Not again! Every once in a while, the fox girl can always see some strange things on the Internet.
Today is the appearance of a paid toilet seat in Kangqiao, Shanghai.
What's going on?
Some netizens shared on the Internet that a "new business model" has emerged in some shopping malls and public toilets in office buildings in Kangqiao, Shanghai.
There is a "toilet machine" on the toilet, and people who go to the toilet have to pay 9 cents for a single time if they want to sit on a clean toilet seat.
For 9 cents, this "toilet machine" will automatically put a layer of plastic film toilet seat on the toilet bowl for consumers to use at one time.
In addition, I feel that a single time is not cost-effective, and you can also use it for 25 times / 20 yuan, 138,000 times / 1000 yuan.
It's really interesting to take a closer look! Let's take a look at the comments of some highly praised netizens:
"Oh my God, you have to live to be 100 years old to use up 1000 if you pull 3-7 times a day, and I think it's better to use the public toilet or squat."
The project that charges the money feels like it will run away sooner or later. ”
Doesn't seem right, is it a matter of more money and less money? Public places should be clean and clean, but now they have to take care of themselves? ”
"More than ten years ago, it was in the office building, and it was all free, but now it has to be charged. ”
To sum up, most netizens are actually not very optimistic about this small operation.
Some are worried that this model is the same as some gyms on the market, and they run away before they run out of money; Some people feel that this pricing strategy of 138,000 times / 1,000 yuan is unreasonable; There are even some netizens who think that this should be a free service in public places...
Netizens who have these views are based on conventional logical considerations, which are actually reasonable.
Of course, there are some who think this model is quite good.
Mainly considering that there is a great demand in the market, many public places are now equipped with toilets instead of squatting toilets.
Sanitation is a common problem for many people.
Blind guess that there must be netizens who will be accustomed to either flushing the water first, wiping it with disinfectant wipes or paper towels first, or directly using toilet paper pads before using it...
Netizens who express support and understanding naturally consider it from the perspective of convenience.
The question is, let's bring it in ourselves, if there is such a "poop circle machine" in the public places we often go to in our city, will you use it?
From a personal point of view, if it were me, I probably wouldn't spend the 9 cents unless I had to.
On the one hand, my existing habits have been formed, when I go to this kind of public restroom, I will prepare a complete set of preparations to solve "public health anxiety" when I go out, there is no need to spend this 9 cents more, of course, it is not that we are reluctant to pay this 9 cents...
Secondly, even if it is a last resort, when I am really not fully prepared, there is such a "poop circle" emergency, my first reaction may be:
Can it be used? Will I give this 9 cents but the machine is broken, then my toilet is useless, as the saying goes, people have three urgency, then I will not only have health anxiety at this time, but also a little more impatient in my heart, just like sweeping a shared bicycle, sweeping a is bad, even if the money can be returned, it is somewhat unpleasant."
Other recharge problems, 25 times / 20 yuan, this is actually not a problem, after all, there is not much money, even if there is something uncontrollable, there is no distress.
However, 138,000 times / 1,000 yuan of this, need to mention more, some media asked the employees of this "poop circle machine" company, and people said that there are really people who have charged 1,000 yuan...
Of course, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and what can be determined is that this 138,000 times / 1,000 yuan recharge option, considering the question of whether to use it or not, is really outrageous.
There is also a detail, saying that this company is still continuing to lay this "poop machine" in shopping malls and office buildings.
This logic, in fact, if you think about it carefully, is it similar to the shared charging treasure in shopping malls and the paid self-service bag picking machine in hospitals?
I remember that two years ago, a company that came up with a self-service bag machine brushed its face on the Internet, because hospital pharmacies were affected by the "plastic restriction order", and these medical places had an extra self-service bag machine in the area where the medicine was picked, and consumers could buy a plastic bag for about 1 yuan.
*Image source: Shangguan News
This kind of original customer unit price is not much, so how can people survive?
This requires more long-term planning, for example, a self-service bag machine brand received a round A financing of 5 million yuan in the first two days; For example, there is a report later, the user scans the code to take the bag, and the page pops up an insurance advertisement...
So let's come back again, this "poop circle machine" can have a 1000 yuan recharge option, why do you think it is?
But why did this model start in Shanghai first? Is it true that the toilets in some public places in Shanghai are basically toilets?
From this point of view, if you really want to consider the convenience of the people, everyone's actual needs are different, and the public facilities are too uniform, which may not be a good thing...
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Screenshots of other networks such as Weibo and Xiaohongshu
Editor: CR