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Q: What is the most trivial thing in China you have been asked to pay for?
Yesterday I went to a China Mobile store to cut my SIM card, and he said I had to pay 5 RMB. WTF you just insert the SIM card into the cookie cutter device and you cut it. I walked out and went to another store where they did it for free.
So what's the most trivial thing you have been asked to pay for in China?
I refused to pay 18 (or so) Rmb for broadband transfer from School's dedicated apartment to the new one.
School suit me in the new apartment in Jianou, Fujian, after I was complaining for one month because of the loud banging during the night on steel railings in the apartment above me.
School served me with Dismissal letter, instead.
I refused to pay 18 (or so) Rmb for broadband transfer from School's dedicated apartment to the new one.
School suit me in the new apartment in Jianou, Fujian, after I was complaining for one month because of the loud banging during the night on steel railings in the apartment above me.
School served me with Dismissal letter, instead.
Baiyun Airport, Guangzhou
It still astonishes me they would charge the ride on electric vehicles which are supposed to be a help for disabled passengers.
As a result, those are everywhere, taking up space, blocking the way or just being an annoyance/danger while driving around for no purpose.
1 RMB for using what appeared to be a public toilet. The money was not to buy toilet paper. I was going to take a piss. The woman who takes care of the place insisted on 1 RMB. I threw the coin on the ground and did my thing.
DrMonkey:
I've seen plenty of place around the world, where you have to pay to use the toilets : the money goes to the cleaner, or the cleaning company.
hi2u:
What I never understand is, why must I pay to use the bathroom at the beach? They're disgusting and they don't even provide hand soap. How can you clean it when it's covered in sand and sea water?
This was a first and only time I have experienced having to pay to use a Pubic Toilet. I know you can pay to get paper if needed. But, to just use the toilets, it is not a common thing I have seen here in China.
1 kuai for the plastic box take out noodles come in. I've ordered take out from dozens of resturants, but have never been asked to pay for the box. Was I scammed? For 1 kuai?
Burak43:
I've been here 3 years, out of which I spent 2.5 years eating take out and this was the first time it happened to me haha.
2 RMB for tissues at at restaurant (a pack of them)...I realize it's a standard in China but really...why do I have to pay for a napkin...
Cheap roadside diners offer free toilet paper with the fancy plastic vernier to conceal the fact you are wiping your mouth with shit tickets....but it's free.
And don't get me started with the 1 RMB wet wipes.
Most things in China are a la carte.
nashboroguy:
Don't forget that you sometimes have to pay for the prepackaged plates/nowls and cups that you should rinse with hot water before using because they are not always sanitary.
the most ridiculous thing in China that I was asked to pay for was another person's wellbeing, when they seemed physically perfectly capable of taking care of them self. There are many real beggars but there are also many fake ones, who happen to have two kids playing in front trying to evoke sympathy from the masses... Also there are many beggars who try to play the part of seeming helpless (untrimmed beards, leaning on a cane) but I've seen such types walking and rushing through the subway system just like normal people - all up until they got to their begging spot. That's where the act begins.
