There is never a break in the interesting and outright absurd headlines that come to us daily here in China. Whether it be the old man that pushed a potentially suicidal man to his death because he was annoyed the man was seeking attention and holding up traffic, or the large apartment building in Shanghai that simply tipped over one smoggy morning because of shoddy foundation work.
This article epitomizes all that is hilarious and a bit cruel at times in China. Suicides seem to be fine here. The rule is, if you messed up bad enough, no one is really going to care, as long as you don't hold up traffic and slow down progress for others. It is a grim reminder that the value of a human life in this overpopulated country is far less than we are accustomed to in the West. I don't care if you do it, just don't do it where it will bother others... comedy noir would thrive here.
If I can find a link, I will post a small article I read a couple months back about a hilarious and somewhat scary mishap at a yogurt plant. The story reads that a woman went in to a local convenient store to buy her favorite yogurt drink, and noticed it tasted funny. When she approached the clerk, he said it was a new flavor, no need to worry. She kept drinking and when something wasn't right, she took her complaint higher. It turns out what she thought was yogurt was in fact white paint.
I pose a serious question to China: HOW is it possible that a factory producing yogurt drinks or any product for human consumption could possibly get mixed up with paint.... Which leads me to question how factories multi-task... or do anything really. Hilarious on paper, but kind of disturbing at its core.
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