By now, Singapore’s first Olympic champion would have been way, way overwhelmed by all the attention and love he’s been getting from his home country.
Winning a gold medal for Singapore while beating his idol and swimming icon Michael Phelps is enough to garner him all the fans in the world, but we imagine he just wants a break from the spotlight. Perhaps that’s why Singapore Airlines (SIA) thought that they were doing Joseph Schooling a favour by relegating him to the back in a photo op.
As you can see, Schooling is nowhere in the focus of this image — it seems more like he’s just some rando who wandered into the middle of an SQ birthday bash or something. Hard-working Olympic hero or not, nobody stands in the way of the cabin crew posing demurely for the camera.
We figured we’d stand anywhere SIA wants us to stand though — after all, Schooling did just score their very prestigious KrisFlyer Elite Gold card (complete with a million frequent flyer miles).
Nonetheless, the damage was done and folks weren’t too happy that their Golden Boy was bumped to the back of the line.
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