英國每日電訊:日本東京的一家餐館貼出聲明,圣誕節前夜不接待情侶顧客,因為他們的甜蜜幸福會讓其他單身的人更加覺得自己孤單.

The Telegraph: A restaurant in Tokyo has announced that it will refuse to serve couples on Christmas Eve because their happiness would serve to remind single members of staff of their loneliness.

The owner of PiaPia, a pasta restaurant in the Hachioji suburb of west Tokyo, has placed a handwritten sign in the window of the restaurant that reads, "We will be refusing entry to all couples on December 24, with no exceptions!"

The message is accompanied by an outline of a male figure in blue and a female figure in red and a heart with a large red cross through the image.

The message suggests that the presence of couples would upset employees having to work on Christmas Eve, stating that romantic duos "would cause severe emotional trauma to members of our staff".