"Please Give Me 200,000 Won More"... Cleaning Company Employee Demands Additional Payment After Sending Cockroach Model Photo

The employee was dismissed by the company
Denies being a model until the end... Ultimately files a lawsuit

A customer who entrusted cleaning to a company before moving in is claiming to have been scammed by the cleaning staff, sparking controversy.

On the 5th, a post titled "What should I do about the cockroach extermination scam during move-in cleaning? Please help" was uploaded on the online community 'Bobaedream.' The author, A, who identified herself as a woman in her 20s, began by saying, "I recently moved into a newly renovated house and entrusted the move-in cleaning."

According to A, the cleaning started around 8:30 a.m. on the 1st, but as soon as the cleaning began, she received a call from an employee B of the company. B said, "Cockroaches appeared in the house, so we need to do extermination," and contacted her saying, "If you pay an additional 200,000 won, we will do it," sending several photos of dead cockroaches on the floor of the utility room.

According to Mr. A, the cleaning started around 8:30 a.m. on the 1st, and as soon as the cleaning began, he received a call from company employee Mr. B. Mr. B said, "Cockroaches appeared in the house, so pest control is necessary," and contacted him saying, "If you pay an additional 200,000 won, we will take care of it," along with sending several photos of dead cockroaches on the floor of the utility room.
[Photo source=Online community 'BobaeDream']

Startled by the photos, A immediately requested the extermination. After the cleaning finished three hours later, she paid a total of 420,000 won, including the additional 200,000 won for extermination on top of the originally agreed amount.

However, while inspecting the new house, A felt something was off. Since the presence of cockroaches was important, she had checked several times every time she visited the house before the contract.

A said, "Thinking back, there were more than a few strange things. It was odd that cockroach corpses suddenly appeared in a pile in one place within half a day."

Feeling uneasy, A reviewed the photos sent by employee B once again and could not hide her astonishment. She explained, "Upon carefully examining the photos again, I found that cockroach models were mixed in with the actual cockroach corpses. I was shocked and flustered, so I didn’t check properly, but when I asked other extermination companies, they said the cockroaches in the photos were models. I was so angry that my hands trembled," describing the situation at the time.

A immediately confronted B, but only received the response, "I will check."

Then A said, "He said he needed to look again at the photos he sent. There must be other victims too," expressing her frustration, "If they had only used real cockroach corpses without models, wouldn’t we just be victims?"

A also informed the cleaning company of the matter, and B, who did not deny the suspicion, was reportedly fired. The company apologized, saying it was a personal misconduct by B, who had been employed for only a short time. A stated that she has filed a police complaint against B.

Cockroaches Prefer Habitats That Are Damp, Warm, and Cramped

Meanwhile, with the onset of the rainy season and the increasing heat and humidity, cockroaches have become a very unpleasant presence. Cockroaches mainly enter homes through boiler pipes, sinks, and washbasin drains but can also come from outside.

Most cockroaches entering from outside come through delivery boxes. Since delivery boxes provide a suitable environment for cockroaches to live, eggs or young cockroaches can enter the house along with them. Therefore, when receiving a delivery, it is best to remove the contents and dispose of the box immediately in recycling. This is especially important in summer when the heat and humidity create an ideal environment for cockroach proliferation.

The way to distinguish between cockroaches living inside the house and those coming from outside is by color and size. Cockroaches living indoors are about the size of a finger joint and are brownish. In contrast, if the cockroach is noticeably larger or closer to black in color, it is likely to have come from outside.

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