Funny Story

Today I had to do an interview with a manager of a local business in Hong Kong for a group assignment. The interview was in Central - the main, city part of Hong Kong.  So after the interview I decided to get some dinner.

I was excited because Central has a lot of delicious western food, that I never eat during the week. Since my regular meals at Lingnan University’s canteen consists of steamed rice, vegetables, and soy sauce, I was looking forward to the delicious “Greek” restaurant, that served spicy, salad and feta filled wraps!  It was a small side restaurant with just 10 or 12 chairs and only 6 tables, located right off the street…

As I was enjoying my Greek wrap for dinner, I was also writing a paper that is due next week. I was pretending like I was at Panera, studying and eating at the same time.

So next I get up to get a Diet Coke, and while I am at the counter, an older Chinese woman comes into the restaurant asking for money. I was at the front of the restaurant and didn’t even realize the woman was there since I was waiting on my Diet Coke…

Diet Coke in hand, I returned to my work and my table…

But my delicious wrap, which I was only half done eating, was gone!

“Oh my gosh, I though…that woman took my sandwich!”

Then in shock, I said it out loud, “That woman stole my sandwich!”

Then I just started laughing! The restaurant employees were really upset and were going to go try to find the lady, but I insisted it was “fine”. “It’s okay, It’s okay…” I kept saying in the middle of laughing…

I was so shocked that the lady actually stole my half eaten sandwich that I couldn’t be upset. I could just imagine her thought process, “No one is giving me money…I’m hungry…no one is sitting here…there is a sandwich all alone on the table…I’m going to take it…”

HaHaHa! Then…a lady from across the small restaurant offered to buy me another sandwich and she said she felt like it was her fault that the woman took my sandwich, since she didn’t give the woman any money!

I just smiled and said, “Oh, no thank you, I’m fine”…and continued to laugh to myself.

So, yet another unexpected day and series of events in Hong Kong. I never do know what to expect!