A Singaporean man can be heard berating a Chinese F&B worker in a video uploaded on June 12.

The video showed the worker, who is believed to be from the People's Republic of China (PRC), being scolded by the person doing the filming.

The man's gripe? The worker selling kueh tutu at Food Republic food court could not understand nor speak English.

However, according to some comments, the video is not new.

It has recently resurfaced again on the Singapore Peasant Facebook page.

Angry that she could not speak English

From the video, it appears that the man was a customer at the food court and he had wanted the staff to pack the kueh tutu in separate bags.

But she had difficulty communicating with him as she spoke in Mandarin.

Berating her rudely, he said that she should "learn how to speak a bit of English" since she is in Singapore:

"You don't ask me to speak Mandarin okay. You come to Singapore to work, this is my country. I am Singaporean. You must learn how to speak a bit of English... In this case, this lady is from China. And she cannot understand English."

He also asked her to "go back to [her] country."

Netizens flame man instead

In response to the Singaporean man's nasty behaviour, many responses to the video called him out for being a disgrace to Singaporeans.

Some added that he should have been more gracious, while one pointed out that he did not need to "embarrass another individual" just because she cannot speak English:

MOM specifications

According to the Ministry of Manpower, non-Malaysian Work Permit holders working in the F&B industry may qualify as higher-skilled workers if they obtain level 4 of the Workplace Literacy (WPL) assessments administered by Workforce Singapore (WSG).

These assessments include English reading and writing skills.

Basic skilled Work Permit holders, however, need not go through such assessments.

It is unclear which tier the woman is from, but some have highlighted that service staff in Singapore should be equipped with basic English skills.

English is the working language in Singapore, and crucial for communicating with most customers.

As one Facebook user pointed out, being able to speak and understand English will allow service staff to better "serve people of all races":

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Nevertheless, perhaps the sentiments of many netizens can be summed up in this comment, stating that even though language barriers can be an inconvenience, we should just "live and let live."

Top photo screengrab from video