@DavidLe76335983 Her Chinese doesn’t seem nearly as good as people claim. She barely spoke it on camera, and six years in China proves nothing. I’ve met expats who’ve lived there much longer and still struggle to order food in Chinese.
What a pathetic stereotype garbage!
Chinese workers are not “working harder on weekends” out of some noble superhuman ethic. They are grinding because wages are suppressed to shit (service/repair migrant averages ~4,100 RMB/month, many gig-style jobs barely above minimum with 10-14 hour days and zero real safety net). That 15-minute Sunday emergency for 30 RMB isn’t cultural superiority, it’s desperation economics, oversupply of labor + weak protections = always available cheap hands.
The West outsources to exactly this kind of system because labor is kept artificially cheap here. That’s not a flex, that’s the point of the criticism. Unions in the West built actual middle-class living standards instead of romanticizing poverty wages so expats like Marco can get VIP “cheap” fixes.
Also get real yourself. Hard work deserves fair compensation, not this bootlicking glorification of exploitation so you can own the libs with 19th-century work-ethic fanfic. The repair guy isn’t a hero for the institution, he’s just surviving a shit system you’re simping for. Dumbfuck take.
That market price is artificially low because of suppressed wages, weak labor protections, migrant labor oversupply, and almost zero bargaining power for workers in these sectors.
30 RMB for an emergency Sunday call-out (with the guy showing up in 15 minutes) isn’t “overpaying” — it’s still well below what a living wage would justify for the time, travel, and hassle. Service/repair migrant workers average around 4,100 RMB/month while often grinding long hours with minimal safety net. That “market” works great for you as a foreigner with higher purchasing power; it works like shit for the guy actually doing the work.