There are people who prefer to use their own containers to da-bao (takeaway) food for various reasons, some to save money on the package fee while others are hoping to reduce the use of plastic. A netizen posted a story online and said that his mother was scolded for doing so.
Here is the story:
A recent incident happened to my mum. Wonder if it happened to anyone before. this happened a few weeks ago when my mum went to this Yong Tau Fu stall at Blk 964 Jurong west st 91 NTI Foodcourt during lunchtime.
My mum brought her own container (as usual everywhere she goes to buy food) but this man gave her a good scolding for doing that, saying that she was making lives difficult for them. Why can’t just dabao like everyone else.
He continued scolding and started giving nasty remarks and even unnecessarily said why not bring your own chilli packet container and just cook at home. or don’t take more chilli than the number of packets you buy. My mum was really angry and scolded him back. Wanted to cancel and walk away but she couldn’t because he already took the money.
He also told my mum go and complain or she wants. she came back to tell us what happened. But we realized we are also helpless to what we can do except to not buy from their shop ever again.
So really, sometimes we are even scared to reduce packaging waste or bring our own containers now.
Netizens empathised with the situation and said:
