SERIOUSLY, GET YOUR HAND OUT OF MY SHOPPING BAG

We call them crazies. Other people may have another name for them. But I feel ours is best. Its the name we give to the Singaporeans over here who we see doing crazy things(which is on a continuous basis daily). Let me give you an example from yesterday when I went to the grocery store. As I'm standing in line to check out, this seemingly harmless tiny, middle-aged Asian woman comes to stand in line behind me. Here is our conversation:
Crazy: I was juts trying to figure which one I should queue
Me: I think this one is the best, it is moving the fastest & is shorter than the rest.
Crazy: Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Crazy: I buy deese potatoes(holding them up for me to see) and go home. I have to boil and den I cook again. And I put da marazella cheese on top. It my granddaughter favorite. I have to make for her.
Me: Oh uh-huh.
Crazy: Cheese expensive.
Me: Yes, cheese is extremely expensive here.
Crazy: But, you know which is better? The marazella or parmasan?
Me: (Thinking what is marazella...mozerella?) Uhm...I think the parmasean is more
Crazy: Yes. I not like smell parmasan. It smell nasty to me.
And at this point she is looking into my shopping bag/crate I'm holding, looking at my groceries:
You make da dinner?
Me: Yes, I'm making pasta for dinner.
Crazy: (Now she has reached, yes reached into my basket & grabs my mushrooms)
Oh dis nice mushroom. I buy white button. Put in pasghetti. Is good.
Me:(Thinking holy crap! Get your hand out of my basket! Violation here!)
Yes, these are good. They are less expensive than the baby white buttons though.
And finally its my turn to check out. She leans on the conveyor belt & looks into my basket & then looks at the POS screen every time and item is scanned & makes a comment, oh das nice. Oh das espensive.
Can I just say what the heck? I mean, I cannot believe this crazy actually reached into my basket. I'm sure I had a horrible look on my face, but she just kept going like it was nothing out of the ordinary. I felt so violated. I was all alone. hehe.
Oh man. A day in the life. You definitely never know what you're gonna get over here. But I love it!