This actually happened a few months ago. It was probably the most devious thing I have ever done.

I was at a Chinese supermarket looking to buy shrimp for my boyfriend. Shrimp is expensive and happened to be on sale for a great deal that week. If you’ve ever been to a Chinese supermarket, you’ll know that customer service is not the greatest thing and that some of the shoppers there are not very respectful, to say the least.

So I’m in the seafood line waiting to be serviced. When suddenly, one older Chinese woman (mid 60’s) pushes her way in front of me to examine the shrimp that is on sale. Maybe it was because I wasn’t confident in my Cantonese speaking abilities (I am an American born Chinese) or maybe it was because I thought she was just browsing - whatever the reason, I didn’t say anything. Next thing I knew, she was placing an order for 5 pounds of shrimp. 5 pounds of shrimp.

There was absolutely none left. I watched in anger as I saw the 5 pounds of shrimp being handed to her in separate bags. I was boiling inside from the rage.

I watched as she put the shrimp in her cart and walked away to look at produce. Then, a single devious thought popped into my head. I went over to her cart, nabbed a bag of shrimp and scurried deep into the supermarket with the biggest grin on my face.

Shrimp never tasted so good… and I don’t even like shrimp!