To those holding on to a clipboard outside Boon Lay MRT station

To those holding on to a clipboard outside Boon Lay MRT station:


1) Please do not collect personal information of your respondents to serve the commercial purposes of your company in the name of "doing survey". This is not only unethical but despicable. You are wasting the precious time of those who thought you are "just trying to do a survey", not peddling some investment plans.

2) Please do not rattle on and on if the passers-by you approached are truly annoyed, evident verbally and physically.

3) Please try some new phrases to catch the attention of passers-by who may be sympathetic enough to stop for you. It is SO cliche to ask "Are you a student?", "Is this your first time coming to Boon Lay MRT Station?" (Come on! I walked past here so many times that I cannot remember!) "Do you have a P**B account?" (Why should I tell you? Who do you think you are?)and "Hey 美女!可以帮我做一个survey 吗?" (How many times did you call the other girls 美女?).

4) I am a POOR student dependent on my parents for accommodation and food. What makes you think I can afford your investment plan if you know very clearly that I am a student?

5) Even a mediocre business student like me knows the purpose of your survey, looking at what your questions are. Why do you need my contact number and income level? You are not contributing to the national census, are you?

6) Please do not try to approach me again if you see me rejecting your colleagues just a second ago. I am not a very nice person.

7) Do not even attempt to approach me!



The truly annoyed passer-by,

bluecanopy