A waitress in Japan was fired by a themed cafe for allegedly mixing her own blood into the customers’ cocktails that she made and served to them, according to a report by Insider.
The cafe, Mondaiji, located in the Susukina entertainment district of Sapporo in Hokkaido, issued a statement on Twitter announcing that they had fired one of their waitresses after making a drink mixed with her own blood and serving them to the customers at the cafe.
The drink that the waitress made, is called an Orikaku, or original cocktail, and it usually contains food items such as fruits of colourful syrups in it.
Mondaiji described the waitress’ act as being “no different from part time job terrorism” and said that what she did was absolutely not acceptable.
The cafe stopped short of naming and identifying the waitress, but said in their statement on Twitter that they were shut for a day to replace all of the drinking glasses inside their store.
The Mondaiji cafe advertises itself online as a place for “bad girls” and “problematic girls” who are the “cutest” to serve customers, with the name of the cafe also roughly translating to “Problem Child Concept Cafe”.
Among their many specialities menu items is the all you can drink menu for about SGD $25.
The shopowner apologised for the incident in a statement and asked for time to clean the store, change the classes and dispose of the alcohol that may have been contaminated with the waitress’ blood, “once again I am very sorry to have cause you trouble this time.”
Japan is known for their different concept cafes, including a ninja themed cafe in Tokyo that was featured in Jay Chou’s travel show J-Style Trip, as well as the famous maid and butler cafes in the Akihabara district.
リスカしてオリカクに混ぜてた女の子がいたみたいですが、今回解雇した子です
— 問題児コンカフェだぁく♥︎またぁオープン18日目 (@mondaiji_con) April 2, 2023
また本日の営業は全てのグラス交換を行うためお休みとさせていただきます。
このような行為はバイトテロと変わりなく、断じて許される行為ではありません。
お騒がせして大変申し訳ありません
— 問題児コンカフェだぁく♥︎またぁオープン18日目 (@mondaiji_con) April 2, 2023
爆散待ったなしの状況ではありますが、なんとか頑張りたいです… pic.twitter.com/nYI344zoGO