Flustered Delivery Driver Outside a Dark Hospital... The "One Remark" That Moved a Mother to Tears After She Entered the Wrong Address [Warm Stories]
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- 2026-10-01 08:33:10
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- 2026-10-01 08:33:10

[Financial News] A heartwarming story has emerged about a delivery driver who accepted a loss and redelivered an order for a customer in trouble after entering the wrong address, and the customer who gave him a gift in gratitude.
According to online communities and social media on the 1st, delivery driver A recently went to the animal hospital listed on the order, only to find the lights off and the doors closed.
When Driver A contacted the customer, the customer said they had entered the wrong address and became flustered. The customer explained the difficult situation, saying, "I can't leave my baby alone."
At the time, Driver A already had two other delivery orders waiting to be completed. Given the nature of delivery platforms, making an additional delivery because of an incorrectly entered address directly results in time and financial losses for the driver.
However, after hearing that the customer could not leave the child alone, Driver A decided to accept the loss. "As a parent myself, I couldn't just let it go," Driver A said. "After completing all my remaining deliveries, I turned off new delivery requests and went directly to the customer's actual address." Driver A also reassured the customer, saying, "Please stay with your child. I'll be there soon if you wait just a little longer."
Driver A's kindness did not end there; it grew into warmth shared between the two. The customer repeatedly apologized and gave Driver A a café mobile gift certificate worth 20,000 won. "Some people take this kind of kindness for granted, but I was at a loss for how to respond because the customer was sincerely sorry and grateful," Driver A confessed.
Ahead of the Chuseok holiday, Driver A reciprocated the customer's gift. After using the gift certificate to buy a cup of coffee, Driver A added personal funds to the remaining balance, bought coffee and cake, and visited the customer to deliver them. "I felt incredibly fulfilled," Driver A said.
The story of the two people exchanging kindness and gratitude while considering each other's circumstances has drawn warm reactions from internet users. They commented, "A customer who does not treat kindness as a right met a sincere and warmhearted delivery driver," "This story makes you feel genuine 'humanity' in such a harsh world," and "May both of them be blessed with good fortune."
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