Police officers in the Chinese city of Xi’an have been sent to a five-star hotel to take lessons in how to serve the public with a smile.
The training was announced by the Chang’an district police force after local television ran a report on discourteous cops, Sanqin Daily reports. Twenty officers have been assigned to the luxury hotel as part of a three-month-long « style rectification » course, according to the force’s Weibo account. It has also shared photos from the hotel, one of which shows uniformed police posing behind reception.
« Politeness is something all our officers should possess, » says local police captain Li Huixian, adding that it’s « little details » like smiling and saluting that the public appreciates.
Many Chinese social media users think the idea of training officers in a fancy hotel is « ridiculous ». « The problem of poor service can’t be resolved with just a smile, » says one person on microblogging site Sina Weibo , while another thinks having a good attitude isn’t something that can be learned. Others wonder if it’s just a way of using up spare funds, with one person asking: « Have they not used up their annual budget? »
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