Amid heatwave, elderly people in China ‘chill out’ at air-conditioned supermarket
The staff persuaded them to leave but had even fallen asleep by then.
Amid the racks in the store, they were seen sitting idle on chairs. Amid sweltering heat, people in China have been looking for a respite. Meanwhile, a video showing elderly people “chilling out” at an air-conditioned supermarket in Hubei has gone viral on social media.
The video shared by South China Morning Post shows elderly people seated in the air-conditioned supermarket in large numbers. Amid the racks in the store, they were seen sitting idle on chairs.
According to the text inserted in the video, they have been doing this for an entire month to beat the heat. “They hung out around different aisles of the shop while sitting on chairs they had brought from home. They have been visiting after 7 pm for a month already,” the store owner was quoted as saying in the video. Even though the staff persuaded them to leave, it was in vain and some of them had even laid down falling asleep.
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