Hot Topics on the Internet｜Mainland girl Xiaohongshu moaned and stayed in a Tsim Sha Tsui hotel and was fined NT$8,600 for doing something wrong

As Christmas approaches, many mainlanders will come to Hong Kong to feel the Christmas atmosphere.A mainland woman posted an article on Xiaohongshu yesterday (3rd), saying that she took her friends to Hong Kong for afternoon tea this past weekend. After checking into a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, she received a written notice from the hotel the next day asking her toShe asked for a “room restoration fee” of NT$8,600, saying she did something wrong. In less than a day since the relevant post was posted, more than a thousand netizens have left messages and discussed it.

The mainland woman narrated the incident in her post and showed a fine letter from the hotel, which contained information about what she had done in the past.I invited a friend to have afternoon tea in Hong Kong over the weekend. I originally stayed at a five-star hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui on the first day, but because of “LVThe show had just finished and there were so many stars.” So she stayed at another Tsim Sha Tsui hotel the next day. After staying for one night, she woke up in the morning and was told by a friend that there was a letter addressed to her in the room. She said, “I thought it was funny at first, but then it wasn’t so funny when I saw it was my name!”

Hotel accuses people of smoking in rooms. Mainland woman refutes: The cigarette butts were brought back by friends who smoked them outside.

According to the photo she uploaded, it can be seen that the fine letter given to her by the hotel was written in simplified Chinese characters.The letter reads: “We are a non-smoking hotel and are committed to providing guests with a smoke-free environment. We have charged a one-night room rate of HKD$8600Cleaning fees will be charged to restore the room to its original fresh look. “The letter added: “To avoid disturbing other guests, please do not smoke in corridors, elevators or other public places…Thank you for your cooperation.”

It turned out that the hotel accused the female victim of smoking in the room, so she was fined8,600Hong Kong dollarHowever, the female victim explained that “the penalty was for the room I booked for a friend, but my name was written on the letterhead.” Moreover, her friend smoked the cigarette butts outside and only brought the cigarette butts back to the hotel without having time to throw them away.

Netizen:Well done to the hotel

However, many Xiaohongshu netizens did not accept the female victim’s post and explanation, and all agreed with the hotel’s approach. Some said: “Why do some mainlanders like to break the rules wherever they go? “, “I can only say that the hotel did a great job”, “Is smoking really allowed indoors in the Mainland?”, and some netizens hope that the Mainland can follow Hong Kong’s approach: “I hope the Mainland can strictly control smoking and second-hand smoke like Hong Kong. It’s really annoying to smoke!”, “Why don’t the mainland learn from it? The high-speed rail platform is full of cigarette smoke, and there are cigarette butts under the tracks. You can’t smoke on the train, but there are all smokers under the train!”

The original article was published on AM730