Monday, April 21, 2008

I 'chop' that seat.........with......my tissue...!!

Went to a foodcourt with a friend in town for lunch one day, and we have the habit of getting seats before buying our food, so our 'radar' was on, looking around for empty seats. I spotted a few in the corner so i made my way there, to my disappointment there're bags on the seats, meaning they are already being 'chopped' (reserved). Couldn't do anything about that so we continue walking went further into the foodcourt looking for seats. There're alot more empty seats further in so we chose a seat and took turns to get our food. I went first and I pass by a table with packets of tissue paper, they're there for a reason. YES! That's how my dear fellow country men 'chop' their seats! With packets of pocket tissue! how many packets you see means how many seats are reserved. I don't know if I should laugh and be happy that we've such creative 'talent' around or not.

Reserving seats with bags I would say is OK because in it there'll be items that belong to you. But reserving seats with POCKET TISSUE?! or even a copy of newspaper. Gosh! I can't believe it, I've heard and seen discussions and pictures of this issue in hawker centers but in a food court in town? who on earth can prove that it's your packet of tissue? .Can't you kindly offer to buy for your friends or colleagues and someone just sit there 'guarding' their seat rather then get a packet of tissue to do the job? *sighz*

2 comments:

ME said...

holy cow! i totally understand your anger when it comes to the "chopping" with tissue! i find it ridiculous. Being overseas the past couple of years let me to find this new habit disgustingly annoying. i never knew anyone would resort to using something like tt as a reservation mode.

i'm in good mind to just go ahead and sit at these so called "reserved" spots one day and make them look stupid for carrying out an act as such. its outwardly antisocial. i feel ashamed to be singaporean, in times as such.

-rathi

Y33133 said...

Yes! i read the new, i watched the news about tissue paper 'chop-ping' for seats. It is seriously wierd of singaporeans to continue to do so even when this kind of reservation of seats is so not right.

I totally agree with you that tissue paper can be anyone's unless it had been personalized by that person saying for example,

'Mary Tan Li Li has reserved this place. Call me @ 91234567 if you have an opinion about this kind of reservation!'.

What's ingenius would be the advertisement by KFC, i guess, that this guy took off his belonging, belt to reserve a place! That's something personal and related to the owner. ;)

yeelee