Some time ago, a netizen complained on social **, saying that the prices in Shanghai are too high. He said that he went to a Christmas gift shop and saw a super tall burning stick.
Although he entered the store out of curiosity, it turned out that although the store was beautifully decorated and full of Christmas atmosphere, the ** of the gifts was incredible.
He walked around, and in one corner he saw a pile of wooden sticks, which seemed to be the common burning sticks in the countryside. However, when he saw **, he was dumbfounded, an ordinary wooden stick actually asked for as much as 289 yuan!
Netizens in the comment area also ridiculed, saying that these burning sticks may have been cut by Santa Claus himself, so it is not surprising that they are a little more expensive.
In addition, some people joked that even if Santa Claus broke it with his teeth, it was not worth that much money. In addition, some netizens saw this business opportunity and decided to go back to their hometown to cut trees and chop wood, thinking that they could make a fortune.
Someone else posted a wood carving of Santa Claus that he bought from an old man for five pounds, thinking that it was much more cost-effective than an ordinary wooden stick.
In addition, many people shared the outrageous prices they have seen, such as an ordinary hair ring that costs 159 yuan, and at a glance I thought it was the kelp silk in Malatang.
There are also people who see an ugly doll, and they have to post 449 yuan upside down, and no one necessarily wants it. There are also some small pendants, the quality is not very good, and it costs dozens of yuan.
After watching these "sky-high burning sticks", some netizens showed off their wealth, making people call them big families.
Although these jokes are funny, the hidden questions are worthy of serious consideration. Is it reasonable for a big city like Shanghai to have high prices?
Since when did some ordinary things dare to be priced high and squeeze ordinary people out? In addition to the Christmas gift shop in Shanghai, something similar happened in Hangzhou. For example, a sky-high cup of coffee costs 4,988 yuan, which is simply stunning.
The store explained that their coffee beans are expensive, costing 70,000 yuan per kilogram, so the coffee that comes out is naturally expensive.
However, netizens bluntly pointed out that even if the value of coffee beans is high, the cost of a cup of coffee is about 1,400 yuan, so is the remaining more than 3,000 yuan all "manual fees"?
And consumers are not sure whether they are buying the real thing or a counterfeit product. If you think that 4,988 yuan is already very expensive, then another coffee launched by this store is even more sky-high, asking for 13,000 yuan, yes, not 13, not 13,000, but 13,000.
Not to be outdone, Shanghai launched a cup of coffee for 6,200 yuan, and also played the name of "Carmen Estate". Therefore, ranging from 4,988 yuan to 13,333 yuan, what is the actual cost of this Carmen estate coffee? How much is the so-called "manual fee"? It can only be said that maybe this is the so-called "pit rich people".
In today's environment, even in big cities like Shanghai and Hangzhou, a person's monthly salary may not be enough to buy a cup of coffee.
However, not to mention those people in small places, going to a big city is estimated to be the same as "Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden", which is expensive everywhere and excludes the poor.
If there are different varieties of coffee beans, it is really "rare is expensive", then some common foods, as long as they are packaged, have become sky-high.
Such a situation is really unreasonable. For example, roasted corn for dozens of yuan, roasted sweet potatoes for dozens of yuan, as long as they are packaged exquisitely, they can confidently harvest most of the wages of ordinary people.
Even movie tickets have unknowingly broken through the 100 yuan mark. But can people's incomes keep up with such crazy "prices"? How many ordinary people have gradually been eliminated from the competition and become 'poor'?
Perhaps big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou are destined to be more suitable for the life of the "elite", and an invisible filter has screened out those 'poor' little by little.
Some people gritted their teeth and stayed, hoping that like the burning stick that sold for 289 yuan, the wood that can be seen everywhere in the countryside can be turned into a luxury after coming to the big city. However, there are also those who choose to flee and find inner peace in a small city.
February** Dynamic Incentive Program