Chinese woman chugs $190 of cognac at airport security after being told she couldn't bring it on the plane

Back when I was a kid, my mom used to guilt me into eating the rest of my dinner — which was probably dried out chicken or, if I was lucky, Kraft macaroni and cheese — by reminding me that there were children starving in Africa. The mental image of those teary-eyed emaciated kids from Sally Struthers ads was usually enough for me to force myself to swallow another two or three bites of that chicken.

I can only hope that Jiu Jin Zhao was thinking of all the teary-eyed old men across Europe longing for another sip of cognac after closing time when she allegedly proceeded to down an entire bottle of $190 Rémy Martin XO Excellence at the security line of Beijing Capital international airport.

When airport security explained Zhao couldn't bring a bottle more of liquid exceeding 100 ml on the plane, she reportedly decided that she would be damned if she would waste even one drop of such finely distilled French liquor. According to the Guardian, as reward for her impressive-yet-terrifying feat, police and airline staff denied her a seat on the plane out of concern that her inebriation would be a safety risk. This seems like a good move, because nobody needs another drunk flier running around the airplane cabin topless.

From South China Morning Post:

“'She was so drunk… she couldn’t even stand up herself. We took her to a room in a wheelchair so she could rest,' the officer told The Beijing Times.

Curiously enough, this isn't the first time something like this has happened. Back in June, a pair of Chinese travelers chugged a bottle of aphrodisiac wine at Baiyun International Airport when security told them they couldn't carry on the bottle, which means we're one incident away from this becoming a trend in China.