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simone
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 Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Careful on the subway. My nanny got nailed! |
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Hi folks!
Friendly word of warning.
My nanny brings Critter to work everyday at lunch. It's just good for everybody. She had an issue with her card exiting at Samseong Station, so when she just got through the gate, she kept going. (The machine gave her an error message, even though there was money on her card.)
Next thing she knows, this tiny gal from the PI is being marched to the subway office, where they're demanding 30,000 won from her because of her "infraction".
Now, there IS a baby expo going on at COEX, so the place is filthy with strollers, and I can understand the guys being more strict than usual, but on her part, it was a pretty honest mistake. She's very new to Korea as well...
Meanwhile, I'm in my usual quiet corner of our "meet the baby" coffee shop, waiting for them, when I get the message. Raced to the subway, dealt with it, talked the guy down substantially on the fine, and we're outta there.
The whole thing was really scary for her, and I had to reassure her that it was a perfectly honest mistake, because she seemed pretty spooked about riding the subway again. Can't have that, because I've gotten pretty used to my lunch dates with the baby and don't want to give them up just yet...
So people, yes, be warned! The guy was pretty serious about the 30,000 won fine... You never know when they'll have an enforcement quota to make. |
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mateomiguel
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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| is it because she wasn't white? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe you should just consider leaving the animal at home. |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought this was going to be a thread about your nanny getting picked up by a young stud and boned there and then on the subway with a carriage full of adjoshies cracking one off. |
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simone
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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That's Critter there right next to the computer.  Ain't she a dream?
Re: Race. Could have been, but I doubt the guy really wanted the hassle of the language issues. I think all he saw was dark hair, expensive looking stroller, and figured it was time for a random enforcement. They'd been in there for 1/2 hour before I showed up, and we were another 20 minutes at least.
Poor ajoshi cut into his own lunch hour with this one... |
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mrsquirrel
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Why is critter sitting in a potty? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Getting a tradition treatment, what else. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
| I thought this was going to be a thread about your nanny getting picked up by a young stud and boned there and then on the subway with a carriage full of adjoshies cracking one off. |
I thought it was going to be about an Immigration bust. "My Nanny Got Deported!  And I Got Fined For Hiring Her! "
I still don't understand what the fine was for. "No strollers on subway!" ? "OUR mechanical errors result in YOUR being fined!" ?  |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| That's insane. She couldn't simply show them card failed? Geez. People jump the stupid turnstiles all the time and no one gets off their boney ass. |
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Richard Krainium
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| mrsquirrel wrote: |
| I thought this was going to be a thread about your nanny getting picked up by a young stud and boned there and then on the subway with a carriage full of adjoshies cracking one off. |
I thought it was going to be about an Immigration bust. "My Nanny Got Deported! And I Got Fined For Hiring Her! "
I still don't understand what the fine was for. "No strollers on subway!" ? "OUR mechanical errors result in YOUR being fined!" ? |
I'm asking the same thing. Nailed for what?
I think Simone just wanted us to see her baby's picture and to let us know she has a nanny and an expensive stroller.  |
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simone
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Richard Krainium wrote: |
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| mrsquirrel wrote: |
| I thought this was going to be a thread about your nanny getting picked up by a young stud and boned there and then on the subway with a carriage full of adjoshies cracking one off. |
I thought it was going to be about an Immigration bust. "My Nanny Got Deported! And I Got Fined For Hiring Her! "
I still don't understand what the fine was for. "No strollers on subway!" ? "OUR mechanical errors result in YOUR being fined!" ? |
I'm asking the same thing. Nailed for what?
I think Simone just wanted us to see her baby's picture and to let us know she has a nanny and an expensive stroller. |
Well, where's Jinju when you need him? It's been ages since I've been called a bad mother.
The seat, BTW, is a bumbo. Great little contraption. Completely immobilizes the baby, but they like it. And expensive-LOOKING. Seriously man, I'm a great shopper, and not afraid to schlep heavy/bulky items as international baggage.
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject: |
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| simone wrote: |
| Richard Krainium wrote: |
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| mrsquirrel wrote: |
| I thought this was going to be a thread about your nanny getting picked up by a young stud and boned there and then on the subway with a carriage full of adjoshies cracking one off. |
I thought it was going to be about an Immigration bust. "My Nanny Got Deported! And I Got Fined For Hiring Her! "
I still don't understand what the fine was for. "No strollers on subway!" ? "OUR mechanical errors result in YOUR being fined!" ? |
I'm asking the same thing. Nailed for what?
I think Simone just wanted us to see her baby's picture and to let us know she has a nanny and an expensive stroller. |
Well, where's Jinju when you need him?
The seat, BTW, is a bumbo. Great little contraption. Completely immobilizes the baby, but they like it. |
What is wrong with velcro? |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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I wish they'd fine people 30,000 for jumping the turnstiles. It's like an asshole tax.
Your nanny is the exception. 98% of people who do that are intentionally trying to get out of paying $1 fare. Seriously. Who can't afford the subway??? |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| simone wrote: |
Completely immobilizes the baby, but they like it. |
Here we go again with another person posting generalizations. Haven't you been posting on Dave's long enough to know you that aren't supposed to do that?
Geez. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| The seat, BTW, is a bumbo. Great little contraption. |
probably grow w/ some sort of complex from being forcibly immobilized all the time. |
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