Netizens severely criticize Nam Taehyun of WINNER for his rudeness

[rowling-wolfe22.livejournal.com]

K-netizens recently made note of WINNER Nam Taehyun‘s manners and etiquette, criticizing the artist as being extremely rude, after a post was made on popular online community Pann, hosted by Nate.

On February 9th, a post titled “The reason artists have to be careful what they do in every day life” was published, the poster comparing actor Son Ho Joon, who was recently involved in a dating rumor with Kim So Eun, and Nam Tae Hyun.

In the photos posted, Son Ho Joon was seen politely giving money to a driver, his body slightly bent at the hips for a short bow. In comparison, however, Nam Taehyun was spotted giving money to parking security, money held in between his fingers.

This is seen as significant in Korean culture because the gesture of handing someone, especially if they are much older than you, money in such a way is considered condescending and therefore, extremely rude in nature.

Fans who saw the thread defended the action of the idol, revealing that his mother had offered to pay afterwards, and that photos #3 and #4 are posted in reverse, therefore Nam Taehyun was retracting his payment gesture. However, many other netizens argued that it did not change the circumstances of handing money in such a way.

This is not the first time that Nam Taehyun has come under fire from netizens in regards to his manners, having becoming a topic in November 2014 after attempting to quiet fans down at a concert while Kang Seungyoon was speaking at the event (and later apologized for).

1. [+ 777, – 112] Wow look at his class handing an elderly money between his fingers…

2. [+ 662, – 99] woah……goosebumps;; ㅋㅋ this is despicable

3. [+646, -97] This shows what kind of person he is.






Source: Pann
Via: Koreaboo

Comments

[ironicmustache.livejournal.com]

[+ 662, – 99] woah……goosebumps;; ㅋㅋ this is despicable

honestly, how do these 662 people function in daily life?

[bebita19.livejournal.com]

I'm dying over here. XD

[aki-san.livejournal.com]

The photos with his mom paying are here (http://ygunited.com/2015/02/photo-really-happened-winner-nam-taehyuns-date-mom/). IDK if seeing them all really changes anything, but fwiw:

(http://tinypic.com?ref=k46oac)

[bebita19.livejournal.com]

Lol! So what happened was he was going to pay and as he was going to do so his mom was all like "Yo, I gotz diss!" and he was all like "Oh, ok." Lol, typical media.

[dysphoriia.livejournal.com]

goosebumps though really knetz? jeez. they make it seem like he turned away out of disgust when he was really occupied with his mom and trying to pay at the same time. this is as ridiculous as that assumption that one of the aoa girl smokes cause of the way she held a plastic spoon -head smash-

[kaninasan.livejournal.com]

the order of the pics has been changed, not to mention they came out MONTHS ago, so idek what's happening here

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

just like bom's incident someone is trying to stir shit ages after the fact

[smilla-sini.livejournal.com]

in our country, if you try to give someone money holding it this way, you'd be counted as a douche too, tbh...

[lydiasummer.livejournal.com]

we can't all be perfect

[hagar-tammaa.livejournal.com]

someone REALLY doesn't like him? lol

[inori88.livejournal.com]

So. Dispatch was following him and posted the pictures and wrote about his date with his mother. They, apparently, didn't find anything controversial or they would have missed a more interesting opportunity than an idol eating with his mom.
This PANN was made by netizens who altered the order of the pictures, months after they were released, and there is no elder to be seen in said pictures.
i see

[adlyeith.livejournal.com]

Pretty much.

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

this is like the equivalent of idk, him not giving up his seat on the bus for an elder. super frowned down upon. it doesn't matter the progression of events

[cooliosa.livejournal.com]

i'm so meh about this i might actually start liking him. u go bad boy hyung~

[ultraflyy23.livejournal.com]

this reminds me of when i was a cashier and people just tossed their money onto the counter. idk, it's just not a nice thing to do.

[agoongprincess.livejournal.com]

ia, these photos came out months ago and were edited but in general it's not very polite and borderline condescending. i cashier too and thankfully no one tosses money at me.

[angela-derp-otp.livejournal.com]

yeah that's rude af in Korea :/
A lot of people is really chill about that kind of thing nowadays but I mean its generally frown upon.

[miuratenshi.livejournal.com]

I mean it's nothing to burn him at the stake about, but the fact that he's not even looking while passing the money is kind of rude.

[piqapique.livejournal.com]

The problem here is the way he was holding the money because in the original Dispatch post it was pretty clear he was looking at his mom because she wanted to pay instead in which she did.

Either way, it's still nothing to burn him at the stake about and calling him douche. Rude? maybe.

[leopolitan.livejournal.com]

mommas boys r sexy

[waves-of-light.livejournal.com]

lol

[donutism.livejournal.com]

Its rude, but its not like omg burn him to death.

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

His hairstyle is very unfortunate.

[keykibummie.livejournal.com]

This

[kicking-tenshi.livejournal.com]

Son Hojoon's so cute, even his knees are bent.

IA w/ majority: it's rude but nothing to blow up. I wonder if people are making a bigger deal out of it because of his whole yelling-in-banmal at fans incident.

[921227.livejournal.com]

insert wackaflocka_ok.gif

[areebyee.livejournal.com]

he could either be in the middle of turning around and bowing down in reverence or tossing the money in the cashier's face before his mom interrupted, lord help me what's the point in analyzing a scene that probably lasted a grand total of 5 seconds

[pseudo-shigure.livejournal.com]

mte.

[ckino (from livejournal.com)]

people really hate him. damn that curse 5:5 hairstyle!

[hebk.livejournal.com]

honestly i think thats the real reason

[petecarl.livejournal.com]

Okay, but is there a video of this? Or are there more photos that show what he was doing before he turned to his mom's attention?

[racquelle2005.livejournal.com]

op really should edit in that the pics are reversed like c'mon now.

[rowling-wolfe22.livejournal.com]

The pic reversal was mentioned in the article.

[robalunch.livejournal.com]

lol
He looks cute in these<3

[olive-101.livejournal.com]

oh silly people, he was clearly dueling

i understand that respecting elders is a big part of korean culture but knets need to chill a little

[kareymoop.livejournal.com]

[piqapique.livejournal.com]

I'm all for calling my faves out in order TO EDUCATE them. I don't think these knetz are calling him out for the same sake. They are just eager to jump on the hate wagon. Poor boy, he can't do anything without people calling him rude and snobbish or whatever now.