36 Pieces

What an embarassing experience yesterday... we went to this japanese restaurant to get some food to buy back to base. I looked at the menu, and selected my choice.. a meal, and an extra pack of sushi that my friend told me included 6 pieces. So i ordered 2 eel, 2 crab and 2 salmons. Here comes the interesting part.. my fren had mentioned that he was short on cash and so i thought i would just buy a pack of 6 sushi pieces for him...

There was this japanese girl serving us when the orders were ready. Well, i gotta say that she was quite attractive. But that's besides the point. haha... we had this pagers you see, which rang upon activation when the order was ready. Well, i thought, since i was within sight, surely i didnt need it to ring to go get my food? And when this girl had packed a plastic bag of food, i thought that it was mine... cos she did look at me and her body language indicated (or at least i thought) so. So i went up before waiting for the device at all...

As i was taking the pack, i was thinking to myself "how come so many packages?" but dismissed it as i thought they would pack each individual ingredient in a pack. However, as i was walking out of the shop with my friends, she came running after from behind and apologised, saying that the food wasnt mine... "Oh it isnt?"i said.. haha... well that was embarassing for us both right? there's more...

i went back to the counter to get my food and this time i took a single plastic bag she handed to me. So without checking the contents, i went off with my friends. A minute later when i was in the car, i checked the contents and saw about three boxes of 36 pieces of sushi and realised i must have gotten the wrong pack again! so i went back again!

Another lady there was like "oh there he is" and told me that i had forgotten to take my other bag as well! "The other bag?" i thought to myself. So i asked,"you mean this one (the one with 36 sushis in it) is mine as well?" and the reply was yes. My next question,"how come so many?"
The first girl then replied,"but you ordered that many.." It was then that it dawned upon me that when i ordered 2 eel, 2 crabs and 2 salmons, it translated to 2 boxes of 6 eel sushi, 2 boxes of 6 pcs of crab and 2 boxes of salmons. I had effectively bought 36 sushi pieces!

i smiled back nodding in understanding and said "i see, thanks"... Urrgghh!
Well, i ended up sharing those 36 pieces within four of us. At least i think they'll recognise me next time i go there! haha...