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alphakennyone
Joined: 01 Aug 2005
Location: city heights
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How ridiculous. Just got back from a movie where a girl next to me answered her p hone in the middle of it, and next to me some ajusshi and ajumma whispered to each other back and forth for at least 20 minutes (i'm guessing they didn't understand even the fairly simplistic plot of I am Legend).
Koreans shushing others? GImme a break |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:39 am Post subject: |
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hey i got the one that takes the cake
going to the opening match of the 2002 world cup, i get on the subway at itaewon with a bunch of other foreigners. we were yelling, singing etc. heck we were all going to the opening match of the world cup, yeah we had a few drinks and we get shused on the subway???? what a way to show korean hospitality |
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renzobenzo1
Joined: 08 Sep 2007
Location: Suji, Yongin
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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I got shushed in a bookstore once...even tough almost everyone was talking I was singled out...I was talking with a Korean as well 
I shushed a girl with her Dad talking the entire way through a movie once. Unbelievably the Dad didn't have the brains or decency to keep her child quiet. What a moron. |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| renzobenzo1 wrote: |
I got shushed in a bookstore once...even tough almost everyone was talking I was singled out...I was talking with a Korean as well
I shushed a girl with her Dad talking the entire way through a movie once. Unbelievably the Dad didn't have the brains or decency to keep her child quiet. What a moron. |
Did the father pay for her daughter to get in the theatre or did he sneak her in and not pay? |
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Rock
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Being shushed by Koreans |
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| Carmy wrote: |
By that I mean being told to keep quiet.
So yesterday a few of my mates and I went to the Van Gogh Exhibit. There were 100's of people and obviously as people were walking in line to see the artwork, people were talking. There was a natural buzz of banter in the air. I myself was just talking to one of my friends about whatever I saw in the pictures (I'm not an art fundi but I appreciate it nonetheless)
Anyways, to get to the point, all of a sudden I feel a tap on my shoulder and it's one of the staff members telling me not to touch the paintings. At first I was completely confused because I hadn't touched a darn thing, I merely pointed to something and I certainly wasn't the only person doing that. And then when I realised what she was saying, I told her that I wasn't touching anything and THEN she tells me "Ssshh sssh be quiet" and puts her fingers to her lips as if I was a child.
Oh my gosh, at that point I was ready to explode because amongst EVERYONE in the museum she decided to tell ME to be quiet. And when I told her to go and tell everyone else the same thing she continued to harrass me. Eventually I just turned around and ignored her.
After the exhibition I was then told that she had done the same thing to my other friends who were ahead of us!! So basically she purposely sought us out to quieten us down as if we were the only people in the entire exhibit that were talking!
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Oh, I hate this flagrant crap. Not yours, just the crap that doesn't make practical sense and then as a foreigner you're supposed to understand
Heck, I'v been in Taiwan for over a year now and never had a noise ordinance I thought I should be imposed, such as for drunks and innane activity. Crap, this is not to metion other factors.
I'm now in Taiwan, and the Chinese are much more civilized. Face it, Koreans think what's wrong 'is' right. Even the Taiwanese will not acknowledge them. |
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Vicissitude
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Location: Chef School
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:17 am Post subject: |
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JESUS koreans are the loudest people I know!!
i cant handle sitting near them in restaurants!
and that HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG played in every restaurant in the country, man the artist of that song must be killing it.. becuase it seems to be the same song,.. IS the most RUDE thing I have ever heard!
there you are trying to enjoy a quite a meal, and a chat with a date or friend and then BAM BAM BAM! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! BLAR BLAR BLAR ringing bells, and beating drums!! I didnt pay for that!!
or on subways, ajjoshis shouting into their phones! NE NE NE NE NE!!!
koreans always getting excited when they talk, just look at dramas on TV, they think acting means SHOUTING! every line is shouted!!
and they want to tell us to tone it down>? GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
like the 5am vege truck speaker doesnt annoy anyone! but if you try to talk to your friend on a bus or subway at 4pm in ENglish , thats rude???
YEAH OK WHAT EVER!!!
hahahahahaahahha like sitting in a restaurant always drunk ajjoshis there yelling at each other, laughing, and shouting the more and more they get drunk! do they give a toss about anyone else in there!! does the owner tell them to keep it down!! HELL NO!! but if it was a table of waygooks you bet the owner would say, please quite! alittle..
ITS BS!! |
You are definately right about that. Koreans are EXTREMELY LOUD!!! OMG, these people take the cake. I've been on the skytrain with them SCREAMING AND YELLING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS UPSETTING EVERYONE ON THE CAR!!!! So I yelled at them, "SHUT UP, you Koreans think you own the whole damn world!" You know they still kept yelling on their cell phones and with each other. I've been in vans with them yelling and screaming and making nasty comments towards Thais. When the driver tells them to quiet down, they act like they didn't hear anything and ignore the order. Then, I turned around and said, "You've been TOLD to shut up. You know full well what that means. It means SHUT UP." I've been in restaurants in Korea where these people have about tripped over me to get into huge shouting matches with each other and to the point where the whole place is in an uproar. They are never asked to quite down in Korea no matter how bad it is. Now I'd be on a train and have an extremely urgent call to take in English and I'll cover my face and speak as softly as I can and people would give me the evil eye and shhhh me. Just do like the Koreans.... IGNORE it and procede as you did before the annoying person disturbed YOUR peace. Oh, and make sure to give that 'shhhh' to anyone who trys to speak with you on the subway, especially a Korean who's trying to practice English. And those people who either sell things or scream on and on about Jesus, don't forget to stare and give the evil eye. I really hate those people! |
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trubadour
Joined: 03 Nov 2006
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| Justin Hale wrote: |
As tempting as it is to say "ugh! Those bloody Koreans!", some foreigners really are stupidly loud and annoying.
I sympathize with the OP because he or she is adament that there was no excessive volume and certainly didn't touch anything, but as for the rest of the stories, I'm willing to bet some involved douchebaggy behavior and the Korean was justified in telling you to STFU!  |
I know this a bloody old thread, but what u said is right. Bloody foreigners, everywhere! |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:39 am Post subject: |
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| Vicissitude wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
JESUS koreans are the loudest people I know!!
i cant handle sitting near them in restaurants!
and that HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG played in every restaurant in the country, man the artist of that song must be killing it.. becuase it seems to be the same song,.. IS the most RUDE thing I have ever heard!
there you are trying to enjoy a quite a meal, and a chat with a date or friend and then BAM BAM BAM! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! BLAR BLAR BLAR ringing bells, and beating drums!! I didnt pay for that!!
or on subways, ajjoshis shouting into their phones! NE NE NE NE NE!!!
koreans always getting excited when they talk, just look at dramas on TV, they think acting means SHOUTING! every line is shouted!!
and they want to tell us to tone it down>? GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
like the 5am vege truck speaker doesnt annoy anyone! but if you try to talk to your friend on a bus or subway at 4pm in ENglish , thats rude???
YEAH OK WHAT EVER!!!
hahahahahaahahha like sitting in a restaurant always drunk ajjoshis there yelling at each other, laughing, and shouting the more and more they get drunk! do they give a toss about anyone else in there!! does the owner tell them to keep it down!! HELL NO!! but if it was a table of waygooks you bet the owner would say, please quite! alittle..
ITS BS!! |
You are definately right about that. Koreans are EXTREMELY LOUD!!! OMG, these people take the cake. I've been on the skytrain with them SCREAMING AND YELLING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS UPSETTING EVERYONE ON THE CAR!!!! So I yelled at them, "SHUT UP, you Koreans think you own the whole damn world!" You know they still kept yelling on their cell phones and with each other. I've been in vans with them yelling and screaming and making nasty comments towards Thais. When the driver tells them to quiet down, they act like they didn't hear anything and ignore the order. Then, I turned around and said, "You've been TOLD to shut up. You know full well what that means. It means SHUT UP." I've been in restaurants in Korea where these people have about tripped over me to get into huge shouting matches with each other and to the point where the whole place is in an uproar. They are never asked to quite down in Korea no matter how bad it is. Now I'd be on a train and have an extremely urgent call to take in English and I'll cover my face and speak as softly as I can and people would give me the evil eye and shhhh me. Just do like the Koreans.... IGNORE it and procede as you did before the annoying person disturbed YOUR peace. Oh, and make sure to give that 'shhhh' to anyone who trys to speak with you on the subway, especially a Korean who's trying to practice English. And those people who either sell things or scream on and on about Jesus, don't forget to stare and give the evil eye. I really hate those people! |
Feeling better now? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| This thread reminds me. I'm going to go into a library and start banging pots until they kick me out. But they deserve it, because Koreans tend to be loud people. Also, Koreans make generalisations too much. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| This thread reminds me. I'm going to go into a library and start banging pots until they kick me out. But they deserve it, because Koreans tend to be loud people. Also, Koreans make generalisations too much. |
But your pot banging won't be heard for the students "studying" quietly. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| Vicissitude wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
JESUS koreans are the loudest people I know!!
i cant handle sitting near them in restaurants!
and that HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG played in every restaurant in the country, man the artist of that song must be killing it.. becuase it seems to be the same song,.. IS the most RUDE thing I have ever heard!
there you are trying to enjoy a quite a meal, and a chat with a date or friend and then BAM BAM BAM! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! BLAR BLAR BLAR ringing bells, and beating drums!! I didnt pay for that!!
or on subways, ajjoshis shouting into their phones! NE NE NE NE NE!!!
koreans always getting excited when they talk, just look at dramas on TV, they think acting means SHOUTING! every line is shouted!!
and they want to tell us to tone it down>? GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
like the 5am vege truck speaker doesnt annoy anyone! but if you try to talk to your friend on a bus or subway at 4pm in ENglish , thats rude???
YEAH OK WHAT EVER!!!
hahahahahaahahha like sitting in a restaurant always drunk ajjoshis there yelling at each other, laughing, and shouting the more and more they get drunk! do they give a toss about anyone else in there!! does the owner tell them to keep it down!! HELL NO!! but if it was a table of waygooks you bet the owner would say, please quite! alittle..
ITS BS!! |
You are definately right about that. Koreans are EXTREMELY LOUD!!! OMG, these people take the cake. I've been on the skytrain with them SCREAMING AND YELLING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS UPSETTING EVERYONE ON THE CAR!!!! So I yelled at them, "SHUT UP, you Koreans think you own the whole damn world!" You know they still kept yelling on their cell phones and with each other. I've been in vans with them yelling and screaming and making nasty comments towards Thais. When the driver tells them to quiet down, they act like they didn't hear anything and ignore the order. Then, I turned around and said, "You've been TOLD to shut up. You know full well what that means. It means SHUT UP." I've been in restaurants in Korea where these people have about tripped over me to get into huge shouting matches with each other and to the point where the whole place is in an uproar. They are never asked to quite down in Korea no matter how bad it is. Now I'd be on a train and have an extremely urgent call to take in English and I'll cover my face and speak as softly as I can and people would give me the evil eye and shhhh me. Just do like the Koreans.... IGNORE it and procede as you did before the annoying person disturbed YOUR peace. Oh, and make sure to give that 'shhhh' to anyone who trys to speak with you on the subway, especially a Korean who's trying to practice English. And those people who either sell things or scream on and on about Jesus, don't forget to stare and give the evil eye. I really hate those people! |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:29 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| Vicissitude wrote: |
| itaewonguy wrote: |
JESUS koreans are the loudest people I know!!
i cant handle sitting near them in restaurants!
and that HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG played in every restaurant in the country, man the artist of that song must be killing it.. becuase it seems to be the same song,.. IS the most RUDE thing I have ever heard!
there you are trying to enjoy a quite a meal, and a chat with a date or friend and then BAM BAM BAM! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! BLAR BLAR BLAR ringing bells, and beating drums!! I didnt pay for that!!
or on subways, ajjoshis shouting into their phones! NE NE NE NE NE!!!
koreans always getting excited when they talk, just look at dramas on TV, they think acting means SHOUTING! every line is shouted!!
and they want to tell us to tone it down>? GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
like the 5am vege truck speaker doesnt annoy anyone! but if you try to talk to your friend on a bus or subway at 4pm in ENglish , thats rude???
YEAH OK WHAT EVER!!!
hahahahahaahahha like sitting in a restaurant always drunk ajjoshis there yelling at each other, laughing, and shouting the more and more they get drunk! do they give a toss about anyone else in there!! does the owner tell them to keep it down!! HELL NO!! but if it was a table of waygooks you bet the owner would say, please quite! alittle..
ITS BS!! |
You are definately right about that. Koreans are EXTREMELY LOUD!!! OMG, these people take the cake. I've been on the skytrain with them SCREAMING AND YELLING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS UPSETTING EVERYONE ON THE CAR!!!! So I yelled at them, "SHUT UP, you Koreans think you own the whole damn world!" You know they still kept yelling on their cell phones and with each other. I've been in vans with them yelling and screaming and making nasty comments towards Thais. When the driver tells them to quiet down, they act like they didn't hear anything and ignore the order. Then, I turned around and said, "You've been TOLD to shut up. You know full well what that means. It means SHUT UP." I've been in restaurants in Korea where these people have about tripped over me to get into huge shouting matches with each other and to the point where the whole place is in an uproar. They are never asked to quite down in Korea no matter how bad it is. Now I'd be on a train and have an extremely urgent call to take in English and I'll cover my face and speak as softly as I can and people would give me the evil eye and shhhh me. Just do like the Koreans.... IGNORE it and procede as you did before the annoying person disturbed YOUR peace. Oh, and make sure to give that 'shhhh' to anyone who trys to speak with you on the subway, especially a Korean who's trying to practice English. And those people who either sell things or scream on and on about Jesus, don't forget to stare and give the evil eye. I really hate those people! |
Shush |
She was shushed a while ago, thank goodness. |
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expat2001
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
hey i got the one that takes the cake
going to the opening match of the 2002 world cup, i get on the subway at itaewon with a bunch of other foreigners. we were yelling, singing etc. heck we were all going to the opening match of the world cup, yeah we had a few drinks and we get shused on the subway???? what a way to show korean hospitality |
Did you know that when Korea won the first game against Italy many of the Korean Canadians in TORNTO AND VANCOUVER went nuts and started to yell and cheer in the streets of Canada at 2 - 3 am. Many of the neighbors complained and the police were asked to come and step in.
Truly amazing that they don't feel the need to respect us in our own country ,yet we must respect them in Korea.
Has anyone been to THAILAND or PHILAPHINES? Have you noticed how Koreans act? The Korean expats are constantly yelling " bali ,bali"
From what I ve seen, Koreans aren't shy about speaking Korean in other countries |
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madowlspeaks
Joined: 07 Dec 2006
Location: Somewhere in time and space
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One time I was on the KTX on my cell phone, (not speaking nearly as loudly as the pissing, crying, moaning and farting children two seats down, not to mention the ajumma smacking and popping her xylitol next to me ) when the KTX chick shushed me.
I told the KTX chick that once the kids and the ajumma shut the F%$K up, then I will too.... |
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