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Bathroom items sold to help people urinate directly into the toilet bowl as new controversial regulation takes effect in Shenzhen
Source:Global Times Published: 2013-9-2 20:18:01
Local residents posing as villagers sell plastic bathroom items in front of a public toilet in Shenzhen's Futian district, carrying signs instructing people to urinate "properly." Photo: CFP
Two "villagers"standing outside a public toilet in Shenzhen started selling plastic items meant to help individuals urinate directly into the toilet bowl on Sunday, when a controversial local rule that aims to fine bathroom-users 100 yuan ($16) for disobeying came into effect. The plastic items, created by a local resident, essentially a funnel attached to a tube that helps an individual relieve himself or herself without making a mess of the toilet, were sold for 10 yuan, Guangzhou-based Yangcheng Evening News reported Monday.
The inventor later admitted that the two villagers were hired to champion the new regulation for local urban management officers or chengguan.
The rule meant to promote a more civilized use of public toilets has provoked heated debate online since it was drafted in mid-August. Local authorities said that there would be no one to inspect law-breakers by means of hidden cameras in public bathrooms.
No one was fined for breaching the regulation the first day it took effect, Shenzhen TV reported.
Global Times
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