there was a slight argument while i was queueing for shower at the gym earlier. apparently a middle-aged woman who left the shower cubicle told the lady who was 1st in the queue not to use that cubicle. she's heading to the steambath room for 10 mins or so and will use it again. of course the lady was annoyed and commented about common courtesy but the middle-aged lady seemed not to care and just walked to the steam room. i was thinking if i was the 1st or even 2nd in line, would i just walk into the shower?
i remember last year or so when i was searching for an empty cubicle and i found one but there's a cup of coffee near the curtain. i didn't care and just used the shower. while showering a middle-aged woman came and told me that she put the coffee there as a sign that the cubicle was reserved. since i was in the shower i simply shouted telling her that i didn't see any name printed so i used it.
hmm .. talking about reserving place surely bring me to the biggest problem during lunch time:- tissue. though i can't say it's a culture shock, using tissue to reserve a seat is definitely something surprising for me when i just moved here. bring a tissue (or umbrella, or paper, or whatever you want), put in on the chair or table and go order your food. of course, i join the fun. but if you think about it, while you're queueing for food that can sometimes take you more than 10 minutes, someone else might've use the seat for their meal and might be done once you got yours. well, there was once that this tissue thingy didn't work. we came back to our place only to find a caucasian lady having her meal at our 'supposedly' area while our tissues are put in one corner. guess she hasn't learn the 'culture'. will this habit ever change? i don't think so. not in the near future. so why not join the fun, eh? the tissue that is, not the shower cubicle.
i remember last year or so when i was searching for an empty cubicle and i found one but there's a cup of coffee near the curtain. i didn't care and just used the shower. while showering a middle-aged woman came and told me that she put the coffee there as a sign that the cubicle was reserved. since i was in the shower i simply shouted telling her that i didn't see any name printed so i used it.
hmm .. talking about reserving place surely bring me to the biggest problem during lunch time:- tissue. though i can't say it's a culture shock, using tissue to reserve a seat is definitely something surprising for me when i just moved here. bring a tissue (or umbrella, or paper, or whatever you want), put in on the chair or table and go order your food. of course, i join the fun. but if you think about it, while you're queueing for food that can sometimes take you more than 10 minutes, someone else might've use the seat for their meal and might be done once you got yours. well, there was once that this tissue thingy didn't work. we came back to our place only to find a caucasian lady having her meal at our 'supposedly' area while our tissues are put in one corner. guess she hasn't learn the 'culture'. will this habit ever change? i don't think so. not in the near future. so why not join the fun, eh? the tissue that is, not the shower cubicle.
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