Sari-Sari Store Owner Shares Challenges with Customers Borrowing Goods But Don’t Always Pay On Time
BAWAL UTANG – A female sari-sari store owner has shared the challenges she faced with ‘Nangungutang’ customers.
Mingkay CB Estaca, a Facebook user, shared her experience dealing with customers who borrow goods but don’t always pay on time. The post garnered various reactions from the internet users.
Running a sari-sari store is not that easy, one of her stories involved a customer who borrowed P18. The payment was delayed for a week, and even after a single follow-up, the customer appeared to have conveniently forgotten about the debt.
Frustrated but hopeful, Estaca decided to message the customer’s wife, who promised to send the payment through her husband.
Another incident involved an older customer, around 50 years old, who also owned a small store. He initially borrowed one peso to pay for a coffee stick. A few days later, he returned, repaid the peso but then borrowed P48 worth of goods.
He assured Mingkay he’d settle the debt once he received money but asked her not to inform her partner, claiming he seemed strict.
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For the sari-sari store owner, these small amounts may seem small to others, but as someone who runs a hunble store with slow daily sales, every peso counts. Even small unpaid debts can impact her ability to restock and keep her business afloat.
The lady netizen’s experiences show the struggles sari-sari store owners face when customers take advantage of their goodwill.
Here is the full post:
“LONG STORY… UTANG SERYE…
pag ayaw magbasa scroll nalang
Yung 1st time may nangutang sa iyo ng 18 pesos, inabutan na ng 1week. Nagpakita lang 1 time pero nung tinanong mukhang nkalimut ata. Ayun chinat si Mrs nya, hoping idadaan DAW ang bayad sabi ni tomer
2nd tao, mga 50+ ang edad, may muntung tindhan din, bumili ng kape stick, kulang ng piso, umoo si partner.
Tapos after few days bumalik, ako yung naka usap nya, binayaran ang piso pero kaloka inutangan ulit ako ng 48 pesos. After a week pa daw sya magbbayad, pag mapadalhan ng pera. Di ko daw sabihin kay partner strikto kasi ang mukha.
Next time na babalik sya, pra magbayad. Si partner na haharap sa kanya.
I know maliit lng sya na halaga pero sakin na matumal ang daily na kita napakalaking pera na yan, pwede ko na syang maikot ng 3* since nasa mall rin nag wowork partner ko.”
The online community expressed their reactions to the post:
