Chinese woman makes grandparents ‘take an oath’ not to complain about spending too much money on holiday, delighting social media
- Woman has taken her grandparents travelling several times but they always complain about the expense
- She says after the pledge her grandparents were on their best behaviour
A video of a woman making her grandparents pledge not to complain about ticket and food prices when travelling with her has delighted mainland social media.
In the video taken at her home in Beijing and shared online on July 18, the woman, identified as A Yi, raised her fist and took an oath in front of a camera with her grandparents standing behind her, who then did the same, reported the China Women’s Newspaper.
The gesture of standing and raising one’s fist is what a Communist Party candidate does when they make a pledge to join the party at a ceremony.
“I pledge never to say, ‘The ticket is too expensive. You go and enjoy yourself and I will wait outside’,” A Yi said. Her grandparents then repeated the same words.
Other pledges the group made included: “I will never say ‘restaurant food is too expensive. It’s better to eat at home’”, “I will not push others to wake up at 4 or 5am”, and “I will just enjoy spending money. That’s it.”
The grandparents repeated their pledges loudly and clearly although the grandmother could not help giggling occasionally during the “oath taking”.
