A drink stall hawker at Taman Jurong got upset after his trays were allegedly stolen from his stall three days in a row.
Unhappy with his trays being taken, he wrote a cardboard note and left it on top of the trays, with a message for the thief, saying: “whoever takes the trays, your whole family will die.”
A customer saw the note and took a photo of it, sharing it on social media: “Saw this at Taman Jurong hawker level #02-62 .this trays are nea government property. How can write like this! ( Who take whole family die) the seller very bad!!!”
Shin Min Daily News reported that the hawker was an assistant at a drinks stall at Taman Jurong Food Centre, who has been working there for about a year.
He said that the trays first started going missing on 31 January, and thought that it was just a one-off event – but then it happened again over the next two days.
He then checked the CCTV footage and found out that the culprit was another hawker, and he then placed the sign on top of the trays.
He said that he did this to deter the “thief” from taking any more trays without permission because he didn’t want to confront the other hawker directly.
He was upset because he needed them during the lunchtime peak period, and he also had to wash them every day.
SMDN reported that the trays were taken by the “thief” because he thought they were not used and placed outside the drinks stall, which had its shutters closed.
The “thief” shared that it was a misunderstanding and that he stopped taking the trays after he realised that the stall was still using them.
The trays at the hawker centre are shared among the hawkers, according to the Taman Jurong Hawkers Association Chairperson Zhang Wen Jun.
He said that each hawker was provided with 60 trays, and added that there should be around 1,000 extra trays to go around because 20 stalls are not in use.
They are then placed on the shelves for the hawkers to collect themselves after being washed.