Paperbag

Last Thursday night, EJ and I went to Shangrila mall to have dinner. Before going down to the food court we passed by the GAP store. I remembered he had only one more clean shirt left. I decided to buy him two shirts so I wouldn't have to send his dirty shirts to the laundry. Laundry is expensive at the hotel.

We went down to the food court and went straight to Jollibee after I bought the shirts. While paying for our order, I placed the paper bag on the counter. I totally forgot about it when I carried our tray to the table. My attention was divided between balancing the food on the tray and keeping an eye on EJ who was running around.

After eating our second chikenjoy for the day (we had Jollibee for lunch that day!), we were ready to go back to the hotel. And it only hit me that I didn't have the paper bag with me.

I went back to counter confident that it was still there. And if not, I thought, they must have kept it for safety. Only I was wrong.

The paperbag with two shirts was taken by another customer after me. Would you believe that?

I asked the counter staff with their manager present how could it have happened?

The manager said they didn't know who the bag belonged. So they asked the woman customer after me, if it was hers. Without hesitation, the customer said "ay, oo!" and took the bag with her.

I haven't encountered people like that. It was like robbery. Okay it was pure robbery! I was speechless for a moment.

When I had time to compose myself, I gave my number to the Manager and asked him to text me in case the customer who took my bag changed her mind. Of course, I didn't believe she would change her mind.

I was glad I didn't shop for myself as well. I would have been very pissed off.