Unmanned Store Somewhere Smells Foul, What Is It?... 'Gaetong Bag' Discarded by Students

Left Dog Poop Bag at Unmanned Ice Cream Store
"It's Disheartening Since It's a Place That Sells Food"

Among recent small-capital startups, unmanned stores are gaining the most popularity. Along with their popularity, various incidents and accidents continue to occur, drawing attention. This time, a story has emerged about someone leaving a dog poop bag inside an unmanned store, sparking controversy.

A dog poop bag left by a customer at an unmanned ice cream store.
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On the 25th, a post titled "Customer who left dog poop in an unmanned store" was uploaded on an online community, becoming a hot topic. The author, Mr. A, who introduced himself as a self-employed person running an unmanned ice cream store, began by saying, "While cleaning the store, I was about to take out the trash, but unlike usual, there was a particularly strong foul odor, so I checked the trash can."

The source of the foul smell was a dog poop bag inside the trash can. Mr. A said, "There was a bag that looked exactly like a plastic bag containing dog poop, so I cautiously sniffed it, and it was indeed dog poop," adding, "Still, this is a store that sells food, so how could someone throw dog poop here?" He continued, "I reviewed the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and saw that last weekend, two young students came in with a dog and threw away the dog poop bag," and "They bought an 800-won ice cream and paid via transfer, so there is no way to contact them," he lamented.

Mr. A said, "I thought about mosaicking the CCTV footage and posting it in the store," but added, "Since this is a place that sells food, I am holding back, worried that posting about dog poop might have a backlash."

Netizens who read the story responded with comments such as, "Customers who wanted to buy ice cream probably left because of the dog poop smell," "They bought an 800-won ice cream just to throw away dog poop. It seems like they bought it deliberately to dispose of the bag," "There is no worse troublemaker than this," "I was thinking about starting an unmanned store, but after hearing this story, I gave up on the idea," and "Next time, make sure to find them and charge them for the cleaning costs."

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Meanwhile, according to the 'Economically Active Population Survey' recently released by Statistics Korea, the average monthly number of employed youth last year was 3,899,000, of which 349,000 were in simple labor jobs such as packaging, carrying, and cleaning. As the employment winter continues, young people are flocking to simple labor jobs, and interest in one-person startups is growing day by day due to employment market instability. According to the Korea Employers Federation's 'MZ Generation Youth Startup Awareness Survey,' about 72.8% of respondents are either preparing to start a business or have the intention to do so, and the startup items they are focusing on are coffee, beverages, desserts, and other businesses that can be operated by one person.

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