Actress says boy 'publicly shamed' her over 29 cans, bottles at BCRS machine: 'Rude xiaodi's attitude really cannot la'女演员称男孩因她在自助结账机前捡到29罐饮料瓶而“当众羞辱”她：“小弟这没礼貌的态度真是不能忍啊”
Actress Chermaine Kumar has claimed in her TikTok video that she was "publicly shamed" by a "rude xiaodi" when she was returning 29 cans and bottles at a Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) machine. In her original video posted on her social media platforms Wednesday (Oct 21) a boy could be heard saying "Oh my God I give up, she...
Actress Chermaine Kumar has claimed in her TikTok video that she was "publicly shamed" by a "rude xiaodi" when she was returning 29 cans and bottles at a Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) machine.
In her original video posted on her social media platforms Wednesday (Oct 21) a boy could be heard saying "Oh my God I give up, she got 200 cans."
He then remarked he had "two cans (but was) waiting for 500 cans."
Chermaine captioned her original video on Instagram "But that rude xiaodi's attitude really CANNOT la ."
Noticing she had sparked a debate in the comments section of her first video which stressed she was "publicly shamed", Chermaine posted a follow-up to explain the situation further.
Her video response to the incident has since garnered over 124,000 views and more than 700 comments.
Chermaine responded and dissected the situation, explaining that while some commenters felt that "as a form of courtesy" she should have "just let him go first, because he only had two cans."
But she further dove into the original intent of a queueing system and whether letting the primary school boy go first would have meant disrespecting the sanctity of a queue in a shared public space.
She didn't disclose the location of this machine in her videos.
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In her video, she shared how some comments forced her to think about what courtesy actually meant and how that looked in a shared public space.
"If I (had) let him go first because he expected it from me, would it still have been considered courtesy or not?"
She candidly shared how if she were in a similar situation in a supermarket with only one item, she would have preferred if the shopper in front with many items to let her go first, but if her request was met with a no she would have still had to "respect the rule of the queue, which is first come first serve."
"Just give the boy 20 cents."
While some commenters took Chermaine's side, citing the boy was rude and should have been taught a lesson about entitlement and respecting queues, a few others shared other sentiments.
In the interest of efficiency, seeing as to how the primary school boy only had two cans, some commenters suggested it may have been easier to pay the boy S$0.20 for his two cans and deposit those in with hers.
BCRS: of long queues and fast-filling bins
What many of Chermaine's viewers missed was how in her original video, she claimed to have had gone down to the BCRS machine four times in seven days — but to no avail because all four times, the bins were full by the time she had reached.
As some residents head to the BCRS machines with bags full of bottles and cans, they end up filling the bins up faster than expected.
She even shared how her followers informed her of the "Find your nearest Return Right machine" function available on the Return Right website.
The site informs you if bins are full or "filling fast" ahead of time so that residents know to look for an alternative.
One thing seems to be evident from Chermaine's comments section — longer waiting times appear to be an unavoidable part of the Return Right scheme and may be a reality residents have to live with.
Many commenters shared Chermaine's pains of the BCRS machines filling up too quickly or having to hoard bottles and cans at home before finding an available machine, but some debated whether residents with large volumes of recyclables should actually be given priority.
The influencer, passionate about the topic due to her recent encounter, has since posted four videos about her BCRS machine ordeal — with 1 even titled "AMAZING non-scholarly, grassroots ideas to improve the recycling can scheme!"
While netizens remain divided about the efficiency of the BCRS machine and residents' treatment of the scheme, Chermaine was just relieved to have headed home 29 bottles and cans lighter.
swetha.sundararajan@asiaone.com
女演员 Chermaine Kumar 在她的 TikTok 视频中声称，当她在饮料容器回收计划 (BCRS) 机器上退还 29 个罐装和瓶装饮料时，被一个“粗鲁的小弟”公开羞辱。
在她周三（10 月 21 日）发布在社交媒体平台上的原始视频中，可以听到一个男孩说：“我的天哪，我放弃了，她有 200 罐。”
然后他说道，他“有两罐（但）在等500罐”。
Chermaine在Instagram上为她的原视频配文：“但是那个没礼貌的小迪的态度真的不能容忍啦。”
注意到她在第一条视频的评论区引发了一场辩论，评论强调她受到了“公开羞辱”，Chermaine 发布了一条后续视频，进一步解释了情况。
她对该事件的视频回应已获得超过 124,000 次观看和 700 多条评论。
Chermaine 回应并分析了这一情况，解释说，虽然一些评论者认为“出于礼貌”，她应该“让他先走，因为他只有两罐饮料”。
但她进一步深入探讨了排队制度的初衷，以及让小学生先排队是否意味着不尊重公共空间中排队的神圣性。
她在视频中没有透露这台机器的位置。
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在她的视频中，她分享了一些评论如何迫使她思考礼貌的真正含义以及在公共空间中礼貌应该如何体现。
“如果我因为他期望我这样做而让他先走，这还能算是礼貌吗？”
她坦率地分享说，如果她在超市里遇到类似的情况，只有一件商品，她希望前面购买多件商品的顾客让她先买，但如果她的请求被拒绝，她仍然必须“尊重排队的规则，即先到先得”。
“就给那孩子20美分吧。”
虽然一些评论者支持 Chermaine 的观点，认为这个男孩很没礼貌，应该好好教训一下，让他明白自己有特权，应该尊重排队秩序，但也有一些人表达了不同的看法。
为了提高效率，考虑到这名小学生只有两个罐子，一些评论者建议，或许可以付给这名男孩 0.20 新元买下他的两个罐子，然后把这两个罐子和她的一起存起来。
BCRS：长队和快速装满的箱子
Chermaine 的许多观众没有注意到的是，在她最初的视频中，她声称自己在七天内去了 BCRS 机器四次——但都无济于事，因为每次她到的时候，垃圾箱都已经满了。
一些居民带着装满瓶瓶罐罐的袋子前往 BCRS 回收机，结果回收箱很快就被装满了，比预期的速度要快得多。
她甚至分享了她的粉丝是如何告诉她 Return Right 网站上有“查找离您最近的 Return Right 机器”功能。
该网站会提前通知您垃圾箱是否已满或“即将装满”，以便居民知道寻找替代方案。
从 Chermaine 的评论区可以看出，有一点很明显——等待时间延长似乎是 Return Right 计划中不可避免的一部分，也是居民们不得不接受的现实。
许多评论者都和 Chermaine 一样，抱怨 BCRS 机器很快就满了，或者不得不把瓶瓶罐罐囤在家里，才能找到可用的机器。但也有人质疑，拥有大量可回收物的居民是否应该享有优先权。
这位网红因为最近的经历而对这个话题充满热情，此后发布了四段关于她使用 BCRS 机器的遭遇的视频——其中一段甚至题为“改进回收罐计划的惊人非学术性、草根想法！”
尽管网友们对 BCRS 机器的效率和居民对该计划的态度仍存在分歧，但 Chermaine 只是松了一口气，因为她回家时身上少了 29 个瓶罐。
swetha.sundararajan@asiaone.com