I love the DBS PayLah cashback rebate promotion every Saturday morning where DBS gives back to society as well as gained marketing exposure from it. Nonetheless, I was somewhat exasperated by some dark side of it over the past 2 weekends:
1. Aunties Jostling up the Escalator to Hawker Centre As If It Is The End of the World.
I was shocked by elderly aunties moving to the right side of the escalator and climbing it to beat others in the queue at 7.30am. Hey, I mean the cashback is up to the first 160,000 folks and it normally ends at 9am or 9.30am so there is ample time. I think folks need to take care of their own safety rather than have the fear that the promotion will run out soon in the next minute.
2. Long Waiting Time At Participating Stall’s Cashier- Guy with 3 Mobile Phones For Payment.
This is madness. This morning I saw a young chap in front of me who took ages to complete payment for 3 packets of Nasi Lemak and White Bee Hong. The young man was fumbling with unlocking 3 different mobile phones (he probably took his wife and kid phones along) for making payment. This is too much lah. Isn’t this also a breach of banking security by making payment using accounts not belonging to him as well as creating a public nuisance?
Imagine if everyone were to follow, there will be folks with 6-7 phones each such as from their grandparents, spouses and kids and unlocking them one by one to use the respective PayLah. It will take ages for the queue to clear.
Parting Thoughts
Haiz, sometimes I don’t know whether to laugh or cry when I met such strange folks and their intriguing pattern….haha.
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