The hotel mug comes with a confession already printed on it

A guest at RYSE in Seoul objected to the message on the bathroom cups.

Translated from Korean · Added Sep 10, 2026

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EN ›“I stole this mug from RYSE.”

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I came to the RYSE hotel in Hongdae for a staycation. These are the cups in the bathroom.홍대 라이즈 호텔에 호캉스 왔는데 화장실에 있는 컵들.

It feels like they see guests as potential thieves. A really unpleasant experience.고객을 잠재적 절도범으로 보는 듯 해서 매우 좋지 않은 경험이다

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💡 A souvenir with a catch?

Take the mug home and its own label calls you out. This guest read the same joke as an accusation before anything had even been taken.

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