I sometimes read trashy alternative news reports from dubious 'news' sites because they somehow enter my feed. Only such sites will report on the TikTok postings of people who really don't know much about the subject they talk about. A few days ago, one such dubious site reported on the TikTok post of a woman who says she's from Montana and has lived in Singapore for the past 10 months. In the post, she talks about 'the hardest Singlish phrase' she's encountered. She recounts the story of a medical appointment she had. She was told by a nurse, 'Please go have a seat, wait a while and the nurse will be out to collect you'. She says the nurse said it with a friendly smile and since she isn't a confrontational person, she just sat down, but 'inside, [she] was flabbergasted'. She was upset that the nurse could say that with a smile on her face. She goes on to say on TikTok, 'Doesn't she understand what she just said?'
