So unfair!!

Can't believe such thing is happening in one of the restaurants that I like.

From: http://temasektimes.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/wild-honey-restaurant-slammed-for-favoring-foreigners-over-singaporeans/

‘Wild Honey’ restaurant slammed for favoring foreigners over Singaporeans

Posted by temasektimes on April 23, 2012

The ‘Wild Honey’ western restaurant at Mandarin Gallery has been slammed by netizens for allegedly ‘favoring’ foreigners over Singaporeans.

One angry Singaporean Gary Tan posted on its Facebook asking why he was not given a corner table by the staff which subsequently was given to a foreigner who came after him:

Instead of addressing Gary’s concerns, Wild Honey’s director Guy Wachs rapped him for his complaint:

“We have an international staff including many Singaporeans and respect all people. We deeply regret your remark.”

When Gary continued to protest against the discrimination, his comments were deleted from its Facebook. According to Gary, he arrived at the restaurant at 9am in the morning and it was not packed at all.

The attitude of Guy Wachs peeved off many netizens who are now calling for a boycott of the restaurant.

Some responses on Hardwarezone forum:

“lets boycott them. they need us to survive. but we dont need them.” – strike

“wa, wanted to try at Wild Honey with my gf wan…after this i think i will not go liao.what kind of service is that…we also pay money wan leh.” – timberland

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Singaporean's xenophobic sentiments seem to be getting stronger nowadays. They always seem to feel that foreigners are favoured over locals, even when the matter may not be related to nationality issues.

I wonder if the staff had realised that keeping the corner seats for exactly 3 persons may not work if patrons keep coming in pairs. In fear of rejecting customers unnecessarily, the staff decided to accept 2 persons subsequently. Maybe the staff is indeed practising favoritism, we don't know.

Back to Wild Honey itself, I like how the place has an international feel. It serves many kinds of breakfast from various countries all-day. You can also browse the menu and food pictures through their iPad as well. I still cannot forget its egg Benedict and the smooth, flowing yolk.

Ok lah, I won't boycott Wild Honey just because of this small incident involving one staff. I think it's quite silly. If you want people to respect you, please show that you are worth the respect.