Parents hire mobsters to solve school bullying issues for $2,000

Article: "School violence can be solved for $2,000" odd jobs businesses arise

Source: SBS via Nate

There have been a rise in businesses claiming to solve all of your bullying/school violence problems for a sum of cash. When even the school and the police can't protect you, parents are desperately turning to these businesses and hiring scary looking men to protect their children.

On a news article about a parent explaining that the bullying against their child grew worse after they reported it to the police, several comments began sprouting suggesting that they hire an odd jobs service to resolve the matter with their own hands.

Curious to see what this was all about, we put up a post requesting for such services and received several contacts. One service explained that they had men with tattoos all over their arms. Once hired, they will wait for their child after school and accompany him home until rumors begin spreading around the school that the child has mobster members in the family.

Another service specializes in handling bullying from teens who are no longer students/have been expelled. They claimed that they will resort to violence but "hit them in a way where it won't show" so that charges can't be pressed. "Who do you think these iljins look up to the most? It's not the police, it's not the prosecutors. They look up to gangsters."

One service claimed that they've completed over 40 requests over the past 2-3 years and have never failed to resolve the matter once. As for the costs, it can run up to $5,000 for a month and around $1,500 to $1,800 for two weeks.

A member of a school violence victims committee said, "I can completely understand why parents would spend that kind of money to hire these services to protect their children. What I'm wondering is why we've let it get to this point and why we are still not doing anything about it."

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1. [+382, -4] I think detective agencies like this are actually doing something good. Students can tell their teachers but they'll hesitate to take any action and you can report it to the police but they'll just visit once and glance around before leaving again. Then the student who reported it to begin with will get beat up even harder. This is the best possible solution among the options students have now. Just hire a few of those men and beat them back up.

2. [+317, -4] This is a great idea. School delinquents need to be beat up just as hard to wake up and face reality. There's the old saying that the only way to fix a crazy dog is to beat it out of him. These kids need to realize that the world is a scary, scary place full of scary people.

3. [+234, -2] I think it's a great idea. The assaulters need to feel the same fear and violence that they make their victims feel so they wake up and realize what they're doing. They don't think the police are worth sh*t but I'm sure they'll be afraid of mobsters.

4. [+44, -0] Never have I been so thankful for mobsters ㅋㅋㅋ Kids that think violence is the end all will shut up once they're faced up against someone stronger.

5. [+38, -1] From personal experience, I know it works. At my school, the iljins messed with a kid who ended up being the son of a mobster. That iljin ended up transferring out of the school even though we were three days before our finals ㅋㅋ

6. [+34, -1] If I were a parent, I don't care how much it would cost. $2,000 or $5,000, I'd hire them in a heartbeat. Imagine the psychological and physical stress you'll be saving your child in exchange for some money.

7. [+26, -3] This article kind of killed the point. Now when kids see other students walking around with mobsters, they're going to accuse them of having hired help ㅋㅋ ㅜㅜ

8. [+22, -1] I don't believe in solving violence with violence, but when the school doesn't do absolutely anything... I feel that it's the only choice some may have and I support that.

9. [+20, -1] Better than the stupid teachers who think this can all be resolved by having the assaulter and the victim come up to the front of the class and shake hands. "You guys are friends now! Now go back to your seats."

10. [+13, -1] As long as kids don't commit suicide... Get revenge in any way possible, even if it's resorting to this.

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