The imposing phrase "Lao Tzu is going in today" became the trigger for a scuffle between mainland tourists and Hong Kong restaurant staff.
The specifics of the event
As the first small holiday under the normal situation of epidemic prevention and control, many people hope to take advantage of this opportunity to travel and relax, Hong Kong, as one of the most popular cities for mainland tourists, naturally also welcomed a large number of mainland tourists.
When traveling, everyone is excited with anticipation and does not want to ruin their good mood because of a little thing, however, there is a tourist who has not controlled his emotions, resulting in this wonderful trip is extremely bad.
On May 1, Mr. Lee (pseudonym), a mainland tourist, brought his family to Hong Kong for fun, and before coming to Hong Kong, he had already prepared a travel guide and knew that there was a famous restaurant called "Yile Roast Goose" in Stanley Street, Central, Hong Kong, so he regarded it as a must-visit place in Hong Kong.
Unexpectedly, due to the holiday, there are many customers in this restaurant, and the space in the store is relatively narrow, Mr. Li went with his family, and one of the children was still riding in a stroller.
Actual view of the restaurant
When Mr. Li offered to push strollers into the store, he was opposed by the staff on the grounds that the space in the restaurant was too small and there were too many customers, fearing that it would affect the work and customers' dining experience.
I don't know if it was the bad attitude of the staff in the restaurant, or Mr. Li's temper was too short-tempered, the reason given by the store directly made Mr. Li have a seizure on the spot, not only pushed the restaurant lady, but also released a wild word, Laozi must come in.
Mr. Li's actions made the proprietress feel alarmed, and she didn't know what to do for a while, but fortunately, the proprietress's two sons also helped in the store, and when they saw someone bullying their mother, they immediately intervened to stop it.
When the two sons of the proprietress joined, the situation did not develop for the better, but intensified, and then turned into a scuffle.
In the end, I don't know which party reported the police, or the police who watched the crowd, and waited until the police came to the scene to let this farce end.
Fortunately, there were no injuries in the melee, and the Hong Kong police chose to calm down the situation, and under the Public Order Ordinance (Cap. 245), any person who participates in an unlawful fight in a public place commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and imprisonment for 12 months.
According to the regulations, if you dig deeper, Mr. Li and the shop owner may be fined and imprisoned, and if this is the case, Mr. Li's holiday trip will be extremely uncomfortable.
After this incident, it caused heated discussions among Hong Kong netizens, and one Hong Kong netizen said: The merchant is really mingling with customers this time.
Afterwards, the lady of the restaurant was interviewed by the Hong Kong media, in which she claimed that she had made it clear that the space in the store was too small to push a stroller inside, and that the reason why it would turn into a scuffle was Mr. Li's first hand.
She has also received many tourists from the mainland before, and these tourists are very high-quality and polite, and it is the first time she has seen tourists like Mr. Li.
When this brawl incident spread to the mainland, it also caused heated discussions among mainland netizens.
The voices of these netizens varied, ranging from those who supported the restaurant staff to those who supported Mr. Li.
Netizens who supported the restaurant staff said: Maybe it was too busy at that time, and the speech was not as gentle as before, and the service staff in Hong Kong were very gentle, if not so busy, they spoke more gently than their wives to themselves.
Netizens who supported Mr. Li said: It must be the restaurant owner's bad tone that completely angered Mr. Li from the mainland, and many mainland tourists have come to eat here in the past, their tone is very blunt and unfriendly, and he himself has encountered this situation.
As a bystander, we did not witness the scene at that time, so it is difficult to comment too much on it.
However, I believe that if they had communicated calmly, this bad incident would never have happened.
Coincidentally, similar to this kind of event, not only here, but also on the same day, the same thing happened in Macao
Macau, like Hong Kong, is one of the most popular tourist destinations for mainland tourists, and a large number of mainland tourists also visit Macau during the May Day holiday.
However, on May 1, several mainland tourists did something much more serious in Macau than what happened in Hong Kong.
In the early hours of May 1, two groups of gamblers faced each other in Macau casinos, during which verbal problems broke out in a verbal battle, which led to a melee between multiple people.
Fortunately, the security guards in the casino stopped the dispute in time, but because the incident was relatively large, the staff inside the casino called the police, and when the Macao police arrived at the scene, they arrested 8 troublemakers from the mainland on the spot.
From this picture, we can imagine how tragic the scene was, the worst of which was this man in white, he had been beaten like this, and the man in black still did not choose to stop.
Some people present filmed this fight and uploaded it to the Internet in the form of a video, and once this video was released, it immediately went viral on major social platforms, and the popularity of the incident once became yesterday's hot search.
According to insiders, the reason why these people fought hard was because a tourist from the mainland, when placing a bet, defiantly pressed against the opposite side, and did not forget to ridicule after winning.
His reverse operation completely annoyed the other party, and then evolved into a multi-person brawl.
At present, the Macao Judicial Police has dealt with the eight people involved in the case in accordance with the law, and the senior management of the Macao Security Department even said that this incident has seriously affected Macao's image, and will suggest that relevant venues prohibit those involved from entering, and even consider banning these tourists from re-entering Macao.
Final summary
Holidays are a wonderful time, everyone goes out to play with incomparably good and expectant moods, and you can't make your mood unpleasant because of a little thing.
Whether it is going out to play or in daily life, as long as each of us can be more tolerant and less contentious, there will be many contradictions in this world that can be resolved.
Especially after leaving the mainland cities, we should pay more attention to our words and deeds, because you represent not only you personally, but also reflect the 1.4 billion Chinese behind you.