Shanghai Daily(@shanghaidaily):At a restaurant in Guangdong on Aug 3, a customer threw cash on the floor and motioned for the waiter to pick it up. The waiter returned the change the same way. No words had been exchanged before the incident. The owner later said the waiter was his son — and gave him a 100-yuan bonus for handling it calmly.

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2026.08.05 02:02

At a restaurant in Guangdong on Aug 3, a customer threw cash on the floor and motioned for the waiter to pick it up. The waiter returned the change the same way. No words had been exchanged before the incident. The owner later said the waiter was his son — and gave him a 100-yuan bonus for handling it calmly.