are we part of the solution?

spit, spitting, spat

Oh gosh, i just can't stand it when it happens so fast... and right in front of you. And off they go.

I'm like: How do you respond, when a foreign worker spits in front of you, on the floor - in the coffeeshop, on the road - upon which you tread?

i thought and thought and thought. Perhaps i'll give them a card that says: "Please do NOT spit, Keep Singapore clean." Hmm, too preachy. i hate that.

Then, i came up an idea: i'll give him a packet of tissue paper. (My imagined corny thought: i'll flash a huge smiley face card in front of my face, should i be really shy). The packet of tissue paper would have a card with an appropriate slogan like: "Please spit into something" or "Please spit wisely".

i might write to an MP who's now battling with all these problems with the acceptance of foreign workers into their neighbourhood.. perhaps i can begin with that neighbourhood that embraces them (can't remember which estate but it's definately not serangoon gardens).


AND - by the way, i spit too. jeanne