{"id":98944,"date":"2026-11-12T04:58:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98944"},"modified":"2026-11-12T04:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T20:58:59","slug":"man-raises-voice-at-wok-hey-staff-over-alleged-delayed-order-want-me-to-call-the-police-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98944","title":{"rendered":"Man raises voice at Wok Hey staff over alleged delayed order: &#8216;Want me to call the police?&#8217;, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A man was filmed squabbling with an employee at fried rice chain Wok Hey, after his order was allegedly prepared incorrectly and he had to wait for it to be remade.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred around noon at Punggol&#8217;s Waterway Point, according to a post by Instagram page Sgfollowsall on Tuesday (Nov 10), which did not state when the video was taken.<\/p>\n<p>The social media post claimed that the man had lost his temper after he had to wait longer than estimated for his wrong food order to be remade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The staff told him to wait five minutes for them to redo but he ended up having to wait more than 10 minutes,&#8221; the post said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then [the man] blew up at them while the Wok Hey staff kept trying to explain that they were overwhelmed with orders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The clip shows the disgruntled customer raising his voice at a male employee in a black uniform.<\/p>\n<p>The duo is heard arguing in Mandarin, with the customer shouting that the staff were in the wrong and asking for an apology.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do you want me to call the police?&#8221; The man is heard asking before the video cuts off.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dx-token\" data-dx-oembed=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@asiaone\/video\/7706600455673007380\"><iframe height=\"578\" width=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/player\/v1\/7706600455673007380?embed_from=oembed&#038;music_info=1&#038;description=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;muted=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Netizens appeared sympathetic to the staff&#8217;s situation, with many expressing their disapproval of the man&#8217;s yelling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Feel for the workers. So hard to get people to work in F&amp;B because many fear this will happen at one point,&#8221; an Instagram user said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fighting doesn&#8217;t make them cook faster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another user who claimed to have recently visited the outlet said: &#8220;The staff are actually okay. They are nice people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>AsiaOne has reached out to Wok Hey for more information.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dx-token\" data-dx-entity=\"750563\">[[nid:750563]]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/mailto:lim.kewei@asiaone.com\">lim.kewei@asiaone.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/wok-hey-customer-staff-argument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was filmed squabbling with an employee at fried rice chain Wok Hey, after his order was allegedly prepared incorrectly and he had to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}