Once again I am curious about trivial matters

[pineapplebun]

I'm on the subway and a girl sits down next to me

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[jeniski]

in my purse right now there is a pack of tissues that has not been used yet...but if i was in japan my friend would be using up all my packs since it was giving out and usually i have the most of them lol. I usually dont carry them but if out of country prob will have that with me at all times!

[pineapplebun]

I rarely use my pocket tissue, but I always have it with me because you never know when you need to wipe something or have a makeshift napkin. It's nice that they have them for free in Japan so you don't have to buy them. They're actually not that cheap to buy here! lol

[chiiae]

Mmmm...never thought about that before. Watch, I'm going to be peeking over people and trying to look into their bags to see what's inside now D:

I've never carried tissue in my bag, but I swear my sister has enough in her purse to last a lifetimex2. I prefer to stuff my purse with everything else, there's just no room for tissues

[pineapplebun]

Hahaha. I look in people's purses when I'm on the subway. What else is there to look at? I also read other people's newspapers when they hold them up at the right height...

[reppu]

I bought pocket tissue a bit ago. I have no idea what happened to it...

That said, I keep a bottle of lotion everywhere. One at my desk at work, one in my purse, and one in the bathroom. Plus six more in the medicine cabinet. I used to have a chapstick in my purse, but then I realized that I spend more time at work and at home (where I have more chapstick) than I do in transit, so I never replaced the one I lost in my purse.

That said, I have had all of your options in my purse at one time or another.

[pineapplebun]

I do the same with lotion. I'm obsessed with putting on lotion. Having dry hands bothers me so much. Maybe it's a weird neurotic thing.

[aeslis]

I took tissues with me when I was in Japan, because they got passed out for free all the time. In America, I never think to buy them. :(

[pineapplebun]

Oh for free? I think I remember reading that they pass them out as promotion? I wish they would do that here, while I wouldn't say tissues are expensive, they're not cheap either. :D

[aeslis]

Yup! They're promotional little things. All of them will have a little flier/leaflet of some kind on one side, but they're convenient so everyone always takes them. Another thing that people often take is the tiny uchiwa/fans people pass out in summer. Otherwise, no one likes to take promotional handouts. ;)

[kugelkopf]

i carry tissue in my pocket, but not necessarily in a package.

[pineapplebun]

But... then it's all linty? I stuff tissue in my pockets only when I have a cold/flu and know I will blow (bad pun unintended)through the pocket packs too quickly.

wherein i sing the praises of bring thrifty,

[kugelkopf]

I have kind of always had sinusitis, so my nose is often jacked up, so i just took to stuffing a bunch of tissue in my pockets (which i try to keep as lint free as possible) , as buying the pocket packs and using them gets pricey after a while.