A COUPLE in China’s Anhui province, who were engrossed in making out at a train station, blamed the ticket inspector after they missed their train, China Press reported.
The man and his companion lost track of time as they were kissing at the waiting area. When they realised that they were running late, they rushed to the ticket gantry.
However, they were refused entry by the ticket inspector as the train had left the Wuhu railway station.
Furious, the woman began screaming at him and accused him of not doing his job.
During the commotion, which was captured on video that has since gone viral, the ticket inspector was heard yelling back.
“The two of you were there being intimate with each other and refused to leave your seats. Why should the train wait for you?” he asked.
This led to the woman retorting: “You should just get out of the way if you are not going to do your job!”
However, netizens showed little sympathy to the lovebirds.
“How can you blame others when you lost track of time and didn’t hear the announcement over the public address system?” someone wrote.
> The daily also reported that a 30-year-old woman from Malaysia has shared her experience of how a scammer tried to guilt-trip her into parting with her money.
Tian said she was browsing the Internet for Chinese New Year gift baskets.
She contacted an online seller who seemed to be offering great prices.
However, Tian found it odd when the seller shared videos which featured watermarks of other companies.
The man got angry when Tian accused him of being a scammer.
He shared a photo of what appeared to be cane marks on his hand, claiming that he was beaten after failing to scam her.
“You are the reason why I was beaten. I was initially able to go home; it’s all your fault that I can’t do so now,” he said, seemingly wanting to guilt-trip Tian into giving him money.
The man said he was required to pay a US$200,000 ransom before he was allowed to leave the scam call centre.
Refusing to give in to his demands, Tian urged the man to stop scamming others, which further infuriated him.
Tian, who posted this on the Xiaohongshu social media, said the man even tracked her down on Facebook and began harassing her family members on the social media platform.
● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
