cè suǒ
厕所
wèi shén me
为什么
chǎo jià
吵架
Why Did an Argument Break Out Over a Restroom?
yī míng一名nán zi男子zhèng fǔ政府dān wèi单位jiècè suǒ厕所bèigōng zuò rén yuán工作人员hòu lái后来duì fāng对方bèiyāo qiú要求dào qiàn道歉

A man went to a government office to use the restroom but was scolded by a staff member. The staff member was later required to apologize.

小宝
gē gē哥哥kàn dào看到yí gè一个xīn wén新闻yǒu rén有人shàng cè suǒ上厕所háibèirénle

Big brother, I saw a news story. Someone went to use the restroom and got scolded!

小刚
shìayǒuyí gè一个shū shū叔叔zhèng fǔ政府dān wèi单位zhǎocè suǒ厕所jié guǒ结果mén kǒu门口degōng zuò rén yuán工作人员shuō huà说话hěnlǐ mào礼貌

Yeah. An uncle went to a government office looking for a restroom, but the staff at the entrance spoke very rudely.

小宝
wèi shén me为什么shàng cè suǒ上厕所bú shì不是hěnzhèng cháng正常ma

Why? Isn’t using the restroom normal?

小刚
duìér qiě而且nà lǐ那里hái yǒu还有pái zi牌子xiězhecè suǒ厕所duì wài kāi fàng对外开放suǒ yǐ所以wèishū shū叔叔jué de觉得hěnwěi qū委屈

Exactly, and there was even a sign saying “Restroom open to the public.” So the man felt very wronged.

小宝
hòu lái后来zěn me yàng怎么样le

What happened afterward?

小刚
hòu lái后来zhèng fǔ政府diào chá调查shuōshì qíng事情jī běn基本shìzhēn de真的ràngnà ge那个gōng zuò rén yuán工作人员gōng kāi公开dào qiàn道歉

Later, the government investigated and said the incident was basically true, and required the staff member to publicly apologize.

小宝
ózhī dào知道leduìbié rén别人shuō huà说话yàoyǒulǐ mào礼貌

Oh, I see. We should speak politely to others.

小刚
duìbù guǎn不管zàishén me什么dì fāng地方dōuyīng gāi应该zūn zhòng尊重bié rén别人

That’s right. No matter where we are, we should respect others.

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