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     CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008)

    
   Sometimes we eat so much, we neglect our manners...
   
   i see people all around, put tissue papers or something on empty seats to signal they have reserved that particular seat...
   
   it that tolerable? Or does it deprive the guy next to you of a good available seat?
   
   the least a group could do is to leave one of their cronies behind while they buy their well deserved meal
   
   and for those alone...like me, why do we need to sit the whole table of 2, 4 or more by ourselves? Ridiculous! Privacy issues? My foot...it's just lunch!
   
   i think we should not do that...what you guys think?
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     CommentAuthormacadamia^n (CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008)

    
   i personally think that if you would like to reserve a seat, ask 1 of your friends to sit while the rest buys the food. one can buy the food for the person seated.
   
   or the rest can simply buy the food, return, allow the person waiting to buy thier food and another 1 buy drinks for all. and when they both return, every1 can tuck in. i alwez wait for everyone's food to arrive before i eat mine
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     CommentAuthorBlues Almighty (CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008)

    
   i think tissues are bad. i mean am i supposed to know that you are chop-ping seats and not accidentally left it behind? last time i met with someone who scolded us because they 'chopped the place' and we just took it.
   
   i think sharing seats with other people should be practiced because its so sickening to see empty places but inconsiderate people who dont let you sit there.
4. • CommentAuthorMei Ling Chia (CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008)

    
   when you are alone, how do you find seats before buying your food? I always buy my ood first then cant find a seat then got to carry the bowl around looking for one.

   Chicken Rice Man
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     CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008)

    
   tissue no count to me...i usually throw it away......tissue got your name meh? =P hahaha if you want put wallet lah...ahhahaha sure no one take your seat unless someone take your wallet... =P

   Chicken Rice Man
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     CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

    
   good...my friends think i'm nuts becos i dun support their selfish ideas!!!
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     CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

    
   hahaha very auntie thing to do leh use tissue...ahhaha
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     CommentAuthorDG (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

    
   i'm quite intrigued by who actually was the first Singaporean to do this, and actually start the whole trend?!!

   shroomy
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     CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

    
   i don't know what the system is in foreign countries for reserving a seat
10. •  
      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    duun leh...i thot it is a little "low class" lah... create opportunities for fights.
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      CommentAuthorDG (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    actually i think they don't really "reserve" seats overseas unless someone seats there and wait
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    no system to reserve seats in US...first some first serve...got space just seat
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    no one minds sharing...
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    maybe its because we have a culture of lunching in big groups...i mean real big...6 pax and up!!!
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      CommentAuthorDG (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    no leh, overseas also have. i think its just very singaporean to chope....everyone scared don't have seats later when they come back!
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    6 pax even better right? just send one person to sit there lah...
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    we should design lunch tables...long ones...like school canteens
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    only choping needed when 1 pax lah....for argument sake
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      CommentAuthorDG (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    wanna bet what happens to those tables......tissue packs lined up on that table!
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    oh man.....
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    hahahah no use lah singaporeans one kind...at least we can say invented the tissue reservation method
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    wait for friends come back 10 mins, wait for order another 10 mins..eat within 5 mins....20 minutes wasted and someone could have used those seats :(
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    blame the self service thing lah...if they all send the food no need to chop liao can all sit down and wait...ahahha
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      CommentAuthorDG (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    i think its one of those game theory inefficient outcomes.
    
    everyone don't do, everyone wins. but its not a credible outcome for everyone to don't do, because the moment they do it, the incentive is too strong for at least one person to break rank and start choping to get ahead of the rest.
    
    therefore everyone end up doing, everyone loses in terms of time wastage
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    but when people like me don't ply by the assumed rules and start throwing away your tissue then the theory fails =P hahaha
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    makan also can stress.....
27. •  
      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    why cannot leh ahhahaha
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    i think the best way to reserve seats is to eat in a restaurant...confirm got seat :)
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    hahah not true...need to stand outside and wait if busy
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      CommentAuthorDG (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    Yes PG, but yours is only a tactical solution leh....unless everyone starts throwing the tissue away, the strategic picture still will not change. People are still incentivised to use the tissue method because it worked for them in the past.

    shroomy
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    DG ...hahaha when more and more ppl start to throw away tissue then we have a real movement...ahahhaha
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    some poeple leave their umbrella or handphone
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      CommentAuthorDG (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    are you serious? their handphones? are they mad???
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    take the handphone lah...duh...
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    auntie got what kind of phone?
    
    only my mother so lucky...i gave her N95...(i still don't understnad why she need it though)
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    umbrella i will take also if rainy day....hahaha...not steal if it is left in public rite?
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008 edited)

     
    wah jW you champion ...give mum N95 so she can find her way home with the gps? or she listen to music?
38. •  
      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    better not...not worth it...unless Prada
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      CommentAuthorDG (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    hmmm...PG, you must check the law on this one.
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    hmmm why leh? if some one leaves it around i can take and throw away what....fair game
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    one didn't leave it...he was "chop-ping"
42. •  
      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    still.....chopping not legal what.....
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      CommentAuthorDG (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008 edited)

     
    i'm no legal beaver, so you got me there! I have no idea on that as well!
44. •  
      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    not surprised if even legal eagles do that
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      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    hahahah aiyah same with those people put hazzard light at one end of carpark then got lot way behind want to reverse and say they come first must give them lot...as far as I am concern i will just take it...no way i give in to chopping or some weird sense of righteousness
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    PG is the MAN
47. •  
      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    JW I am pai kia mah hahahaha
48. • CommentAuthorshroomy (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008 edited)

     

    Posted By: DGi'm quite intrigued by who actually was the first Singaporean to do this, and actually start the whole trend?!!

    shroomy

    interesting idea DG!
49. •  
      CommentAuthorpicky gourmet (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    interesting? hmmm
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      CommentAuthorJon Wan (CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008)

     
    yah who started this?!?!