"Is the badge for pregnant women a female fisherman's Mapae?"...Answer on the benefits of pregnant women in Sacred Heart.

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When it was revealed that Daejeon's famous bakery "Sungsimdang" is operating a "free pass" system that allows pregnant women to enter without discounts and waiting, an untimely debate broke out online.

Recently, an online community posted an article saying, "If you bring a maternity badge or a maternity notebook to Sungsimdang, you may not line up and enter immediately, and you will get a 5% discount." The writer, who said he lives in Daejeon, advised, "If you happen to go to Seongsimdang, make sure to take your badge or mother's notebook."

Sungsimdang operates a "preliminary mother discount" system in all branches that offers a 5% discount on the payment amount to pregnant women. You can receive benefits if you are confirmed to be pregnant, such as a pregnant woman's badge or a mother's notebook.

Regarding these benefits for pregnant women, there is a strong opposition online that it is "unfair" and that "that much consideration should be given."Internet users who said

[It's unfair] said, "Are pregnant women the only ones who are weak? "Why are you supporting only pregnant women except for the elderly, the disabled, and children?" "Why should pregnant women get a discount when they are not economically difficult people such as the secondary poor?" "What kind of weak luck do you mean when you're in line for a bakery?" "The maternity badge is not even a female fisherman's Mapae," and "It's annoying to receive all kinds of benefits just because you have a child, but now you're even going to be a Sacred Heart." Some Internet users responded that they would boycott the Sacred Heart Hall, saying, "I will not go to the Sacred Heart Hall in the future."

On the other hand, Internet users who advocate the maternity care system said, "If pregnant women are not the weak, who are the weak?" "Do you think pregnant women will be able to wait for a long time?" and "Sungsimdang already provides bread to welfare facilities for children and the elderly." They cheered for Sungsimdang by posting comments such as "There are many benefits in many ways," and "It's a private company, but the discount for pregnant women is up to the boss."

Meanwhile, Sungsimdang is one of the leading companies to overcome low birth rates in the region. Recently, news that the building is being expanded to introduce a workplace daycare center has become a hot topic.

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team