The 26-year-old, identified as Tan Shen, says she needed some time to think and get things sorted out

Oct 23, 2014 12:12 GMT  ·  By

Breakups are tough, and there are plenty of people in this world who deal with such unfortunate events by gulping down copious amounts of food. The higher their calorie count, the better, the majority of these people seem to think.

Still, a young woman recently took things to a whole new level when she spent an entire week in a KFC restaurant in China and ate nothing but chicken wings and fries during this entire time.

According to local media reports, the woman, a photo of which is available below, saw fit to set up camp in a KFC for a full week looking to get over the breakup with her boyfriend. By the looks of it, it was mission accomplished.

How it all started

Oddity Central tells us that, after being dumped by her boyfriend, 26-year-old Tan Shen decided to go for a walk to clear her head. She eventually ended up at a train station and thought it a good idea to stop for some chicken wings and fries at the local KFC.

While eating, she realized that she didn't really have anywhere to go and that she needed some time for herself. Hence, she remained seated at her table. For 7 days in a row.

“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,” the 26-year-old woman told the press in an interview.

“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,” Tan Shen went on to explain her bizarre behavior.

She managed to go unnoticed for several days

What's interesting is that it took staff at the KFC restaurant about 3 days to figure out that something was off and approach the woman. When they finally asked her if she was OK, she told them that she just wanted to be alone for a while and asked for another serving of chicken wings and fries.

Seeing how she wasn't bothering anyone, staff at the KFC restaurant decided to let her hang around. “She was after all a paying customer, even if a bit of an odd one,” worker Jiang Li Lung said in a statement.

All's well that ends well

After spending an entire week in the KFC restaurant, snacking on chicken wings and thinking, 26-year-old Tan Shen finally left the establishment determined to completely turn her life around. Thus, word has it that she is now making plans to leave the city and go back home to her parents.

It's still unclear whether the woman left the KFC because she was done thinking and getting things sorted out, or simply because she could not possibly stand to take another bite of a chicken wing or a French fry.

Woman spends an entire week in a KFC
Woman spends an entire week in a KFC

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