Tissue Paper Chopping Trend - The New Way

In Singapore, we are bunch of, unfortunately, rather self-centered people. We arent the most gracious humans on the planet to be honest, and our culture is heavily littered with many examples as mentioned in previous entries. One of the most annoying I have to say is the 'tissue paper seat reservation' trend.

What with our melting pot of a food culture, one will generally find it hard to find a spot to enjoy the delicious fare and competition among patrons can get pretty fierce lol.

But what do you do if you have to go get food and you have found a spot, but nobody to stay behind to guard the seat?

Do it the Singaporean way - put a tissue packet on the table! =D
So tonight I had this rather animated conversation with Laura , on msn and well, pretty much summarises my/our thought on tissue paper reservations ^^

I'll let you read it yourself. I edited it to make it more understandable and concise but doenst affect the flavour (pardon pun) of the conversation. Just promise me you don't die laughing over this post (:

Note: 'Chope/Chopping' in this entry, is a Singaporean term meaning 'to reserve' kinda like chopping your seat with a stamp to mark your spot.

Blue is Reena
Purple is Laura

I feel big urge to yell out my opinions when im out n see singaporeans doing selfish things

I did that ytd at Bugis Foodcourt. i stood next to a table in the crowded table-scarce place, n someone chope the seat with handbags. and i kinda said 'people who chop seats with handbags are damn bloody selfish' Not tt the owners heard it, but the neighbouring ones did.
grr it annoys me la. can people stop chopping seatsss!


handbags aren't so bad
there are ppl who use tissue paper
what to do

it's our culture
sad right

i dont get the tissue paper. isnt it the same?
hows tissue worse?

when u see a packet on the table, you stop to think whether it's occupied or not

so when u assume it's not occupied and u sit

the "owner" comes back and says...

"OIE! this is my table! you see my tissue there!"

HAHAHAHA

so it's like...wtf

thats actually funny

it happens!
dang it

i wud be like 'your tissue? got ur name arh?'
"i thought the hawker center gives it out free!"

exactly!
lol
dunno which joker started this trend

if tt happen to me i wud stand up look the guy in the eyes... and start laughing

lol
i would like to see that.
hmm...i've also seen ppl use tissue box

HAHAH
TISSUE BOX.
next time what? put sanitary pad? 0_O

LOL oh no

a clean pad.
then a few yrs later people start putting soiled ones tehehe

i wont even take the table

ya lah. thats the whole point, so that people dont take ur table HAHAHA

yucks

HAHAHAH

how could u even eat off the table

can u imagine an uncle (an asian term for 'man')

OIE! THIS IS MY TABLE! you never see my wifes sanitary pad arh?!

LOL.!!!

im laughing like mad now!

same here
hahahaha
awW man..
sick sick sick

oh mans
im laughing until.. my mum sitting at same table as me.. I ran away n laugh out
loud HAHAHA

So, what else can we use to chope seats? =D