Sweetly Reminder

We live in a bit of a resort, here in Shenzhen. We are on the far outskirts of town, inside a gated community designed specifically for expatriates. The management here are fully Chinese, and they run the place as such - total dis-empowerment of front-line staff, and no explanation for strange and degrading policies. But they also take care of us as if we are dunces, appropriate for many of us waiguoren (foreigners). A friend referred to China as Wonderland - you can neither predict nor explain what might happen next.

The management delivered this notice to us this evening:

URGENCY

Sweetly Reminder

To: Tenants
From: Management Center
Date: March 15th, 2011

Dear tenants,

Temperatures in Shenzhen will drop to minimum 11 degrees Celsius tomorrow, due to a cold front from the north. The cold will start to affect the city from March 16th, it will be warmer from 17th, the city will see a heavy rain during 18th until 20th, the city's meteorological observatory said. Please put on more clothes and keep warm.
Management Center

Validity: from March 15th 2011 to 20th 2011


Just to be clear, this is an announcement to "put on more clothes and keep warm" because the low temperatures will be in the fifties for the next few days.