47 things about S'pore; and then some... the Ugly Singaporean!

Insing.com challenges us with this teaser, "47 things you didn't know about Singapore". Here's the link:

http://news.insing.com/gallery/47-things-about-singapore/id-fafb0300

It's not a test; each picture caption is an "answer". Go ahead, find out more.

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And here's the 48th... the Ugly Singaporean(s)!

I was at the Giant supermart at Junction 10. US cherries were on offer at $1.05 per 100g. That's a steal. What I also saw was a couple, each with a transparent plastic bag (you know, from the roll that's provided) standing over and hogging the pile of fresh cherries. Instead of scooping whatever amount they wanted, they were picking up one cherry at a time, examining it like it was a ruby gemstone, and popping only what they judged to be the best into their open bags. Sheesh! I walked away in disgust.

Now I know what cherry-picking means in the Singapore context. So, that must be the 48th (but disgusting) thing about Singapore. I was wrong... there's more. Another blogger came up with a list with the title “Top 10 Most Disgusting Habits of Singaporean Supermarket Shoppers”.

And because this blogger's friends gave more examples, the list below had 16 items:

1) Love to tear rolls of plastic bags as though it’s toilet paper
2) Love to decorate the store with a Xmas theme in mind by stuffing unused plastic bags everywhere
3) Love to squeeze, poke and throw fruits, fish and meat alike
4) Love to hide unwanted products all over the store
5) Love to play treasure hunt in store by digging for “treasures” found in the deepest end of the shelves
6) Love to grab extra plastic bags before they leave the store (What’s with this PLASTIC NATION?)
7) Love to bring home the trolley when all they pay is $1
’8) Love to stand at the sampling trays and eat and eat their “lunch”
9) Love to leave their trolleys in the middle of the aisle and walk elsewhere
10) Love to read and read magazines, even tearing them out of their covers (HELLO “NO BROWSING”?)
11) Love to queue at express queue when they have got more than ten items
12) Love to tell the cashier they forgot to take something and keep other customers waiting
13) Love to conveniently forget to weigh things and make everyone wait at the cashier counter again
14) Love to get two people to queue in two queues
15) Love to open up body wash/shampoo bottles to smell and conveniently again not close them back, causing serious leakage on shelves
16) Love to steal testers when put on shelves without any metal chains

Here's the link to this blogger's posting:

http://somethingboutrenes.com/2009/10/20/supermarket-shoppers/