Recently, there was an article in TODAY about a bunch of OLs using tissue packs to reserve seats in a food court. Innocent tourists who are unaware of this practice took the "reserved" seats and halfway through eating, the OLs returned to their "reserved" seats and told the couple that they reserved the table.
The poor tourists who were halfway through eating had to search for another table.
Nobody knows how this practice started but I find it really damn annoying.
And what is even more annoying is that there's always more than one pack of tissue on the table. Why can't one person from the party remain behind while the rest go get their food first? Singaporean psychology at work again - Kiasu?
C'mon, it won't kill to get your food five minutes later right...
And what's even more ridiculous is that we actually have to be gracious to these ungracious people and not take their "reserved" seats.
On Children's Day, my colleagues and I went to KFC for lunch.
There's this empty table beside us and a group of office workers placed tissue packs on the table and went to order their food.
An old couple walked in with their grandchildren.
The old couple spotted the table and wanted to sit down when the granddaughter who's about 6 years old said: "No, i think this table got people. The tissue means the table cannot sit."
I was shocked that the little girl actually knew about this practice.
It's so sad that this ungracious practice is so well-known that even the little kids know about it.
This practice is getting too damn annoying and truly Uniquely Singapore. And really, only in Singapore that people can be so "creative" about being ungracious. What a shame..