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The protagonists reflexively assume that foreigners—the hotel clerks, waiters and American tourists encountered on vacation—are crass and corrupt.

“We’ve had two shipments so far, and everything is gone, like, that day,” a store clerk said.

Shin compared the furor to a 2020 case in which a convenience store clerk was indicted for eating a 5,900 won pack of braised pig's feet.

The clerk resigned two months later, but her attorney said it was unrelated to the Murdaugh case.

Bedolla, the driver and clerk manager at North Pulaski Fresh Market, said that although foot traffic at his store has declined as customers react to high costs, many still end up returning every week.