“Took a taxi wearing pants he’d urinated in”... The outrageous behavior of a passenger in his 70s

[Financial News]  A story has emerged about a man in his 70s who was drunk and got into a taxi wearing pants stained with urine, then urinated on the vehicle’s door after arriving at his destination. He promised to pay for the car wash but never did, and reportedly headed to a karaoke bar with his companions after police left the scene.
According to JTBC’s “Scandal Supervisor” on the 12th, A, a driver in his 30s who has been operating a private taxi for two years, picked up passengers headed to Seoul at a karaoke bar in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, on the 8th.
While it was raining, A spent about five minutes looking for passengers and then picked up three men in their 70s who were drunk.
But from the moment they got in, the passengers caused a disturbance and interfered with A’s driving.
The man in the front passenger seat complained that A would not even give him water after A stopped him from taking bottled water A had prepared for himself to drink. The other passengers in the back reportedly swore or sang loudly.
During this time, A also learned that one of the passengers in the back had gotten into the taxi wearing pants stained with urine.
During a phone call, one passenger said, “One of our group had an accident in his pants,” to which another man replied, “I peed quite a bit.” A later realized that the man had urinated in his pants at the karaoke bar and then gotten straight into the taxi.
A demanded that they pay for a car wash if the urine had soaked the seats. The passenger promised to cover the cost, saying, “Okay! I’ll pay! Don’t worry—just get your passengers to their destination safely.”
About 30 minutes later, after reaching the destination and the passengers had gotten out, A went around to the back of the vehicle to check whether the rear seats were wet.
At that point, the man who had urinated in his pants asked A to open the rear door. The man reportedly used the open door as a screen to hide himself, lowered his pants zipper, and urinated on the vehicle’s door.
When A again demanded payment for the car wash, the man who had been in the front passenger seat refused, saying, “I didn’t cause you any harm. Be understanding.”
When A said he would call the police, the passengers reportedly defied him, telling him to go ahead and call.
Police responded to the call and arrived at the scene, but the passengers continued making a disturbance. One of the group cried while shouting, “Lord!” and the man who had urinated refused to show his ID when asked, saying, “I’m a former public servant too.”
When the passengers ultimately refused to pay for the car wash, police told A he would have to seek reimbursement through a civil lawsuit.
After the police left, the three men reportedly headed to another karaoke bar nearby.
A said the incident had caused such extreme stress that it was difficult for him to drive his taxi. However, he said he had decided not to file a civil lawsuit because the legal costs could exceed the cost of the car wash.


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