I'm sure most of us has read about this story.
SCDF NSF dies after ORD celebrations go wrong; two SCDF regular personnel arrested
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/scdf-full-time-nsman-dies-after-found-unconscious-at-bottom-of-fire-stations-pump-well-was
So I won't describe much about it.
The thing is... do you really think only a few people know about it?
Of course I don't know, cannot confirm...
BUT, I believe... that many people knew about this "custom", and many people... even the top brass... just brushed it off as harmless fun.
How often, when we are at work/school, wherever la...
Some idiots decide to do something stupid, like swim in a swimming pool in school in the middle of the night with no lights on. It's pitch black if you never tried. You can't see anything. If someone had issues in the water, it's hard to even find the person or even notice that he's in trouble.
So anyway, some blokes decide to do something stupid. And anyone who opposes them are deemed as wet blankets and spoil sports...
So end up more often than not, the people in charge, close 2 eyes, and they say, "Eh, I don't know, I never see. You wanna do you're on your own. Make sure no one gets hurt. You zi-dong a bit."
And everything is all fun and games until someone gets hurt or dies...
Then all the shit splashes all over the place.
Finger pointing, act blur, everything, everyone also say they don't know...
But in the end, was this preventable? Yes it was.
Allow also die, don't allow also die.
People say don't allow, morale low, everything also cannot, so sian, Singapore so boring, everything also cannot do, no fun entertainment, all these kinda things...
Allow, sure, everyone happy for a period of time, maybe the music keeps playing for very long, but something happens, then...
It's really no fun when something serious happens. It affects someone's life, whether they die, or lose an arm or a leg or an eye.
So how? What to do?
Happens everywhere, office also like that, some people just rubber stamp/sign things without checking, take things for granted that everything is ok until fraud happens. "Relax la, just sign, very rush, don't need check so much la. Time is money you know."
Anyway, just a ranting post... cos a lot of times, issues are preventable. Cos many operations or controls are in place for a reason, people are the problem, cos they think it will never happen to them. So they just flaunt the rules, until something really happens...
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SCDF NSF dies after ORD celebrations go wrong; two SCDF regular personnel arrested
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/scdf-full-time-nsman-dies-after-found-unconscious-at-bottom-of-fire-stations-pump-well-was
So I won't describe much about it.
The thing is... do you really think only a few people know about it?
Of course I don't know, cannot confirm...
BUT, I believe... that many people knew about this "custom", and many people... even the top brass... just brushed it off as harmless fun.
How often, when we are at work/school, wherever la...
Some idiots decide to do something stupid, like swim in a swimming pool in school in the middle of the night with no lights on. It's pitch black if you never tried. You can't see anything. If someone had issues in the water, it's hard to even find the person or even notice that he's in trouble.
So anyway, some blokes decide to do something stupid. And anyone who opposes them are deemed as wet blankets and spoil sports...
So end up more often than not, the people in charge, close 2 eyes, and they say, "Eh, I don't know, I never see. You wanna do you're on your own. Make sure no one gets hurt. You zi-dong a bit."
And everything is all fun and games until someone gets hurt or dies...
Then all the shit splashes all over the place.
Finger pointing, act blur, everything, everyone also say they don't know...
But in the end, was this preventable? Yes it was.
Allow also die, don't allow also die.
People say don't allow, morale low, everything also cannot, so sian, Singapore so boring, everything also cannot do, no fun entertainment, all these kinda things...
Allow, sure, everyone happy for a period of time, maybe the music keeps playing for very long, but something happens, then...
It's really no fun when something serious happens. It affects someone's life, whether they die, or lose an arm or a leg or an eye.
So how? What to do?
Happens everywhere, office also like that, some people just rubber stamp/sign things without checking, take things for granted that everything is ok until fraud happens. "Relax la, just sign, very rush, don't need check so much la. Time is money you know."
Anyway, just a ranting post... cos a lot of times, issues are preventable. Cos many operations or controls are in place for a reason, people are the problem, cos they think it will never happen to them. So they just flaunt the rules, until something really happens...
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