When can we mandate these here?
Posted on 11/06/2022 2:29:18 PM PST by nickcarraway
A woman wrapped herself in a plastic bag when eating a banana on a recent subway trip in China. South China Morning Post composite
A woman in China sparked a public discussion when she wrapped herself in a big plastic bag before eating a banana on a subway train.
Another passenger surnamed Wang recorded her behaviour on the train in Wuhan, in Hubei province, central China, according to the mainland news portal Thepaper.cn.
Wang said he was shocked when he saw the woman wrapped in the big plastic bag, so he used his mobile phone to film the scene, which took place on Halloween.
"There are sporadic coronavirus outbreaks across Wuhan, but in my opinion, it is a bit extreme for this woman to protect herself like this," he was quoted as saying.
Wang's video clip showed the woman eating a banana before placing the banana peel into a small plastic bag she had brought with her.
"While it is not ideal to eat inside subway trains. She isolated herself from other people by wrapping herself in a plastic bag," said Wang.
Most passengers on the train seemed not to pay extra attention to the woman. A different woman sitting beside her was focused on playing with her phone, while a man was sitting on the other side leaning against a handrail and taking a nap, Wang's video showed.
A staffer of the city's metro system operator told Thepaper.cn that, like other Chinese cities, it's forbidden for passengers to eat on subway trains.
"If passengers notice people eating on trains, they can call our hotline and we will send our employees to stop the person from eating," said an anonymous female staffer.
The incident was among the most viewed items on mainland Chinese social media, with the public divided over whether to support the woman or not.
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"Is she unaware that people cannot eat on the subway? Her behaviour would be despised by anyone," wrote one person on Douyin.
"Is this a person doing a performance art project? I cannot figure out why she wore such a large plastic bag," another user commented.
But many people sided with the woman, speculating that she may have had a medical condition.
"I think she was experiencing low blood sugar. She put herself in the plastic bag and ate a banana inside it, so she wouldn't affect other people. I give her two thumbs up," a third person said.
The Wuhan-based news outlet Jimu News said: "She has not brought any negative impact to others in the public space. The public should show more tolerance to this behaviour and let other passengers who act similarly feel the society's warmth."
When can we mandate these here?
I guess they never rode the NYC subway..?
As long as the bag has no breathing holes,
this has great potential for Karen’s everywhere..
Where I live there is a great push towards public transportation.
I’m known for simply stomping my feet and saying no. I have devolved to doing that because of things like “period are encouraged to call us so we can send someone there to stop them from eating”
I don’t care about emissions. I really really don’t. I will never step foot somewhere where ridiculous rules and enforcement exists just because someone feels like it.
As far as Karens, as long as she isn’t tell the rest of us to do it, she’s fine by me. Insane people and hypochondriacs have rights too.
Should have gone with a lawn bag. Nobody would have known what she was doing under there.
Well, now: It’s working quite well for the CCP, isn’t it?
Probably a product by Irwin Mainway. I couldn’t find the video where he has a toy that’s a plastic bag and a rubber band.
What was it George Carlin said about a woman eating a banana?
So far, kinda guilty.
Considering that the CCP will forcibly place her in a detainment camp if she catches covid or even has a false positive, you can understand the paranoia.
In her defense, I’m told there was a new Qtard posting
today so she may have just been following instructions.
I hope she doesn’t eat my banana wrapped in a bag.
Bag O’ Woman
As seen in downtown Tokyo kiosks.
Yup. That’s what they want: Police force multiplier. Trust the government, don’t trust your neighbor.
‘Brown shirts’ redux. I wonder what is chinese for Sturmabteilung.
And they wonder why we cling to our guns...
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