fugs: Sugarcane Juice

Monday, October 30, 2006

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On Saturday, we visited Ang Mo Kio Central's Food Centre for dinner. Dinner was simple fare, but the experience we got was nowhere near simple.

Almost immediately upon our arrival, we were greeted with a very loud and startling, "來! 甘蔗水!?"

WTF! This guy was trying to get us to buy sugarcane juice from his stall. Since we'd only just arrived, I simply told him we will decide later. We found a table near the sugarcane stall (most unfortunately) and ordered our food.

Less than 5 minutes later, the same guy came along to our table and shouted (YES! S-H-O-U-T-E-D!), "來! 甘蔗水!?" This really startled Janet and she actually jumped upon hearing the sudden shouting of the man. I waved him off, signalling him that we will decide later (again). We finished our food and by then, I was already very pissed by his frequent "來! 甘蔗水!?" to other customers at the tables near his stall.

I decided to order the sugarcane juice from another stall instead. A while later, Mr. 甘蔗水 came behind Janet and shouted the same fucking sentence to another table. This really scared her a lot so I changed seats with her. A short while later, Mr. 甘蔗水 again did the same thing behind her - but this time, his shouting sprinkled many drops of saliva into Janet's food and body. Feeling pissed, Janet asked him to stop shouting as this was both very irritating and unhygienic as he was 'spraying' his saliva all over the place.

He ignored her and went back to his stall while still shouting "來! 甘蔗水!?" to anyone who passes by his stall. I took the bowl of dessert that Janet was eating and demanded him to pay me for that as he had 'deposited' his saliva into it and there was no way anyone could eat that anymore. He paid me SGD2.00 for that and I went back to my table.

By this time, the other stall holders beside him were talking to Janet. They were saying that he does this very frequently and many customers were scared a lot by his 'antics' and touting methods. Seeing Janet speaking to the other stall holders, Mr. 甘蔗水 shouted from his stall to her, telling her not to speak to the others now that we have received his SGD2.00. WTF! Nabeh! You really think we want your SGD2.00?

Janet, though as calm as she was always, lost it and shouted back at him that she has the rights to speak to anyone she pleases. Jeez! This guy really needs help!

Anyway, we left after that and I have since started contacting the NEA for the procedures to lodge a complaint.

Some things I noted:
- Mr. 甘蔗水 seems to be on bad terms with his stall neighbours - he kept shouting "甘蔗水買完了!" to the other drink stalls.
- Mr. 甘蔗水 is very unhygienic as he used his bare hands to clear the table in front of his stall and without washing them, proceeded to prepare sugarcan juice for customers.
- Mr. 甘蔗水 swept all the leftover food on the table to the floor and seats dirtying them. Hmmph! That's one 'neat' way to clear the table.