Pretending to Be a Guest and Paying 1000 Won as a Congratulatory Gift to Tour the Buffet... That Is a Crime

Abuse of Difficulties in Verifying Wedding Guests
Up to 10 Years Imprisonment or Fines Under 20 Million Won

A netizen's post about secretly visiting buffets at strangers' weddings every weekend is causing public outrage.

Recently, a post titled "People who go to others' weddings every weekend" was shared on various online communities. The post includes a captured image of a netizen's review, claiming to tour wedding buffets every weekend.

The author of the review in the image, Mr. A, stated, "I don't tell people around me, but every weekend I go on a wedding tour. I visit wedding halls in our area, attend different people's weddings every weekend, give congratulatory money, eat, and watch the ceremony."

Mr. A continued, "The congratulatory money ranges from 1,000 to 5,000 won. If the venue is not great, I give 1,000 won; if it's a nicer place, I give 5,000 won and move on. I use a fake name each time. It's quite interesting. Watching strangers' weddings, I wonder how long their marriage will last. Will it last long? Maybe they'll divorce next year. I think about these things while watching, but the biggest attraction is the buffet," he confessed.

He added, "Personally, the hall I went to last week was delicious. How about you all? Wedding hall tours are a good way to kill time and make you think about various things," he said.

A post by a netizen who secretly goes on buffet tours by attending strangers' weddings every weekend is causing public outrage. [Image source=Online community capture]

Netizen B revealed that they had encountered someone like Mr. A, saying, "That person showed up at my wedding. They even brought their child and mother to eat. They said they were a friend of my wife and received meal tickets but didn't pay any money. When my sister-in-law confronted them, they tried to sneak away, but we caught them and made them return the meal tickets."

Another netizen, C, said, "About five years ago, there was a big workshop at a hotel in Seoul, and an unfamiliar elderly woman came and ate. When I asked someone, the staff said she was a regular customer of the hotel. She comes to every event, including workshops, and eats meals worth at least 100,000 won. When asked to leave, she causes a scene, so they just let her be," they said.

Netizens who read the story criticized the netizen who tours weddings, saying, "This is a crime; I don't know if they do it knowingly or unknowingly," "When the place receiving congratulatory money is busy, they can't screen out people like this," "I actually received 5,000 won from someone like this," and "How on earth can this be stopped?"

The authenticity of the story has not been verified. However, if the content in the post is true, it could be punishable as fraud. According to Article 347 of the Criminal Act, a person who deceives others to receive property or obtain financial benefits may be sentenced to imprisonment for up to 10 years or fined up to 20 million won.