My Spring Roll ( Lumpia) Experience Yesterday
By relcap23
@florelway (23339)
Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
November 23, 2018 6:55am CST
A pretty girl in her twenties dropped by my office to sell some Spring Rolls stuffed with carrots, potato and some vegetables, all pure veggies and it's cheap at less than 2 US dollars per 30 pcs. I even introduced her to my colleagues and helped her sell more. I just got excited to include it in our dinner and telling everyone that it's super good. Much to my dismay, It failed my expectation. I could only taste the wrapper, Oh my where are the veggies? A few minutes later my colleague called me up and asked me how I find the spring roll, because they were also disgusted.
I am sure the girl would be coming back again to sell the same. I do not want to embarrass her, how could I tell her? especially so that she is a relative of a close friend.
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10 responses
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
23 Nov 18
tell her to add more filling. There are cheaper ingredients like sweet potato and mung beans sprouts instead of carrots and potatoes
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@CaptAlbertWhisker (32760)
• Calgary, Alberta
24 Nov 18
@florelway I need to correct my statement, I meant mung bean sprouts and not mungbeans.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
24 Nov 18
@CaptAlbertWhisker I see I just thought it's a kind of beans which you can chop. Thanks for that.
@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 18
Thanks for the suggestion. I will try that sweet potato and mung bean. Yes I should tell about this filling, it's even cheaper than potato and carrots.
@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 18
yes, I might as well do that in the nicest way possible.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
23 Nov 18
you either tell the girl herself or your close friend that you were disappointed and you were embarrassed because your officemates said the same thing.
it's understand you want to help your friend, but maybe next time, it's better to personally sample the goods first.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 18
@hereandthere, you are right I should have tried it before recommending them to others. Lesson learned. Yes, I should tell her if she comes back or If I chanced upon my friend.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 18
@shubhu3, yes I should do that, I hope she would take it as constructive criticism.
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@shubhu3 (36463)
• New Delhi, India
23 Nov 18
@florelway I hope this too. Good luck.
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
23 Nov 18
I love lumpia, I want to make lumpia tomorrow hehe, I think you should tell her what you think is right.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 18
Yes, I guess so she can improve it.
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
24 Nov 18
@florelway yes, nothing to worry to say the truth, it will help her
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
24 Nov 18
@florelway the problem is, more wrapper isn't filling to our tummies at all hahaha!
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 18
She thought customers will be satisfied eating more wrapper than filling.
@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
23 Nov 18
2 dollars for 30 lumpia is too good to be true not unless the ingedients were cheap reject vegetables, just tell her that you would spend much more for lesser lumpia if it was as pretty as her
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 18
@louievill, that's the problem I never knew where she got her vegetables, I hope it's not among those chopped left-over vegetables sold in wet markets, it does not fit her pretty face if that's the case lol.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
23 Nov 18
You could tell her in an honest but loving way. Tell her you don't want anyone to be disappointed with what she's selling so your trying to help.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 18
You are right. Thanks
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@Iam_jauntyjen (5452)
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29 Nov 18
That's why it was dirt-cheap. Tell her nicely when nobody is listening. Make it sound like you are concerned.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
24 Nov 18
do you call it "lumpia" too? lumpia is one of favourite from from semarang, the capital of my province
