Controversy over ‘gapjil’, president of a hair salon in a university district in Seoul
YouTuber exposed foot-and-mouth disease, “There are many victims”
/Photo = YouTube foot-and-mouth disease channel
Allegations have been raised that the president of a hair salon located in a university district in Seoul abused not only reservation customers but also grandmothers in their 70s who were working part-time in flyers.
A YouTuber foot-and-mouth disease recently posted a video titled ‘The reason why the head of a Gapjil beauty salon kneels on her 70s grandmother’s knee’. The published photo shows a woman wearing a thin padded jumper kneeling inside a beauty salon, holding hands and praying. Two police officers were watching the situation next to the woman.
Foot-and-mouth disease opened the door, saying, “What the hell did this grandmother really do to beg forgiveness from the hairdresser, who was only her grandson?”
According to the report, an old man in his 70s was working part-time as a flyer. It is said that on the day of the incident, a flyer from a promotional company was placed in the mailbox of the beauty salon. The scene was witnessed by Mr. A, the head of the hairdressing salon.
It is said that Mr. A saw the leaflet, called the company president, and complained. Foot-and-mouth disease said, “The president of the company expressed his apology to Mr. A. But Mr. A said that he had to apologize directly to the woman in her 70s. He said he asked his grandmother to apologize once for the sake of his image.”
When the grandmother visited Mr. A’s hairdresser to apologize, Mr. A kneeled in front of him and ordered him to pray, the informant said. When the bewildered grandmother said, “Kneeling seems difficult,” Mr. A reported the grandmother to the police, and the grandmother, who saw the police, was frightened and knelt in front of Mr. A.
Foot-and-mouth disease said, “It is said that Mr. A took a picture of an elderly woman kneeling, sent the picture to the company’s president, and sent a text message saying, ‘I apologize. Good job.'”
He said, “People, especially older people, feel a tremendous fear of being sued. If they are accused, they will have to go to jail or pay a huge fine, so they shake their hands and are afraid. Mr. A understands the psychology of ordinary people better than anyone I knew. In the meantime, if my guests made a complaint, I immediately reported it to the police and made a phone call.”
/Photo = YouTube foot-and-mouth disease channel
Foot-and-mouth disease also exposed another case of abuse by Mr. A, the head of the beauty salon. According to informant B, he tried to book a hairdresser at 7:45 in the morning before the final interview at law school.
According to the Naver reservation system, the hairdresser could make a reservation for a 30-minute term, so I made a reservation at 7:30. Afterwards, I called Mr. A and asked for his understanding, saying, “I made a reservation in 30 minutes due to the system, but I will be there by 45 minutes.”
On the day of the reservation, Mr. B arrived in front of Mr. A’s hairdresser at 7:45, the reservation time. But the door was locked. When he called Mr. A and said, “It’s on the first floor, but the door is locked,” Mr. A said, “Ah…” and then hung up.
Mr. B said, “It’s okay now, so I called to ask for a haircut for an interview, but Mr. A didn’t answer the call.” Then he called from another number and said, ‘You’re late, XX’.”
Mr. A blocked Mr. B’s number and unilaterally sent a text bomb, claiming that Mr. B made a ‘no-show’ and that no refund was possible.
When Mr. B responded and left a review, Mr. A said, “Let’s open the recording and follow the law” and “If you don’t delete the review, we will take civil action. We will send you proof of content.” According to Mr. B, Mr. A made threatening remarks by impersonating a lawyer or police, and he did not hesitate to make more than 50 phone calls.
The foot-and-mouth disease claimed that President Lee “gap-jil” to customers has been going on for two years. In fact, there was a case similar to Mr. B in the review of the beauty salon.
C, the reviewer, said, “Don’t go here. I had an interview with a public company, so I asked if I could make a reservation early in the morning and I said yes, and I went in the morning and waited for an hour and a half, and finally got an interview without a head. He said, “I block and chew all text and calls and wonder if it’s the right person. The reason Naver has good reviews is that if a customer doesn’t like it, they immediately block it.”
Another customer criticized, “If you’re late, it’s a no-show and kicks you out. Even after asking for your understanding on the phone in advance.
As the controversy grew, Mr. A explained, “Everything is true. It is true that I did not wait for the customer,” he said.
Person A asked foot-and-mouth disease to delete a video related to her. Foot-and-mouth disease said, “I think the first thing to do is to ask for forgiveness from the person who has been hurt by you.” He added, “I will take down the video if the customer who has been harmed by your power abuse, including your kneeling grandmother, forgives you.”
By Kim Ye-rang, reporter at Hankyung.com yesrang@hankyung.com
