Bowing service in China:

1, the hotel waiter knelt down to serve.

Hotel waiters (mostly ladies) are wearing pure white silk coats and long black dresses of the same texture, and their forks are spread high.

Fingers are white, tall and smooth. At first, I just stood there smiling. When we needed to add ice to the wine, the hotel waiter suddenly knelt down.

The waiter held fruit labels in his hand and handed them to our small plates one by one. When adding ice, the waiter carefully held it piece by piece because he was worried that the ice would slip away.

2. Nanny's Kneeling Service

It is reported that in 2004, a housekeeping company in Shanghai will introduce "kneeling service" from Taiwan Province Province, China, and the monthly income of nannies who provide "kneeling service" can reach 1.200- 1.500 yuan, and 40-60 people will be trained in the first phase. The so-called "kneeling service" means that the nanny will kneel to the employer for the first time to show sincerity.

From then on, when it is necessary to embody the "master-slave relationship", the nanny will kneel to serve, in which the upper body will remain arched, eyes will not be allowed to look directly at the employer, and she will have to smile.

A "kneeling service" training consultant from Taiwan Province Province gave a live demonstration. Kneel down, then he took an ashtray from the table next to him, then put his face down, raised his hands above his head and said, "Please use it. If you need any service, please let me know."

Extended data:

Kneeling has always existed in the form of showing superiority and inferiority. In the era of feudal autocracy, ministers have to kneel when they see the emperor, small officials have to kneel when they see big officials, and people have to kneel when they see hundreds of officials ... So there has always been a saying that "men have gold under their knees, begging for heaven and earth, parents".

The people of China have never been ashamed to kneel, so Chairman Mao solemnly declared at the founding ceremony: "The people of China have stood up!" However, in contemporary times, kneeling seems to be not only a disgrace, but also a synonym for courage.

Employees can kneel for failing to achieve performance, mayors can kneel for citizens, bosses can kneel for thieves ... When Qin Gui, who has been kneeling for 500 years, stood up, the people of China all knelt down.

Didn't the people of China stand up? Begging on your knees has been restored in the wave of money worship in the money society. Kneeling service is a humble way of service, which confirms an old saying in the service industry: customers are God.

The development of history

A diplomatic storm broke out between the Qing emperor and the diplomatic mission of the British Empire because of the etiquette dispute caused by bowing down. Wan Li, a British mission not far away, came to China for trade, and naturally he was a rational economic man.

The emperor of Qing Dynasty was not only a rational economic man, but also a ceremonial man. Maccaroni, the British mission, insisted on meeting the Emperor China by meeting the Queen and landing on one leg.

The Qing emperor insisted that his ministers greet the British mission with both legs. Finally, it came to an end with the "Qing Emperor Ah Q Spiritual Victory Law".

History has entered the era of reform and opening up, and the catering industry in Wuhan, Hubei Province has appeared the trend of kneeling for service. Some female college students in Wuhan claim that they are willing to use kneeling service for their guests as long as their income is considerable, which is also a manifestation of the rational expectation of economic people.

There was a scandal in Shandong, in which a corrupt official knelt down to a reporter to avoid the incident. If you can keep your official position by crying on your knees, the gray income will continue in the future, and the cost of dignity can be ignored.

It can also be classified as the precipitation cost of corrupt officials. As long as the probability of being investigated is extremely low, it will also maximize the benefits and utility. This corrupt official is also a typical rational economic man.

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