People would want to buy a quality product. It would have been good if the kiwi are put in open boxes so people could choose and select the best.
It’s similar to the oranges or tomatoes being sold in open. In the olden days, it’s the same practice. These days packaging in boxes and not taking care to remove the spoiled ones in the boxes is leading to such checking. As a buyer, I want quality for the money I pay to avoid spoiled ones.
As a seller, I should ensure to keep my product on top quality checks very frequently before/during/after packing.
I do see some box being sealed but guess what? The aunties can even press the fruit from outside. Seem like this folk just love seeing us getting all the rotten fruits. They love seeing us get upset with our purchase. When I stay in Japan at every station there will be someone to standby to assist the customs (keep on eye).
In Japan, we rarely see customers doing this but of course, once in a while, you did see one in a hundred doing that.
In Singapore it is so common.