Queenstown resident warned about faeces in HDB lift, decides to check it out and ends up gagging
A wave of nausea hit Queenstown resident Queena Ong when the lift door at her HDB block opened, revealing faeces smeared in a corner of the lift.
The 26-year-old content creator told Stomp that she was about to take the lift to her house at Block 160 Mei Ling Street on Aug 31 at around 11.30pm, when she was stopped by her neighbour.
He had told her to take another lift, which Ong initially thought was due to him “sensing something scary” since it was the seventh lunar month, also known as the Hungry Ghost month.
After she probed him further, he said there was faeces in the lift.
“I CRACKED up, and I was honestly curious what it looked like and wanted to see it,” Ong said, adding that her neighbour stopped her, warning her of the smell.
She took another lift to get to her flat, but later went back to the lift lobby to “check out the lift”.
Hasn’t taken lift in days
In her TikTok post about the discovery, the lift doors open to reveal a brown substance smeared in a corner of the lift.
“No hate, I was genuinely curious what it looked like,” she added in the post’s caption.
“My reaction was honestly excited… and amused… but it SMELT HORRIBLE… like after the video I gagged,” Ong told Stomp.
“I haven’t taken the lift for three days in fear I smell like it,” Ong said.
When she pressed the lift button the next morning out of habit, the mess was cleared, and the smell was seemingly gone.
However, Ong said it would take another week for her to be comfortable using the lift again.
Town council worker cleaned up mess
In response to Stomp’s queries, a Tanjong Pagar Town Council spokesperson said it was alerted to the incident by a resident, who approached a conservancy worker while he was carrying out washing works at the ground floor.
The conservancy worker promptly attended to the lift and cleaned up the mess, the spokesperson added.
The town council has also put up advisory notices to remind residents to keep shared spaces clean.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include a statement from Tanjong Pagar Town Council.
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