'I thought you took it to play with it': Das DD returns restaurant buzzer after 2 months, banters with staff in Mandarin“我还以为你拿去玩了呢”：Das DD 两个月后归还餐厅门铃，用普通话说与店员闲聊
Local entertainer and host Dharmadasa D Dharamahsena, better known as Das DD, has amused netizens after returning a restaurant buzzer he accidentally took home two months ago.The 36-year-old is known for his multilingual abilities, speaking English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil. He previously told The Straits Times that he picked up Mandarin from friends in kindergarten and later took it as...
Local entertainer and host Dharmadasa D Dharamahsena, better known as Das DD, has amused netizens after returning a restaurant buzzer he accidentally took home two months ago.
The 36-year-old is known for his multilingual abilities, speaking English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil. He previously told The Straits Times that he picked up Mandarin from friends in kindergarten and later took it as a second language in school.
Das DD, who became the first Indian performer to win a Star Award in a performance-based category in 2023 for hosting Mediacorp's online programme #JustSwipeLah, also went viral in 2020 for parodying former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong's circuit breaker announcement, switching languages each time he took a sip from a cup.
In an Instagram video posted on Wednesday (Sept 16), Das showed himself returning a buzzer he had inadvertently taken from what appeared to be an Old Chang Kee outlet about two months earlier.
"Aunty, I accidentally took this from you the last time I came," he told a staff member in fluent Mandarin.
When the staff asked him when he had taken the buzzer, he sheepishly admitted that it was two months ago.
"Please don't take photos, I returned it already," he added cheekily.
The staff then asked if he could hear the buzzer whenever they activated it.
"No lah, aunty. So far, I'm from Woodlands," he said.
He also told the staff member that he had thought about returning the buzzer several times, but had not had the chance to revisit the outlet.
"I thought you took it to play with it," the staff quipped, prompting laughter from Das before he thanked her and left.
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当地艺人兼主持人 Dharmadasa D Dharamahsena（艺名 Das DD）两个月前不小心把餐厅门铃带回家，之后他归还了门铃，逗乐了网友。
这位36岁的男子以其多语能力而闻名，精通英语、普通话、马来语和泰米尔语。他此前曾告诉《海峡时报》，他在幼儿园时从朋友那里学会了普通话，后来在学校将其作为第二外语学习。
Das DD 于 2023 年凭借主持新传媒的线上节目 #JustSwipeLah 成为首位获得星光奖表演类奖项的印度艺人，他还在 2020 年因模仿前总理李显龙宣布阻断措施的讲话而走红网络，他在讲话中每次喝一口水都会切换语言。
在周三（9 月 16 日）发布的一段 Instagram 视频中，Das 展示了他归还大约两个月前从一家看起来像是 Old Chang Kee 的门店不小心拿走的门铃的过程。
“阿姨，我上次来的时候不小心拿走了这个，”他用流利的普通话告诉一位工作人员。
当工作人员问他是什么时候拿走门铃的，他不好意思地承认是两个月前。
“请不要拍照，我已经还回去了。”他调皮地补充道。
工作人员随后询问他，当他们启动蜂鸣器时，他是否能听到蜂鸣声。
“不啦，阿姨。我来自兀兰，”他说。
他还告诉工作人员，他曾多次考虑归还门铃，但一直没有机会再去那家门店。
“我还以为你是拿去玩的呢，”工作人员打趣道，逗得达斯哈哈大笑，然后他道谢后离开了。
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