"Refill the Ramen Broth for a Hangover Cure"…Bizarre Request from Bar Customer

"Asked if only soup is boiled, 'You have to add noodles too'"
When told it's hard to refill just the broth, a complaint of "Why not?"

A story was shared about a part-time worker at a pub who was troubled by a customer's request to refill ramen broth. On the 19th, a post titled "When a customer asks to refill ramen broth" was uploaded to an online community.

A, who works part-time at a pub, said, "Last night, two young customers who looked to be in their 20s came and ordered two bottles of soju, spicy pork cartilage, and one ramen. I thought they were about to leave after finishing their food, but one customer said, 'My friend has an upset stomach and wants to cure it, so could you please refill the ramen broth?'"

A part-time worker at a restaurant shared a story about being troubled by a customer's request to refill the noodle soup broth. The photo is not related to the specific content of the article. [Photo by Pixabay]

A continued, "I thought I misheard, so I asked, 'Are you ordering an additional ramen?' The customer replied, 'No, just the broth, please.' I couldn't understand at all, so I asked again, 'Just the broth?' and the customer said yes. I was so baffled by the customer's absurd request that I asked, 'So you want me to just put the ramen soup powder in hot water and boil it?' The customer said, 'You can't just boil the soup powder. You have to boil the noodles together to bring out the broth's flavor,'" expressing disbelief.

When A said, "Then if you want another ramen, it's 5,000 won," the customer replied again, "We only need the broth, so please just refill the broth." In the end, A said, "Refilling broth is difficult." The customer then asked, "Why not?" persistently, but another customer who came with them said, "We don't need to cure the hangover, let's just go," and they paid and left. Regarding the absurd situation, A asked netizens, "Does a request to refill ramen broth even make sense?"

Netizens who read the story commented, "They were drunk and causing trouble," "This is the first time I've heard of refilling ramen broth," and "If you don't know who's the troublemaker, always remember that you might be the troublemaker."