A new hire bought the whole team "grape juice"

They grabbed a big purple bottle of juice on the way to work and poured everyone a cup to be nice.

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Anonymous

Let's compete for the most accidentally-disastrous story from work.직장에서 의도치않은 폐급된 썰 대결하자

When I was new, I wanted juice on my commute, so I grabbed a big bottle of what looked like grape juice and poured cups for the whole team.난 신입때 출근길에 주스가 먹고싶었고 눈에 보이는 포도주스 큰거를 사가서 종이컵에 팀원들것도 한잔씩 따라서 돌렸음

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Anonymous

Turns out that "grape juice" in the photo was actually prune juice.근데 그게 사진에서 보이는 포도주스(=푸룬)였고

That whole day everyone was clutching their stomachs, running back and forth to the bathroom...그날 다들 배 부여잡고 화장실만 들락거림...

Since nobody knew prunes did that, they couldn't even yell at me.푸룬이 그런 주스인줄 몰라서 다들 혼도 못내고 그냥

They just muttered things like "if you had a problem with us, you could've just said so."불만있으면 제발 말로하라고 한마디씩 던짐ㅜ

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💡 Why didn't anyone just call the new hire out on the spot?
In Korean offices, senior staff usually avoid directly scolding a brand-new hire over an honest mistake — it comes off as excessive. So instead of confronting the new hire, coworkers dropped passive-aggressive one-liners while running to the bathroom.vs. the US: like an intern's blunder getting eye-rolls and Slack sarcasm instead of a direct talking-to.Klore note
Korean community post, image 3: The "grape juice" in question — Taylor Prune Juice.
English translation
The "grape juice" in question — Taylor Prune Juice. Like, isn't this insane lmao.

테일러 푸룬주스 미친거 아니냐고ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

💡 How do you even mix up grape juice and prune juice?
Prune juice isn't a common drink in Korea, and this bottle's purple label with grape-like fruit art makes it look just like regular grape juice at a glance.vs. the US: like grabbing what looks like grape juice and it's a fiber supplement.Klore note

What Koreans said

11 top comments on the original thread, translated
  1. 53 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    That's literally poison, lol

    진짜 독

  2. 4 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Everyone kept hyping prune juice so I bought a $3 Prune Deep Water. No reaction for 30 mins, thought it was overhyped... then it hit and I got fully cleaned out. Never again.

    난 하도 사람들이 푸룬푸룬하길래 올영에서 푸룬 딥워터 4000원에 사서 마셨는데 30분이 지나도 반응이 없길래 역시 근들갑이었구만.. 하는순간 와... 그이후부터 몇번을 다녀온건지 청소싹되더라... 그이후로 안마심

  3. 36 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Were you sent by a rival company or something?

    님 경쟁사에서 보냈죠?

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  1. 2 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Wait, that has a laxative effect too?? Like prune juice??????

    그것도 완하효과가 있는 거였어?푸룬처럼??????

  2. 20 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Give them Eclipse mints for dessert too, the combo would shut the bathroom down completely lol

    후식으로 이클립스 캔디도 줘 그럼 시너지효과로 화장실 마비된다고ㅋㅋ

  3. 10 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Honestly this feels like the higher-ups' fault for letting the newbie handle drink duty unsupervised

    이건.....막내한테 저런걸 맡긴 윗분들 잘못 아닌가 싶은....

  4. 4 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Sorbitol is what causes the diarrhea in prune juice. Eclipse candy is also made with sorbitol instead of sugar

    푸룬주스에서 설사를 유발하는 게 솔비톨 이클립스는 설탕 대신 솔비톨로 만든 사탕

  5. 3 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    This new hire's got some serious spirit lol

    신입 기합이 대단하군

  6. 3 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    I've built up a tolerance to prune juice, doesn't hit me right away anymore. Guess I gotta level up to Deep Water

    난 푸른에 익숙해져서... 먹어도 금방 똥이 안마려.. 딥워터에 도전해봐야하나.

  7. 3 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Well, everyone's gut got a nice deep clean at least lol

    장은 시원해졌겠네 ㅋㅋ

  8. 2 upvotes on the original thread
    Anon· on the original thread

    Since the day's already ruined, might as well finish the job properly lol

    어차피 조진거 확실하게 처리해야지ㅋㅋ

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