In the US, the standard question after paying for something is “Do you want the receipt in the bag?” with the assumption being yes, you don’t want a receipt cluttering up your hand/wallet/purse.
In Singapore, they ALWAYS give you the bags, wait for your signature and then hand you the receipt WITH your credit card, which for me at least always leads to some fumbling as I try to put the card back in my wallet/stuff the receipt in a bag/my purse.
The other big difference is that in Singapore, when you pay with credit card (and debit, I believe; I rarely do) you get TWO receipts back…the store receipt and the credit card machine receipt. The one time I had to return something to Toys R Us (one of the few stores that even does returns at all) I was sweating bullets until I found the eensy little credit card slip to go along with the larger store receipt (I don’t recall if I needed it, but given that it’s Singapore, I wasn’t willing to risk it being a crucial thing).
