Milk tea shop causes outrage after handcuffing employee with cardboard

Recently, Chinese social networks have been buzzing about a clip recording the scene of employees at a milk tea shop wearing cardboard handcuffs. It is known that this is a milk tea shop in Shenzhen (China), one of 9,000 stores in the most successful tea shop chain in this country.

A milk tea shop in China was criticized after posting a clip of handcuffing employees with cardboard (Photo: SCMP).

According to the clip, the employees at this milk tea shop were handcuffed and had cardboard signs hung around their necks with "crimes" such as "forgetting to put a straw in the cup", "overturning the tea bucket" and "not labeling the expiration date"...

Below the clip, the store owner posted a status with the content: "This is a warning. It won't happen again."

It was thought to bring laughter to the online community, but the milk tea shop accidentally caused controversy because many people thought the actions in the clip were sensitive.

"Employees are also human. Does the owner think about their honor?", one account commented.

Amidst the fierce protests, an employee of the milk tea shop spoke up, explaining that this was just a clip made for entertainment purposes.

"The truth is, there was no punishment for us. The store just filmed the clip for fun and we participated voluntarily," said the employee.

Immediately afterwards, the store owner also deleted this clip from social networking sites.

"We filmed the clip following the previous "trend", not intending to offend anyone. We thought it was just a joke but unexpectedly it accidentally caused misunderstandings and made viewers uncomfortable. We will take note of this and be more careful with future communication activities", the milk tea shop representative shared.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/an-sinh/quan-tra-sua-gay-phan-no-vi-cong-tay-nhan-vien-bang-bia-giay-cung-20240925133635469.htm