Busan café video shows four children bowing in thanks for a free croissant

A CCTV video from a café in Busan showed four children bowing together to staff after receiving a free croissant, according to South Korean reports. Newsis and Seoul Shinmun said a person associated with the café in Nam district shared the footage and account on October 9. The poster said the children had been about to give up buying bread because they did not have enough money. After being given a croissant at no charge, they carried it upstairs, ate it and returned downstairs to thank the staff. [ 2 , 5 ]

The footage showed four children who appeared to be of elementary-school age lining up in front of the counter and performing a deep bow together. They then bent at the waist to bow again and continued offering thanks as they left the café. Staff smiled and waved to see them off, the reports said. The poster explained that they generally did not like sharing CCTV footage but had decided to publish this clip because of the children's behaviour. The account and video subsequently spread across online communities. [ 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 ]

When a commenter wondered how much the children had discussed the gesture beforehand, the poster replied that an employee checking the upstairs seating area had overheard them apparently planning something. The employee later recognised the bow as what they had been discussing, according to the poster's account reported by Electronic Times and Seoul Shinmun. Online commenters praised the children's manners, their parents and the café's decision to give them food. Electronic Times and Asia Economy said the post had received more than 370,000 views and around 10,000 likes. [ 4 , 5 , 7 ]