A notice posted on the Internet in a convenience store in Yau Ma Tei that says "A $10 fee for asking for directions" indicates that a $10 fee will be charged for each time asking for directions, emphasizing that employees have no obligation and responsibility to provide road guidance services. It means "If the attitude is not good, it should be, no one owes anyone".
A reporter from "Hong Kong 01" went to the scene this morning (5th) to investigate and found that the notice had been removed. The staff revealed that the convenience store was formerly the ticket office of the China-Hong Kong cross-border bus company. After customs clearance, many passengers who wanted to buy a flight or take a car couldn't find their way, so they went into the store to inquire.
The staff bluntly said that "hundreds of people ask for directions a day", and some people even had bad attitudes. The store had no choice but to take this bad policy in order to reduce the number of asking for directions. The notice has been torn away.
A convenience store in Yau Ma Tei posted a notice stating that it would charge 10 yuan for each way asking for directions, which aroused heated discussions among netizens.
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The convenience store involved is located on Pik Street and Portland Street in Yau Ma Tei. According to the driver of the direct bus, before the epidemic, the store was the ticket office of the bus company operating the China-Hong Kong cross-border direct bus. The pick-up area for the Guangdong route is on Shanghai Street.
However, during the epidemic, the ticket office was temporarily closed due to lack of business, and it was turned into a convenience store two years ago.
After customs clearance, the ticket office was moved to Shanghai Street.
However, after arriving at the old site, many passengers could not find the corresponding boarding space and ticket office, so they walked into the convenience store to ask for directions.
Due to too many inquiries, which affected the work of the shop staff, the shop put up a notice that asked for a 10 yuan fee for directions. After a day or two, it felt uncomfortable and removed the notice.
Yuki, the person in charge of the convenience store, said that the notice was posted the day before yesterday (3rd), and the content did not intend to target anyone.
When she captured the thief in the store that day, it caused crowds of citizens to watch. It is estimated that some people noticed the notice and uploaded it to the Internet, which caused the incident to ferment again, so she also hoped to clarify.
She explained that after clearing customs more than half a month ago, the number of people asking for directions every day has increased greatly. In one morning, there will be 20 to 30 people asking for directions, most of them asking for the location of the bus stop. Answer, but if you answer, you will be harassed." Some people are impolite and will not thank you, which annoys the clerk.
It is reported that nearby shops are affected by asking for directions.
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She continued that after customs clearance, the bus company originally sent staff to guide the way outside the convenience store, but they disappeared for a long time, and the bus company had an inspection station on the road opposite the convenience store, which also did not open the door.
It wasn't until the convenience store posted a notice that aroused discussion that the company suspected that the situation was serious, and staff had been stationed there since the afternoon of the same day, and the inspection station was opened and changed to a ticket office to provide services for passengers, and the situation of asking for directions improved significantly.
Regarding some netizens describing the store as "short of money" and "no empathy", she hopes that everyone can understand the troubles of the store staff, and the store has never charged any money. I don’t know the pain when I touch the flesh.”
The clerk, Ms. Zeng, also admitted that she was troubled by asking for directions, "Because there are too many people asking for directions every day, too many, at least a hundred a day come to ask where the station is and where it is."
She described that most of the people who asked for directions were tourists, and some of them had poor attitudes. Tighten up the money, you suddenly interjected and asked where the station is, I told you to turn around, and he followed and left, but I may already have a few (customers) lined up.” She pointed out that now The bus company has posted the new locations and maps of the ticket office outside the convenience store, and the situation of asking for directions has improved.
The notice went viral on the Internet earlier, with the words "A $10 fee for asking for directions" written in black and white, which aroused heated discussions among netizens. And collect tolls to reduce the number of interruptions.
The notice was also circulated on the Internet in the mainland, and Taiwanese netizens also paid attention to it, which led to a debate between pros and cons.
I placed an order with a female clerk to buy a hand-cranked drink with 5 words, my girlfriend misunderstood me for flirting with an innocent Taiwanese man, and I was broken up. I bought packaged sweet potatoes for less than 58g. Pork chop eaters reported that the clerk replied: It seems that I am doing something wrong. A blind person asked for directions in the center of the road, and the warm man stopped to help. Netizens were moved by this action.
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