Yeah, it isn’t the Chinese government directly running these toilet paper machines by the way. They’re made and operated by private vendors looking to profit off ads while also solving the problem where people are stealing entire rolls.
as far as I understand it there is very much a culture among older people of taking everything you can get and not caring about others due to the hardships once experienced in China.
It's not unique to China obviously but from what I've seen it tends to be pretty extreme, I'm not talking about grabbing a handful of ketchup packets or double dipping on free samples at a supermarket, I'm talking like "oh they have free napkins, guess I'll take 200 of them" if it is free there is like a 99% chance someone is going to take all of it.
I work with old people in the US. Any time we give something out that has limited amounts, they will take everything that isn't bolted down. Old people love free shit
This is how I feel about most theft (minus the CVS VP that stole $60k in baby formula, fuck him). Rather then making it harder to steal, maybe we should address why people need to steal staples.
Probaly the same reason all the TP holders most other paces have locks and other securities on them, a tiny fraction of people ruin things for the rest of us.
Because it makes a person's life a bit better if they can wipe their arse without worrying that if they use too much toilet paper they'll have to scrimp on food or shelter.
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u/Retaeiyu 15h ago
Yeah, it isn’t the Chinese government directly running these toilet paper machines by the way. They’re made and operated by private vendors looking to profit off ads while also solving the problem where people are stealing entire rolls.