Prices in Hong Kong are very high, and there are often complaints on the Internet.
Recently, a mainland woman came to Hong Kong for a tour, which once again pushed the price of goods in Hong Kong to the forefront.
She posted on Xiaohongshu: I spent 700 Hong Kong dollars on a meal in Hong Kong, am I too poor or am I slaughtered?!
The content of the netizen post
This netizen also posted his bill receipt.
She ordered a platter of roast goose with tangerine peel, fried rice in Sin Chew, stir-fried king, pineapple oil and rice. Among them, the most expensive platter costs 388 Hong Kong dollars.
Source: Xiaohongshu @Bradpitu
However, although the platter is expensive, it does not seem to be a small portion, and it contains roast goose, roast pork, fried chicken, smoked hooves and jellyfish.
The rest of the pineapple oil is 23 Hong Kong dollars, Sin Chew fried rice is 78 Hong Kong dollars, and the small fried king is 128 Hong Kong dollars, which seems to be reasonable, and the most shocking thing for this netizen is that the rice costs 15 Hong Kong dollars for 1 bowl!
Netizens couldn't help but take a close-up of this bowl of rice, saying that they were "silent" after seeing this bowl of rice. It still seems incomprehensible to this day.
Source: Xiaohongshu @Bradpitu
However, afterwards, netizens explained that they did not want to send it out for netizens to stand up for themselves, but wanted to ask if the charge of this store was reasonable.
After all, she felt that although the price exceeded her expectations, the food still tasted good.
Source: Xiaohongshu @Bradpitu
After the post was published, it sparked heated discussions on the Internet, and many locals of Hong Kong IP said that the restaurant is generally not expensive, according to the amount of food given by the restaurant.
Some netizens even said that because the restaurant does not charge a service fee, it is actually very good in Hong Kong.
But some people feel that some of the dishes in this restaurant are suspected of killing tourists. Some people even took the opportunity to complain about the high prices in Hong Kong, saying that they usually go to Shenzhen to consume!
However, the vast majority of netizens still think that this price is more reasonable, except for the consistent "poor service attitude", they can't find any black spots.
Hong Kong's service attitude is poor
It was mostly criticized by locals
On the other hand, the widespread service attitude problem in Hong Kong's catering industry has not only attracted complaints from some mainland tourists, but also from Hong Kong locals.
When interviewed by Hong Kong media reporters earlier, I heard that many people compared Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and were very dissatisfied with the attitude of Hong Kong businesses.
Some people say that these businesses treat customers "equally" regardless of whether they are locals or not, which makes many people unhappy.
On the streets of Hong Kong, there are public notices for businesses asking for "asking for directions".
If it is understandable that tourists ask for directions and affect the work of employees, the small print under the notice seems to tell everyone clearly: even if they are treated badly, they deserve it......
As early as 2002, superstar Andy Lau had a line when filming an advertisement: "Today's service attitude is not enough".
But 20 years later, many Hong Kong people are still complaining, and now some local businesses are still stuck in the same way and unable to adapt to the new era.....
Not long ago, a large number of brick-and-mortar stores in Hong Kong chose to close their doors, many of which are decades-old brands.
Is this inextricably linked to the service attitude that cannot keep up with the times?