'No Perilla Powder, Extra Large Portion' Small Request... "It's Mom's Birthday but No Money" Asking for Credit

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As contactless ordering through delivery apps has become routine recently, the number of people making excessive delivery requests is increasing. In particular, as more people claim financial difficulties and ask for credit, the worries of self-employed business owners are deepening.

On the 7th, a post appeared on the self-employed community 'Apeunikka Sajangida' (Because It Hurts, I'm the Boss), where a self-employed person A, who runs a restaurant, complained about receiving a credit request from early morning.

A said, "As soon as I turned on the POS in the morning, this kind of order came in. I wonder how today's business will go," and shared the order sheet. According to the order sheet, the customer ordered a large portion of pork belly gukbap for one, a regular portion of boiled pork gukbap for one, cola, cider, totaling 26,700 won. The request stated, "Sorry, I don't have cash right now, so can I pay you when I get paid on February 10th? Today is my mom's birthday."

Netizens who saw this responded negatively, saying things like, "Then why not eat it on February 10th?", "You should earn money by working part-time, how can you ask for credit?", "Who does credit these days?", "Are you really out of money? Ordering a large portion and drinks while saying you have no money doesn't seem right," and "If you don't have money, you shouldn't eat. Where does the idea of ordering delivery without money come from?"

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Earlier, on the 4th, self-employed person B also shared frustrations about credit orders in a post titled 'Do you accept credit orders for delivery?'. B said, "At first, they said they were very hungry and asked for credit just once. They promised to pay by a certain date, so I agreed, but now they don't even write reviews, order extra drinks during review events, and ask for credit."

He continued, "The credit amount is 100,000 won. How about other bosses? Should we just not accept it from the start? When you show kindness, they seem to take it as a right now," expressing his frustration.

If someone habitually orders food through delivery apps and fails to pay, they can face criminal charges for fraud. Last April, a woman in her 30s was sentenced to prison for repeatedly ordering delivery food and deceiving by saying she would pay via bank transfer but never paying.

This woman ordered food worth 145,000 won on June 13, 2021, through a delivery app to an officetel in Haeundae-gu, Busan. When the delivery driver arrived, she lied, saying, "If you give me your account number, I will transfer the payment," but did not pay. She is accused of receiving food worth about 2.07 million won over 54 occasions until July 26 of the same year without paying.

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