Here in Singapore, it goes without saying that many of us love our durians.

Cassandra Neo and her family are no different, and so one fine evening, they decided to purchase two durians from a stall in Chong Pang.

This one, specifically:

Now the expectation of textures one would experience eating durian flesh would be creamy, smooth and soft.

Unfortunately for Neo, her second bite was none of the above — she described it as "crunchy".

Right away, she looked down at the durian seed she was chowing down on, and saw this:

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When they returned to the stall to confront the fruit sellers about it, the stall's owner, according to Neo, said, "一个而已吗, 在选两个咯" (Translation: "only one [have worms] mah, just choose another two lor"). 

According to Neo, the owner did not seem apologetic at all. She also notes that his initial attitude toward them was bad, possibly because they did not buy a type of more expensive durians he was initially trying to sell to them.

Consequently, Neo says, her family rejected the offer of replacement durians and asked for a refund instead, after which another man from the stall passed them the amount they paid and said "拿拿" (Translation: "take, take"). 

Tsk, tsk.

Here's her full post:

In case you can't see it, here's her text:

"I was craving for durians today, so my family head over to Chong Pang market fruits stall (the one with the tentage as shown in the post). The seller kept psycho us to get $18/kg durians but we ended up buying 2 @ $30 even though his attitude was bad (probably because we didn't get the ones @ $18/kg).

I was the first to taste the durians when we got home since I was craving for it. To my horror, there were worms in the durian, faint ~ FYI, I didn't notice till the second bite as I felt there were crunchy bits inside the flesh.

Went back to the same stall & told the seller about it. His replied was: 一个而已吗, 在选两个咯 (one only, choose another two lor). LOL f**k you, who wants to have the second one after the worms have digested into my stomach -.- & the seller don't even feel apologetic at all. So my dad asked for a refund since we don't want to have the durians anymore. Another guy passed us the $ and said 拿拿 (take take). Lol hello, we don't owe you anything. All we want is to get the refund as the incident of having worms already grossed me.

Yishunites or whoever buys fruits from there, just be careful. Please check the quality of the fruits before consuming. You may also consider to buy fruits from the opposite stall instead."

Of course, this could have happened anywhere else. But durian lovers, be sure to check the fruits you buy before biting into them.

 

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