Chinese authorities have called for gig workers to be treated with kindness after videos of a delivery rider kneeling before a security guard led to protests by dozens of riders.
Guards stopped the rider from leaving a building in Hangzhou on Monday - saying he damaged railings while scaling them during a rushed delivery.
Worried that his subsequent deliveries would be delayed, the rider got on his knees and pleaded to be let go, the city’s police said in a statement.
The incident sparked outrage online, with many urging better protections for workers in the industry.
Tankman is the everyman standing up against the overwhelming force of the police state.
That picture is some helpless dude being disgraced because some karen with guanxi ratted on him. :/