Shanghai authorities would like to remind the public that cooking anything, especially porridge, is not allowed on its trains. This reminder would sound bizarre to outsiders, but for the passengers of Shanghai's trains, it's just a normal day. 

A railway police officer who was patrolling one of the carriages saw a man has his rice cooker plugged into a power socket at the bottom of the seat in front of him, cooking porridge. Upon questioning, the man said that he skipped breakfast to catch the early train and was hungry. 

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Shanghai's railway police posted the photo on microblogging site Weibo. 

The sockets on the bottom of train seats are used for charging electronic devices such as tablets, phones, and laptop computers and are limited to only 100W, whereas a rice cooker has 500W. 

The railway police office immediately asked the man to unplug his rice cooker. Perhaps he can eat breakfast after getting off the train? 

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