8.15.2009

the fruit smuggler

There was a breakfast buffet at Atlantis in the Bahamas that we ate at one of the mornings while we were there. Buffets aren't normally something I dig, but this one was actually pretty good.

While Jorge and I enjoyed mass quantities and varieties of grub we noticed that the woman at the table next to us had come back to her table with what looked like the contents of a fruit basket on her plate. A banana, two plums, a few apples, some peaches and kiwi. She sat with it on the table for a minute or so, acting coy as though THAT was her breakfast. She waited for the nearby restaurant employees to leave the area and then BAM! She grabbed her giant purse from the floor and stuffed it all in. Here she is right before the theft...


And then as she was leaving we saw her slip a WHOLE ham from the carving station into her purse!

10 comments:

CarrieMarie said...

oh my heck! was she having a party in her room later & didn't want to buy groceries? LOL

Tammy said...

That's just awesome!
the fruit was bad enough-but a ham-YUCK!
Do you think she ate it-ewww!
I bet it had purse link and dirt and tissue bits in it.
What do you think she told her kids-"It was an all you can eat buffet-so...."
Cripes-she was staying at the Atlantis-not The Red Roof!
Looser!

Julie said...

A whole ham?! Are you serious? Haha!

kiki said...

Worked in a Buffet place years ago and you would be amazed how many people fill up their bags. One lady even brought her own tupperware

Paul Spooner said...

Daft really: the hotel would probably make her up a pick nick for free if she asked them...

If you can afford $300 a night at the Atlantis, you can afford five dollars worth of fruit, but money does not equal class!

Eugen Caitaz said...

You and Jorge take a food from there?

Woodeene said...

Must have been a small ham or a very expansive purse! Perhaps she thought it was an "all you can carry" buffet instead of an "all you can eat."

Topanga said...

I confess to having taken fruit from the buffet at beach resorts before. Something to eat while sitting on the beach. Never took a ham though. I can't imagine cramming a wad of meat into my purse!!

Joan Crawford said...

What would have been even better is if she carved it before she took it. People need to think ahead; what is she going to do, just whip it out and take giant bites off of it occasionally? Mmm, giant ham bites.

Anonymous said...

Beth,
Grandma and Grandpa would have
been more proud if you guys had
the giant purse.
Have a great birthday.
Uncle Bob