Some netizens broke the news that on April 22, at the wedding scene in Chaoyang District, Beijing, the bridesmaid actually hung Alipay's money collection code around her neck to collect money.
Many netizens ridiculed: "The first time I saw Alipay QR code to collect money, should bridesmaids be so dedicated?"
A teacher Wu who attended the on-site wedding told reporters that on the wedding day, he went to the guest sign-in desk to give gifts as usual. At this time, he saw a bright Alipay payment code hanging on the chest of the bridesmaid wearing a dress next to him. Tell the maid of honor, Miss Wu, that this is for the convenience of guests who have no time to prepare or forget to bring red envelopes for the New Year.
However, according to the introduction, what is more exciting than the guests is the bride's mother-in-law, who asked the bridesmaid to write down the collection code in public.
The reporter contacted Miss Wang, the bridesmaid. Speaking of this matter, Miss Wang has repeatedly stated that using the money collection code is not asking for money from the guests, but also discussing with the newcomers. They don't think it is wrong, but they think it is interesting.
In this regard, many young netizens feel that there is no sense of disobedience, but some elders disapprove of this way and think that it is obviously asking for gifts from guests.
This morning, Alipay also forwarded the incident and said, "I'm eating a melon".
Both mother-in-law and elders feel disgraced.
According to the reporter, Mr. Wu, the young people attending the wedding didn't care, but the bride's mother-in-law and elders were very unhappy and felt disgraced. Miss Wang also confirmed this to reporters. "The young man knew what was going on at a glance and told me that if I knew I could give it like this, I wouldn't have to go to the bank to withdraw money. The older ones don't quite understand. The bride's mother-in-law came to ask and I explained it to her. She said nothing, but she didn't look good. Later, I heard that she didn't want to, so I took off the QR code. "
Discussion: How should the gift money be collected?
Seeing that it is the wedding season again, the reporter found on the Internet that in addition to scanning the QR code, there are more wonderful ways to receive gifts.
For example, Taiwan Province's "Zhongguang News Network" reported on March 23rd that a couple got married with their son. When sending invitations, they actually asked the guests to remit the gift money to the bank account first. On the day of the wedding reception, you must show a remittance receipt before you can enter. This made the people who received the invitation feel very uncomfortable.
According to recent media reports, at a wedding scene in southeast Chongqing, a bride invited bank staff to use a money detector to count cash at the cash collection office in order to prevent receiving fake money. Interestingly, a counterfeit banknote was actually found at the scene and the guest wanted to change it. The video of counting money was uploaded to the internet, and netizens could feel the embarrassing atmosphere on the scene through the screen.
Because mobile phone red packets do not need paper money, the amount is flexible and not limited by time and space, there are more and more scenes in which mobile phone red packets replace traditional cash-filled red envelopes.
However, some people think that it is impersonal to send a red envelope by mobile phone transfer. How to receive gifts to make everyone feel comfortable?
The practice of some foreign newcomers seems to be worth learning from domestic young people: on the crowdfunding website GoFundMe, some prospective newcomers raise money for their honeymoon. They sent invitations to the wedding guests to raise money, saying, "Don't give unnecessary gifts when you get married, just fund our honeymoon."
Mobile payment is convenient and fast, and has penetrated into every field of life. In the past, the complicated payment process has become simpler and simpler, and people only need to take out their mobile phones and sweep them to complete the payment. No more change, no need to worry about counterfeit money. When collecting money, you don't need such a heavy POS machine. Only one QR code is needed to complete it.
With the popularity of QR code payment in our life, more and more people choose to give up the traditional cash payment, and even beggars on the street have started the business of scanning code payment. Then, why is such a convenient and fast QR code payment method opposed by so many people? Some people think that going to the wedding of relatives and friends is to congratulate the new couple, and wrapping red envelopes is to feel the happiness of the new couple and is also a gift. They hope that the society can keep some traditions, and even these traditions will add some troubles, but this kind of trouble often contains human feelings. Some people always look at new things with a critical eye, which may be the fundamental reason why they oppose QR code to collect money. Just like this wedding, the bridesmaid hung a QR code sign around her neck for convenience, but the bride's mother-in-law publicly asked the bridesmaid to take down the QR code and accused the bridesmaid of being "indecent". This is also a conceptual conflict between the older generation and the young.
The author believes that the key to "two-dimensional code with gift money" is a cognitive problem. And the QR code gift is not "useless". For example, it can solve the embarrassment that guests forget to bring cash, reduce the risk of receiving counterfeit money, relieve the inconvenience caused by receiving cash, and avoid the risk of others "manipulating" the gift money. Now there is a QR code, but the way and channel of giving gifts have changed. The true meaning of the gift has not changed. In short, as a product of the development of the times, "QR code with gift money" is completely unnecessary to make a fuss.