A court orders their parents to compensate Haidilao for reputational and operational losses.

Two teenagers who peed into a pot of broth at a hotpot restaurant have been ordered to pay 2.2m yuan ($309,000; £227,000) to two catering companies in China.

The incident, which happened in February at a Shanghai branch of China’s biggest hotpot chain Haidilao, sparked widespread criticism after the 17-year-olds posted a video of their drunken act online.

  • Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    1 day ago

    Fine might be a better word option here instead of pay. I was reading this title and wondering to myself, why would someone pay so much to pee in soup.

    • ZoDoneRightNow@kbin.earth
      31·
      10 hours ago

      It wasn’t a fine though. They were ordered to pay the catering companies for damages and lost revenue, doesn’t say anything about a fine.

      • Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        If you read my second sentence you’ll see it was just more about my humorous interpretation of the title that was written.