Why a Satay Seller in Toa Payoh Has Become a Hero for People Who Visited KTV Lounges

Almost everybody likes satay. 

Savoury, juicy, and a third adjective I can’t think of, satay is loved by people of all cultures.

Much like chicken rice, satay can be found all over the country in coffee shops and hawker centres.

However, if you ask your boyfriend or husband which one they visited in the last few days, 96% of them will say the one at Block 75 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh.

In fact, he may claim to have visited the same stall several times a week for the last few years.

Wah, the satay there is that good meh?

Well, not quite.

Why a Satay Seller in Toa Payoh Has Become a Hero for People Who Visited KTV Lounges

Yesterday (15 July), the hawker centre at Lorong 5 Toa Payoh was ordered to close for deep cleaning after a stall assistant there tested positive for COVID-19.

The stall assistant reportedly works at a satay stall.

What caught people’s attention, and by that, I mean men over the age of 18, was that the stall assistant allegedly visited a KTV lounge.

As you know, KTV lounges are now our biggest cluster, with 88 infections linked to them.

The health ministry urged visitors of clubs and KTV lounges operating as F&B outlets to come forward for a free COVID-19 test.

However, this would involve admitting that you visited a KTV lounge, which for reasons I don’t think I have to explain, people don’t want to do.

With the revelation of the stall assistant, however, visitors now have another option:

“This satay stall assistant is a new hero”, one Twitter user said.

KTV Alibi Services

Alternatively, if you have S$500 lying around, you could enlist the services of one Carouseller who is skilled in the art of deceit.

Selling “KTV alibi services“, the Carouseller says he will take the blame for customers, “no matter how embarrassing” the situation was.

He’s also an experienced deceiver; he claims to have taken the fall for countless “bros” whose indiscretions were discovered by their wives and girlfriends.

“All hate was directed only to me and they got away scot free!” the Carouseller wrote.

2 More KTV Lounges Shut

In all seriousness, the KTV cluster is growing at an alarming rate.

Just two days after being declared, the cluster has grown to 88 cases, making it the second-largest active cluster.

So, if we want to open up and return to something resembling normalcy, we need to fish out undetected infections before they spread further among the community.

Fortunately, Health Ministry Ong Ye Kung announced yesterday (14 July) that the testing process for those who have visited KTV lounges or interacted with hostesses will be confidential.

Those who are uncomfortable coming forward for a test, should “at the very least” isolate themselves and get their family members to buy them antigen rapid tests (ARTs), he said.

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