yeah, but I think shes more worried about someone trying to chat her up thats why she doesnt want to share a table? at a counter, you cant really make eye contact unless it deliberate...sundaymorningstaple wrote:You mean like a diner? She would still have to share with the person on the stool on her left and on her right. She just wouldn't have to look at them.
sundaymorningstaple wrote:Unfortunately, unless you like eating your lunch at your desk, and you don't have the leisure of taking 90 minutes for lunch, it's sad, but you almost have to do the 'when in Rome' thingy.
Sorry to say, I sit down at a table even if it's "choped". I just thrown the offending tissues away and sit down.
But frankly, I would never stop anybody from joining me at a table. If I wanted peace & quiet I would by my lunch as a take away and eat it elsewhere like a park or back in my office.
Maybe ozchick should just stay at home instead of dining out period. I think its pretty presumptuous on her part to think that people are just dying to make conversation with her! Sorry, but you must have a pretty inflated opinion of yourself. And they say S'poreans are selfish and bad mannered? Hogging an entire table is just selfish and wrong unless the place is empty or you're in a restaurant where you're really not required to share.aargon wrote:yeah, but I think shes more worried about someone trying to chat her up thats why she doesnt want to share a table? at a counter, you cant really make eye contact unless it deliberate...sundaymorningstaple wrote:You mean like a diner? She would still have to share with the person on the stool on her left and on her right. She just wouldn't have to look at them.
meet some real men, but take your Singlish translator with you!You're from New York!!!!! How can you be anything but rude!would have to admit being one to prefer my space and err on the slightly rude side.
Global Citizen wrote:
Maybe ozchick should just stay at home instead of dining out period. I think its pretty presumptuous on her part to think that people are just dying to make conversation with her!
I've shared many a table at a food court and rarely do people I don't know try to strike up a conversation with me or vice versa.
I've never heard that Singaporeans are selfish and bad mannered. I don't find them that way at all. It's ME who has that problem!Global Citizen wrote: And they say S'poreans are selfish and bad mannered?
Looks like a plan of revenge to meozchick wrote:
I've never heard that Singaporeans are selfish and bad mannered. I don't find them that way at all. It's ME who has that problem!
But fear not GC! I've already admonished myself on this thread and I'm preparing to turn over a new leaf! Yep here's my plan!
This Saturday morning I have some errands to run in Orchard Rd so after that's done, I'm gonna find a food-court where there's lots of empty tables but am I gonna choose one of those? NO WAY! I'm doin' the sharing thing! I'm gonna find a table for 4 that already has 3 people sitting chatting happily away and I'm gonna go sit with THEM! And I will be discreet and unobtrusive and focus on my own eating- and reading- Cleo's centrefold of the month! And in case the others at my table think that I'm eavesdropping I'm gonna hum the Singapore National Anthem quietly to myself so that they have their privacy. And I won't leave before they do cos they might think I don't like them! Instead, I'll just go through my morning's purchases, take out my tape-measure and measure that gadget that I bought from that sex shop in Orchard Rd to make sure the dimensions are as specified by the shop assistant.
Oh yeah those dudes at my table are gonna be talking about my 'sharing' for weeks to come!
Sounds more like she's gone around the bend. I'd be more interested to know the whereabouts of a food court on Orchard Road on a Saturday that has plenty of empty tables...ozchick wrote:I've never heard that Singaporeans are selfish and bad mannered. I don't find them that way at all. It's ME who has that problem!Global Citizen wrote: And they say S'poreans are selfish and bad mannered?
But fear not GC! I've already admonished myself on this thread and I'm preparing to turn over a new leaf! Yep here's my plan!
This Saturday morning I have some errands to run in Orchard Rd so after that's done, I'm gonna find a food-court where there's lots of empty tables but am I gonna choose one of those? NO WAY! I'm doin' the sharing thing! I'm gonna find a table for 4 that already has 3 people sitting chatting happily away and I'm gonna go sit with THEM! And I will be discreet and unobtrusive and focus on my own eating- and reading- Cleo's centrefold of the month! And in case the others at my table think that I'm eavesdropping I'm gonna hum the Singapore National Anthem quietly to myself so that they have their privacy. And I won't leave before they do cos they might think I don't like them! Instead, I'll just go through my morning's purchases, take out my tape-measure and measure that gadget that I bought from that sex shop in Orchard Rd to make sure the dimensions are as specified by the shop assistant.
Oh yeah those dudes at my table are gonna be talking about my 'sharing' for weeks to come!
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