8 Beer Girls

Today, we eat out at Ang Mo Kio hawker center beside Popeye's.  It is really busy.  Also interesting to people watch.  I am surprise that the hawker center has about 8 beer girls.  Every girl represent a brand.  Singha, Beck, Carlsberg and Tiger are the only names I can recall.  When we walked pass the coffee shop, another 4 girls.  Beer is big business.  I think every girl cost $50 as reported in the news before.  Each brand has their own girl.  So it is $50 a night for labour cost.  I wonder how many beers you have to sell to break even.  Then transport cost, ice, glasses and ice box.  The market is big enough in one hawker center to support 8 brands and a coffeeshop 4 brands.

I noticed many people are over weight.  So we are getting Americanised!  The percentage of obese is growing.  All the tables beside us seems to have lot of food on the table.  The food looked very appetitizing.  So the temptation is pretty strong to enjoy the food.