Young hawker values forming bonds with elderly customers, even attends their wake: 'It's heart-wrenching'
When it comes to challenges at work, most hawkers would lament about rude customers, the increase in costs and low footfall. However, for Jimmy Teo Jiun Ming, something that pains him more is hearing the news of a customer's death. The 33-year-old owns a bak chor mee stall, Huang Da Fu, at Commonwealth Crescent Market and Food Centre. As the...