed and distasteful after that talk with the PAP candidate. This was the first time she volunteered to help the PAP and immediately she was put off. She had in fact applied for leave to help on other days but had since cancelled them all.
