Passing the buck on snake menace
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Dec 30, 2010 - ST Forum
MY DAD came across a 1m snake in the grass area about 10 steps away from the bus stop in Upper Thomson Road on Dec 17.
He told me to call the relevant authorities before the snake slithered to the bus stop, or to the nearby terrace house.
When I contacted the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), the operator transferred me to the unit which she claimed could help in this matter. However, the woman who picked up the call did not even give me three minutes to speak. When she heard 'snake', she said 'Call the police please'.
Meanwhile, a commuter at the bus stop called the police.
I called AVA again and asked the operator if it is indeed the police's job to be catching snakes. She immediately said she will transfer me to corporate affairs but the call was transferred to a mail box instead.
In the next 15 minutes, neither the police nor AVA staff turned up. My dad and I looked on helplessly as the snake slithered back to the bushes and disappeared.
Angela Tang (Ms)
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just wait for the snake to go away.
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KNN, it's just a snake!!
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Obviously some people learn to write forum letters before they go to the zoo.
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no wonder children need to go the zoo to see chicken n ducks
then 1 boy asked "why the chicken got feathers"
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wtf... is there even a need to catch the snake in the first case???
You are standing near the forest, and you see a snake... and its not gg to glide to the HDB estate... Think the police will F*** you first.
Anyway, doesnt that girl know if you see any snakes, please dial 999 for the police? -
it is within the police jurisdiction...
AVA will handle mostly stray cats and dogs...
Zoo will handle animals like monkeys....i think
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Originally posted by Fcukpap:
it is within the police jurisdiction...
AVA will handle mostly stray cats and dogs...
Zoo will handle animals like monkeys....i think
wad about elephants?
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call pedobear
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according to my friend, ex police nsf...this has been happening for years. The art of taiqi is very power here.
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screw the taichi.. it is not about taichi..
by the time ANYONE gets there, the bloody snake would have gone away..
and this is SINGAPORE!!! it's a bloody tropical country!! there are snakes, there are bees, there are butterflies, there are insects around!!
WTF!!! KNN!!
what the hell do you want? a fricken sterile bubble???
let the snake go!!
the authorities should ignore these semi-sentient idiots and tell them to get a clue!!
if there's a fricken giant python swallowing a pet dog or a child, now that's something to respond to! not a fricken metre-long snake slithering away!!
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garden snakes are not something dangerous and they are very common....
perhaps the authorities should inculcate the citizens on the general classification of poisonous animals...if they can issue civil defence booklets..the relevant authorities could do the same as well....so that citizens are not frightened at the onset of a monkey or even squirrel...
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who who who, who died?
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Originally posted by the Bear:
screw the taichi.. it is not about taichi..
by the time ANYONE gets there, the bloody snake would have gone away..
and this is SINGAPORE!!! it's a bloody tropical country!! there are snakes, there are bees, there are butterflies, there are insects around!!
WTF!!! KNN!!
what the hell do you want? a fricken sterile bubble???
let the snake go!!
the authorities should ignore these semi-sentient idiots and tell them to get a clue!!
if there's a fricken giant python swallowing a pet dog or a child, now that's something to respond to! not a fricken metre-long snake slithering away!!
yeh but still, they scare people. It might even run the risk of being run over by a car. Why not catch it and release it into the wild elsewhere.
Having said that, you ever experienced a snake in your garden? I have.....it was meandering its way around and it scared the shit of of my wife. So how.....husband come out and kill it lor. Wah lau, scary man.
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Originally posted by Clivebenss:
Dec 30, 2010 - ST Forum
MY DAD came across a 1m snake in the grass area about 10 steps away from the bus stop in Upper Thomson Road on Dec 17.
He told me to call the relevant authorities before the snake slithered to the bus stop, or to the nearby terrace house.
When I contacted the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), the operator transferred me to the unit which she claimed could help in this matter. However, the woman who picked up the call did not even give me three minutes to speak. When she heard 'snake', she said 'Call the police please'.
Meanwhile, a commuter at the bus stop called the police.
I called AVA again and asked the operator if it is indeed the police's job to be catching snakes. She immediately said she will transfer me to corporate affairs but the call was transferred to a mail box instead.
In the next 15 minutes, neither the police nor AVA staff turned up. My dad and I looked on helplessly as the snake slithered back to the bushes and disappeared.
Angela Tang (Ms)
The phone operators or front desk is not well train in handling this urgent issues.
The relevant authorities should look into all the protocols, the set of procedures to follow, instead of transferring one call to another.
It should how poorly handle by them.
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
yeh but still, they scare people. It might even run the risk of being run over by a car. Why not catch it and release it into the wild elsewhere.
Having said that, you ever experienced a snake in your garden? I have.....it was meandering its way around and it scared the shit of of my wife. So how.....husband come out and kill it lor. Wah lau, scary man.
i actually have.. i let it be.. it slithered away somewhere else..
this reminds me of the stupid shithead i saw at a swimming pool.. the stupid woman was yelling at the lifeguard demanding why they never "spray the whole place" because she saw some bees flying around
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LOL!
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Originally posted by the Bear:
i actually have.. i let it be.. it slithered away somewhere else..
this reminds me of the stupid shithead i saw at a swimming pool.. the stupid woman was yelling at the lifeguard demanding why they never "spray the whole place" because she saw some bees flying around
They like nature but just watching National Geographic on tv at home.