Teenagers to pay $300,000 for urinating in hotpot in China (www.bbc.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 10:33
https://lemmy.world/post/35997924

Two teenagers who peed into a pot of broth at a hotpot restaurant have been ordered to pay 2.2m yuan ($309,000; £227,000) to two catering companies in China.

The incident, which happened in February at a Shanghai branch of China’s biggest hotpot chain Haidilao, sparked widespread criticism after the 17-year-olds posted a video of their drunken act online.

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Lembot_0004@discuss.online on 16 Sep 10:36 next collapse

Very expensive soup.

xxce2AAb@feddit.dk on 16 Sep 10:56 next collapse

“But, Your Honor, we were only trying to provide the diners with a lower-sodium alternative to soy sauce. You know, for their health.”

cmoney@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 11:01 next collapse

I’ll just leave this here.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_boy_egg

bassomitron@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 11:15 next collapse

Wtf did I just read…

Virgin boy eggs are widely accepted as a tradition in the city.[3] Boy egg vendors go to elementary schools in the city where they collect urine from young boys, preferably under the age of ten. Children who have been raised in the city are used to the practice, and relieve themselves in basins that the vendors place in the hallways. The teachers often remind the boys not to urinate in the basins if any of them have a fever or feel ill.[3][5] Some vendors wait with containers in parks or public restrooms for a parent who is willing to let their child offer urine.

TheBat@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 11:59 next collapse

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slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works on 16 Sep 19:48 collapse

My app shows this really small and I thought it was something being exploded.

dotdi@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 12:07 next collapse

They like the dong young in dongyang

Kyrgizion@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 12:31 collapse

Cream of Sum Yung Gai.

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on 16 Sep 14:24 next collapse

Yeah, I was thinking, depending on the kind of hotpot that’s not an out-of-order ingredient. Clearly, even in China that’s a weird and challenging local delicacy, though, so these teenagers got uber-fined.

NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social on 16 Sep 17:36 collapse

What a terrible day to have eyes

Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 11:20 next collapse

Fine might be a better word option here instead of pay. I was reading this title and wondering to myself, why would someone pay so much to pee in soup.

ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth on 17 Sep 04:26 collapse

It wasn't a fine though. They were ordered to pay the catering companies for damages and lost revenue, doesn't say anything about a fine.

Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world on 17 Sep 11:43 collapse

If you read my second sentence you’ll see it was just more about my humorous interpretation of the title that was written.

comrade_twisty@feddit.org on 16 Sep 11:27 next collapse

Damn, two months of pocket money down the drain.

frongt@lemmy.zip on 16 Sep 11:27 next collapse

Why though? Do they not replace the broth between customers? The teens would have been the only ones using it.

x00z@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 17:53 collapse

In China they often reuse it.

There’s also something called gutter oil.

Landless2029@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 20:09 collapse

I saw in a documentary that the government actually buys gutter oil for more than they could sell it elsewhere 5o curb it being used in actual food…

altphoto@lemmy.today on 16 Sep 12:51 next collapse

The cook… This is not semen! I asked for semen!

yamamoon@lemmings.world on 16 Sep 12:59 next collapse

Where can we see the video?

MunkyNutts@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 15:24 next collapse

Maybe a couple of organ donations to Pooh Bear might pay it off.

barnaclebutt@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 16:18 next collapse

After all that pee pee in your coke, they can’t just take a joke in China.

olympicyes@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 16:29 next collapse

I salute your high context joke. My wife didn’t get it but I thought it was hilarious. Looking forward to the next time there is an incident involving fudge or lemonade.

barnaclebutt@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 18:22 collapse

Unfortunately, I think the joke is going over most people’s heads. Which is ironic because I learned the song in kindergarten.

Krompus@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 18:30 collapse

Separate dishes, century eggs don’t involve urine.

lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com on 16 Sep 18:59 next collapse

Wrong country, I guess… Trump would have given a huge tip for that.

M137@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 19:03 next collapse

This brought back a memory: two kids put laxatives in the school food at my school in 2004, same day that halo 2 was released and I had pre-booked it so I skipped lunch that day to go get it. A few students and I think two teachers who were the first to get to the cafeteria had already gotten toiled bound by the time I got back. And I think only three kids actually shat themselves. They cancelled school for the rest of the day and I was one of the few students in my age group who hadn’t eaten there so I just went home and had such a good time playing the game and laughing my ass off about the whole situation.

roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 16 Sep 19:15 next collapse

Hmmm, yes, what a coincidence.

Fleur_@aussie.zone on 17 Sep 05:56 collapse

The statute of limitations is up on that one, you can own up to it now

wowwoweowza@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 20:03 next collapse

They won’t pay. They will be asked. But that’s not happening.

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world on 16 Sep 20:06 collapse

So when they caught those employees peeing in the Tsingtao vats, how much did they fine them?