Netizens praise kind boss who paid the $10,000 bill for supermarket employee’s funeral

The owner of a supermarket has earned praise from netizens after it was reported that he footed the bill for an employee who passed away recently.

The 39-year-old U Stars Supermarket staffer had gotten a stroke around two years ago, and died on Sept 12.

After her stroke, Ms Liu Fenni discovered she had high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar, and was in stage four kidney failure, 8 World News reported.

Her kidney failure cause her to go into sudden cardiac arrest shortly before her death.

After Ms Liu died, the owner of U Stars Supermarket stepped up, offering to pay for the funeral expenses amounting to $10,000.

Ms Cai, the mother of Ms Liu, told 8 World News that at first she said no to the boss’ offer.

He continued to insist on doing the family a kindness, however, saying that it was his way to repay Ms Liu “for the contributions that she made while she was working” for his supermarket.

The boss sympathized with the family for their loss, but declined to speak to 8 World News about his generous deed.

Ms Liu, who had been working in a rival establishment at the time the boss met her, impressed him with her working style. 

He ended up inviting her to work for him, which she did so for about a year.

Ms Cai said that the boss is a kind, caring and chartable man who looked in on her daughter frequently, even transferring her from the U Stars Supermarket at Choa Chu to the one in Punggol out of concern over the workload.

She also told 8 World News that when another worker from the supermarket passed away last year, the boss also offered to help with the funeral expenses.

Commenters on the news of the supermarket owner’s kind act have heaped praise upon him.

One said that support for U Stars Supermarket will grow because of what the boss has done.

Another wrote that she always does her groceries at U Stars and the employees are very kind, friendly, and helpful. “Must be a boss who showed a very good example to the staff,” she observed.

Interestingly, some reddit users asked if the boss is the same person who bought a coffee shop at Tampines for over $40 million, which made the news in June of this year.

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