Have u ever been cheated by food hawkers?
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just now i kenna, i bought 1/2 chicken plus packets of rice plus veggies plus giblets plus cuttlefish salad plus soup, from one chicken rice stall (quite famous one) at a particular hawker centre.
then reached home, opened up the box of chicken hor, and realized that in it isn't really half chicken at all!! inside got a lot of bre@sts parts, and some thigh meat, etc! I realized the drumstick part is missing!
So means the hawker gave me many bre@sts meat and some thigh meat, instead of the meat from half a chicken! i got shortchanged of a drumstick and some thigh meat!!!
why like that??!!???!!! I so angry leh, next time i will make a mental note not to eat there again.
so u guys ever been cheated by unscrupulous hawkers before?
for example u ordered char kway teow, then in it u find only like 3 c0ckles, or worse still, non at all
or order oyster omelet $4, end up only got like 3 or 4 tiny oysters
or u order a few items indian rojak, then end up have to pay $6
or u paid for ur food, the hawker say he will go n get the change for u, then in the end never come at all, then when u go up to him n ask, he will say like 'oh sorry, forgot!'
or u order zhi char, then they hawker purposely bill u incorrectly
or u order prawn noodles, and the stall display picture shows big juicy prawns, but when u get ur food, the prawns r small n shrunken instead -
You kenna? So suay. Never happen to me before.
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cheated 2 times ah?
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I think stooky got conned alot of times if not how come can he give so many examples...
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Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):i always count my satay when i finish eating... then i will go back to complain if they give mi less lor.. but i never complain when they gave mi more lor....
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Chicken breast >> chicken drumstick
xD
At least it's less fattening, the unker so good to u still complain. Lata eat too much artery tio blocked then u know -
Yea, the hawker who pretends to be absent minded is the most popular ruse to cheat you. Got to be very alert yourself, especially when you are in a hurry. And I've found out that generally women hawkers are the culprits. Somehow, because of their genetic make-up, women seem to be more stingy.Originally posted by crabx:just now i kenna, i bought 1/2 chicken plus packets of rice plus veggies plus giblets plus cuttlefish salad plus soup, from one chicken rice stall (quite famous one) at a particular hawker centre.
then reached home, opened up the box of chicken hor, and realized that in it isn't really half chicken at all!! inside got a lot of bre@sts parts, and some thigh meat, etc! I realized the drumstick part is missing!
So means the hawker gave me many bre@sts meat and some thigh meat, instead of the meat from half a chicken! i got shortchanged of a drumstick and some thigh meat!!!
why like that??!!???!!! I so angry leh, next time i will make a mental note not to eat there again.
so u guys ever been cheated by unscrupulous hawkers before?
for example u ordered char kway teow, then in it u find only like 3 c0ckles, or worse still, non at all
or order oyster omelet $4, end up only got like 3 or 4 tiny oysters
or u order a few items indian rojak, then end up have to pay $6
or u paid for ur food, the hawker say he will go n get the change for u, then in the end never come at all, then when u go up to him n ask, he will say like 'oh sorry, forgot!'
or u order zhi char, then they hawker purposely bill u incorrectly
or u order prawn noodles, and the stall display picture shows big juicy prawns, but when u get ur food, the prawns r small n shrunken instead
Once I was in a hurry and paid for a purchase of less than $2 with a $10 note. the woman pretended to treat the note as $2 and gave me the small change. Another woman hawker put my money in the till without even bothering to give me change. I was very alert then , and waited and waited for the change, but it didn't come until I told her bluntly that she didn't give me the change yet. Of course, I never patronize those stalls again.
Another ruse is when you pay with coins, they will just throw the coins into the till without bothering to count, hoping that they could pocket another 10 cents or more. -
i cheat dem , dey dun cheat me.
dey give me more change.
once, i buy mee pok $2, i give them $5 dey give me $8 back, i diam diam
she must've though i gave her $10
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if the food is damn damn good then i might stfu.
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wah...you will get striked by lightning for that.Originally posted by gigabyte14:i cheat dem , dey dun cheat me.
dey give me more change.
once, i buy mee pok $2, i give them $5 dey give me $8 back, i diam diam
she must've though i gave her $10
shhhhhhhhh -
so next time pay all in 10 or 20 cent coins, but give them less, n hope they wont count...Originally posted by chiabaliao:Another ruse is when you pay with coins, they will just throw the coins into the till without bothering to count, hoping that they could pocket another 10 cents or more.
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Sometimes, it's a genuine case of confusion especially during busy hours, like when a hawker ask me again how much I gave her, I would tell her how much I gave her.Originally posted by gigabyte14:i cheat dem , dey dun cheat me.
dey give me more change.
once, i buy mee pok $2, i give them $5 dey give me $8 back, i diam diam
she must've though i gave her $10
shhhhhhhhh -
When you da pao, stand there and watch. When they see your eyes like hawk watching then, they won't cheat you. Also when a piece fell on the floor, they won't give you. Therefore try not to order and then come back and collect.
I once bought KFC Three Piece Meal, take away. Went home inside box 3 pcs chicken wings.
Did not watch carefully, I counted 3 but did not see what pcs.
Took it back, and told them that no doubt that its 3 pcs I still feel short changed. They replaced the pcs and gave me one piece complementary.
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You win some, you lose some.
There are times, especially near closing hours, when hawkers clear out their food to avoid waste and 'generously' give more than his usual amount.
I don't usually have the stingy problem, most likely because i buy from the same hawkers or appear more friendly and chat while waiting for my meal. It's usually better to treat them nicely and the hawkers will eventually warm up to you.
If you give a stone-cold face and your body language is indicative of impatience, then expect the cold shoulder and stingy portions...
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stoopid stooky
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Some hawkers will give their phone numbers to their regular customers. Then you can order on the phone before going. Especially if you want to ta pau, very convenient.Originally posted by BillyBong:You win some, you lose some.
There are times, especially near closing hours, when hawkers clear out their food to avoid waste and 'generously' give more than his usual amount.
I don't usually have the stingy problem, most likely because i buy from the same hawkers or appear more friendly and chat while waiting for my meal. It's usually better to treat them nicely and the hawkers will eventually warm up to you.
If you give a stone-cold face and your body language is indicative of impatience, then expect the cold shoulder and stingy portions... -
Lots of middling Peranakan restaurants give you only 2 pieces of buah keluak.
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Got one chicken rice stall at kovan there the hawker centre, price put there big big $2.30, I asked to jia fan, they say $3.20.
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No. On the contrary, sometimes they give me bigger portion of food...very kind of them.
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maybe coz u r chio boo?Originally posted by Wanda:No. On the contrary, sometimes they give me bigger portion of food...very kind of them. -
whr lah. dun say, hw we help u.
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last time go one steamboat buffet at chinatown. They say $8.80 per person eat all u can.
6-7 of us go eat. They ask what drink we want, lucky my friend ask barley how much, they say $3.50 can, $2.50 homemade. End up all never order drink.
We go get food, the seafood like always limited, their staff only put like a handful of prawns at one go....
We tell the staff to put more.... he say ok but still very slow.
Then later the staff come to our table say no more food liao. Every table entitled only first 30 minutes to get their food!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lucky now close down long long ago liao.... -
I am lao auntie already. I think it's more like what BillyBong said, appear friendly and don't look stuck-up, and the hawkers will respond in similar way to you.Originally posted by crabx:maybe coz u r chio boo? -
kena b4.
ask them to put chilli they din put -
i ordered 2 chilli crabs to take away.. the cheater give me 1 only...