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[philipjames]

I am always amazed by the sheer volume of things that Korean parents fail to teach their kids. Every day I see Korean mothers running across busy roads with their toddlers. I even see them beckoning their kids at the other side of the road to 'bally bally' across the busy street. There's a friggin crosswalk fifteen feet away. Any thinking parent would teach their kid to cross a road safely.....Even the hogwan agashies beckon kids to 'bally bally' across the road so the bus can get going.

I know that Koreans "really love their children" but come on people. Asking your kid to run out from between two illegally parked cars and dash across a busy street.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Teaching kids to piss on the street when there's a public toilet within easy walking distance almost anywhere you go in this country.

[Bingo]

That only pigs, gorillas, large dogs and camels make noise when they eat. Polite children, like their polite parents, eat their food quietly with their mouth closed.

[WoBW]

I'm amazed at how often I see parents let their children run around freely on the sidewalk next to a busy 6 lane road in Seoul. Shockingly irresponsible.

[Bingo]

You don't need to make noise to prove that you exist. You don't need to slam every door and cupboard. You don't need to talk loudly when your friend is right beside you. "But teacher, my mummy slams doors and cupboards and talks loudly to her friends."

[philipjames]

"No, no Min Hee. You don't need to put that seat belt on. Go play with your brother at the back window while your daddy runs this red light."

[NightSky]

some kids were in my apartment the other day along with one of their mothers. there was a three-year-old boy. they were sitting in the living room, literally ten feet away from my bathroom, when the mother called the little guy over and encouraged him to pee into her cup. there was still food on the table in front of them and everything.

um, nothing like getting up off your ass and taking the kid over to the actual TOILET.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

[philipjames]

Not to fucking dong chim the foreign teacher. I love my students (most of them) but there's always one or two who think it's absolutely hilarious to dong chim me. Even after I've told them a thousand times, in no mistakable language, that it's not acceptable.

[Mr. Pink]

[Bingo]

- Not to litter and spit on the street, because only peasant children and trailer trash litter and spit on the streets.
- Not to look down on someone because they are three weeks younger than you.
- That lying, cheating and stealing are unethical.
- That not all comedy requires a plastic hammer, falling garbage can lids, and at least one of your mates in a woman's dress.

[CentralCali]

CLOSE THE DOOR! Seriously, this one's about to drive me around the bend. What's so hard about closing a door behind you?

One can properly suck up noodles without sounding like an industrial pool vacuum. It's not that hard. One doesn't have to make that kind of noise to drink coffee or tea either. If it's too hot to drink at the moment, let it cool off some. And the noise adds nothing to the flavor of it either.

Speaking of noise, there really is a difference between one's "inside voice" and one's "outside voice."

Contrary to popular opinion, the Road Traffic Law does require all occupants of the vehicle, even those not sitting in the front seat, to use safety restraints (seat belt or child safety seat, as appropriate).

Jaywalking is incredibly dangerous here. Heck, walking on the sidewalk here is dangerous, what with the morons--yes, morons; and that includes the foreigners here who do the same thing--driving their motorcycles and motorscooters on the sidewalk. Three years ago, I gave first aid to a girl who got hit while she was jaywalking across a major thoroughfare. I was stunned she didn't get killed.

When I lived in Seoul about 30 years ago, it was not that uncommon to read in the news about some old dude getting killed in the provinces because he was sleeping on the road. Apparently, the paved street was warmer than his shack.

Sanitation really is important when preparing food. It's not only disgusting, but unhealthy, to wipe one's butt after taking a dump and then, without washing one's hands, to go prepare food for public consumption. That's especially so when one's cigarette is littering ashes into the food! Along with that, it's also unsanitary to have an open container of used toilet paper next to the commode. The toilet really can handle flushing toilet paper along with the feces.

안전 제일 should not just be pretty words around a plus sign.

[philipjames]

[seoulsucker]

Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, etc. Korean children will be the superspreaders of Avian flu once it migrates to people.

[Bingo]

- Wait in line for your turn.
- Let people exit the elevator before pushing on.
- It's better to leave the classroom and blow your nose than to snort the snot back up every 10 seconds over a forty minute class.
- Staring at foreigners, and yelling 'Hello' at them from across the street,
isn't polite.
- That telling your 5 year old kid to ask the foreigner on the subway "Do you like Korea?" isn't likely to get an honest response.