Customer upset after bakery charges 10 cents for a ‘typical plastic bag’

SINGAPORE: A netizen called an additional charge of ten cents for a plastic bag at a bakery “really very ridiculous.”

Facebook user Lensi Lin posted on the COMPLAINT SINGAPORE page on Friday (Aug 18) after having gone to Wataa Bakery, a franchise brand of Swee Heng Bakery, and was surprised at the price of “the typical plastic bag.”

The netizen then said she wouldn’t pay for the bag,

“I know nowadays almost everywhere need to charge for plastic bag but even NTUC/Sheng Siong/Shell station only charge $0.05 and you as a bakery shop, you charge $0.10.

We can jolly well go to other normal no-brand bakery shop buy breads, you think your bread is cheap?,” added Lensi.

The netizen added that the products at the bakery are expensive and that they and their family will be boycotting the brand.

“We won’t die if we don’t eat your bread. I know definitely your business wont be affected nor closed down if tiny bit customers don’t patronize you.”

Large supermarkets in Singapore have been charging five cents for plastic bags since July 3, due to the passing of the Resource Sustainability Act as part of the country’s endeavour to reduce packaging waste.

That the bakery charged two times as much appeared to be what was unacceptable to the netizen.

Many netizens commenting on the post were also upset at the high price of the bag at the bakery.

One asked, however, “I wonder what they do with that additional charges.. Does gov’t has any regulations?”

Others, however, encouraged everyone to simply bring reusable, or their own, plastic bags.

The Independent Singapore has reached out to Lensi Lin, Wataa Bakery and Sweet Heng Bakery for updates or further comments. /TISG

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