Acted Tough Against Young Female Courier, But Then... What Happened Next

Last August, in the underground parking lot of an apartment complex in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province.

A man comes down to the parking lot with his family, paces around in front of a parked delivery truck, and takes pictures.

A short while later, when a young-looking female courier returns, he immediately starts shouting at her.

[Apartment Resident: Hey, what the hell, are you kidding me right now? What the hell, how are you supposed to park a car like this? I'm telling you nicely. What the hell, what a shitty way to park, damn it!]

Startled, the courier quickly moved her vehicle so that his car could get out, but he closely followed her in reverse and threatened her again.

[Apartment Resident: Hey!! Hey, are you trying to pick a fight with me now? Damn it, are you trying to challenge me? Back up further so I can get through.]


The courier explained that the apartment complex has limited parking spaces and frequently receives urgent delivery complaints, and this incident happened while she was double-parked for a brief moment.

[Informant/Courier: I had only parked there for about two minutes. He started hurling a barrage of harsh profanities at me and approached me in a very threatening manner. I thought that if he just turned his steering wheel, there was plenty of space to drive around. I felt so terrified and anxious, as if he was going to kill me right then and there.]

Feeling that her physical safety was threatened, the courier immediately reported the incident to the police, and the man hastily moved his car and disappeared somewhere.

[Informant/Courier: (Male) team leader never experienced anything like that when he went there. But for me, anyone could tell I'm a young, female, and very thin girl doing delivery work. If it had been a male courier, they probably wouldn't have cursed and instead just said, "Please move your car."]

The courier is currently 19 years old and started delivery work at an early age to cover the expenses needed to pursue her dream of becoming a car racer. Due to this incident, she has suffered severe psychological shock and has even changed her apartment delivery zone.

The courier has filed a complaint against the man for insult, and legal experts state that after analyzing the CCTV footage, there is a strong possibility of also reviewing charges of intimidation or assault.

[Attorney Song Ji-won / News Hunters: There are precedents showing that exercising physical force does not necessarily mean directly hitting someone; shouting loudly to intimidate a person can also constitute assault. Pounding on a vehicle could also potentially be considered assault.]

Netizens who encountered the incident responded with comments such as, "This is a classic case of bullying the weak while acting cowardly before the strong," "Would he have acted like that if the courier had been a big man?" and "We support you, courier, stay strong."

(Planned by Yoon Sung-sik, Video edited by Yonghee, Video source: News Hunters, Produced by SBS Digital News)
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