“I thought you were going to the bathroom”… ‘Tennis girl’ disappears calmly after eating soup

“I never thought it would go away.”

Controversy has arisen after a woman dressed in tennis sportswear was caught eating at a soup restaurant and then casually leaving without paying.

JTBC’s ‘Incidence Chief’, which aired on the 15th, revealed a closed-circuit (CC) TV video taken at a soup restaurant in Gangdong-gu, Seoul on the 9th. In the video, a woman wearing a tennis skirt and a racket on one arm enters a soup restaurant with her hat pulled down. The woman who sat down ordered food through the kiosk, and when the soup and rice came out, she even brought some side dishes from the self-serve side dish section. After finishing her meal, the woman wiped her mouth, stood up, passed the counter, and left the store.

The store said, “I thought (the woman) was smoking a cigarette or going to the bathroom,” and “I never thought she would run away in that situation.” “It’s been three months since the store opened, and there have already been five scams,” he said, adding that he reported several of them. The store emphasized, “Punishment is not the problem. It’s difficult because the economy is bad. Please make the payment.”

Netizens who saw the video showed a variety of reactions, such as “She goes out too confidently,” “Isn’t she mistaken for thinking she paid because it was a kiosk order?” and “Maybe they should change it to a kiosk where payment is made at the same time as ordering.”

Meanwhile, under the Misdemeanor Punishment Act, eating without a camera is subject to a fine of up to 100,000 won, detention, or fines. Furthermore, if it is recognized as habitual or intentional, the crime of fraud may be applied under the Criminal Act and subject to imprisonment for up to 10 years or a fine of up to 20 million won.

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