Citizens are waiting in line to buy a mask in front of a pharmacy in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 14th, the first weekend after the implementation of the 'Mask 5 Subtitles', which set different dates for purchasing public masks depending on the year of birth.
In front of a pharmacy in Jung-gu, Seoul, citizens are waiting in line to buy a mask.
A notice is posted on the pharmacy customer service table in Jongno 5-ga, Seoul, saying that the sale of the public mask worn on the day was completed.
Citizens who visited a pharmacy in Jongno 4-ga, Seoul are buying public masks. On the 14th and 15th of the first weekend of the sale of the public mask '5 subtitles', which has been in effect since the 9th, an opportunity to purchase is given regardless of the birth year.
Citizens are buying public masks at a pharmacy in Jongno 4-ga, Seoul. Only those who have not purchased public masks during the week are allowed to purchase.
On the 14th, the first weekend after the implementation of the 'Mask 5 Subtitles', which set different dates for purchasing public masks according to the year of birth, Seoul city pharmacies were able to buy masks during the week.
On weekends, those who do not buy a public mask on the day of the week that falls on the birth year can purchase the mask regardless of the year of birth.
A pharmacy in Daelim-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, started selling 300 public masks starting at 8 am today.
The sale was done by checking the customer's ID and receiving the payment in advance and distributing the mask after 3 PM.
Instead of checking the customer's birth year as usual, the pharmacy took an official ID and entered it into a computerized system to check if there was a purchase history on weekdays.
The masks were all over 1 hour after the sale started.
An official from this pharmacy said, "There are rare lines on our weekdays in our pharmacy, but today I have some lines." Said.
A pharmacy in Seocho 2-dong, Seocho-gu, started selling 250 public masks today at 9 am.
When the sale started, about 40 people lined up about 15 meters.
It was also said that the line was longer than usual as the guests flocked over the weekend.
The pharmacy decided to sell an additional 150 sheets in accordance with the ward office instructions when 250 sheets were sold out in less than an hour after the start of the sale.
Workers who could not visit the pharmacy during the workday during the week also gave up on a weekend nap and queued up in front of the pharmacy early in the morning.
"I buy a mask at the pharmacy for the first time today because it's hard to find time during lunch or commuting during the week," said Choi Mo (38), a banker who met at a pharmacy in Gongdeok-dong, Mapo-gu. I must stand. "
"The mask subtitle is good, but it's a very inconvenient system for office workers. I want them to be able to live with the family, even if they are not children or the elderly," said office worker Anmo (52), who successfully purchased a mask at a pharmacy in Daelim-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu. I also spoke.
Most citizens understood that they could buy on the weekends only if they didn't have a history of buying masks during the week, but some of them came to the pharmacy without knowing these rules and protested the troubled pharmacy officials.
At around 10 am, a grandfather came to a pharmacy in Jongno 5-ga, Jongno-gu, and asked, "Can you buy a mask today without a resident registration card?"
On the other hand, it was often noticeable that citizens were inconvenienced by the inaccurate app and web service that informs the location and inventory of public mask vendors in real time.
In some cases, it appeared that there was not enough mask stock, or it was indicated that it was enough.
(Photo = Yonhap News)