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Are Singaporeans allergic to smile :)
Posted: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:11 pm
by urpick2004
Hi There,
Not exactly a newbie as i have been here for about 2 months now. I somehow feel people here in Singapore dont like to make eye contact or being greeted with a smile. Is it just me?
Well if u dont mind a stranger greeting u with smile or like making new friends drop me a note on
[email protected]. M 31 here.
Posted: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:33 pm
by JR8
Have Master or not?
Posted: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:37 pm
by nakatago
Posted: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 1:06 pm
by urpick2004
Not sure, here it seems to apply for guys as well

Posted: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 3:15 pm
by Waelan
well maybe they think u're a sales person, so they just avoid u
Posted: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:46 am
by urpick2004
LOL
Posted: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 1:07 pm
by digian
i think it depends on who u were smiling to....
if it is in the mornings, maybe they are all still sleepy or rushing to work....little time for smiles :p
anyway, hi and welcome....
*SMILES*
Posted: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 9:40 am
by urpick2004
Yeah and by the evening they r too exhausted

Re: Are Singaporeans allergic to smile :)
Posted: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:51 am
by Waiting4Skyrim
I am local..

..after a day in the Office, I will only make eye contact with the person who is walking a dog (such as retrievers, samoyeds..)
Posted: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 1:58 am
by JR8
Of course, why wouldn't you?

Posted: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:50 am
by the lynx
JR8 wrote:Have Master or not?

Yea
Posted: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:12 pm
by sushil86
Waelan wrote:well maybe they think u're a sales person, so they just avoid u
Sales people are TOO aggressive in Singapore!
Its really annoying! I hate being rude to them....but i cant help it :S
Posted: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:22 pm
by Ryan_
and they will block your way too LOL
Posted: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 1:40 am
by deepsea13
Hahaha...personal experience...i don't think Singaporeans are too friendly with foreigners...a friend of mine here told me that basically the only reason why MANY singaporeans don't like foreigners is coz of the fact we take all their jobs

look around..see the number of expats in this country...its a rising number!
Posted: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 6:50 am
by sundaymorningstaple
deepsea13 wrote:Hahaha...personal experience...i don't think Singaporeans are too friendly with foreigners...a friend of mine here told me that basically the only reason why MANY singaporeans don't like foreigners is coz of the fact we take all their jobs

look around..see the number of expats in this country...its a rising number!
You've pretty much got your head up a very dark place, don't you? Most of the jobs taken up by foreigners are jobs Singaporean don't want or cannot do. Most Singaporean shun service jobs as waiting on others is against their culture (so they think).