A man in Singapore was left fuming after his domestic helper was made to pay S$3.50 (approx. RM11.35) for a meal of plain rice and beansprouts.
RM11 for rice and beansprouts
In an angry post written to the Facebook group COMPLAIN SINGAPORE on Monday (Dec 5), the man surnamed Goh ranted over skyrocketing food prices after hearing that his domestic helper paid RM11.35 at a stall located at Sixth Avenue called Thenral Briyani Palace.
When he went to confront one of the stall employees over the price, he was told that “all things are expensive now”.
‘This is daylight robbery!’
Infuriated by the reply, Goh proceeded to air his grouses on the Facebook group and accused the stall of “daylight robbery”.
This Indian stall at sixth Ave charge my helper $3.50 for bean sprouts (and) white rice. Question them, they say now all things expensive. Daylight robbery sia. What do your think???
In the comment section, most netizens agreed with Goh and said that the RM11 price tag was exorbitant.
Staff tells a different story
However, an employee from the stall came forth with a completely different account of the incident.
Speaking to Shin Min Daily News, the employee said that Goh’s helper had ordered an à la carte vegetarian meal, which would naturally be more expensive as the items were priced separately.
He added that if the helper had opted for one of the vegetarian set meals which came with two vegetable dishes, curry gravy, and rice, the price would only be S$4 (RM13).
However, the helper insisted on the order and said that she wasn’t able to finish the set meal all by herself.
“We also informed her that we would be charging SGD1.50 each for rice and the beansprouts and an additional SGD0.50 for curry gravy,” explained the employee.
As such, he was surprised to see Goh turning up at the stall in a huff and accost him over the price.
“Her employer came to the stall to question us about our charges. After explaining our pricing to him, he left. But, we didn’t expect him to put up a complaint on Facebook afterwards.”
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