Oh....How I missed writing.
Back to the bytes...just wanted to rant a bit, but may be it is not ranting after all!!
I was at the local wet market yesterday. I never buy my vegetables from the grocer in the neighborhood market.....being the Indian that I am. I always buy it from Komalas in Little India or from Mustafa. Komalas is much more convenient because, we(my hubby and I) just park the bike in front and quickly grab the vegetables and groceries we need and ride back with less stress. I like Komalas for one more reason, that they give us an itemized bill for the purchase, which many other shops along Buffalo road dont provide. They charge you for an elephant, when you have just bought a horse without an itemised bill( like yaana vela in tamil...lolz!!).
For most vegetables, Fairprice NTUC is a great place. This weekend the tomatoes were running out in NTUC!! Left with no other choice I had to shop from the local vegetable grocer in the wet market. I have always had this in my mind...wanted to write it to see if other Indians also felt the same. I am sure Russel Peters does (where are the emoticons like in Whatsapp....btw can we blog on Whatsapp??!!).
Back to the story.......this aunty who was in the "measure and charge" customers counter, was unhappy first, because she thought I was unable to pay....charged me SGD 4.00. Of course I was like WHAT???? But maintained a cool expression. She did not tell me the measurement, and I could not see it, because the scale was out of customers' view. I asked her what was the weight she measured. This much rights I had,to ask for how much it weighed. And here we go again, this time she really was upset with me. She just said "four dollars", then mumbled something showing irritation on her face. I paid the amount and walked back, disappointed by the way that woman behaved. This is not the first time, every time they behave very harshly to Indians, as though we cant afford to pay. The fish vendor is also like that, in fact he is worse. The fruits vendors are like that as well.
Whatever may be my purchasing power, what makes them think that we cant afford their prices....do they even know that we are the largest consumers of tomatoes,,hehe....I wont go back there, never ever!!
If there is anyone who feels the same way, leave your comments and also tell me what do you in such a situation.
Back to the bytes...just wanted to rant a bit, but may be it is not ranting after all!!
I was at the local wet market yesterday. I never buy my vegetables from the grocer in the neighborhood market.....being the Indian that I am. I always buy it from Komalas in Little India or from Mustafa. Komalas is much more convenient because, we(my hubby and I) just park the bike in front and quickly grab the vegetables and groceries we need and ride back with less stress. I like Komalas for one more reason, that they give us an itemized bill for the purchase, which many other shops along Buffalo road dont provide. They charge you for an elephant, when you have just bought a horse without an itemised bill( like yaana vela in tamil...lolz!!).
For most vegetables, Fairprice NTUC is a great place. This weekend the tomatoes were running out in NTUC!! Left with no other choice I had to shop from the local vegetable grocer in the wet market. I have always had this in my mind...wanted to write it to see if other Indians also felt the same. I am sure Russel Peters does (where are the emoticons like in Whatsapp....btw can we blog on Whatsapp??!!).
Back to the story.......this aunty who was in the "measure and charge" customers counter, was unhappy first, because she thought I was unable to pay....charged me SGD 4.00. Of course I was like WHAT???? But maintained a cool expression. She did not tell me the measurement, and I could not see it, because the scale was out of customers' view. I asked her what was the weight she measured. This much rights I had,to ask for how much it weighed. And here we go again, this time she really was upset with me. She just said "four dollars", then mumbled something showing irritation on her face. I paid the amount and walked back, disappointed by the way that woman behaved. This is not the first time, every time they behave very harshly to Indians, as though we cant afford to pay. The fish vendor is also like that, in fact he is worse. The fruits vendors are like that as well.
Whatever may be my purchasing power, what makes them think that we cant afford their prices....do they even know that we are the largest consumers of tomatoes,,hehe....I wont go back there, never ever!!
If there is anyone who feels the same way, leave your comments and also tell me what do you in such a situation.
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