S'porean slapped by China airport employee after argument
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A STOMPer was slapped on the face and hit in the ears by a Tiger Airways staff in an airport in Guangzhou, China, after the two parties got caught in an argument. The counter staff had reportedly tore up her boarding pass prior to the flashpoint.
The STOMPer wrote:
"I'm a 35-year-old Singaporean who was slapped and beaten at the Guangzhou airport in China when I was on a business trip there last week.
"I was checking in to my flight back to Singapore when a male staff at the Tiger Airways counter told me that I needed to pay an extra $60 as my luggage had exceeded the limit by 3kg.
"I then asked if I could just take out a toy from inside one of my luggages as I don't have anything heavy to carry on board the plane but he told me I had no time to do it now.
"When he said that, the toy was already removed from my bag so I told him 'ok, the weight of my luggage are now 25kg'.
"He got angry and told me that there wasn't enough time to check my luggage already as the gates were closing then.
"When I said I wanted to fly still, I also told him that I needed his help with my luggage as I had four bags on hand and I wasn't able to carry it myself to the airport.
"He rejected my request and then threatened to tear off my boarding pass.
"When I didn't back down, he just tore up the boarding pass in front of me,
"We started arguing and he then challenged me to make a report to Tiger Airways if I wasn't happy.
"Then, I tried to take a photograph of him and that was when he slapped me as he tried to stop me from doing that.
"I lost control of myself and slapped him back but he got out of his counter and hit me on the head, near the ears.
"He then walked off and I tried to follow him as I didn't want him to run away from this, even leaving my luggage there as a result.
"That was when his manager came out and spoke to me, asking me to calm down and give my side of the story.
"I gave him that and told him I wanted to make a police report but the station there was closed b then so I had to wait till the next morning to lodge a report with the police.
"That was when I realized that I couldn't fly out of China if I had a pending police report there. As a result, I closed the report.
"I tried to contact Tiger Airways when I was in China and also when I got back to Singapore but all they did was ask me to email them about this.
"After waiting four days for an email reply, which I didn't get from Tiger Airways, I decided to follow a friend's suggestion and post this on STOMP.
"I want to make my story known to everyone so that nobody will end up in a similar situation like me." -
Another Singaporean kena whacked by PRC for taking pictures in an argument.
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why want to go there? don;t go there lah.
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What is the point of posting the photo and story when you are back ?
Asking for sympathy or support from the local ?
Did your cocky attitude led to your facial clap ?
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Got trampled on at home and away...Hai...
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the person genna slapped is a girl... the slapper is a guy... lol... usually it's the other way round... and the guy really so gay, resort to slapping... i bet he couldn't win an argument against a woman... i mean, no guys can... but to resort to gay slapping... that's like, an insult to other guys.
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POOR SERVICE!
Whatever the customer did, the employee has no right to use violence on the customer
Sue the employee until backside cao ta
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How come business trip take budget airlines?
Times are bad?
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cheaper better faster mah
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besides writing to Tiger Airways, u should also notify the embassy of the incident....
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is it due to the race issue?
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For a woman, he slap. If it is a man he would punch.
For taking photograph. Most probably with a handphone.
How would you feel, you're pissed, and someone hold up the handphone at you.
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No one was wondering...
why no one notice stomper de toy weighs 5kg... ... ...
I wonder what is it... ... ...
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i thought it happened at changi. since it happened in china he should have reported to the police there.
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
POOR SERVICE!
Whatever the customer did, the employee has no right to use violence on the customer
Sue the employee until backside cao ta
thats china, a communist country. sue what? -
Originally posted by dragg:
i thought it happened at changi.
since it happened in china he should have reported to the police there.
stomper said, stomper report to china police, but in china, if got police report = cannot leave country... so stomper went to close case... -
Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
stomper said, stomper report to china police, but in china, if got police report = cannot leave country... so stomper went to close case...
its the same everywhere. btw she retaliated. so she has no case. -
go report police...or decide to extend stay in china for 24 hrs just to clobber person like a true hitman?
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I have zero trust in China law enforcer and legal system. Maybe 30 years later, things will change, who noes.
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Originally posted by Nigho17:
I have zero trust in China law enforcer and legal system. Maybe 30 years later, things will change, who noes.
its always the case in foreign countries. when overseas one should try to avoid confrontations. its not your home afterall. many singaporeans behave badly when overseas. i have witnessed a lady banging the hotel reception counter in thailand yelling, 'i'm a singaporean!!!'. as if it makes her better. damn foolish!!! -
Originally posted by dragg:
its always the case in foreign countries. when overseas one should try to avoid confrontations. its not your home afterall. many singaporeans behave badly when overseas. i have witnessed a lady banging the hotel reception counter in thailand yelling, 'i'm a singaporean!!!'. as if it makes her better. damn foolish!!!We should avoid confrontation in Singapore too.
World Peace!
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if in singapore, post in stomp
if happened in china, post in chomp -
Originally posted by charlize:
How come business trip take budget airlines?
Times are bad?
Cheaper Better Faster.
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Originally posted by dragg:
its always the case in foreign countries. when overseas one should try to avoid confrontations. its not your home afterall. many singaporeans behave badly when overseas. i have witnessed a lady banging the hotel reception counter in thailand yelling, 'i'm a singaporean!!!'. as if it makes her better. damn foolish!!!
This don't apply in SG. When you are a foreigner in SG, you have more right than the Lesser Mortals. -
Originally posted by Lazybumy:
This don't apply in SG. When you are a foreigner in SG, you have more right than the Lesser Mortals.
i agree with this. SG always try to act 'international'.