An employee of the milk tea shop “Yidian Dian” discovered a foreign object in the black tea, reported it to quality control and was instructed to remove it and continue using it. The employee later applied for arbitration due to an irregular labor contract, and the company sent someone to his grandparents’ home to threaten them in order to force him to give up defending his rights.
An employee at an 'Yi Dian Dian' milk tea shop discovered stones in the black tea used for making milk tea. After reporting it to quality control according to protocol, no action was taken; quality control stated, 'It's fine to just pick out the foreign object and continue using it.'
An employee at a “Yi Dian Dian” milk tea shop found that the labor contract they had signed was not legitimate, and therefore applied for labor arbitration.
On September 16, 2026, the topic “A Little Threatens Employees” topped the Weibo trending searches.
In the comments section of an avoid-this-store post on Xiaohongshu on September 8, a netizen pointed out that the store employees of milk tea brands such as Yidiandian, Chabaidao, Shuyi, Mixue Ice Cream & Tea, and Lelecha all get only four days off per month, and called on people to avoid them.