Chinese Take-out

Tuesday afternoon I was at work preparing for my evening class [I teach a "How to Give Effective Presentations" class on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.] when a delivery guy came in with some food and handed it to one of my co-workers. After the guy left James, my co-worker, asked me what I was doing for supper. To which I responded "Nothing, I ate a big lunch. So where did you get your meal from?" He told me the name of this Chinese take-out restaurant, which is humorous in and of itself [not the name of the restaurant, but the fact that we're in China and eating Chinese Take-out. I guess technically anything we get to go in China, even McDonalds, is Chinese Take-out!] But then things go from humorous to downright funny. I asked him very simple question, one which would usually have a very easy, non-humorous response. But then again, were in China....the land of funny stuff!!! So I asked him what he had ordered. His response: "I don't know" [What are you kidding me? How can you NOT know what you ordered?]. "I just asked them if they had anything for 15 kuai, and they said yes. So I told them to bring it to me." Chinese are so stinking funny. I can not even imagine ordering something without knowing what I am getting [knowing my luck they'd bring me onion soup or something like that]! What really amazes me, is that most Chinese people HATE Western food. Yet, they are willing to eat ANYTHING Chinese, as long as it is at a resonable price. You just have to laugh.