define: Reserved

I was telling my family about this incident at the Greenwood Fish Market that occurred when I was picking up my fish&chips.

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‘atas’ Singaporean Chinese girl with accent (pleading) : Please….. can’t you give us a table.

Waitress : I’m sorry. The tables are all reserved.

‘atas’ Singaporean Chinese girl with accent (pleading) : But the tables are all empty. Can’t you just let us have a table. We just lurveeeeeeeee the food here. We will be finished fast. I mean…there is no one at the tables now.

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At this point of the story, my uncle interrupted.

Uncle: The girl very stupid. If there were people at the tables, the waitress would have said occupied and not reserved.

Touche.