Trending in Beijing: Liar Jailed and Food Toucher Scolded

The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this? Trending in Beijing is a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags, local press, and general power of the internet.

As any youngster knows, the phrase “You can’t take it all in one trip” is more of a challenge than a warning.

Recently in Beijing’s Daxing district, an anti-COVID worker clad in a full-body protective suit was caught on video attempting to do just that: the worker somehow managed to wrap five large, full to the brim trash bags around their body, forming a circle of garbage that encircled them like a wide, yellow tutu pulled up to the chest as they carried them down multiple flights of stairs.

In what can only be described as a real dick move, a maskless man with a young child was caught on security camera refusing to purchase a steamed bun after touching it. Needless to say, this kind of behavior would be disturbing even if there weren’t an ongoing global pandemic.

In the video, the man approaches a steamed bun counter and begins to inquire about the products. With reckless audacity, he picks one of the buns up with his bare hand to show it to his son, who shakes his head, so the man places the bun back where it came from.

One devil’s advocate did write, “I think they’re both at fault because he only got mad because of the woman’s attitude.” This sentiment was immediately shut down by the much more popular response, “I’m pretty sure you feel that way because you’re the same type of person as the guy in the video.”

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