Korean Job Discussion Forums

ds_fan · Joined: 07 Apr 2008

Well do you, you know, wear your shoes in your appartement or do you take them off?

Are you 100percent into Korean culture, or when no ones looking are you one crazy bad ass.

Bare in mind the floors here are not really designed for normal shoes.

yawarakaijin · Joined: 08 Aug 2006

How does one land a French teaching gig in Korea?

ds_fan · Joined: 07 Apr 2008

personally I cant stand those damn plastic slippers, going to have my comfortable thick bear feet with claws slippers hsipped over- ideal for wearing round the flat.

wings · Joined: 09 Nov 2006

I don't wear shoes in my apartment here, but I never did at home either.

jou ma se poes · Joined: 13 Apr 2008

It's only Americans that wear shoes inside their apartments, in Korea and elsewhere.

nobbyken · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Location: Yongin ^^

Plastic slippers here. Socks get so dirty.
I used to get cold feet in winter time, so I got a pair of warm fabric ones went over from the UK. It is to warm for these now.
Probably be socks/bare feet in the summertime for coolness.

It's good to keep outdoor dirt of the inside floors.

PeteJB · Joined: 06 Jul 2007

That's why one washes socks every day.

itpaul · Joined: 27 Jan 2008

only dirty scumbags wear shoes in the house

(at least thats what they are if they wear them in mine)

mnhnhyouh · Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Location: The Middle Kingdom

On the very odd occasion, say if I raced back into my apartment because I forgot something and am late, will I wear shoes. Normally barefoot. Almost never socks.

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OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

Plastic slippers are for the bathroom and balcony.
Cloth slippers are for the rest of the house.

lsrupert · Joined: 27 Aug 2006

I'm definitely American, and I have never worn shoes inside the house. I just love the generalizations from people. I prefer to go without shoes because it's more comfortable! And yes, it does keep the place cleaner.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Only barbarians wear shoes in the house.

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

Sometimes I slip my shoes on before I leave, which might mean a trip to the bathroom to comb the hair or whatnot. Also, if I want to put something in the fridge right away I might not take my shoes off first. The longer I live in Korea, the less I wear my shoes in the apartment.