Hari Raya is less than a week away, and you know what that means.
Delicious food, a boatload of visitors, and more good food.
Things will be a little different this year, however, with the coronavirus stomping out all fun and celebration wherever it goes.
In Singapore, gatherings have been banned, and visiting friends and family in other households is prohibited during the circuit breaker.
But Muslim families are stocking up on sweets and snacks anyway because not even Covid-19 can take good food away from us.
And nothing can ruin that, right?
Man Wanted to Order 70 Packets of Snacks But 70 Boxes Came Instead, Filling Up an Entire HDB Unit
When Twitter user @snabehh and her family received their order of keripik singkong balado (cassava crisps) and sambal balado sticks for Hari Raya, something seemed wrong.
@snabehh said her uncle had accidentally ordered “too much” of the snacks because they received way more than they wanted.
Her uncle intended to buy just 70 packets of snacks, but due to some miscommunication with the snack supplier, the poor family ended up with 70 boxes instead.
he wanted to order 70pkts but the person misinterpreted it into 70box instead and we all didn’t bother checking the invoice until the order came and it was too late to return the items ??
— ✨shan✨ (@snabehh) May 16, 2020
So, instead of having a couple of boxes to open up for the family on Hari Raya, they were left with this:
This isn’t a warehouse you’re looking at. This is what her uncle’s house looks like now.
Each box contains four to five packets of snacks. So, instead of getting 70 packets like her uncle wanted, he received around 350 packets instead.
@snabehh’s tweet has garnered over 3,000 retweets and 2,000 likes.
But validation on social media means nothing when you have 70 boxes of snacks in your house.
Managed To Sell The Rest
@snabehh urged her friends and empathetic netizens to buy the additional boxes of snacks before Hari Raya.
hi all pls help my fam to clear sambal balado sticks and singkong balado cause my uncle accidentally ordered too much and Raya is next week !! pic.twitter.com/M1Tou9Odd2
— ✨shan✨ (@snabehh) May 16, 2020
Her family sold the Sambal balado sticks for $7 a packet or $25 a box (contains four packets).
And the Keripik singkong balado for $7 a packet or $30 a box (contains five packets).
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Within a few days of her original post, @snabehh and her family managed to sell all their excess stock, thanks to her hungry friends on the net.
HELLO EVERYBODY IM SO SORRY I DO NOT HAVE ANYMORE STOCKS ON THE KEREPEKS CAUSE I DONT HAVE ANY INTENTION TO CATER TO MANY PEOPLE IM REALLY SORRY TO THOse that I didn’t reply on dms bcs I’ve been getting backlashed that I’m doing this as a publicity stunt
— ✨shan✨ (@snabehh) May 18, 2020
Strangely, some people even questioned if this was a gimmick because of how fast she managed to sell the additional boxes.
I honestly have no words for those people who wants to think that this is gimmick HAHAHA I mean idk why I want to explain but srsly guys thankyou so much for the support it means a lot ❤️❤️❤️❤️
— ✨shan✨ (@snabehh) May 18, 2020
wow Shld I take screenrecords of my dm as a prove that a lot of people are asking for the kerepeks hence why I talked to my family to get more just so those people can get it ?? istg y’all are just so dumb.
— ✨shan✨ (@snabehh) May 18, 2020
Why are people like this?
Anyway, it’s nice to see that people were willing to spend all that money to help a sister out.
In any case, if you’re buying some snacks yourself, remember to be clear with your order, or you might just end up with a room full of boxes yourself.
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*looks behind and sees 100 cartons of toilet rolls instead of 10 rolls of toilet paper*
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