“Why does commute time count as personal hours? If work starts at 9, why do you have to be at work by 9 or get fined? If work ends at 6, why can’t you be home at 6? If you’re late getting home, why doesn’t it count as overtime pay? Why can’t commuting time be split 50-50 as company time versus personal time?”
A compilation of comments beneath: “Cool fact—“working a 9 to 5” was a term used to describe how busy work is back in the day.”
“Lunch time should be counted as working hours too, but a lot of companies don’t count it T_T”
“But you can just work at a company that’s close to home.”
“Fuck, I have to leave the house by 7AM, and I don’t arrive back home until 6:30PM. Fucking sucks for the small change I make.”
“Whenever I’m looking for work or a place to rent, I always calculate commute time as a part of working hours, and even include commuting expenses as a part of rent. I’ll take a look at my living expenses (as salary - rent - commute) and see if it’s a number I’m satisfied with before taking the job.”
“Another problem. Whenever you buy stuff, you have to pay first before you get it. But whenever you’re working, you have to give the company a whole month of your labour first and then wait another 8-15 days before you get your money.”
“My previous company had a policy that work started at 8:30, but so long as you arrive before 9, it’s all good. The 30 minute window is in case people run into traffic jams. So then, everyone just assumed work started at 9.”
“Lately, undercover reporters visited a Channeled Golden Snail industry. According to the report, a certain factory in Hunan, Changde, specialised in processing shelled, frozen golden snails, producing hundreds of tons every year to supply restaurants and pre-cooked food factories. The owner of the factory claimed that, “However much snails you want, we’ve got it, whether it’s ten tons or twenty tons.” After shelling and cooking, snail meat is often unidentifiable.
Various disease control departments have been calling out over the last few years to stop eating golden snail meat. Chinese News Weekly learned on the afternoon of the 28th that the factory has been closed down, and the county-level officials are investigating the situation.”
Comments say, “Did they open this factory underground or something? How did they get away with it for so long?”
“What a new breakthrough in our depth discovery of the moral bottom line project.”
“Some people are working hard to drive them out, and some people are factory farming them.”
“Now that it’s summer, ACs have become a lifesaver for many people. But as a result, various problems have followed it too. A lot of netizens have been posting about how when they turn their AC to 26C, it starts smelling really disgusting. “Like unwashed socks soaked in yogurt and allowed to ferment for several days.” But if they turn the temperature back below 26C, this stench goes away.
Is it true that ACs smell bad at 26C? Why?”
Comments say, “Don’t blame it on dirty ACs. I just bought a brand new AC, completely washed the filters and fans and everything. And in just a few days, it’ll start stinking at 26C. But the ancient AC we’ve been using for over a decade doesn’t have this problem.”
“Got told my family doesn’t have enough savings right before I was going to go study overseas…
It’s graduation season lately. I was happily preparing for my graduation ceremony, organising my visa information, sorting my packing list, going to London in September. And tonight, when I went to my mom to ask for a saving’s proof, I learned just now that we don’t have any savings…
The problem is, my family’s never acted like we don’t have any savings at all. Although we’re not wealthy by any means, we never seemed to lack for money? Both my sister and I grew up spoiled, we travel every year for family vacation, my sister has Chinese dance and tennis lessons every week, my mom gets SPA treatments every week, and they’re super excited about me going to study overseas. I never imagined we didn’t have any savings aaaaaahhhhhh
What the fuck do I do?
When I told my mom that I needed proof of 100K in savings, my mom said that she’d already used some of the money for buying a house (like, I just don’t get it. We live in a tiny town, what do we need so many houses for?) and put some of the money in investments. Supposedly, some uncle of mine is starting a new construction project, and my dad wanted to buy stocks in it, so all we have is 30K left.
Like, I just don’t even…
I only have one more month to get my visa in order. What do I do?”
Comments say, “Studying overseas is your own business, why are you demanding money from your family? I’m studying overseas in American on a scholarship and haven’t asked my family for a cent.”
“Is the 100K in savings really all that important? Studying overseas in England costs 400-500K a year, right? If your family doesn’t have enough money, then you gotta grow up.”
“What kind of visa are you on that only requires 100K in savings? Even Hong Kong demands 200K. The UK wants 300K at least.”
A compilation of discussion about major selection:
“When it comes to your major, you should listen to your parents. After all, you’re going to regret it no matter what you pick, but if you listen to your parents, then at least you can blame them.”
“Yeah, my dad called all of my relatives over to discuss them, and the end result is that I, a girl, should go study car maintenance.”
“I had enough points to make it into university but my dad insisted I should go to a technical college, because when I graduate, I’m guaranteed to have a job.”
“My family is like this too. My dad’s calling people up and asking for a consult. My mom is watching livestreams teaching how to select majors. I’m just scrolling tiktok. They ask me where I want to go, and I have no clue. I googled a bunch of majors on the internet, and all of them are covered in red flags.”
“My mom’s a teacher and she’s always telling me not to be a teacher and study medicine. My aunt’s a doctor, and she’s always telling me to not be a doctor and study teaching.”
According to Red Star News, on the 30th of April, 2018, in Sha’anxi, Ankang, Mrs. Deng’s husband passed away from illness. Mrs. Deng later found out that her husband had over 130K in savings in the Agricultural Bank of China. Mrs. Deng explains that in November and September of 2020, she visited the bank twice and confirmed both times that this money still exists. On the 17th of December, 2021, this bank even printed an account statement, showing a little over 130K in savings.
But in February of 2022, when Mrs. Deng came to the bank with various paperwork in order to withdraw the money, she was told that the money had already been withdrawn before her husband died, and the account had been closed.
“I went through probate for this inheritance. The bank even produced statements that the money was there. How did it just suddenly disappear?” Mrs. Deng spoke to Red Star News.
On the 27th of June, Red Star News reporters contacted the Agricultural Bank of China’s deputy branch manager in Pingli County, Gao Chang. He explained that this case is being taken care of by his boss in Ankang and he’s not allowed to speak on the issue. On the 28th of June, the Ankang branch’s office manager, Gao Zonglin, told Red Star News that this was a mistake by bank employees and they are getting it sorted right now.
Comments say, “Even bandits would be stunned for a few seconds by this play.”
“What, they can just take the money whenever they want like it’s their own house?”
A video of what a 5500 won buffet lunch looks like in a Korean girl’s school cafeteria. It features rice, kimchi stewed pork, tofu, stir-fried potato, salad, and some sort of iced soup? OP also mentions that watermelons are cheap in Korea this year, 30 RMB for two, and he’ll go out and get some once he’s done eating.
Comments say, “Where are the watermelons?”
“I was also waiting on the watermelons. Can’t believe it just ended like that.”
“I think that’s acorn liangfen [noodles made with starch jelly, referring to the mysterious iced soup thing].”
Lianshui County government officially responds to questioning in their inbox, saying that according to county Department of Education and Sports: 1. Internet rumours that Jiang Ping received a score of 83 points in her midterms in math is true. 2. The math competition Jiang Ping particiapted in was organised by Alibaba. Please question them as to the details. 3. Jiang Ping borrowed the computer that she completed the preliminary round on. 4. The school doesn’t know anything about private questions like snacks.” [people have been questioning whether or not Jiang Ping’s teacher, Wang Runqiu, has been giving her snacks as bribes???]
Comments say, “When they can’t explain why she failed her midterms, they start accusing you of jealousy. They always have something to fall back on.”
“It’s a little mean to ask about the snacks. Thankfully, that was a very measured response from the Department of Education. Since getting 85 in her midterms is true, then she almost certainly cheated in the math competition too. I hope Ali and Wang Runqiu have some sense of responsibility and don’t make her a scapegoat.”
“I can’t believe the doubters are so evil, or that the Department of Education would be so callous towards a child’s future. Does that mean I can write to their inbox and demand what right they have to confirm to completely strangers exactly how many points a kid got in their exam? Why are they helping things along when they discovered that someone has been leaking kids’ grades, instead of doing anything about it and protecting the kids’ rights?”
I feel like there's a line missing from the golden snail story, it doesn't explain what the evidence of malfeasance is.