Immediate Dismissal of Employee
All Dishes Discarded and Replaced

A shocking incident has come to light in Japan where an employee at a cafe mixed their own blood into the alcohol served to customers, sending shockwaves across the country. The cafe announced it would suspend operations, immediately dismiss the employee responsible, and replace and dispose of all contaminated glasses and bottles.

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According to a report by the New York Post on the 13th (local time), an employee at the ‘Mondaiji Con Cafe Taku (Problem Child Concept Cafe)’ located in Sapporo, Japan, was caught adding their own blood into cocktails while on duty.


The employee reportedly injected blood into a cocktail called ‘Orikaku’ at the customer's request.


The cafe later confirmed the issue, acknowledged the wrongdoing, apologized, and immediately terminated the employee. They also suspended operations for a day to replace all cups and bottles within the cafe.

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The cafe advised those who drank the ‘Orikaku’ cocktail to visit a hospital for testing, stating, “This act is extremely dangerous and absolutely unacceptable. It is no different from a physical attack.” They also apologized for causing concern.



Recently, Japan has faced several hygiene-related terror controversies in various restaurants. Some customers have played malicious pranks such as spitting on conveyor belt sushi displayed on the rotating platform and contaminating shared soy sauce bottles or toothpicks, then filming these acts and posting them on social media, causing public outrage.


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