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[crazy_arcade]

I wake up at 6:30, I leave for school at 7:30.

I live right across from an E-mart in an officetel. At 1:00 am they decided to do their maintenance and construction. They're cutting up the road in their parking lot at 1:00 am! The noise is insane! @@#@#$#@$

I feel like I could rip someone's heart out and feed it to them before they die.

After about 10 minutes I decided to go over there and do something about it. There's about 6 grunts and a supervisor. I said, "Shillye Chiman" they looked at me and ignored me. I said it a few more times and they ignored me and went to work. After about 5 minutes the supervisor has to walk past me and I say to him in Korean, "Hey Adjosshi, why can't you see me?" He looks at me and finally gives me a "nay?"

So I lost it and yelled and swore about the noise and I showed him my phone and told him I was dialing 119. He looked at me and said, "there aren't any apartments around" to which I pointed out all the buildings right across the street where people live. He starts to walk away so I pull out my phone and call the police. That gets his attention and tells the workers to stop for a moment and then goes inside.

I wait and wait...and then two security guards from inside Emart come and ask me what the problem is. So I tell them, "It's too freakin' loud, people are trying to sleep, I'm a teacher and I have to wake up early tomorrow morning." They go and talk to the workers and supervisor and come back to me and say, "only 5 more minutes, we're very very sorry, only 5 more minutes, very very sorry." I say, "ok" and I walk home.

That was 20 minutes ago and I'm on here right telling the story because IT HASN'T STOPPED!!!!

[uberscheisse]

[MollyBloom]

Tonight I went to e-mart in Daechi, and yes, they are remodeling it...is it the same one?

But I think they suck now because it seems they discontinued a lot of foreign goods. And they never have enough chicken. I understand they buy a certain amount for the day and let it sell out, but I am a customer, wanting to spend money in their store. Frankly, I could find nothing to spend my money on there tonight, and I think that's bad business.

[yesnoyesyesno]

HA HA that must suck. i had a car alarm go off loud as hell at like 4 in the morning it went on for like an hour, man that sucked

[yesnoyesyesno]

i'm not boycotting e-mart though, they're my favourite store in korea! (i'm not joking)

[jajdude]

[mithridates]

One item that should be bought in bulk before coming to Korea are those foam earplugs. Well, I know they can be found here somewhere but I've never seen them. There was construction next to where I live for two months and those saved my sanity.

[bucheon bum]

you just haven't lived in korea if you haven't lived next to a construction site.

When I lived in Bucheon, a 2 story house across from me was torn down and a 3 or 4 story apartment building was built. What a pleasure that was.

[kingplaya4]

I sympathize but don't care, hope that helps....

[Apple Scruff]

Boycott E-Mart just because your whiney ass can't get to sleep? Chill out, freak show.

[Thunndarr]

[krats1976]

Dude, crazy_arcade... that really sucks. I mean it. I can't fathom the justification for doing noisy construction work in the middle of the freakin' night.


When I was in Thailand the hotel I stayed at (a very expensive one) was in the middle of a renovation project which the proceeded to work on at 2 on a SUNDAY morning. Good heavens.

[periwinkle]

OP, you might want to try to find out how long the construction will go on for. If it's a long project, I'd move, just to save your sanity.

[Destroyer]

I had to put up with cats howlin' and a humpin' in the bushes out my garden for two hours last night... is that better or worse than construction??

[Roch]