Like the long lines outside Singapore Pools ahead of a snowballed Toto draw, queueing at this bak chor mee stall is a given, even when it increased its price last year (the cheapest option there is now $8, up from $6).
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Tan Kin Lian on widespread use of queue pagers for long lines
In a Feb 5 post on his page, where he has some 99,000 followers, former NTUC Income chief executive Tan Kin Lian mentioned the stall.
Adding a photo of the queue at Hill Street Tai Hwa, he wrote: “This is a popular noodle stall near Lavender MRT. The customers have to queue for 20 minutes to place the order.”
He also commented that “many food courts in other countries use pagers. It appears that Singapore is quite backward and unproductive”.
The pager system allows food sellers to page customers to collect their food when it’s ready, so diners can wait comfortably at their tables instead of hovering at the stall.
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