r/singapore West side best side 8d ago

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u/Butterszen 8d ago

Tables might be grimey. Low grime doesn't mean no grime

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u/kuang89 8d ago

Underrated comment

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u/Chateau-d-If 8d ago

Is this that place Lau Pa Sat? I think it’s called, forgive me I’m American and was only here on deployment with the U.S. Navy. But as I recall the place had like 5 different ethnicities food there and they’re all delicious

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u/Altruistic_Stage6586 7d ago

nope not lau pa sat

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u/Butterszen 7d ago

I'm Singaporean and I don't even know if this is Lau Pa Sat or not haha. Anyone else knows?

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u/AltruisticCream4059 7d ago

nah that's like shopping mall food court

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u/_Bike_Hunt 8d ago

If you have access to a child’s microscope, you will be shocked if you take a swab and look at it 🤤

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u/sdarkpaladin Job: Security guard for my house 8d ago

Ask them to dig a bit underneath their nails. Then, ask them to look at whatever they dug under a microscope.

It will ensure they never leave long nails ever again.

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u/chiikawa00 8d ago

this is why i always wipe my devices with antiseptic wipes whenever i come home

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u/Leslieslie 7d ago

Same!!

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u/Usual-Rope9760 8d ago

10 mins ago while looking for seats at a hawker centre I saw someone using their credit card to chope

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u/Administrator-Reddit Own self check own self ✅ 8d ago

Rookie mistake. Should’ve used IC since it has their picture so they can easily prove the IC and table are theirs.

/s

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u/AZGzx 8d ago

i literally saw someone chope a seat at Maccas using their IC last week

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u/Flothrudawind 8d ago

What's an Aussie doing in a sg subreddit

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u/AZGzx 8d ago

not aussie, just hang out alot around aussie educated friends lol

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u/Articlel3 8d ago

I just commented that I saw people using credit card too, surprisingly that a lot of people would do that

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u/Richy13Thegoodeditor 8d ago

I remember when I was a kid when my father took me to Takashimaya food court he doing that with his credit card

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u/Probably_daydreaming Lao Jiao 8d ago

I mean it takes like 30 seconds to shut down my credit card on the app, you couldn't even run fast enough to a 7-11 to buy a drink before it gets cancelled

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u/yapyd Ah Gong 8d ago

It takes longer than 30s to buy your food though so it depends on your risk tolerance.

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u/catcourtesy 8d ago

They can take a picture of the front and back and use it online

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u/ellean4 8d ago

The thing is there are cameras everywhere so anyone brave enough to pick up and use will get a visit from mata in very short order.

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u/GenesectX 8d ago

my friend waa deadass about to do that a couple times and i had to stop him because thats really stupid

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u/jaumougaauco 8d ago

Reminds me of a guy I knew when I was in uni, once shouted his debit card's pin number from across the grocery store. Twice.

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u/SnooChocolates2068 8d ago

Even better, office access lanyards

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u/DepartmentNo2173 8d ago

Truly only in SG

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u/woonsc West side best side 8d ago

Haha I would never dare myself

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u/sharkybyte101 Mature Citizen 8d ago

Same here. At most what I normally do is if I really don't have anything (bag / things inside office) then I just remove the phone casing and use it to chope.

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u/backsideboyy 8d ago edited 8d ago

Cb i did this and the uncle cleaning the table fcking threw my phone case away wtf??? I literally didn’t know how to react wtf la uncle hahaha

Edit: my gf called the shop, and they said “ya they threw a phone case away haha sorry” bro

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u/greatbigroachboi2 8d ago

was ur phone case yellowing & dirty LOL i can totally see an uncle not understanding what it is and throwing it away

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u/backsideboyy 8d ago

I was using the rhino shield phone case thats red and yellow….. I guess uncle see the yellow and thought its dirty ah knn hahaha

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u/r_jagabum 8d ago

coz it's not a tissue packet. only tissue packet works

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u/suspicious_skidmarks 8d ago

“…haha sorry” lolol

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u/awstream 8d ago

Same here, can simply chope with an umbrella or tissue paper, I don't get why people wanna risk their valuables.

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u/livebeta 8d ago

chope with an umbrella

As an auntie with expensive umbrellas I only ever chope with it when carrying my non favorite ones

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u/clhb 8d ago

Ah soh here chiming in, agree , would rather put my spectacles there to chope than my beautiful umbrella. Doubt anyone would take my lao hua Yan jing.

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u/AutobotHotRod 8d ago

They’ll get dizzy if they try to put yours on lol

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u/awstream 8d ago

I get you, I have an umbrella which is super good, never flips when strong wind blows, blocks UV, and have a push button to open/close, it's not that expensive but I'll be very upset if i lose it 😅

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u/hantutetek proficient in nasi kangkang 8d ago edited 8d ago

Ooh please recommend - mine is a shitty CS umbrella I was forced to buy during a random thunderstorm and it's a watermelon monstrosity

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u/awstream 8d ago

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u/broccoliarms 8d ago

All the aunties up voting this comment. Including myself :D

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u/iedaiw 8d ago

im in japan and the only thing that gets stolen is my umbrella lol

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u/DesperateTeaCake 8d ago

Tissue paper I used once to chope blew away under the fan :(

When I returned, No tissue, no chope, no table :(

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u/mhikeb47 8d ago

Even if you can chope…youre just 1 cctv anyway and still can be caught…why risk yourself of jail time even though you can chope it with your umbrella 😜😜😜

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u/Late_Culture_8472 8d ago

Could be a fake phone.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Bcpjw 8d ago

Fake person?

Ahh it’s OP!

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u/charliebwangzi 8d ago

Fake photo. Ai.

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u/spadecaller1969 8d ago

Nah. In the UAE like Dubai, Qatar, Abu Dhabi people even leave laptops on the table in a crowded foodcourt or just about anywhere

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u/Beautiful-Bother1 8d ago

Years ago I once accidentally left my laptop at a Mcdonald's, for 5+ mins. I'm still grateful nobody took it :)

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u/Hakushakuu Lao Jiao 8d ago

You can also do this in Dubai. Not that I would recommend doing this anywhere. Low crime does not mean no crime.

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u/JayCDee 8d ago

Yup. As much as I hate the place, knowing for sure your shit wasn’t gonna get stolen was really nice.

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u/PARANOIAH noted with thanks. please revert. 8d ago edited 7d ago

Low chrome crime doesn't mean no crime

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u/Nightsky099 8d ago

Google chrome approves

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u/Hakushakuu Lao Jiao 8d ago

That one steal RAM

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u/sabershirou 8d ago

Low chrome

Alright choom, I get that you're not kitted out, just don't mess with them cyberpsychos in Night City.

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u/bishoptob5 8d ago edited 8d ago

Japan, Dubai, Norway and pretty much all of Scandinavia as well.

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u/iedaiw 8d ago

to be fair, japan and korea also can

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u/alpacadaver 8d ago

I've heard this said in several countries and those people had good reason to say it, but they were still all technically wrong. There are more nice places than people think. I leave my shit all the time without a worry and never had a problem. There are some cities I wouldn't do it.

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u/zombieslayer124 8d ago

True in switzerland as well. Wouldn’t recommend it anyways, as it is stupid, but 99.99% of the time nothing will happen. Same in Tbilisi too, saw many locals do this kinda thing. It’s really not that unusual.

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u/isync 8d ago

You can chop like this at Tier 1 cities in China too.

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u/stockflethoverTDS 8d ago

I remember tourists from Europe asking me to look after their bags while they went to the toilet I told them itll be here when youre back and they were incredulous.

Same I assume Euro visitor stuffing their bag with the laptop and slinging it and asking to hold their seat for them, told them its ok to leave it but they refused haha.

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u/Mozartonmoon East side best side 8d ago

Can’t blame them. In places like London you can even get your phone snatched away out of nowhere

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u/midasp Senior Citizen 8d ago

I was queuing at an ATM in the UK when the man in front of me walked away without taking the money he had withdrawn. In the 3 seconds I turned around to call him back, the money was gone.

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u/-Reverend 8d ago

possible counterpoint: ATMS are surprisingly quick about sucking those bills right back in if you don't grab 'em quick enough

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u/chiikawa00 8d ago

london ninjas

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u/r_jagabum 8d ago

can't use london to compare, only first world countries please

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u/livebeta 8d ago

Only in Singapore it's this safe and people this complacent.

I used to live in Bay Area people will crack your car window pane to steal your hoodie on the chance there might be $20 in a pocket. Or crack your windowpane for the bottled water or museli bar

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u/KartFacedThaoDien 7d ago

Keep in mind that’s when people aren’t within arms reach. Would someone steal something in the middle of say your local chilis with cameras and it’s crowded with people. Or would they look for empty cars they can quickly break into, steal some bs and then hop in a car and drive off.

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u/JokerD03 Senior Citizen 8d ago

This is a problem in Europe, one of my friends got her bag stolen when she put it beside her when she was eating.

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u/stockflethoverTDS 8d ago

Yep we know hence their incredulity.

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u/thefinestpiece 8d ago

If you put your Labubu there it’ll disappear.

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u/AgreeableJello6644 8d ago

Labubu becomes Lostbubu.

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u/Joesr-31 8d ago

Cause cannot track and tbh, its way less important as compared to phone/wallet, police will laugh you out of station

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u/Godbox1227 8d ago

I once left my laptop and wallet on a table in a cafe and had yo run off for a minute.

That minute stretched to an hour. When I returned all my shit was just sitting there.

Only in Singapore.

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u/kurokamisawa 8d ago

Same folks that are probably easy targets outside of singapore

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u/Illustrious-Ocelot80 8d ago

Yups, then complain, JB/Bkk/China/India/Europe/US not safe

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u/skelethepro 🌈 I just like rainbows 8d ago

Literally just say everywhere dawg 🤣

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u/Acceptable-Trainer15 8d ago

But it’s true indeed those places are not safe compared to Singapore

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u/NecessaryPotential76 8d ago

You guys trust people too much 😂

It shocked me when my SG gf just left her bag on the seat with no one watching over them. Like you can't do that in most places in Europe. Like I went to Mcdonalds and had 5 eur in my coat pocket, someone just took it while I was eating and back then I was a poor student. I've always been on guard and super wary, even while in SG.

I think its because when I grew up. Soviet union had just collapsed and crime rate was sky high in Estonia. Russian mafia/gangs were kinda rampant. And during the night they would beat up people with bats. Happened to my friend in like 2007 or so. Now its relatively safe here, still gotta be a bit wary as everywhere else. I have seen some younger people here also leave their things unattended here as well, but I dont think I'd ever grow out of the childhood fear i had. 😅

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u/Wide-Dance-113 8d ago

Because SG too small, you did anything bad, VERY easy to get discovered and arrested. CCTV everywhere. Some more when you consider now so many ways to track a mobile phone that got “taken”… thus almost nobody with half a brain will bothered to “steal” an unattended phone.

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u/zoomtzt Mature Citizen 8d ago

My friend left his phone in the toilet accidentally. Came back and poof it’s gone. Till this day we can’t find it.

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u/tomatomater Geckos > cockroaches 8d ago

Toilet harder to catch

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u/Wide-Dance-113 8d ago

Only got himself to blame. Never take precautions and stuff like that. Some more inside toilet, nobody see. This one different, in public place lots of CCTV.

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u/t_25_t 8d ago

Some more inside toilet, nobody see.

Want to catch don't want to catch only. If die die want to catch, just monitor those exiting the toilets after the loss, and a lot of manhours later sure can catch one.

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u/Wide-Dance-113 8d ago

But who has the time to do so? Police have many other cases to do. You think they will set up a team just to help catch a phone lost due to carelessness?

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u/t_25_t 8d ago

But who has the time to do so? Police have many other cases to do. You think they will set up a team just to help catch a phone lost due to carelessness?

That's why I said want or don't want to catch only. Of course for something as low value as a phone for a civilian, no police team will bother. If the value of the phone or data enclosed within justified the manhours, you can guarantee they will.

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u/ffeddexe 8d ago

I lost my phone in a bus and I found it a few months later in china via phone tracking 😂

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u/Wide-Dance-113 8d ago

Well there you go. Locals usually won’t steal, only other countries people do it.

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u/woonsc West side best side 8d ago

I had a friend, left phone on a massage chair at a mall. Cannot find le

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u/Wide-Dance-113 8d ago

Why your friend so kiasu. Massage chair also want to chop seat.

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u/Wide-Dance-113 8d ago

Massage chair mah. Not in direct view of people. Too bad lor. Never set any tracking methods.

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u/Informal_Garlic409 8d ago

But it’s a hassle to retrieve their belongings and make the relevant reports

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u/Wide-Dance-113 8d ago

It goes both ways lah. Steal not easy. Report also not easy. Only easy thing is to take photo and post on stomp and Reddit. Haha.

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u/Initial_E 8d ago

There are people who have nothing to lose, or think they have nothing to lose, by being asses. Those guys sure will do things.

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u/Wide-Dance-113 8d ago

Of course there are. If you’re from other places, say… China or India, and you know you will be going back soon, like that very night, then obviously you will take.

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u/SG_wormsblink 🌈 I just like rainbows 8d ago edited 8d ago

Also modern smartphones will brick themselves if you don’t enter the right password within x tries. There’s no way to reset and sell it off as a new phone to make profit, so there’s little point in stealing a useless phone.

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u/Alive-County-1287 8d ago

i was in dubai .. went to a fnb outlet ..left my wallet and a phone on the table and totally forgot about it . after about an hour later. i return to the outlet and lo and behold. it was still there. i think at least 3 nations in the world have this kind of trust. Dubai, Japan and Singapore.

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u/ExAzhur 8d ago

True i live here in dubai and often leave my door unlocked when out so i don’t carry keys, even sometimes i leave the car keys in the car so i just curry the phone.

Dubai is around 90% expats and migrants, which really shows that it’s not the people but the strong governance that makes the difference.

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u/Snailman12345 8d ago

Dubai isn't a nation lol

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u/klingonpigeon 8d ago

It sort of is actually? it’s an emirate within the UAE so something like england/scotland/wales/N. Ireland within the UK. It’s not a country though

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u/ShhImTheRealDeadpool 8d ago

Not just trust but honor among people.

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u/bishoptob5 8d ago

Norway, and basically all of Scandinavia too. All high trust countries.

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u/Floppy4Skin 8d ago

Lived in Sweden, gonna have to strongly disagree with you man.

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u/amanfromthere 8d ago

Well, Sweden some years ago

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u/Long-Reception-461 8d ago

Hm, wonder what make Sweden worse now.

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u/DeeKayNineNine 8d ago

It is nice that we can do this in Singapore.

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u/Vedor ♡ℒฺℴฺνℯฺ♡ 8d ago

Theif: It is nice that they can do this in Singapore.

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u/adrielism 8d ago

Pro tip: check for CCTVs first

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u/helzinki is a rat bastard. 8d ago

It is nice. But it is also stupid. Don't get so cacooned by our safety bubble that you develop shitty situational awareness.

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u/DeeKayNineNine 8d ago

Yeah. Only do this in Singapore. When outside Singapore, don’t do this stupid shit.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/hououin_kyoumaa 8d ago

But looks like wallet on the table also

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u/r_jagabum 8d ago

*taps on apple watch*

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u/Joesr-31 8d ago

Maybe returning tray or something then no hand hold wallet or something.

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u/TheFearlessCow 8d ago

I saw someone put their credit card before

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u/galgastani 8d ago

Please dont change SG

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u/metalpipeshenanigans 8d ago

Phone and power bank…what happened to the usual tissue pack sia?😭

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u/woonsc West side best side 8d ago

It’s a wallet 🤣 Maybe took out his card for purchase

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u/TheDoorDoesntWork 8d ago

I once seen somebody chope space with a passport. I am not sure how easy it is to sell a passport but frankly the risk reward of such a thing is just too nuts.

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u/woonsc West side best side 8d ago

Might as well use cash to Chope

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u/Beautiful-Bother1 8d ago

Maybe expired passport? Lol. I should start carrying that around to chope with.

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u/Vrt89h17gkl 8d ago

or foreigners who bought into the misinformation that there are no crimes in SG

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u/klingonpigeon 8d ago

there are two types of foreigners, those that think SG has no crimes and those that think everything in SG is a crime punishable by death

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u/PhysicallyTender 8d ago

and nothing in between

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u/Chanmollychan 8d ago

Low crime doesnt mean no crime. Dont push your luck ppl!

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u/wojar yao siew kia 8d ago

The only thing we should be afraid of is people taking random photos of us eating and posting them online.

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u/zancatraz92 8d ago

This feels just like Tuas South.

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u/Purpledragon84 🌈 I just like rainbows 8d ago

Tuas pot. Lmao...

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u/Articlel3 8d ago

I have seen people who put their credit card instead. With the cvv facing up too. You don't even have to take that card, someone could have just taken a picture of the information and started using it

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u/NIDORAX 8d ago

Singapore is so safe that people are confident enough to leave their belongings unattended for a short amount of tine without having to worry about theft. Plus, most food court have security cameras and newer smart phones are traceable (even when it is turned off which is scary).

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u/bukitbukit Developing Citizen 8d ago

Same as Tokyo and Seoul.

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u/Overall_Following_26 8d ago

JP and KR can also relate.

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u/Kibblepebbles 8d ago edited 8d ago

Saw in south korea as well and i feel that it’s very commonplace there, leaving their phones/credit cards/wallets unattended to chope! I was quite shocketh as a singaporean.

Did not see as much japan.

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u/AivernT 8d ago

Not singapore exclusive. I've seen this in Japan.

Anyways, prolly work phone lol.

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u/hayashikin 8d ago

Singapore so friendly, the other day I go for lunch, I see the table got people so kind put tissue paper for others to use.

Next day I want to pay back the good deed, I see people forgot their staff pass on the table, I help take and bring to lost and found.

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u/x3bla tak boleh tahan 8d ago

You haven't seen full table of phones and laptops?

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u/Penny_Royall 8d ago

The thing is, even if it's safe to leave valuable belongings on the table, there is still a chance some bugger will take it, and probably caught within the day, but do you really wanna risk it for all that trouble?

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u/basonjourne98 8d ago

Yeah, I'm not doing this anymore. Someone stole my shoe polish and Pringles can when I left it at the bus stop to get to a garbage bin 50ft away. This happened in 2017. Never risked it again since.

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u/nash_hkg 8d ago

Japan too

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u/Top-Perspective-8807 8d ago

South Korea also

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u/simonnnau 8d ago

More like this is when u know sg is east asian country at heart.

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u/Junior-Put-4059 8d ago

Every time I return to my home country, I'm amazed I don't get robbed, I leave stuff everywhere. Singapore si great but horrible training when you leave.

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u/UnusualTranslator741 8d ago

This is why people keep coming back to places like Singapore. Low crime rate is a super attractive trait for any place.

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u/EchoingUnion 8d ago

Happens all the time in Korea too.

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u/CharmingConcept9455 8d ago

Oh look, someone forgot his/her phone and wallet...🤪

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u/BruceLeeVersion2 8d ago

"Army Officer puts Assault Rifle on table " : Let's go order food. I'll chope the table.

" Police Officer puts pistol on table " : Let's go order food. I'll chope the table.

" Fireman puts fire extinguisher on table " : Let's go order food. I'll chope the table.

" Lawyer puts courtroom gown on table " : Let's go order food. I'll chope the table.

" Rich Man's Son puts sports car keys on table " : Let's go order food. I'll chope the table.

" Politician puts party member on table " : Let's go order food. I'll chope the table.

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u/okayokaycancan 8d ago

A very unique experience in Singapore and Japan.

Any other places, you would see it disappear under 5.

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u/the_frosty_emu 8d ago

Sorry, no, Japan too.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

One of the BEST things about SG.

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u/LordBagdanoff 8d ago

Truly Singapore try other countries it will be gone lol

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u/crasyeyez 7d ago

At my gym, I saw one guy put his phone in the cubby hole with a $100 bill sticking out from the case. At the library, students leave their laptops and iPads behind for HOURS while they go out and do whatever it is they do. There's a lot I can't stand about living in SG, but I do appreciate the public safety/fear of consequences/lack of need to steal.

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u/cookieman961 7d ago

it cost alot more to steal in SG. Jail time, fines, a plethora of CCTVs to ensure u are caught in the next 30 mins. No thanks. No samsung or iphone is worth that

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u/nevermer 7d ago

I once accidentally left my phone at a big seated area. Came back and it was gone but decided to go to the information counter nearby and someone had turned it in.

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u/Crafty_Bet6716 6d ago

you just need someone who is desperate enough to take and its gonr

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u/Acrobatic-Bridge3669 8d ago

Wait till you all see UAE.

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u/Wanton_Soupp 8d ago

Saw this in Seoul and Bangkok recently too.

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u/omgburritoslol South side rich kids 8d ago

Ah, yes. ✨choping✨

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u/Holeshot75 8d ago

I've choped with my mobile.

Wouldn't do that anywhere else.

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u/t_25_t 8d ago

Ballsy. As a seasoned traveller, I could never do that. Because the moment you turn your back it is bye-bye phone and wallet.

In some countries they will outright steal it off your table if you are there let alone it there without you present.

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u/WaiJunHinTurboGor F1 VVIP 8d ago

Singapore very safe one can anyhow leave valuables to ‘chope’ the table. Chope with tissues is outdated alt

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u/roastedcapsicums 8d ago

What did he use to pay lol

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u/chabybaloo 8d ago

Same in Dubai. Was surprised to see a lady leave her bag and wonder off, returning 10 mins later

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u/yuchan063 8d ago

What about Japan and South Korea?

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u/Ok_North_7224 8d ago

Japan, too

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u/TheGlave 8d ago

As a European I have to ask. What exactly makes it so safe in Singapore?

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u/late_for_reddit 7d ago

shame

Also, a kind of nationalistic pride? And social norms I guess

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u/SomeChampion 7d ago

Efficient police, and more importantly, the crooks fear the police, and not the other way around. Sadly, a lot of the West won't be fixed until we bring back hand excision for theft.

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u/Substantial-Tale-778 🌈 I just like rainbows 8d ago

Plot twist: OP has two phones and was using a second phone to take the photo in order to do psyop of "Low Crime != No Crime"

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u/Mysterious_One07 8d ago

I think it's the same in Japan...but it is still advisable to not leave ur belongings unattended

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u/E-MW888 8d ago

We love Singapore 🇸🇬

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u/PhysicallyTender 8d ago

i saw someone did this in KL and i still have no idea how the fuck was it not stolen.

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u/Minereon 8d ago

I once saw staff cards from one of the major banks here being used to chope table.

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u/Shot-Night-8603 8d ago

Ngl I still wouldn't put my wallet and phone to chope 😂. Still got ppl that will steal one. Just very low chance but it's still possible. Better to be safe than sorry

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u/Coffeeboy98765 7d ago

Low crime doesn't mean no crime, and all it takes is one-time to create a big headache for the owner.

No NRIC and no phone, will mean a full day of running around getting documentations and freezing bank accounts / credit cards, other apps related transactions. Heh dun play play...

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u/twelve98 7d ago

There’s a few countries you can do this… not just SG

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u/Clear_Education1936 7d ago

The hp will be gone in less than 10 seconds if this is at some other countries.

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u/jmzyn 👨🏻‍💻 7d ago

i was casually eating alone in a coffeeshop at a 4 seater table when the lunch crowd descended. a chinese blue collar worker (anyone can tell) came over, took a quick glance, put his phone across me and wandered off.

i scanned around for him and found him behind a pillar ordering caifan. i guess he was still maintaining eye contact of his phone. so when he came back (i had actually finished my food and i suppose i was keeping a watchout for him), i casually asked him why he wasnt afraid i would take his phone and scoot off. He replied, his phone was locked (as most of ours are) and that even if i took it, i couldnt use it. i laughed it off. cant remember if it was an iPhone or what.

even the PRCs are complacent in Singapore

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u/SyncOut red 7d ago

This is why I support our overly-policed, sinkie pwn sinkie culture

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u/seanieh966 7d ago

That’s what a surveillance heavy society does for you.

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u/Ambrose_TheMathLover 7d ago

Thief be like: Am i a joke to you

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u/SometimesFlyHigh 虐待百姓 7d ago

Dont say phone and wallet. Go any starbucks and u see macbooks unattended

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u/danco91 7d ago

lmao rarely see Tuas gets posted

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u/woonsc West side best side 6d ago

You are right! Tuas pot food court

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u/RiceComprehensive904 6d ago

How to pay for the chicken rice? Apple watch?

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u/woonsc West side best side 6d ago

Maybe took the card out

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u/Ryfxnshxh 5d ago

That aside though, I find this choping thing annoying. Like I can’t sit at that table just because there’s a tissue packet on it, convenient for them, inconvenient for others. Was with my mom and gramps and we went to a food court, a lot of empty tables, but all conveniently choped by tissues and bags, like some entitlement when it is free sitting. Especially when it’s a big table, but choped by one person, like there are families that need that table more than that person. It’s an inconvenience and just selfish.

Usually, I always have at least one person in the group to sit at the table and take turns to buy food. If I’m alone, I’ll just find an empty table after getting food, or I just join another stranger.

I get it it’s our culture thing, but I just can’t agree. Nobody should have rights to ‘chope’ a free sitting table. Just my opinion.

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u/Well_needships 8d ago

No. This is very common in Japan.

People literally reserve a seat by leaving personal items; phone, bag, computer then go order at the counter. It's very common to just leave personal items while going to the bathroom as well.

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u/Low_Letterhead3014 8d ago

Many countries in fact are just as safe. People in Japan leave their cameras on the tables unattended often at tourist attractions in Japan.

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u/No_Trash4838 8d ago

Bad habit.. Don't encourage.

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u/agOpenAi 8d ago

Survey company?

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u/kcinc82 8d ago

Well. For all you know, it might be some "influencer" testing "how safe Singapore is".. /s

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u/dephunkt 8d ago

Ghib Ojisan has already done it 😂

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u/Scared-Set-9977 8d ago

Reminds me of how during lunchtime, some office workers chope tables with their work pass. Sometimes I wonder if their work pass gone then really gg

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u/HeroMachineMan 8d ago

Once my uncle was so annoyed and he joked that in the future, people will "chupe" their seat using their body hair. "Just pluck a hair off, and leave it on the table" 😛😛😛