An online commenter’s criticism of the current “cafe culture among teenagers,” characterizing teenagers as “more like beggars” has recently created a frenzy online.



The now-infamous post made Monday on a well-known online community site, complained that teenagers crowded cafes to study in groups without buying anything.



“I see so many teenagers -- middle and high school students -- coming to the cafe that I frequent,” it said. “It’s quite absurd to see them just sitting there in huge groups not ordering anything at all. Even if they are not wearing their school uniforms, I can tell that they are in middle school because they’re working on their EBS assignments.”





A coffee shop in central Seoul (Yonhap)