Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
  • Cue Media
    • Cue online
    • Cue Archives
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Boxing Heritage Hero: Mzimasi ‘Stopper’ Mthana
  • Makhanda Heritage Day MMA tournament thrills fans
  • Amasango Career School premises handover in Extension 10
  • Gutters for the rain
  • Anti-Crime group murder trial postponed
  • Concern and condemnation of recent attacks on Grocott’s journalist
  • Bekushiyana OoMama ukondla kwi tumente yamagqiyazana
  • Makana’s crime spirals out of control
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
  • Cue Media
    • Cue online
    • Cue Archives
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»Uncategorized»Chicken-snatcher makes amends
Uncategorized

Chicken-snatcher makes amends

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailApril 7, 2015No Comments2 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

“Your chicken’s been stolen.”

“Your chicken’s been stolen.”

These are the words farmer and owner of *Lungi and Ingram's fruit and vegetable store at Pepper Grove Mall, Ingram Reed, did not expect to hear in a restaurant in Grahamstown. Horrible crimes such as hijacking, kidnapping, rape and robbery are rife in parts of South Africa.

No one has ever thought to add food-napping to the list.

This new phenomenon presented itself on the afternoon of Tuesday 24 March, when Reed casually walked into a restaurant to treat himself to lunch.

After a busy morning of stock-taking and driving around his Belmont Valley farm, Reed decided to have lunch at a local restaurant and treated himself to chicken and chips.

He made his way there in his bakkie and placed an order "like always".

As per routine, his meal was served to him at his table and, with fork and knife in hand, he was ready to enjoy it.

But Reed could not have anticipated what happened next.

Before Reed could say Henny Penny, a man approached his table, snatched his chicken and casually walked out of the restaurant.

Reed stood up, stunned, and speechless with disbelief.

Within seconds, the chef had jumped over the counter and was chasing down the culprit.

Halfway down the street, the food-napper was caught and brought back to the scene of the crime.

Ashamed at his action, the culprit removed the chicken from a packet and replaced it on Reed’s plate, all the time asking for forgiveness.

Reed decided to let the matter go and allowed the chicken-snatcher to walk away.

*The original version incorrectly name the store owned by Lungi and Ingram Reed as Fruit and Veg.

Previous ArticleSALB More mini libraries help the blind and partially sighted
Next Article Rain puts a damper on holiday weekend
Grocott's Mail

    Comments are closed.

    Tweets by Grocotts
    Newsletter



    Listen

    The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

    Humans of Makhanda

    Humans of Makhanda

    Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

    © 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.