A pregnant stranger blamed her for a subway shove and got her number for it.

Days later, the woman's husband texted OP asking who would cover the hospital bill from that bump.

Translated by Klore · Published

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Anonymous · 13:05

Whoa, they actually texted와 이거 연락왔어

Read my last post first.전글 봐줘

I'm so pissed lol와 진짜 너무 화나넼ㅋㅋㅋ

Her husband texted me instead, lol남편이 대신 연락왔음 ㅎ

Hi, I'm reaching out about the subway incident.안녕하세요. 지난번 지하철에서 있었던 일과 관련하여 연락드립니다.

She was startled when bumped while pregnant, got checked and had an ultrasound. Baby's fine, but doctors said to monitor first before contacting you.임신 중인 상태에서 갑작스럽게 부딪히는 일이 있어 많이 놀랐고, 이후 병원에 방문하여 진료 및 초음파 검사를 받았습니다. 다행히 아기에 이상은 없었지만, 병원에서 며칠간 경과를 지켜보라고 하셔서 바로 연락드리지 않고 상태를 지켜본 후 이제 연락드리게 되었습니다.

Since this caused hospital costs, please discuss between yourselves how to cover them.당시 상황으로 인해 병원 진료 및 검사 비용이 발생한 만큼, 해당 병원비를 어떻게 부담하실지 두 분께서 상의하셔서 알려주시기 바랍니다.

The bill comes to 44,500 won.진료비는 44,500원 입니다.

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💡 Wait, why is everyone piling on a guy just asking for medical costs?
In OP's original post, the 'victim' arguably caused the pileup herself by grabbing a seat mid-shuffle, so the follow-up bill read as pure nerve rather than a fair claim.vs. Reddit: like a subreddit roasting someone who invoices a stranger for a fender-bender they half-caused themselves.Klore note
Community postEnglish translation
Anonymous

Verdict after discussing it... we're not paying! Take care상의 결과... 안 주기로 하였습니다! 수고하세요

7 translated replies
  1. Anon

    lol

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  2. Anon

    lolol

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  3. Anon

    lol, this is the move

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ이거지예

  4. Anon

    lol, take care lolol

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋ수고하세요ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  5. Anon

    lol hilarious

    ㅋㅋㅋ개웃겨ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  6. Anon

    lol

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅌㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  7. Anon

    fuck, lolol

    ㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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Anonymous

I was going to send 44,500 won, but two 4's mean 'death' twice — for the baby's health, I'll send 500 instead.44500원을 보내드리려 했으나, 죽을 4는 불길하다는 생각이 들어 뱃속의 아기의 건강을 생각해 500원 보내드리겠습니다.

6 translated replies
  1. Anon

    lol

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  2. Anon

    lolol

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  3. Anon

    lol this is unhinged, fuck lolol

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  4. Anon

    lol

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  5. Anon

    lol

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

  6. Anon

    lol

    ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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💡 Why send 500 won instead of the actual 44,500?
Korean has a strong taboo around the number 4 (사), a near-homophone for 'death' — many buildings even skip labeling a 4th floor. Two 4's in the bill made it feel cursed, so the joke 'fixes' it with a safer number.vs. the West: it's the Korean equivalent of elevators skipping the 13th floor.Klore note

What Koreans said

5 top comments on the original thread, translated
  1. Anon· on the original thread

    Even if I want to believe this is fake, nobody writes fiction where all 3 women turn out to be villains. This has to be real.

    주작이라고 믿고 싶어도 쟤네가 여자 3명 나오는 픽션에 3명이 다 악인인 소설을 쓸 리도 없고 이게 진짜 현실인 거지?

  2. Anon· on the original thread

    Usually if you actually bump into someone, you apologize no matter who pushed who first. Can't wrap my head around this logic.

    보통 다른 사람한테 밀렸든 말든 지가 직접 박았으면 사과하지 않나? 진짜 이해할 수 없는 사고방식이네

  3. Anon· on the original thread

    If it sounds vague, there's probably more to it. Sitting on the aunt's lap means they were literally fighting over the seat, shoving each other — that's how the pregnant woman got hit hard enough for apologies.

    이해안가게 애매하게 표현햇다? 뭐가 더 잇는거임 아줌마 무릎에까지 앉앗다는거는 서로 앉을라고 기싸움하다 밀치고 몸싸움 한거임 그러다가 임산부한테 가격햇겟지 아줌마까지 사과를 하네마네 하는건 데미지 갈 정도로 부딪힌거고

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  1. Anon· on the original thread

    What the fuck does 'got pushed' even mean, why is everyone laughing so hard at this

    밀렸다는게 뭔데 대체 씨발 왜 처웃는건데

  2. Anon· on the original thread

    Damn this is so fucking funny

    와 존나 재밌노

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