Recently, it has come to my attention that Singapore, being an affluent and socially cohesive society, has not been giving adequate attention to certain minority groups. Therefore, I feel it my sense of duty as a PR of Singapore to bring some of these issues to the public, and what better way to go about it than lending my celebrity name and presence to it.
When I mentioned minority groups, I had specifically in mind, the pink poodles in Singapore. Although the numbers are not significant, I feel strongly that this should not even be a valid reason why their needs can thus be ignored. Being a pink poodle myself, I must say that while the general quality of life here is good, it can get rather inconvenient for poodles like us to get around, to utilize services and even to make purchases. I shall cite some examples to illustrate these points.
Because of the way we are physically built, it is difficult, or should I say impossible actually, for us to go anywhere on foot. Literally. We have no feet. Therefore, it can get rather frustrating to travle around since where we go is usually subject to our attached items or guardians. In other words, we do not have any say whatsoever about the places we have to go to. Not only is this greatly upsetting sometimes, it can become hazardous. For example, from personal experience, there was this once incident where I was nearly drowned. In a glass of iced water. The reason for this unfortunate atrocity was simply due to the fact that I could not quite move myself, nor could I voice my opinion because, as many of you might and should have noted, we do not have mouths.
With regards to utilizing services, it can become a nightmarish experience also if one were not in good hands. I refer to very fundamental things in life, those that many of you have long taken for granted. These range from various things such as using public toilets, turning on taps and lights, and getting a book of the shelf of libraries. We have no hands either thus we are entirely dependent on our pair of flappy ears to carry out any activity. Also, because of our slightly smaller build, it poses a big problem when we have to turn on taps, or to use a public phone, or even to get a trolley in supermarkets. We simply do not have sufficient strength to move them. Not that it is any fault of ours. Rather, I view it as a societal flaw, one of negligence. We work very hard to earn a place in this society, so I feel it is only right and fair that society in turn cater to our needs. Perhaps, policies should be reviewed and public facilities redesigned to include us. One suggestion may be to make special little bicycles which can be easily fashioned from aircon spare parts so that we could use our ears to pedal the bicycles and thus move around. Other infrastructure and services should also be changed to perhaps designs that are lighter in weight and lowered so that we can reach it with more ease.
Shopping is an acitvity that Singaporeans enjoy, and I for one would love to be part of. However, it becomes very infuriating because the service quality in Singapore is frankly, not very outstanding. Because of my build and size, I get ignored all the time when I go shopping. The sales people simply cannot even be bothered to ask if I needed anything. If Singapore means to establish a solid reputation as an attractive touristic spot, I feel it is of utmost importance that a healthy tradition of service quality be nurtured. When I say healthy, I mean that sales people should not only be polite and hospitable to foreigners and people with spending powers, they should also extend the same to everyone who comes in. Only then, can we truly hope to make Singapore an inviting and integrated society for Singaporeans, PRs and tourists.
Rhos
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