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  • Man Stereotyped By Agent As Being Dubious, Even Willing To Call Police On Him

    Man Stereotyped By Agent As Being Dubious, Even Willing To Call Police On Him

    What happened afew hrs ago..
    I did and said what I did, coz I was just too pissed off.
    I was stereotyped to a point where, I actually felt like I might as well had been a criminal..

    And so the story goes..
    Went to meet a property agent today at an old residential bungalow off East Coast Road. This landed home would be a 2min drive from my own home, which is perfect.
    Rental was cheap (coz market is shite) and before I met him at this unit, I clearly told him what I was gonna use it for..

    1) Storage purposes of old furnitures, music equipments, old flooring materials,..etc, things that are too valuable to discard.

    2) I might sublet 1 or 2 bedrooms out to offset the rental abit, since I wont be using it as a running office and its mostly for storage, I figured that, the more practical thing to do for a house like this is to rent out one or 2 bedrooms. It is a landed house anyways, with large bedrooms. See I have many expat friends in Singapore who are already paying ridiculous prices in cramped HDB bedrooms.

    Agent immediately, upon reading my sms, replied, ”Hi Mr Bhai, owners will NOT have a problem with that. Are you free to meet me at the unit at 3.30pm?”
    I said yes. The landed house, being only 2 minits away from my home.. put on my t-shirt and shorts, bundled my hair and proceeded to meet him.

    As I was nearing the house in question, I noticed the agent alighting from an Uber/Grab car. He was probably in his 50s, close to 60, in a short sleeved shirt and jeans. He opened the gate to the car porch and I drove my car into the home. He turned for abit while unlocking the grilles to the main door and signalled a hello to me.

    I switched off my engine, got out of the car, locked it and started walking towards this agent. I noticed that the smile he had on, had faded and the welcoming gesture he gave to me whilst I was still in my car had now turned into a a nonchalant thing.

    I walked up to him and said ”Hello”..

    Here was his reply after seeing a non shaved ‘Hooligan’ in shorts, slippers with a man-bun, that just came out of a Batmobile…

    Agent :
    You are Mr Bhai ah? You are NOT Chinese?
    What exactly you wanna store in the house ah??

    Before I cud even reply..
    (remember that I had already explained to him prior to meeting)

    Agent :
    If you do any illegal business or store anything illegal ah, me as the agent and the owners have no problems calling the police on you!..

    My jaw literally dropped to the floor.. I had barely taken off my slippers and took one step into the house when he said this to me.. 2 seconds later, I picked up my jaw from the old terrazzo flooring of this pre-war detached house, put my face 3 inches from his, and said in a soft but solid tone..

    Me :
    FUCK YOU, u piece of shit..
    You are very lucky that you are an old man..

    …. and I walked back to my car and drove away, 2 minits back to my home. I wonder how long it would take him to call a driver, wait for the driver, take the ride and reach back home, and how much that wud cost him. I didnt care..

    #BhaiAngullia
    #RacialStereotyping
    #imarockernotadrugdealer
    #rockneverdiesbutyoursalestechniquedid

     

    Source: Bhai Hafiz Angullia

  • PRC Migrant Faults Property Agent For Losses Because She Doesn’t Understand English

    PRC Migrant Faults Property Agent For Losses Because She Doesn’t Understand English

    A PRC migrant took to the Chinese newspaper Lian He Wan Bao blaming her property agent when she was disallowed to sublet a HDB unit she rented. Zhang Gui Yun, 58, told media reporters that she doesn’t understand English but she signed the rental contract to rent a HDB unit in Bukit Panjang.

    When Zhang Gui Yun tried to sublet the entire unit to another tenant, the new tenant pointed out that her rental contract doesn’t allow her to sublet the unit out. The PRC migrant who is a dependent of her children on student visa in Singapore, is now staying in a rented condominium in Bukit Panjang and that she stated that she has never lived in the HDB unit she rented.

    Zhang Gui Yun complained that the landlord refused to refund her S$2,800 deposit and that the property agent only refunded her S$400 out of the S$1,400 agent’s commissions.

    “(Translated from Chinese report) I do not know I am not allowed to sublet the unit to a third party. I don’t understand English and I trusted the property agent. …The property agent made me lost a lot of money and refunded me only S$1,000 out of the S$1,400 commission made.

    I came to Singapore alone with my child and my life is very hard, so I hope the media will publicize my story and give my justice.”

    The PRC woman also added that she tried to sue the property agent and the landlord from the Small Claims Tribunal twice, but failed in both attempts.

     

    Source: http://statestimesreview.com