[Gayle]

I was once in a Chinese restaurant getting a takeaway and a couple of blokes who'd eaten their meal in the restaurant part ran out without paying. The waiters all ran out after them followed by the chef with his meat cleaver. Not surprisingly the wirey Chinese chaps caught one of the blokes who'd just eaten a full meal and brought him back to justice. They called the police but whilst they were waiting for them to arrive the chef shouted at the man (in Chinese) and waved his meat cleaver around a lot. The bloke was terrified but I doubt he'll try anything like that again.

After they police had taken the bloke away the chef got back to the job of cooking my takeaway again and he was all politeness and laughter again. The angry Chinese act had been purely for the benefit of the thug, it worked!