Chewing with your mouth open
Singapore’s latest effort to get people dating, marrying, and producing children: ripping off Love Actually.
Lunch Actually is a dating service. People pay to become members, their profiles are made up and matched, they get lunch or drink dates arranged at participating cafes, bars, and restaurants (who also pay a fee to be included, I’m sure), and all they have to do is show up.
Questions:
- Will I ever see a casual lunch date with my mates in the same way ever again? Will everyone around us think we’re Lunch Actually-ing?
- How will they know each other? Do they wear special Lunch Actually nametags that mark them out as people who don’t have the time or ability to find a date on their own?
- If someone gets stood up, do they get their money back?
- Will Uncle Pok at The Tavern tell my mum if he sees me on a Lunch Actually date? Is there some sort of restaurant-blind date confidentiality agreement?
- If the chemistry is too much and the date becomes ’sex on the restaurant table’, will the restaurant get a bonus?
- Most people I know who are too busy to have real dates are also too busy to have lunch or after-work drinks (unless ‘after-work’ constitutes after 10pm). Will Lunch Actually create a new service, Five-Minute Pot Noodle Lunch in the Office Pantry?
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How about Handjob Parlour™ Actually? I am guessing you might want it on Amoy Amoy instead of Wha’ssup!
Wierd. Wouldnt it just be easier to take a page from the ‘Ugly, Fat and Stupid American’ Handbook. Order a wife from overseas! It’s that easy. And the Govt could cover the cost provided that you have 2-3 children within the first 5 years. Done!
Do they wear special Lunch Actually nametags that mark them out as people who don’t have the time or ability to find a date on their own?
Oh, come now, Andrea… not everyone in Singapore has your charm, charisma, and devastating wit. They might need the extra help. And there’s nothing wrong with asking for help, right?
Given your past discussions about Singapore and social issues, I’m surprised this activity isn’t government sponsored.
Hmm. Handjob Parlour™ Actually. You’ve read my mind, Terry.
mdmhvonpa, many men in Singapore have extra families in Batam and/or China. I think they should share with those who can’t find a date in Singapore.
Maria, they’re being entrepreneurial, which is a government-sponsored activity! Heh.
you reckon they got any funding from the SDU?
SDU - “screens dates for busy (*cough* socially inept) graduates”
Lunch Actually - “screens dates for busy professionals (*cough* formerly socially inept graduates)
“held in trendy restaurants”. next time i’m at molly malone’s at lunch time, stuffing fish and chips into my face untrendily, i’ll remember to keep a lookout for potential lunch actually members!
Actually this concept has been in US for a while. I can’t remember the name, but Oprah did a show on it. They say that most prefer lunch date, coz there is a start and an end unlike dinner which is a little harder to ‘end’. So if u find that you can’t hit if off with the other person, you can just say, oh i gotto go, i hv a meeting and etc without being rude.
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