(13-01-2024, 11:44 AM)ROFLMAO Wrote: Hawker aunty said something like this in Chinese:
你们这群人没人性。部长薪水几百万 你们就说很好 COE 几百千 你们也说很好 GST 上很多你们也说没办法
现在auntie 压力很大才加 五毛 你们就吵死人
When the COE and GST rise, so will the hawker's costs in operating her stall. However, most of them want to also increase their profit margin rather than raise prices in tandem.
Just need to endure for another 10-20 years.
Most hawkers will be redundant (their food isn't that great anyway) once cheap but agile housekeeper robots are mass-produced then.
Best is home-cooked food are much healthier as better ingredients can be used and properly washed before cooking.
(13-01-2024, 12:20 PM)winbig Wrote: What consumers can do is to boycott those hawkers who up their prices exorbitantly. Let them feel the pain.
I have already blacklisted those hawkers who raised their prices unreasonably and those who shrank their food portions to resemble kids' meals. One farking vegetarian stallholder in Ghim Moh dared to scold me when I remarked that her $4 fried bee hoon could be consumed in 4 mouthfuls.
(13-01-2024, 11:50 AM)Clyde Wrote: My place here, chwee keuh up 25% recently.
I have already blacklisted those hawkers who raised their prices unreasonably and those who shrank their food portions to resemble kids' meals. One farking vegetarian stallholder in Ghim Moh dared to scold me when I remarked that her $4 fried bee hoon could be consumed in 4 mouthfuls.