"Stealing chickens doesn't make rice"
In ancient times, someone tried to lure a chicken with a handful of rice and then steal it, but they did not succeed in stealing the chicken, and they lost the handful of rice in their hand. Describe situations in which you want to gain benefits through improper means, but ultimately fail to do so and suffer losses yourself. No, there are two men who have encountered this kind of "stealing chickens and rice".
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What happened
On May 9, in Changsha, Hunan Province, two men found several unattended washing machines in an apartment building and thought they would steal them home for their own use. From the video, we see that a Mediterranean man in a blue shirt and a man in black clothes and red sleeves tried their best to transport 4 washing machines from the elevator, and their crime was all filmed by the surveillance in the elevator.
They think that the washing machine is just a matter of moving it home, plugging it in. But what they didn't know was that they had stolen 4 "shared" washing machines.
After the washing machine was moved home, it was found that it could not be used, and after studying for a long time, I learned that all 4 washing machines needed to be scanned and paid for before they could be used. It's like stealing a shared bike, only to find that you still need to scan the code to unlock it before you can ride it away. It's embarrassing, so I can only put it at home as an ornament.
The two men may feel like eating a bitter melon in the face of this washing machine that needs to scan the code to pay, bitter and astringent. They thought they could take advantage of it, but they didn't expect to steal a "shared" washing machine that they couldn't use, and their work was in vain.
It is said that the two men are home appliance repairmen, and some netizens said that they would replace the washing machine with an ordinary one and just change the motherboard, but they didn't do that, and they may feel that the stolen things are not worth spending a few hundred dollars to replace the motherboard.
110 quickly intervened in the case, and after investigation, successfully arrested the two men involved. The stolen washing machine was also recovered and returned to its owner. At present, the case is under further investigation. The two men are about to face legal action.
Their behavior, while somewhat funny, also reflects the problem that the public does not understand the sharing economy well enough.
Netizens also ridiculed the ignorance of the two men
How should we properly understand and participate in the sharing economy
Sharing economy refers to an economic model in which institutions or individuals with idle resources transfer the right to use resources to others for a fee, and the transferor obtains returns, and the sharer creates value by sharing the idle resources of others. The sharing economy is an economic model based on trust and rules, and if we can't follow the rules, then this model can't work.
The embarrassing theft of the two men in the incident, although a little funny, also brings us a profound warning.
Shared items are for public use, and for consumers, the original "buying" has changed to the current "rent", which greatly reduces transaction costs and brings convenience. For example, shared bicycles and shared charging treasures all solve the demand problems in specific scenarios. However, the quality of some consumers cannot adapt to the development speed and management requirements of the sharing economy, resulting in indiscriminate parking and damage to public property.
Write at the end
Most importantly, as mentioned in the article, the public's understanding of the sharing economy is not deep enough, which leads to an embarrassing situation for the two thieves. In any case, the theft is not advisable, and the two men face prison time instead of using the washing machine, and the gains outweigh the losses. We should abide by the law and be a good citizen!