KFC Chicken Wings Saves This Woman After A Painful Breakup
Who could blame her? Fried chicken is always the answer.
By Darian Goh — 23 Oct 2014, 01:06 PM — Updated about 10 years ago
Tan Shen, a 26-year old woman from China spent an entire week in KFC just eating fried chicken wings because she needed "time to think" after getting dumped by her boyfriend
Tan Shen, a 26-year old woman from China spent an entire week in KFC just eating fried chicken wings because she needed "time to think" after getting dumped by her boyfriend
Image via dailymail.co.ukGorging on comfort food is pretty much a given when dealing with a breakup, but one woman decided to take her heartbreak public by camping out at a local KFC for seven days.
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A Chinese woman spent an entire week in a KFC eating fried chicken wings after being dumped by her boyfriend because she ‘needed time to think’. Lovesick Tan Shen, 26, from Chengdu, in China’s southwest Sichuan Province, went to the fast food chain in search of some comfort food to get over the break-up. But seven days later Tan was still ordering chicken wings with a side of extra large fries at the KFC near a train station by her home.
dailymail.co.ukDepressed Tan Shen, 26, from Chengdu, in China’s southwest Sichuan Province, decided she needed some finger licking good comfort food to get over her ex and turned to what she enjoyed most - Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Tan even called her employer that she was sick and won't be coming in to work
Tan even called her employer that she was sick and won't be coming in to work
Image via dailymail.co.ukShe telephoned her employers to say that she was sick, and was unable to go to work.
telegraph.co.ukInitially, all she wanted was just some comfort food but decided to stay longer because her apartment brought back memories of her ex-boyfriend
Initially, all she wanted was just some comfort food but decided to stay longer because her apartment brought back memories of her ex-boyfriend
Image via dailymail.co.uk"I was walking around feeling miserable and decided to stop off at the KFC at the train station," Tan said.
nzherald.co.nz
She told local media: "I hadn’t planned on staying there long, I just wanted some chicken wings. But once I got in there and started eating I decided I needed time to think. "I didn’t want to go back to my apartment because it was full of memories of him. So I stayed."
telegraph.co.ukThe staff in KFC only noticed her after they realised they have been serving her for the past three days
The staff in KFC only noticed her after they realised they have been serving her for the past three days
Image via timeinc.netJiang Li Lung, 22, who works at the KFC, said the restaurant is open 24 hours a day, so at first Tan went relatively unnoticed.
people.com
Luckily for Shen, the place where she camped out is open for 24 hours. At first, the lovesick woman went unnoticed by employees since they work in different shifts.
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“We work in shifts here and the restaurant is open 24 hours a day, so we get a lot of people coming through. At first no one really noticed her, but after a few days I began thinking she looked really familiar. Then I realized we had been serving her for the past three days and that she hadn’t actually left.”
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When they asked her if she was okay, she said she needed time to think "and then asked for another box of chicken wings with extra large fries."
When they asked her if she was okay, she said she needed time to think "and then asked for another box of chicken wings with extra large fries."
Image via dailymail.co.uk'When we asked her if she was ok, she said she was and just needed time to think. 'And then asked for another box of chicken wings with extra large fries.'
dailymail.co.ukHe said the woman wasn’t doing anyone any harm so they let her stay. He added: "She was after all a paying customer, even if a bit of an odd one."
When local media heard about the news and sought her, she decided to leave and head home to be around her parents
When local media heard about the news and sought her, she decided to leave and head home to be around her parents
Image via dailymail.co.ukMiss Tan decided that it was time to leave the restaurant when, after a week, local media begun to write about her. So she telephoned her employer, said that she had decided to leave her job, and took a train to her parents home in Quingdao city in east China’s Shandong Province.
telegraph.co.ukAfter a week – during which she attracted the attention of local media – Tan decided she was "getting sick of the taste of chicken," so she vacated the KFC, quit her job and took the next train home to her parents. Tan may be gone from the KFC, but she's not forgotten. "I guess we kind of miss her," waitress Jiang said. "It certainly made work more interesting."
people.com
