Comments on: Singapore Files: The Tissue Culture

By: Helga

Helga — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:57:33 +0000

Filipinos actually do that, too, but not with pocket tissues lol. An umbrella or something not valuable/worth stealing. I used to do that at my college Starbucks hangout if I got there before my friends and had to reserve a table. I’d leave a book or some reading materials on the table and carry everything else to the bar and order my drink.

So azn, lol.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:30:46 +0000

Reservation by tissue is a common practice in Singapore. I’ve never quite understand why someone as flimsy as tissue packs can be used to deter full grown adults from taking that seat. And I’m a Singaporean…

So,if you’re a third culture kid, what’s your first and second culture?

By: Shen

Shen — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:00:12 +0000

That’s pretty weird. I would never think that the tissues were placed to reserve tables. Most likely I would think that they were used by someone and the person forgot to discard them.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:10:59 +0000

@Simply Precious: Hahahahaha!! Yeah! That's what I thought at first too.. then I realized what it meant after a while. You know, I still can't access your site. T__T Do you have a feed URL by any chance?

By: Simply Precious

Simply Precious — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:39:01 +0000

LOL, I see just about anything to reserve seats… If I see tissues, I’d assume that they just left it, like Lissy said. LOL.

By: Jacelyn

Jacelyn — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:43:06 +0000

Hi dear, thanks for the comment at I don’t really agree with reserving seats with packets of tissue paper. This is something I really don’t like about Singapore culture haha. I can take up that seat and just tell them that I thought the tissue paper was left behind by the previous patrons? I doubt they will force you to get up

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:50:54 +0000

Koreans are little too obsessive about food. They practically force you to eat even after you decline or say you’re full. They think skipping a single meal will kill you. I’m too westernized.

By: Lissy

Lissy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:14:28 +0000

here we use jackets to reserve seats/tables. Though there’s a good chance that when you come back, it won’t be there anymore. Tissues would never work, they’d just end up in the garbage, lol.

Any quirks with American culture? Where do I start?