Compiled by TEH ATHIRA YUSOF, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A GROUP of diners have been dubbed “online beggars” for posting their receipts on the Internet and asking people to pay for their meals, Sin Chew Daily reported.
What was surprising to many was that some of these bills were indeed settled by others.
But it lit up Taiwanese cyberspace with people discussing the matter after the social media app Threads was inundated with photos of such receipts posted by diners asking others to help pay for their food.
Users slammed the behaviour of these diners, calling them “online beggars”.
“Why not also post your mortgage account details online so that others can pay for that too?” one said sarcastically.
> A flight passenger in Shanghai had a meltdown after being asked to pay 700 yuan (RM429) to check in a bag deemed too big for the cabin, China Press reported.
The woman was seen berating airline staff at the Shanghai Pudong Airport after she was told to pay the fee because her luggage exceeded the permitted length by 2cm.
“It is just 2cm! And yet, you want to collect 700 yuan from me. Is this even necessary?” she yelled.
She said she needed the items kept in the suitcase, such as her jacket and laptop.
Airline staff were seen calmly telling her that she was allowed to take the items out before checking in.
In the end, the woman paid the 700 yuan.
The airline, in a statement, said that all carry-on luggage must not exceed 20x30x40cm and must be below 7kg, adding that the rule was put in place because overhead bins would not be able to close properly if bags were any bigger.
The above articles are 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 a >, it denotes a separate news item.
