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Phone Charger Melts Ice Cream Shop's Stock
12 Oct
Summary
- Woman allegedly unplugged freezer to charge phone.
- Entire stock of ice cream melted and had to be discarded.
- Shop owner is pursuing legal action for business obstruction.
An unmanned ice kiosk in South Korea experienced a significant meltdown after a woman allegedly unplugged the freezer to charge her mobile phone. CCTV footage captured the suspect balancing her phone on the kiosk, with the plug left dangling from the socket.
The shop owner reported that all the ice cream had melted and had to be thrown away, leading to plans for legal action due to business obstruction.
This incident echoes a similar case from 2022 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, where a woman in her 60s unplugged an unmanned ice cream shop's freezer, resulting in approximately £280 (500,000 won) worth of ice cream melting. She received a suspended prison sentence for her actions.
