‘Drink more hot water’: 3-year-old girl in China standing in for parents to man store delights mainland social media with caring customer service


By Liya Su

A video of a little girl serving a male customer in her parents’ shop and telling him to drink more hot water as he buys tampons goes viral in China. The girl’s mother says she picked up the advice from watching her father in the shop and knows how to serve customers with ease. — SCMP

A three-year-old Chinese girl helping out at her parents’ convenience store has melted hearts on mainland social media in a video where she tells a male customer buying tampons to drink more hot water.

The unnamed girl, wearing pigtails, from Liaoning province in northeastern China is seen in the video standing alone at a cashier in her parents’ shop.

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