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Profanity on a Shenzhen sign

Shenzhen Economic Daily received a tip about a sign outside the Shajing Bus Terminal:

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A friendly warning for idiot travelers

Travelers' Complaints:

[Woman]: Damn, I got counterfeit money in change again when I took a car along the roadside. What a pain!
[Man]: Shit, I took an illegal taxi today and was ripped off again. They're so heartless!
[Old man]: It's awful, I took an unlicensed cab today and was cheated out of 500 yuan. Fuck!
[Policeman]: Idiots. Why don't you take a car from a regular station? Then your safety will be guaranteed!

Shangnan Police Station Hotline: 27291110

Two different terms are used for unlicensed taxi in the sign. The man uses 野鸡车, a term that frequently appears in southern newspapers, while the old man uses 黑车, which is more common in Beijing.

The newspaper contacted the police station, which said that it was not responsible for the sign:

A station employee said that the warning sign had not been placed there by the police station; it had been designed by the Shajing Bus Terminal. Its intentions were good — warning residents not to take illegal taxis — but the language was a little crude, so they had already asked the station to take the sign down and replace it with a new one. The reporter then telephoned the bus terminal, where an employee said that illegal taxis frequently exited Highway 107 and came to the station to pick up passengers, and that many travelers had been cheated. They thought that the sign could warn travelers and prevent them from being tricked.

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Man, one of the few occasions where officialdom comes up with something witty and interesting, and it gets shut down.

no good deed goes unpunished

“卖猪崽”的意思,并非是指被赶下来,而是指无良车主在乘客数量不够的情况下,在路途中间,将几辆车中的乘客强行集中在一起,再拉到目的地的行为。这给客户带来的权利侵害有几个方面:其一,非事前告知,侵犯了知情权;其二,中途被换车,可能导致等车时间更长,质量没有保障等等。

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