Bad breakup? Go to KFC!

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Lovesick Chinese woman, 26, dumped by boyfriend spends entire week in KFC
Depressed Tan Shen, 26, from Chengdu, in China’s southwest Sichuan Province, decided she needed some fried comfort food to get over her ex


A lovesick Chinese woman dumped by her boyfriend spent an entire week in a KFC eating chicken wings.

Depressed Tan Shen, 26, from Chengdu, in China’s southwest Sichuan Province, decided she needed some fried comfort food to get over her ex.

She stopped off at a KFC near a train station by her home, but ended up staying for a whole week because she ‘needed time to think’.

Tan even phoned in sick to work to stay at the KFC, with her break-up clearly hitting her very hard.

She said: ‘I was walking around feeling miserable and decided to stop off at the KFC at the train station.

'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.'

After a few days employees at the chicken shop began to get concerned.

Worker Jiang Li Lung, 22, said: '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 realised we had been serving her for the past three days and that she hadn’t actually left.

'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.'

He 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.'

After a week Shen decided she’d had enough when local media turned up and decided to write about her.

'I decided the best thing to do would be to leave the city and go back to my parents.

'I had already told work I was off sick, so phoned them and said I was leaving.

'And I was getting sick of the taste of chicken so there was no point in staying there anymore.'

She then boarded the next train to her parents' home in Quingdao city in east China’s Shandong Province and left.

Waitress Jiang Li Lung said: 'I guess we kind of miss her. It certainly made work more interesting.

[maggiemoo]

He dodged a bullet.

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Aw, that's sad.

I'm glad she is home with her parents.

[jigsy]

This story is awesome. I mean, it makes sense. She needed comfort food and time to think, and when she got tired of the chicken, she left. Totally rational.

I'm doing a break-up all wrong.

[cville]

You know, I think it's fully possible to laugh at the absurdity of a situation and some hilarious quotes (I mean, nuh duh you're sick of chicken after eating that for B/L/D for a week) AND ALSO feel sympathy for this young woman, who I am glad to see went home to her family.

Before anyone comes in here and humor shames.

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KFC sounds really good right now.





I'm on my period, shut up.

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Oct 22, 2014 12:21:16 GMT -5 @fucksticklegit said:

KFC sounds really good right now.





I'm on my period, shut up.

I'm not on my period and I would seriously love a bucket o mashed potatoes and gravy right about now.  Mmmmm.

[bania]

Oct 22, 2014 12:13:49 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

'And I was getting sick of the taste of chicken so there was no point in staying there anymore.'

lol

This is the best. I like her.

[fuckyourcouch]

I bet her parents are not proud.

[Dezi]

Once when I was going through a bad depression I legit ate kfc everyday for 2 weeks so this makes complete sense to me.

[lissaholly]

Why are her eyes pixelated?

[calle28]

Oct 22, 2014 12:34:46 GMT -5 lissaholly said:

Why are her eyes pixelated?

To protect her identity?

Yeah, KFC does sound bomb right now.

[So_Fetch]

Does she have something bloody in the bottom of her bag? Or is that wing sauce?

[lissaholly]

Oct 22, 2014 12:38:31 GMT -5 calle28 said:

Oct 22, 2014 12:34:46 GMT -5 lissaholly said:

Why are her eyes pixelated?

To protect her identity?

Yeah, KFC does sound bomb right now.

But they name her and state where she is from and where her parents are and her age. I am confused.

[CurlyQ284]

I would spend a week in Popeyes just for kicks. KFC...This makes no sense.

[firelight1210]

The article was written with a definite lean towards humor (those quotes are so funny and deadpan), but it is kind of a sad story.

[shostakovich]

::ring ring::

Hello?

Hi mom, I'm on the train - I broke up with my boyfriend, so I'm coming home for a while.

Okay honey, you poor thing.  I'll make your favorite chicken dish for when you get here! Maybe with some french fries?

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This isn't that sad or crazy. She left when it became a spectacle. It would be a thing if she were still there. My first serious boyfriend shattered my heart. I didn't camp out at a KFC but I did spend 6 months in a MJ haze to avoid thinking about it. My first six months of law school, might I add. If fried chicken was my thing I might have done this.

[tictac]

I just don't understand sleeping there. But that's really only because I would much rather sleep in a comfy bed than a KFC booth.

Otherwise? Meh, break ups suck and sometimes you need to eat your feelings for a week.

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Oct 22, 2014 12:49:50 GMT -5 elle said:

This isn't that sad or crazy.

But...is it funny?

Obviously, we know where I stand on this.

[CajunShrimp]

With all the fried food she has consumed, she now has a broken heart in more way than one.

Poor thing.

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[mushmouse]

Oct 22, 2014 12:39:54 GMT -5 So_Fetch said:

Does she have something bloody in the bottom of her bag? Or is that wing sauce?

Maybe she's taking a few pieces of the boyfriend back home with her?

[amandakisser]

I don't think this is that crazy. When I had a bad breakup with my college boyfriend, I went the other extreme and didn't eat for a week. I was depressed for a food three months, too. Good for her for going home when she'd had enough!