The owner of a restaurant with a high price...What's written on the tissue that the customer gave you is a "reversal."

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A heartwarming story was told that a self-employed person, who was forced to raise the price of food due to high prices, was consoled by a note from a customer.

On the 15th, an online community posted an article titled "It's okay, is there anything more supportive than this?"

Author A said he has been running a one-person shabu-shabu restaurant for six years.

Mr. A said, "My sales goal is 'cheap, but high quality! Customers who eat and go will be full!' However, it was a burden because of the endless soaring prices after COVID-19, he said. "We started with 8,900 won and raised 1,000 won two years later, and we have maintained it, but we have to raise 1,000 won more since last fall."

"After thinking about whether it would be burdensome for consumers if it exceeded 10,000 won per serving, it was maintained at 9,900 won until 2024, but due to high prices, it was forced to raise 1,000 won in April and sell it at 10,900 won," he explained.

Afterwards, A wrote down his feelings of raising the price next to the counter so that customers could see it out of regret.

Then one day, a customer handed a tissue to A while paying for it. Mr. A, who was embarrassed at the time because he thought a customer asked him to throw away the tissue, found a note written on the tissue.

The tissue you gave me said, "It's okay if the price has gone up. I can always feel the sincerity of the boss. Whenever I come, I eat a lot and enjoy it. Please prosper and do it for a long time so that it can continue to come,' the memo read.

Mr. A said, "Even if I do well nine times, I can change my mind with one mistake, and I was so grateful for that memo, which may not be a big deal. I felt like the sorry in my heart was being washed away," he confessed.

Netizens who heard the story said, "Seeing this gives me strength while doing business." Cheer up," "I'm doing business with strength from these messages that come sometimes," and "It's a comforting article." He responded, "I think I'll be encouraged by such a writing."

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team