As the culture of prepaying for drinks and food at businesses near Yeouido for participants in protests calling for President Yoon Sukyeol's impeachment has trended, some netizens reveal their disappointment over the 'profit-driven behavior' of certain shop owners.
On the 14th, a post titled 'Bitter experience with businesses receiving prepaid orders' was uploaded on an online community. The OP, A, said, "This post is not directed at those who made the prepaid orders, but to the businesses that received them.
A explained, "I’m in Yeouido right now, and before heading to the protest, I thought I’d grab some kimbap from a shop where orders had already been prepaid. When I got there, about 30 people were already in line ahead of me, and more delivery orders kept coming in."
A continued, "When delivery orders come in, they have to be prepared quickly otherwise their ratings would get reduced. You know how that works. Because of this, prepaid orders kept being delayed due to ongoing delivery requests."
A claimed that despite waiting for 45 minutes, only five customers had moved through the line.
A said, "If there are nearly 50 prepaid customers waiting, wouldn't it make sense to pause delivery orders temporarily?" Adding, "I eventually gave up and left halfway through, thinking I wouldn't be able to eat before the protest ended."
A also remarked bitterly, "As expected, the women waiting were being too quiet and patient."
A went on to share another experience at a cookie shop with prepaid orders, "When I mentioned the name of the person who prepaid, the owner said, 'Not right now,' and then proceeded to take orders from the customers behind me."
A explained, "It wasn’t that the prepaid items were sold out, but rather that the store was too busy at the moment to fulfill them. I understand that the owner must be busy, but prepaid orders are still customer orders. They shouldn’t treat us as if they’re giving out free meals to beggars."
Netizens expressed outrage over the situation, saying, "There's no way to confirm if the prepaid amount has been used up, making it easy for businesses to take advantage, "They're also receiving money from the prepaid orders, though," "Expose these exploitative businesses," "So this is how they're taking advantage of people's goodwill?" "So, they’ve already pocketed the money, huh?" "People who prepaid should check how many items were given out, and if there's any leftover, they should get a refund in cash or goods," "There are probably many prepaid stores pulling this kind of scam," etc.
-Why don't they just refuse to take prepaid orders? They want to make money but don't want to be busy. What do they want?
-Let's just expose the store names, are they out of their minds?
-If they're gonna act like that, they shouldn't have accepted prepaid orders in the first place. Ugh, f*ck this.
-That is so mean.
-I'm sure some shops lie about running out of stock...
-Honestly, I can't trust those businesses. I mean, how do we know if they really run out of stock or not? I'm sure there are still some businesses that are honest, thoughㅠ
-Food trucks seem like a better idea... No need to give the name of the person who prepaid, and the owners can prepare quantities in advance.
-I mean... They can just stop accepting delivery orders and finish the prepaid orders first, though...?
-They should be ashamed.
-I knew this would happen. They would do whatever they please since you can't check if all the prepaid orders have been used up or not.
-It wasn't like they were able to get through deliveries either. The crowd was so big at the protest that no one could even move around.
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