January 27, 2006
Chinese New Year
I'm a frequent flier, and have been in some cramped conditions... but this has never crossed my mind.
- Sales have soared ahead of the holiday as travelers prepare for long trips home aboard trains so crowded that even the toilets are jammed with people, newspapers said Tuesday. Supermarkets report diaper sales have risen 50 percent since Jan. 14.
The problem arises from the need to sell twice as many tickets as there are train seats. Those without seats must find some place -- any place -- to put themselves, including in toilets.
I'm not understanding why there's a need to sell 2X the seats.
Here's a question: Will the Google News's Chinese version report on this news? Depends, I guess.
On the web Posted by AlexC at January 27, 2006 12:03 PM
Well, it is the year of the Dog...
I suggest that Google will not censor the fact that other, freer countries do not expect their citizens to crowd in the toilet when they have purchased a seat and that that alone will be a freedom enhancer.
Posted by: jk at January 27, 2006 1:15 PM | What do you think? [1]