Chen Chih-jen, a tea merchant in Guangdong's Fangcun, once invited some local officials for morning tea at a teahouse. Seeing that everyone had had their fill of tea and food and were leisurely reading the papers, he got up to pay the bill. Little did he realize that his guests would resent this move--they felt he was rushing them.
芳村茶商陳志任曾宴請當地官員去茶樓喝早茶，眼看客人已吃飽喝足、悠閒地看報，主人便起身結帳，沒想到客人卻因此埋怨主人沒有誠意，草草結束。