Netizens slam 'greedy' onion wholesaler as stockpile rots

 

KUALA LUMPUR: "The greedy hand grasps for more but loses all" is a proverb apt for an onion wholesaler's recent predicament whose entire stockpile by the tonne became rotten over the long Hari Raya break.

A video clip showing thousands of sacks of onions that have sprouted went viral on social media, drawing criticism from the majority of netizens who blamed the business owner for hoarding stock.

The business owner is believed to have purchased and stored the onions in a warehouse, to be sold after the long Raya leave when the demand is higher but found it all spoiled and sprouted.

The video with a caption saying "At the end, all of them started sprouting. Things are very expensive these days", was posted by Mohamad Rizal Rizalafiqah on his Facebook page and has been shared and liked thousands of times, receiving more than 1,400 comments.

In the comments, many were quick to blame the wholesaler for being greedy, trying to hoard stock and sell when the demand and price would be higher.

One comment said that "greedy people always lose", pointing at the wholesaler who allegedly tried to hoard stock at this warehouse.

Another, by Amirul Amsar, said some food items such as potatoes and onions cannot be stored for too long. The same goes for rice, or else rice weevils will start breeding.

Wawa Senget Wawa wrote: "Greedy people always lose. At first it was rice, now onions. Just wait and see how God will repay you one by one for your doings."

Sfiajned Sofia wrote: "Serves you right...it's too expensive. Insane price tags, so let's make a deal and not buy onions."

Meanwhile, Muhammad Afi wrote a sarcastic comment by telling the business owner to "keep more onions", alluding to the sacks of rice that was dumped in Temerloh by a former deputy minister.

"And in the end, everything would just go to waste," he wrote. - NST