“Is this really necessary?” Netizens question SDA who used measuring tape and took photos at restaurant - The Independent Singapore News

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What Happened? “Is this really necessary? Come on!” That was the caption of the video @MulRahmat posted on Tik Tok on 19 March 2022. The video captured what appears to be a passionate Safe-Distancing Ambassador (SDA) who was in his element at Burgs in Vivocity. In the video, the man placed a measuring tape. He …

. A majority of those who agreed that the role of SDAs should cease to exist pointed to their redundancy.

There were multiple references made to wastage of taxpayers’ monies. Some also used the opportunity to question the purposes of not only SDAs, but TraceTogether too. Most of those who disagreed did not engage with the question of the value of their roles. Rather, their arguments focused on the men and women who may lose their jobs.On the point of unemployment, Bhas Khunju reframed the issue to one of underemployment instead.

Others, like Maddy and Adi pointed out how potential unemployment shouldn’t weigh too much in decision-making as SDAs should have known that the role was a temporary one from the get-go.. On SDAs, we can’t seem to think of any convincing reason why the role should continue. Even if we agree that social distancing is necessary, we all could do with less policing.

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