Seriously uncool: Woman allegedly melts ice cream shop's stock after unplugging freezer to recharge phone
The self-service shop owner is reportedly suing the customer for obstructing business after the store had to throw away all the melted ice cream.
Photos show security camera images on a customer who allegedly unplugged a freezer to charge a phone, causing the ice cream to melt.
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A woman has drawn outrage online after allegedly unplugging a freezer at an unmanned ice cream store to charge her phone and leaving without plugging it back in. The entire stock inside melted, and the store owner has reportedly sued her for obstruction of business.
The alleged incident was discussed in a post titled “A new kind of crazy villain at an unmanned self-service ice cream shop,” which appeared on an online community on Sunday. Unmanned stores are grab-and-go style shops where customers pay for items via self-checkout kiosks with no staff on-site.
The post included a photo of a notice displayed at the store. The notice said the woman had unplugged a freezer to charge her phone and that the melted ice cream could no longer be sold.
Photos from security cameras believed to have been released by the store owner show a woman in a white T-shirt and black pants charging her phone beside the freezer. Another photo shows the freezer plug left disconnected.
“All the ice cream in the store melted, so we had to throw everything away,” the person who posted the story said. “Legal action is now underway for business obstruction.”
Online commenters reacted angrily.
“How does someone even think of unplugging a freezer?” one commenter wrote.
“Please catch her and punish her,” another said. “She’ll probably keep causing problems for other people with that kind of selfish behavior.”
Others called her a “real villain,” described the act as “mean and foolish” and said the store owner should be compensated for the damage.
BY CHO MUN-GYU [[email protected]]
This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
