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Delivery to 26th Floor Despite Broken Elevator: A Heartwarming Conclusion

Lee Gang

Published : Jul 16, 2026 9:22 AM

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Here is today's final hot topic.

A heartwarming story has emerged about a chicken delivery worker and a customer who showed consideration for each other after an apartment elevator broke down during a heatwave.

The story was recently shared on social media.

Person A, who lives on the 26th floor of an apartment complex, ordered chicken and received a message from the delivery worker stating that the elevator was out of order.

Person A assumed the delivery worker would leave the chicken on the first floor, but instead heard that the worker would "come up."

Feeling sorry for the worker, Person A went down to pick up the food, and the two met on the 14th-floor staircase.

After receiving the chicken, Person A sent a coffee coupon along with a message saying, "Thank you," and "Please take care of your health in this hot weather." The delivery worker replied, "I wanted to come up because you spoke to me so kindly from our first phone call."

Netizens reacted with comments such as, "What a heartwarming ending," and "My faith in humanity is restored today."

(Source: Threads thinker_kim01)