{"id":8,"date":"2008-03-18T20:46:10","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T12:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=8"},"modified":"2008-03-18T20:46:10","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T12:46:10","slug":"do-not-slap-the-person-who-brings-you-your-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2008\/03\/18\/do-not-slap-the-person-who-brings-you-your-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not slap the person who brings you your food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s an interesting news article<\/a> in the papers over the last few days:<\/p>\n

Stewardess suing Venture Corp CEO\u2019s wife for allegedly slapping her<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By Teo Xuanwei, TODAY, 12 February 2008<\/p>\n

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight attendant is taking the wife of one of Singapore\u2019s richest men, Mr Wong Ngit Liong, to court for allegedly slapping her on a flight from Singapore to Tokyo last year.<\/p>\n

Madam Tan Siew Hoon, the wife of Venture Corp chairman and chief executive Mr Wong, 65, is alleged to have struck Ms Then Jiamin on the cheek sometime during that flight on Sept 20, after she saw her speaking to Mr Wong.<\/p>\n

The SIA flight attendant was serving passengers in business class, including the Wongs. According to the writ of summons \u2014 which was served on Mdm Tan at her home last Monday evening \u2014 immediately after striking the stewardess, Mdm Tan had said loudly: \u201cWhy are you talking to my husband!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Then, 25, is suing for \u201cgeneral damages and damages for consequential loss and emotional and mental distress\u201d she suffered as a result of the \u201cwrongful assault and battery\u201d. She is also claiming damages for defamation.<\/p>\n

\"blog-2007-Cooking-CIMG2845.jpg\"The article has a bit more information, but what I\u2019ve posted above is the general gist of it. The thread has been well commented on in blogs and discussion forums, with at least a few posters remarking how fierce Mdm. Tan looks<\/a> too. Anyway, putting aside the legality of assaulting someone else in public, I must issue a well-intended warning: Do not ever slap a person who brings you your food!!<\/strong><\/span> Doing that sort of thing is a very, very, very bad idea.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s that? Well, story telling time again. Years ago I was dating this friend (before marriage OK!!!!) who was a flight stewardess for two of the regional airlines. She was quite the quintessential poster-person. Tall, charming, and she played computer games and could assemble her own computer haha. My kind of hobbies. Anyhow, she\u2019d tell me of all these stories of how some flight attendants get their \u201crevenge\u201d on passengers who harass them. Specifically, those select passengers get special, ahem, ingredients into their beverages. Not food because it\u2019s easy to see any sort of additional condiments. But beverages like tea and coffee, you stir and bingo any trace or incriminating evidence of those special \u2018additions\u2019 are gone.<\/p>\n

Now, how true or widespread were these things going on I have no clue and my friend stated emphatically that she personally would never do such a thing. But it\u2019s a scary thought eh. Heng ar – lucky I\u2019m always very polite to any person who is serving me, whether it\u2019s at the bank, at the faculty canteen, or on an airplane. Otherwise, I\u2019d have more than just my own bodily fluids inside me over all these long years.:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s an interesting news article in the papers over the last few days: Stewardess suing Venture Corp CEO\u2019s wife for allegedly slapping her By Teo Xuanwei, TODAY, 12 February 2008 SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight attendant is taking the<\/p>\n

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