US EditionShanghai Teens Detained After Filming Themselves Urinating in Hotpot at Popular Restaurant Chain
- Haidilao, China's largest hotpot chain, will compensate over 4,000 customers after two teens urinated in hotpot broth at a Shanghai location.
- Customers who dined there from February 24 to March 8 will receive a full refund and 10 times their bill as compensation.
- Haidilao stated they are "extremely sorry" and are taking legal action regarding the incident.
- The incident drew significant backlash on social media, with many expressing anger about the food safety breach at the popular chain.
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For Vivian Chew of Lin-Fa, the cup is full. She is fed up with the insults and threats from customers. "This really bothers me, it really happens too often. In our culture, we often remain polite, keep calm, but I can't let this behavior go." Chew tells how customers often misbehave.
The restaurant management reported the incident to the police, and they will also file a civil lawsuit against the teenagers.
A video, which went viral, put a Chinese restaurant in the Haidilao chain in serious image difficulties, but also on the economic side. In the “offending” images, two 17-year-old teenagers are seen, their faces remain covered, standing on a table - a private room - while they pee towards the center, where the hot pot broth, the Chinese fondue, is placed. “The two teenagers were drunk during the stunt and were arrested shortly after. The footage …
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