You would have seen this image floating on the Internet recently.
Needless to say, people immediately come to conclusions upon seeing the images, and the word “karma” is used so often that even a baby who hasn’t learnt any word would let that be the first word he utters.
After all, it’s people like him that caused us to eat rice instead of eggs, no?
No.
Because even without this new clarification, it’s clear that he’s not hoarding in the first place.
Almost immediately after Malaysia announced the lockdown that leads to hoarding, NTUC FairPrice put a purchase limit on daily essentials, and one of which is eggs: each customer is only allowed up to 30 eggs.
Even without counting I’m certain there are more than 30 eggs in the images.
Reader Bao: But he could have bought it from other supermarkets
Well, that’s a legit argument but remember: when a person hoards, he or she doesn’t just hoard eggs. The person would hoard everything—haven’t you seen images of people buying countless toilet rolls as well?
No hoarder would put all eggs in one basket.
*freezing cold all of a sudden*
So that means this person isn’t hoarding but simply getting the eggs for something else.
And someone has confirmed that.
Man Who’s Shamed for ‘Hoarding’ Eggs & Getting Karma is Allegedly a Stall Owner in a School
Apparently, according to a Facebook user, the man’s a stall owner in a school, and had got the eggs from a supplier after eggs were sold out in supermarket.
He has to get them fast because school is starting tomorrow, and a dish without eggs is a plate without food.
Lest you can’t read, here’s what he’s written without the hashtags:
These photos were shared many times after being shared by a page.
Folks in photos are my friend’s parents. Just sharing so everyone won’t end up mistaking these honest and hardworking folks
My friend’s parents couldn’t get eggs because everywhere were sold out due to hoarders and finally they found a supplier who could sell them eggs in time for new school term to open. But because of someone who shared the photos without understanding their story, they have been branded as hoarders when the truth is, they needed the eggs for cooking delicious and healthy meals for the kids in school.
It’s normal to get angry over images like this, but it’s not normal to come to conclusions fast on the Internet.
So next time, don’t anyhowly believe what you see on the Internet.
And by the way, you really don’t need to hoard any food even if many countries go on shutdown, simply because Singapore gets its food from many places. Watch this video and you’d understand:
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