シンガポールでひどく振る舞う日本人。

騒々しく、ひどく規律子供。大人は、他の人の個人的なスペースを尊重しません。スーパーマーケットでは、彼らが触れるまで前方の人の近くにあまりにもキュー、ない謝罪。 

歩行時の日本人男性は、私に対してブラシをかけ、ない謝罪。エリアが混雑していなかったにもかかわらず、日本の男性はスペースを与えませんでした。意図的に強制的にそこに歩いて別の人のために考慮することなく歩きます。非常に失礼と許し難い行動。 シンガポールの外国人の中では、唯一の日本人男性は女性に無礼これを振る舞います。

シンガポール法は女性を保護します。シンガポールの男性は、女性に対するタッチやブラシをあえてしません。誤って触れたり、女性に対するブラシなら、彼はすぐに謝罪します。

また、ヘアサロンで非常に失礼な顧客サービス。 

シンガポールはそのような悪い日本人を歓迎していません！





 

Excuses Hair Salons Use to Grab Money

Wanted to give Reds @ Takashimaya another chance. Dropped by today after dropping by Naoki Yoshit by Shit @ Liang Court.

For the first time, the Reds receptionist smiled at me. But she is not the receptionist. Don't know who she is but she was standing beside the counter when I approached. The price list was displayed on the counter with price range for ladies' cut starting from $42+.

I asked her to confirm if it was $42+ as stated. She then called a younger woman who had appeared & posed the question to her.

The younger woman asked how long is my hair (because it's tied up). I said about past the shoulders & indicated the approximate level with a horizontal hand. Even though the counter was low & she could see fine, she didn't seem to get the idea.

Then she got it & said $53 (& some cents).

Such a way to earn money. Paying more just to have that part of the hair cut to the floor. Where's the logic in that? Of course it has nothing to do with logic, but everything to do with taking as much money as they can off the customer. If it's possible to take money without doing anything, they will do it.

Currently, I have long hair but want to cut it short. But they are charging long hair price. Which really isn't fair.

They can just as easily charge the short hair price because they should just charge for the finished result (which will be short hair).

But they purposely make use of the different hair lengths to make more money. Because actually a haircut is very cheap & easy to do. Notice how fast it's done.  Don't need any special skills. These people aren't even professionally trained or schooled. No degree, no diploma. They are uneducated. Most of them come out of Malaysia.

They call themselves "director", "creative director" just to get more money. It's just a hanging name plate. Anyone with cash can open a shop & call himself/herself "director" & charge plenty.

$53 for a haircut. It's so wrong & yet people let them do it. Not only Reds salon but many other salons with ridiculous prices.

It's not that customers can't pay. It's that they shouldn't pay.  Then the salons will be forced to lower their prices.

The other jackpot that salons get their hands on, is from perms & hair dyeing. Customers can't calculate this because it's subjective & dependent on the "contractor" (that is, salon). It means salons can quote and charge any price they like.

The only way to get out of this, is Not pay for prices that have been unfairly charged without your knowledge. It is not a crime to fight for your right as a customer. If you don't have the amount of money, there's no way you can pay.  No credit card, don't have the money in the bank. How to pay?

Since the price has been arbitrarily charged by the salon without consent from the customer, the customer can also arbitrarily not pay. I don't know why women keep forcing themselves to pay hundreds of dollars over perms & hair dyes that weren't what they wanted.

If you decide not to pay, just make some believable excuse to get out & leave once you get the chance.  Even if they get a staff to accompany you, just shake the fellow off the moment you get the chance.  Alternatively, just run off fast & disappear. No use quarreling in the salon refusing to pay because it'll just be wasting time & very troublesome.

Since such salons want to con, only fools will pay.

Today, I scouted DA hairdressing, Naoki Yoshit by Shit, & Reds.

I had actually booked appointment online with DA due to their promo price, but last minute found out hairstylist is Malaysian with strong traditional Chinese mentality (translates as not creative). Cancelled appointment. But later in the day, after Naoki Shit, I dropped by Far East to look at DA. Ahh..after 2 rounds of passing by & seeing the quite handsome hairstylist standing at the door, I still couldn't bring myself to go into the small shop (tempting with no customers). So small shop, so unprofessional-looking.  So scared the hairstylist will cut wrong.

In the end, I shopped at Takashimaya Cold Storage supermarket & went home. Returned home with the same hair. And I'm happy because it's better than getting a bad haircut (even though I need a haircut). 

Too bad QB can't cut. Otherwise $12 is just about the right price. After all the crap I've been through with salons (including Kim Roshitson), I think I'm only willing to pay $20 for a haircut.

I really don't wish to pay for a salon's name, rent, utility bills, staff salaries & that "free" cup of drink when I go for a haircut.

Naoki Yoshihara by Ash @ Liang Court (review)

Sun 28 Jun 1.15 p.m.. Arrived at Liang Court.

Their website price states $38/$48 for ladies' haircut by "stylist". So I made the effort to drop by & see if it was crowded.

Only 3 customers & exactly 1 staff attending to each of them.

1) No receptionist at the front counter.  They open 3 branches but can't even afford to pay for a receptionist? If can't even afford a receptionist, then open so many outlets for what?

2) The Japanese woman who is supposed to be good at make up ( I didn't bother remembering her name mentioned online) had just washed the female customer's hair & was accompanying the customer back to the seat.

The Japanese woman then remained standing behind the customer, not doing anything.

I was standing at the counter waiting for the Japanese woman to look up since she was facing my direction.  Instead, the customer saw me first. And the Japanese woman either pretended not to see or didn't want to see. It took her a while to reluctantly look up.

The other 2 male staff didn't bother & also pretended not to see while attending to their customers' hair. They could have easily looked up but they didn't.

It seems they don't want business since they are already busy. 

When the Japanese woman finally looked up in my direction, she just stood there. I had to point to the counter to request for her presence.

As a staff, she should have quickly come over without me having to say or do anything. The normal reaction would be to see what the person who is standing there wants.

Reluctantly, she came over as if dragged over. No greeting, no smile. Stone-faced.  (Where's the smile & nod from Japan?).
 

I really hate Japs in Singapore. They are only well-behaved in Japan. They behave like shit in Singapore, noisy & don't know the meaning of personal space. I was only considering the salon because it's not my first choice.

I asked in English how much is their haircut because the website says $38 but the banner outside their shop says $60.

She didn't catch what I said & showed me a thick black menu with pricing. I repeated what I said. She frowned a bit & said in English "it's very old" referring to the website price.

Very old? Why didn't the salon update their website? It's not that difficult is it?? Especially for Japs who take pride in showing off. On the front appear so grand, but lo & behold, they don't even do the simple thing of updating their website. No different from a cheaper salon.

Since the price was different from their website, I left. 

In hindsight, I think this salon looks down on customers. I was wearing a casual outfit that didn't look like a million bucks. If you look at all their promotional/sponsored ads using bloggers, you can see their mentality. They use all women, in dresses with makeup, with faces that look like Japanese women.

This is so that the salon can do the same boring dyed curls on them over and over. There are no male "models" suggesting that this salon cannot do haircuts & can only do easy perms & curls (& in one instance, just "moisturizing".).  A very limited salon. 

That's the review. Even if I was willing to spend $60, I won't give it to "Naoki Yoshihara by Ash".

I'll tell you the truth. Japanese companies in Singapore don't have QC. They just fall apart. Very poor management & the staff slack because the control is in Japan. Remote control don't work.

When Japanese people come to Singapore, suddenly their tight & rigid Japanese system don't apply anymore. Suddenly they feel very liberated.  They realize they don't have to pretend to be nice anymore. No need to nod or bow anymore (because nobody understands or appreciates or reciprocates.). No need to care about what other people think anymore. Because hey, this is a completely different society, this is not Japan.

Their kids become screamingly noisy in public. Their adults don't respect the personal space of other people & stand so damn near to the front person in the supermarket queue. Even when they bump into me because they stand so near, they don't apologize. And this has happened twice.

On another occasion, a Japanese man talking to a woman while walking fast, completely bulldozed his way & brushed past me without apologizing!

When they are in Singapore, they become transformed. From the prim & proper Japanese to their ugly & true selves.

Aquatic E-book: Secrets To A Happy & Healthy Freshwater Aquarium (Fish, Shrimps & Plants)

 
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An aquarium shop guy once told me of a female customer who was unable to sustain the lives of her fishes. They always died & she didn't know what to do.

Well, this e-book guarantees she'll be able to keep very happy fishes for a long while! 

You'll not find boring technical explanations. Instead, you'll find a very organic & natural approach. Know the secrets to keeping your fishes & shrimps happy & living well!

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Light Chiropractic SG (Chiropractor Dr. Theo Kieu) Review

I am amazed how such a foreigner can open a practice in Singapore for so long. How did he even end up on CNA?

I'll tell you the truth since I've been there, seen & talked to him. If you're wondering if he's as good as he appears to be on CNA, or if you're wondering whether you should visit a chiropractor, I will tell you.

Don't bother. This fellow has such poor judgement, it's amazing he hasn't killed somebody. Maybe he has in the US or wherever he used to be before coming to Singapore.  He is one person (foreigner) that I will say is a reject from wherever he came from.

I was very much amazed by his lack of tact, lack of discretion, lack of intelligence, immense egotism, narcissism & complete inconsideration. Completely amazing as I sat there with my bro, watching him. 

He wasted 2 to 3 hours of our time talking all about himself. I had to bring him back to the matter at hand all the time & he would intentionally veer off again to continue talking about himself.  

Whenever I tried to insert my words to get him back to our issue, he would block by not listening & not stopping such that it was very difficult for me to say anything without impolitely interrupting him. I was being too nice, while he wasn't nice at all.

To be honest, he looks stupid even without talking.  With talking, he exposes himself to be an imbecile.

Conned by the CNA segment on Youtube, I went with my bro to check him out, expecting someone professional. Hah!

His odd surname aside, I wondered if he could help us with a problem that my bro has been having.

At some point of his endless monologue that had nothing to do with what we came for, he assumed outright that I was my bro's "mother" (meaning that my bro is my son).

It was such a sudden, cold & ludicrous statement that frankly, I just sat there, very displeased & disgusted with him. Bro & I kept silent, too shocked while looking at him.

Such lack of discretion when speaking & outright assumption without information, belong to uneducated or lowly educated persons of low intelligence.

A "professional" & educated person such as a "doctor" should know better than to commit such a faux pas. Where the heck did he come from?

At the start when he first met us & throughout, he never once bothered to ask about our relationship. He just assumed without applying any discretion.  That being so, it is very likely that he may also make very dangerous assumptions when "operating" on a person.

In the silence in which we looked at him, he suddenly realized his mistake. Bro said quietly, "She is my sister.".

He looked at me.  I gave him a small, pale smile. What an imbecile.

He apologized & when I said nothing, he picked up where he left off, talking rubbish.

After intentionally holding us in the room for hours & forcing us to listen to his irrelevant monologue (a despicable man holding us hostage by our need to learn about bro's problem), he finally said he will now attend to my bro's problem which he said is "clearly" a C1 matter.

C1 being the first vertebra of the spinal column.

Well, only a fool will let him touch. Good thing he talked so much for so long. It allowed me to see that it was a mistake to step in.

I asked about the side-effects of his "fixing". He admitted that people do get ill after he has done it for them. Vomit & dizzy (lasting for how long, he couldn't/wouldn't say).  And he said once "fixed", they would still have to return to adjust the "correction" that he had done.

Good heavens. Making the person sicker is not what I would call a cure. And Bro did not want to have to keep going back to "fix" a problem (& thereby keep paying).

I said, in that case, it's fine. We will just pay for consultation. No need for him to do anything. In fact, what "consultation"? A few seconds at the end of 2-3 hours just to hear him say he makes people sick?

Bro & I walked out.  I still thanked him on the way out. But here's where he failed again. His face when I thanked him, wasn't even smiling. He wasn't even gracious. He gave a shit face at me & turned away out of the room when I said that we wouldn't be doing the C1 "adjustment". So rude.

We paid (unfairly) for the "consultation", all the time grumbling about what a waste of time it was. His pathetic mistake of assuming that my bro is my son, is unforgettable.  Bro said that at least, he confirmed that it was a C1 problem.

I said whether we can trust what he said, is uncertain.

Even more than a year later (now 26 June Sun), I still get angry when I think of him. So, that is why I have updated this post with a proper & full negative review.

After returning that day, I read online that doctors say: Don't ever let a chiropractor touch your neck.

This is due to cases where people became paralyzed or died after going to a chiropractor.

Spayuri Spa SG (review)

No reply to my enquiry via their website form. Bad sign.

I use a spa's online form or e-mail as a way to test their establishment.  See how long the staff take to reply & how they reply. It's a gauge to see how quick they are on customer service (to see how badly they want my money).  It's a chance for them to impress the customer. It lets me decide if I want to give my business to them.

So far, Spayuri is the only spa that has not replied to an online enquiry. Since they have a website form, they have to ensure that it works & that they are watching it. So there is no excuse for not replying, not receiving, not checking, too busy, etc...

So far, I've e-mailed or used the contact form of several spas & always I've gotten a reply usually the next day. I consider a next day reply to be slow but acceptable. Anything longer is bad. I waited 1 week for Spayuri's reply but none came. 

As Spayuri has no online reviews, I'm not sure if I should try it. However, as it promotes itself as a "cheap" spa with promotional discounts for Home Team etc.., I don't expect it to be good.  Originally, I already don't have a good opinion of Kenko & by extension, don't have a good impression of Spayuri. Together with their no reply to their website online contact form, it will be a spa that I'll continue leaving out.

Eating Edible Cactus Leaf/Pad/Paddles For The First Time

12:45 p.m. 9 Jun Tues.

I just ate thick slices of it just now, after taking the cactus out of the fridge, skinning the top part & cutting across its width.

Tastes like a vegetable.  Like a cucumber.  Quite juicy and crunchy.  No wonder people compare it to green bell peppers. But I find it doesn't taste like bell pepper, but more like cucumbers.

Refreshing taste but does not quench thirst. It's not that juicy, although the water content is definitely in there.  The water content is enough to make me consider eating it as an after-jog refreshment.

Unexpectedly interesting & edible.  No particular flavor, just tastes like a vegetable. Definitely, it can be used in a salad or juiced with lemon & fridged.  I don't know how it'll turn out in a soup, although I imagine it would melt into the broth? Or taste like winter melon?

(Instructions say to cook it with chicken... *doubtful grimace* The company selling this should do a video.).

For vegetarians or fruitarians, the raw greeny taste is fine. But probably not for those into meat.  I'm used to the taste because I eat (organic) raw cucumbers, raw celery, raw tomato, raw beetroot, raw carrots etc....  (haven't tried raw asparagus yet).

When I cut it across its width, there are a few strange strands of fibers sticking out from the sides of the pith like steel reinforcements in concrete. I think they are called rods. Not sure if these are nascent spines. But it's just a few fibers that can be eaten together or just removed from the mouth while chewing.

The cactus is more interesting & easier to eat than Aloe Vera (which I find is a lot of work just to eat some & dangerous with the knife. I bought the Aloe at just S$0.82 for a rather large one.).  

Overall, interesting experiment. Cost only S$3.89 for a rather big slab of cactus (there were bigger).  But this cactus is different from those shown in videos and websites. The videos call them Nopal/Nopales and they are thin and flat like the pork cutlets from Shihlin Taiwan Street Snack.  Easily cut into thin strips with no rods sticking out from the pith.

The cactus I bought is thicker, fatter & tougher (& as mentioned, some rods in the pith) from a local Singapore farm that grows them. I'm actually thinking of visiting the farm for a look.

As of 3.30 p.m., I've eaten about half of the cactus. Bro saw me eating & said, "What's that? Cactus again?".

The way he says "cactus" is funny. :)  He's used to seeing me experimenting with odd things. Weird face masks which he says stink, and odd food & drinks.

I still haven't tried eating onion with ice cream yet. Edgar Benedict's suggestion (in Shadow Chasers).

Kekkai Sensen (Blood Blockade Battlefront)

Mon  8 Jun 1:20 p.m..

Ep 1. I just watched it. Wondering why it looks like Cowboy Bebop. Checked anime news network. Wondered if there are any matching names in both this anime & Cowboy Bebop.

Orhh, yeah. The same character designer: Toshihiro Kawamoto. No wonder. The pace, style & especially characters' movement, bring to mind Cowboy Bebop's main man... *checks the name* Spike. Spike Spiegel. 

This Ep 1, actually I tried watching it once before but skipped it halfway. Didn't like the manga-style gore, the riot pace, the noise, didn't know where it was going. 

Turns out I seem to require some acclimatization to this type of (what I call) "new style" anime once or twice before I actually watch it.  Anime that combines western elements & noise, don't grab me.

So far, Ep 1 seems Ok.

I first found this anime some while ago, by searching for anime that Kazuya Nakai voiced. I really like his voice as Imayoshi in Kuroko's Basketball. He plays a very sexy, dialect sounding Imayoshi. I don't know what dialect is that, but it's damn sexy & intimidating on Imayoshi.

I found that Kazuya Nakai is also in Gintama as Hijikata. But I watched only a bit of Gintama & couldn't stand the silliness. Besides Kazuya Nakai lost his "Imayoshi" sexy voice as Hijikata. :(

Well, let's hope Ep 2 will be good. I still don't know where it's going. Just about the kid helping to kill monsters?

Akira Ishida is there. So is Mamoru Miyano. And Hikaru Midorikawa.

And now, I'm going to lunch.

Lim Chee Guan Bak Kwa (review)

I just finished 3 slices. Bro bought it for me (I asked him to drop by Chinatown after going to Sim Lim). He said it's $10. Signature flavor.

Definitely the best out of the 3 brands I've tried (see my other review). But a lot of negatives that cause me not to buy again. And in fact, I may not be buying Bak Kwa again.

Lim Chee Guan:

What's nice: 
Very tender, soft meat. Juicy. Moist. I can understand why people say this is the best.
(Interesting) Sticky strands of marinate can be seen when taking one piece from another. 

What's bad:
Too oily (probably because of the white fats).
Burnt parts that I have to avoid & throw away.
White fats.
Too sweet compared to the other brands.
What meat are they using? From China?

3 pieces are more than enough.  For my health, I think it's better to spend the $10 on Toto.  I have asked bro to remind me why I shouldn't buy bak kwa again the next time I crave it.

Avoid: EnergyOne Gym Mount Faber Safra

Best thing is: Don't go there.  It's very sad when Singaporeans treat another Singaporean badly.

I've been there on different occasions & the service has always been bad. Always.  The same bad staff year after year. Even with my complaint, EnergyOne supports such staff & keeps them.

Really, iron rice bowl is easy these days. Won't get fired regardless of how they treat the customers.


Guys & ladies, take your money elsewhere. Don't give to EnergyOne. Go to other gyms. Companies that value their staff more than their customers don't deserve your money!

#1 Very unprofessional staff with couldn't-care-less attitudes. Very impersonal, very mean & very rude when it suits them.  They don't have to answer to any supervisor or manager. So they think they are the boss.

The staff does whatever they feel is their right towards customers.

I have seen the female counter staff do their school homework at the counter in front of customers. After attending to customers, they go back to doing their homework.  Nobody stops them from doing that.

The female counter staff may seem nice & friendly. But don't be fooled. They have no conscience about being rude & mean later.  And they will ignore you when it suits them. Very impersonal, very rude, very mean.

#2 There is a man on the gym floor who will suddenly appear to find fault with the customer, even though he is not a counter staff, not a supervisor & not the manager.  He himself admitted he is "just a worker".

"Just a worker" and yet  he is always causing problems & is a permanent nuisance. Very small-minded & unreasonably picky man (a disgrace to manhood).


#3 The swimming pool is really too crowded even on a weekday hot afternoon. For per entry, it's terrible to pay $8.55 & can't even get a clear lane.  This is the highest price to swim in a pool I've ever come across.

This is despite Safra cutting out the public some time ago. Although excluding foreigners is good, giving EnergyOne exclusive use of the pool is unfair.  The pool is under Safra, not EnergyOne.  (I still remember the Chlorine gas leak back then.).

If you pay for membership, it will be minus the use of the pool because this pool benefit will be compromised every time by the crowd. Not worthwhile.


#4  Handing over your I/C for pay-per-entry. What is so great about old thin towels & lousy stinking lockers, that customers have to risk having their I/Cs stolen, lost, misplaced or given to the wrong person? Why should customers have to hand in their I/Cs in exchange for a clunky locker key? 

Why do I have to give my precious I/C to get an ugly rubber bracelet noisy locker key that I've to leave behind somewhere while I swim, use the Jacuzzi or the gym?

While EnergyOne forces customers to fill up a form to cover their ass, what guarantee do customers have that our I/Cs are safe with the staff? That the staff won't photocopy the I/C for whatever reasons? 
 

#5  Jacuzzi. The temperature cannot be adjusted. It's small & quite boring after a while.  Not hot enough (I miss the onsens in Japan but make do with this.). And there is no ice/cold bath to cool off.

#6  Fill in a form. Even if you are just there to swim, the staff will make you fill in a form. Every time & anytime, the staff will make you jump through a few hoops first.


2 June Tues, I was desperate for a swim. My regular pool was temporarily closed. Despite previous bad experiences with the staff at EnergyOne Mount Faber, I still went.

No surprise that even this time, it's again another bad experience.

I approached the counter woman (in her 20s) to pay for per entry rate $8.55.  Logically, just paying for the use of the pool & flashing my I/C should be enough. As long as the I/C is pink (for Singaporean), it's enough.

But no. She wanted to know if I've been here before etc... etc... Then wanted me to fill up a form. (She seemed friendly & polite in starting a conversation with me about the pool, how it used to be very crowed on weekends etc...).

After I scribbled some stuff in the form, she wanted my I/C.  Took it, then gave me their clunky key & a thin, rough towel (I recall their towel used to be thicker?). She wanted to give me 2 of the towels but I said one is enough.  (It had a smell by the way. I guessed it should be clean. Even my house towel is better.).

The pool was unexpectedly full. Even at a price of $8.55, I couldn't even get a lane. Had to swim between 2 men & then dodge them because some men just can't swim straight.

When I was done with the swim & Jacuzzi, I came out to return their key & get back my I/C.

That woman took back the key. Not knowing what she was up to (& since she had been friendly earlier), I asked her what timings were less crowded. She replied only halfway, purposely left my I/C on the counter-top & walked away.  I was quite puzzled why she left my I/C on the table like that.

When she returned, she didn't bother resuming the conversation. Instead, she just sat back at her seat & stared at the computer.

Meanwhile, a man with yellow sunglasses suddenly came over & picked up my I/C on the counter-top. I recognized him as the stupid & crazy gym man.  He don't remember me, but I remember him.

In his 40s, short hair, crazy eyes.  Looks like a body builder, on gym supplements and/or steroids. Wears yellow sunglasses even inside the gym.

So, I knew what happened. This counter woman had called him over.  She had rudely talked to me halfway, broke off to call him over, & sat back without answering my question.  Such a mean woman. Such a faker, pretending to be friendly at the start. 

They behaved as if they just discovered the customer robbed a bank & want to borrow money from them. She the bank teller and he the bank manager.  *rolls eyes*

The crazy man started questioning me about my I/C. I said my playful niece blanked out 1 or 2 digits, but I already filled up their form. (So from the form, they can still enter the data into their ancient computer system). 

But he wouldn't let it go. Continued staring intently at me like a nutcase. 

I looked away from him to ask the counter woman about my earlier question. I said she had replied to me halfway regarding less crowded timings.

She started talking to me again, but without any genuine interest. In fact, she seemed to intentionally make the pool sound completely unfavorable so that I wouldn't be coming again.

During this time I was trying to engage in a conversation with her, the mad gym man who had not moved, kept staring at me, intently & closely.

After accepting her information that the pool is crowded from morning to night, I turned to go. But that madman wouldn't let me.

He pushed the form forwards & crazily pointed to what I wrote on the form, asking me to confirm if my year of birth was correct. This is despite the fact that my writing was very clear & sharp.  He was doing it intentionally. And he was smiling.

I confirmed that it was correct, then prepared to leave. But even then, he still clung on.

He threatened me. Told me that if I came with my I/C again, he wouldn't let me in. I said, "That's fine.". And walked out.  But just before I left, I turned back & asked whether he is the supervisor or manager.

He smilingly said, "Just a worker.". He said they don't have a supervisor or manager. "The manager is up there." (He pointed at somewhere far away).

"Just a worker" and he dared threaten me in that way. What authority has he to even forbid entry to a paying customer? And I already showed my I/C, which is a Singaporean I/C as per their entry requirement.

And this is not the first time he has behaved in this way.  Always a nuisance.  And EnergyOne keeps him.


Let's make it really clear. This incident is not about the digits of my I/C. According to entry requirements, the customer just needs to 1) pay 2) present a Singapore or PR identification.

Both requirements have been fulfilled. I have paid. My I/C is pink.

If the argument is about needing to enter the digits into the database, then I have already said I completed filling their stupid form. Just input the data according to the form. Why cause so much trouble to the customer?

After all, I am only using the pool & Jacuzzi. As I already told the counter woman at the beginning, I am only here because my regular pool is temporarily closed. I am just here for maybe once or twice.

And what about at the beginning when the counter woman accepted my I/C & form filling? Why couldn't the woman have entered the data I filled in the form? After all, the I/C is just a hostage in exchange for their clunky key.  Why call that mad man over?

I really hate staff who don't use their brains, who don't know when to use their discretion in matters. Because such staff are stupid, they make customers upset.

Throughout, I didn't see any point in arguing or raising my voice even when the mad gym man threatened me.

There is only one word to describe this man: Bully.

And EnergyOne keeps such staff on a long-term basis. Even if they upgraded the facilities, the place will still be shitty with the same stupid staff.

EnergyOne Gym @ Mount Faber SAFRA (review)

I don't argue with:

1) An imbecile
2) A madman
3) A dead person

All 3 are in 1 man. See him @ EnergyOne Safra Mount Faber.

I didn't bother asking for his name. But you'll know him when you see.

Looks like a body builder when he actually just looks stupid, and stupider when he talks. Crazy eyes staring intently behind yellow sunglasses (yes, sunglasses in the gym), short hair & an obnoxious face. In his 40s. 

He is a floor staff, has nothing to do.  So at every opportunity, he deposits himself at the counter to be a nuisance to customers.

He pretends he's the boss by speaking with an obnoxious & bullying tone of voice, even though he's actually "just a worker" (just a nobody). 

Yet he has no embarrassment calling himself "just a worker" while pretending he has authority.

He makes sure to go the extra mile in making sure you know he's an imbecile. Exercises his lack of authority well & beyond common sense & rationality in every problem he causes the customer. And he does it with a smile.

All the while, he closely & intently watches your face to see if you are intimidated. 

The great thing is, he takes gym supplements. There really isn't any need to get angry with a dead man.

The counter female staff aren't any better. They have been rude, unprofessional, couldn't care less, even doing their homework at the counter.

Today (2 Jun Tues),  the counter woman in her 20s, became rude & dismissive after colluding with the mad body builder man.  They took it upon themselves to bother the customer over an irrelevant matter that has nothing to do with the stated requirements.  In other words, they made themselves boss to pick on whatever they like. 

Rude staff, rude service. Mad body builder said they have no supervisor and no manager.

If you're considering signing up a gym membership with EnergyOne @ Mount Faber, I suggest you don't.

Why avoid EnergyOne: 
http://therevolutioner.blogspot.sg/2015/06/energyone-gym-mount-faber-safra_3.html