‘Are my legs cheap?’: 28-year-old woman in China gets hysterical in shop when parents refuse to buy her US$29 shoes, accusing them of taking all her money
- A woman filmed throwing a tantrum and then hurling items at her parents in a shoe shop in China after they refused to buy her footwear has gone viral on mainland social media
- Many who commented on the video were shocked at the parents’ refusal after it was revealed they control her salary
A 28-year-old woman’s hysterical crying in a shoe store after her parents refused to buy her a pair of shoes worth about 200 yuan (US$29) has trended on mainland Chinese social media, with many people sympathising with her.
The incident happened in a shoe store in Shaoxing, eastern Zhejiang province, on March 5, Lishui TV reported.
In a viral video of the scene, upon hearing her parents refusing to buy her the footwear, the woman begged: “Only one pair [of shoes], OK? Are my legs so cheap?”
“Isn’t there plenty of money? The money [I earn] is saved by you for me. You are so strange,” she shouted at her parents.
“Please behave in a normal way,” her father responded.
The woman then angrily threw several small items at her parents. Her parents ignored her and left the store, leaving their daughter kneeling on the floor crying.