1. Imagine yourself not getting paid even after slogging your time
2. Imagine yourself getting beaten up for reporting this unfair treatment
3. Imagine not being able to go back home
4. Imagine s$150-200 deducted from your measly pay of s$400
5. Imagine your boss attacking you on your weak points

Yes, these bangladeshi workers I would say spend probably more time and energy on work compared to most Singaporeans out there in the society. They have no choice. From the standard of education in Bangladesh, even if a man happens to be a university graduate, he would have barely any choices but to settle for menial jobs. Blame it on the fact that they are not highly educated in English (which is like universal language). To get to Singapore with a work permit, they would need to pay a whole s$7000 and if they were paid s$500 a month, how long would they take just to pay off this debt? Think about it, basic mathematics would tell you that they would need a bare minimum of 2 years even if they scrimp and save. So what would these bangladeshi do? Obviously, they would slog it out just to keep the job. As such, unscrupulous employers started popping out of nowhere (probably from the dustbin or something to that extent) and attack these workers in their weaknesses.

1. If you don't do well, I will send you back to bangla
2. Work extra hours or else no pay this month
3. I deduct this for blah blah and deduct that for blah blah! Your pay - s$100
4. You dare to complain I will ask people beat you up
5. WORK WORK WORK!

Yes, how shitty people can get? At this point of time, my heart goes out to them, seriously. Although I have never had a fond interest (that's too strong a word) for them. Alright, although I have never really liked banglas because they are a tad too noisy but hey! they are humans too aren't they? Why must they be treated this way? Just because they will not have much advantage since they are not Singaporeans? Is that how the society works then - attacking on other's weaknesses. If it's that, I quit, I had rather not enter the society then. However, there is a seemingly large number of good employers as well, applaud to them please.

I don't really know the sole purpose of this entry anyway but perhaps just to let others know that things does not seem as simple on the outlook. Perhaps, it's because we are pretty much protected from the dangers and frauds of the society by our lovely parents as well as the government. And as much as I do not wish to admit, there are really different classes of people out there, yes, even in Singapore. You tend to see which kind of people mixing with which kind of people and what sort of character gets along with what sort of character kindda thing. Perhaps it is a kind of social stigma you will see in almost every country. It can't be helped though, it is hard to change a person's characteristic and upbringing.

As such, I end my entry with a resolution: I might try to respect banglas from now on.

|._Ondre stumbled at 11:38:00 PM_.|