On October 20, the topic trended on Weibo’s society chart. Netizens shared multiple screenshots of work group chats showing that employees must report when they go to the toilet, and that one person was questioned after taking a 20-minute break. In the comments, people complained that they had lost the freedom to go to the toilet at work.
On September 30, multiple netizens posted that while the Experimental School of Hengshui Middle School in Hebei was holding a sports meet, students were required to carry a "toilet pass" when using the restroom. The pass required the name, class, gender, and the exact time of restroom use down to the minute, and had to be signed and approved by the class monitor and the homeroom teacher. Each pass was limited to one person for a single use and had to be returned to the Education Office afterward. Some netizens said such strict controls were not the first time at local schools.