"Restaurant Owner Furious: 'Ate 10 Servings in 30 Minutes and Ran Off... Wanted for Pig Theft'"

"I Will Offer a 54,000 Won Reward for Reporting Eat-and-Run Cases"

A self-employed restaurant owner in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, is offering a reward equal to the amount lost after a man ate 10 servings of meat and ran away without paying.

On the 17th, a post titled "Gangneung Pig Thief Wanted" was uploaded on the online community Bobae Dream. The restaurant owner, Mr. A, wrote, "A really bad person came in, devoured 10 servings of pork in just 30 minutes, poked around, even defecated, and then ran away," expressing his frustration, "With that money, I could have treated my hardworking part-time workers to pizza and chicken." He added, "The amount lost is 54,000 won. It’s a small sum, but I’m offering a reward. I want to catch him," and shared a photo of the man caught on CCTV.

The appearance of a 'Muk-twi' man revealed by the owner of a restaurant in Gangneung, Gangwon [Image source=Captured from Bobae Dream]

Mr. A explained about the 'eat-and-run' man, "An employee overheard his phone conversation while serving and said it was a normal conversation, and he seemed like a soldier on leave." The man quickly consumed 1 kg (10 servings) of meat priced at 3,900 won per 100g, along with meals and drinks, totaling 54,000 won, before leaving.

Mr. A also shared the hardships of running a restaurant. He said, "There are two major difficulties in the food service business," and explained, "We sell with an extreme cost-effectiveness model by providing unlimited high-quality meat and more than 20 kinds of vegetables, so price fluctuations are scary, but eat-and-run incidents are even scarier." The second difficulty, he said, is "troublesome customers and eat-and-run cases," adding, "Sometimes customers cause trouble, which makes the staff struggle. Some even quit because of that." Mr. A concluded, "Eat-and-run incidents are disheartening, but I guess this too shall pass."

The post has surpassed 160,000 views and received nearly 3,000 recommendations. Many netizens supported the restaurant owner with comments like "I hope you catch him," and "If you share the restaurant location, I’ll come to eat," but some expressed concern over the unblurred photo of the 'eat-and-run' man being publicly shared.

According to the National Police Agency, there were a total of 94,752 police dispatches related to dine-and-dash incidents last year. Under Article 3 of the Minor Offenses Act, dine-and-dash can be punished with a fine, detention, or penalty not exceeding 100,000 won. If the dine-and-dash is habitual or intentional, fraud charges may be applied, which can result in imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to 20 million won.

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