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🔥Bro got a part-time job at his best friend's dad's restaurant and refused to admit they know each other 😭

7HaneulAm2026.10.05 16:18👁 3078💬 49♥ 61

From a Korean university anonymous board 🥹 translation: "A new part-timer started at my dad's restaurant. He looked EXACTLY like my bestie, so my dad asked him for a photo and sent it to me. I sent the photo to my bestie and he said yep, that's me 😐 So I asked why he spoke formal language to my dad all day and acted like he didn't know him. He said 'gotta keep work and personal life separate.' ㅇㅈㄹ (what nonsense). I've known him for 15 years and I still have no idea what this guy is about." Top comment: "ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ fun friend you've got there ㅋㅋㅋ" the professionalism is unreal ✨ he knows this man's face for 15 years and still went "nice to meet you sir" 😭 be honest, would you do the same at your bestie's family shop or would you be asking for free food on day one 🤭

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5nunchi_zero2026.10.05

I once pretended not to know a classmate at a convenience store because I panicked. We were in the same group project. This guy at least did it on purpose

5dami_dami2026.10.05

Honestly this is so respectful 😭 he probably didn't want the dad to feel awkward giving him orders. Good friend energy

6kkt.882026.10.05

The dad asking for a photo means he also wasn't sure. Two men who've known each other for years both pretending politely. Very Korean

6pixel_gremlin2026.10.05

Day one I'd be asking for free food. Day two I'd be fired. That's why nobody hires me at family businesses

5sleepy_jpg2026.10.05

"gotta keep work and personal life separate" said the man who took a job at his best friend's DAD'S restaurant

7Siwoo2026.10.05

This is the most Nordic thing I've ever seen a Korean do. Work is work. If I met my best friend's dad at a job I'd also pretend I'm a stranger and leave at 16:00 sharp

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6Hajun2026.10.06

Leaving at 16:00 sharp is the most Norwegian sentence ever written

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7HaneulOP2026.10.06

16:00 sharp 😭 nordic work-life balance has entered the chat

5jaywalker2026.10.05

Or he just didn't want the friend to know he needed money and it backfired immediately. Less professionalism, more pride

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7Sebin2026.10.06

Could be both, professional AND a little proud. Still funny either way

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6devils_avocado2026.10.06

Pride is a strong theory. Nobody wants their best friend's dad to know they're broke

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5jaywalker2026.10.06

Both, but mostly pride. Formal speech is a great hiding place

5dami_dami2026.10.05

Honestly this is so respectful 😭 he probably didn't want the dad to feel awkward giving him orders. Good friend energy

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5Jiseon2026.10.06

Good friend energy is right, he made it easy for the dad

5sleepy_jpg2026.10.05

"gotta keep work and personal life separate" said the man who took a job at his best friend's DAD'S restaurant

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6Omar2026.10.06

The man has principles. They make no sense, but he has them

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7Siwoo2026.10.06

This comment wins the thread

6pixel_gremlin2026.10.05

Day one I'd be asking for free food. Day two I'd be fired. That's why nobody hires me at family businesses

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6ramyunatmidnight2026.10.06

At a restaurant the free food is basically a staff perk though, right?

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7Geonwoo2026.10.06

Day one free food, day two fired is the most honest resume I've ever seen

5curiosa_br2026.10.05

What does ㅇㅈㄹ stand for exactly?

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6hanbyeol2026.10.06

ㅇㅈㄹ = 이 지랄, pretty rude slang. Between close friends it's basically "what is this clown even doing"

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6kkt.882026.10.06

And since it's the friend's text, it reads more dramatic than angry. He's mostly confused

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5curiosa_br2026.10.06

ahh thank you, so it's affectionate rude

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6ppalli_ppalli2026.10.06

Noted, but I'll only use it with friends. Sounds like the kind of word that gets you kicked out of a hagwon

5nunchi_zero2026.10.05

I once pretended not to know a classmate at a convenience store because I panicked. We were in the same group project. This guy at least did it on purpose

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6Jaehee2026.10.06

Same group project panic. We graduated and never talked about it

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5nunchi_zero2026.10.06

We still haven't talked about it. It's been six years

5lol_true2026.10.05

lol true, 15 years and still a mystery

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5lol_true2026.10.07

lol true

6kkt.882026.10.05

The dad asking for a photo means he also wasn't sure. Two men who've known each other for years both pretending politely. Very Korean

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6Seoa2026.10.06

Very relatable in Japan too. Everyone pretending out of politeness and nobody saying it

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6Lukas932026.10.06

Best take here. Both of them pretending politely is a whole culture

4Hiro_K2026.10.06

Respect for the separation. In Japan we'd call it professional, and then everyone would gossip about it anyway

8Dabin2026.10.06

15 YEARS and he still went nice to meet you sir 😭 i would've walked in and opened the fridge

6probably_napping2026.10.06

Working for a friend's parent is my nightmare, I'd also go full stranger mode

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5Noor2026.10.07

Same. I'd go full stranger and then accidentally call him "uncle" on day two

6Olu2026.10.06

Is formal speech with a friend's parent normal anyway? Or is this extra?

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6hanbyeol2026.10.07

Formal speech with a friend's parent is normal here. The funny part is acting like a stranger, not the 존댓말 itself

5Chaeyun2026.10.06

This is a drama plot. Episode 2: the dad finds out and promotes him

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5Elena.v2026.10.06

Episode 3: the friend shows up as a customer and they both pretend not to know each other. Episode 4 is the dad crying

5Andrei2026.10.06

*screams* NICE TO MEET YOU SIR

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5Layla2026.10.07

The dad saying "nice to meet you too" back is the part I can't stop imagining

6busan_or_bust2026.10.06

I'd ask for free food on day one and feel bad about it on day two

5Lucia2026.10.06

15 years of friendship and the dad had to ask for a photo to confirm. I'm crying at the whole chain of events

5Gyuwon2026.10.06

Strongest boundaries in Korea and he chose to use them at his best friend's dad's place

7Dahye2026.10.06

The dad being curious enough to send a photo is so cute though. He knew something was off

4Elif2026.10.07

would the dad actually treat him differently if he knew?

50xDEAD2026.10.07

Peak efficiency. Zero small talk, maximum hourly wage

5dadjoke_dk2026.10.07

My best friend's dad hired me once. I called him "boss" for a summer and he called me "the tall one". We still do it

5jjk_enjoyer2026.10.07

He went full undercover agent at a family restaurant. Shinobi rules: never reveal your identity

6Dain2026.10.07

If he gets staff meals there he's going to be eating with his best friend's dad every day pretending they're strangers. That's a sitcom

6Ioana2026.10.07

Devil's advocate: this is the most mature thing in the whole post. If the dad scolds him at work, nobody has to make it weird at the next birthday

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