I have been bidding to keep myself abreast on the most forbidding local news for my picking and mocking.
Today, I found one.
An 86 year old man who cheated a housewife of $250 was reported. He is now being jailed for 7 months. Uniquely unlivable? Unbelievable!
Come on, an offence is an offence but don’t we Singaporeans practice litheness and empathy toward our aged population? First things first, whose fault is it to wring that $250 transaction? Is it the 86 year old man’s culpability for dreadfully needing that money so gravely to upkeep himself, or is it the housewife’s boo-boo to have obliviously loaned that $250 to the 86 year old based on the grounds of trust she had in him that “He then requested the money from her after he claimed that he would help her and had engaged a lawyer on her behalf”
I mean, common sensibly?
Picture this. You are having a leisure stroll with your Mongrel leashed onto your belt buckle, one arm clutching your provisions which are sleeping comfortably in your Sheng Siong bag, your Bonia wallet snugged under your arm, with your square handkerchief tucked under your beige bra strap. Alas! A man approaches you and starts picking up a conversation (who cares even if he’s 86 years of age anyway!) Amidst your tête-à-tête, you start cursing your husband (who’s probably talking behind your back too), complaining about your crabby kids (what about them having ants in their pants?), and painting a satirical portrait of your darkened life. Then, a glimmer of hope appears.
The 86 year old man who had been patiently and unwearyingly waiting for you to find your full stop has finally opened his wise mouth. “Young one (oh yes, he’s a sacarstic-aporean), I have a solution. All I need is $250 to free you from your worries! I’ll find you the best lawyer to settle your domestic dispute!”
Would you trust this 86 year old that happened to chance upon you? Would you have given him that $250? Are lawyers that cheap to hire anyway? Ah, this old man is probably phony – as what most of us sane-poreans would feel and think.
Story has unfolded. Whose fault is it?
Singapore has evolved into an island that is solely reclaimed for jetsetters who live their lives in glitterati. Not for you and me. With such an unbelievably inflated and bloated cost of living (none of the inflation actually justifies to me anyway), who wouldn’t be forced to attempt a hand at extortion? Shakedowns and confinement behind the reformatory probably makes more sense – it’s free what!
Hmm, maybe the old man had a plan.
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