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Just had a big row with a bus driver...
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hugekebab



Joined: 05 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:27 pm    Post subject: Just had a big row with a bus driver... Reply with quote

My girlfriend and I got on the bus, at the time the driver was talking some crap to an ajumma who wanted to pay the exact amount. i paid by card and my girlfriend paid by cash.

we get off the bus at our stop and then the driver says something and then starts raising his voice (they always fucking do this) anyway another guy on the bus said the bus driver thinks my girlfriend didnt pay. i say she did; I paid by card, she paid by cash, but the bus driver dug his fucking heels in and just would not accept it, by this point i was looking for a 1000 just to stop this ridiculous non argument. All i had was a ten thousand, so i tried to reason some more, but then i just felt this overwhelming loss of temper, opened my wallet and slammed a ten thousand note into the cash slot and walked off.

the bus driver and the guy who was translating came after me (but I just walked off, because there was absolutely no way to resolve the argument with the combination of the bus driver's stubbornness and the communication problems.)

I was having a bad day at the start but now i am absolutely fucking livid, this isn't the first time one of those pushy c***s has started raising his voice to me for no good reason either.
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

???? I wouldn't done anything more than tell the guy he was wrong. 10,000? What would've happened if you did nothing? The driver would've just moaned some more.
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hugekebab



Joined: 05 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bibbitybop wrote:
???? I wouldn't done anything more than tell the guy he was wrong. 10,000? What would've happened if you did nothing? The driver would've just moaned some more.


I kind of did it to make a point, if i just walk away, what if he rats me to the roz? unlikely but its just my luck that that would happen.
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it's full of stars



Joined: 26 Dec 2007

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If I shout for a bit will you give me 10,000?
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Hanson



Joined: 20 Oct 2004

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i paid by card and my girlfriend paid by cash.


Instead of forking over man won, why not just pay with your card again?
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hanson wrote:
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i paid by card and my girlfriend paid by cash.


Instead of forking over man won, why not just pay with your card again?


thing he is trying to demonstrate to the driver that he is not the kind of guy who will try and save 1000 won by lying! so to show the the kind of guy he is he puts in 10.000 won and walks off! I can understand this!
sometimes ignorant people just make you so crazy you have to act extreme!
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wylies99



Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Next time, do your best to impersonate a pro wrestler. It works. Wink
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kentucker4



Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Georgia

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:42 am    Post subject: Re: Just had a big row with a bus driver... Reply with quote

hugekebab wrote:
My girlfriend and I got on the bus, at the time the driver was talking some crap to an ajumma who wanted to pay the exact amount. i paid by card and my girlfriend paid by cash.

we get off the bus at our stop and then the driver says something and then starts raising his voice (they always fucking do this) anyway another guy on the bus said the bus driver thinks my girlfriend didnt pay. i say she did; I paid by card, she paid by cash, but the bus driver dug his fucking heels in and just would not accept it, by this point i was looking for a 1000 just to stop this ridiculous non argument. All i had was a ten thousand, so i tried to reason some more, but then i just felt this overwhelming loss of temper, opened my wallet and slammed a ten thousand note into the cash slot and walked off.

the bus driver and the guy who was translating came after me (but I just walked off, because there was absolutely no way to resolve the argument with the combination of the bus driver's stubbornness and the communication problems.)

I was having a bad day at the start but now i am absolutely fucking livid, this isn't the first time one of those pushy c***s has started raising his voice to me for no good reason either.



Obviously, you weren't thinking straight. You have to look at things from his perspective. He probably believed what he was saying and thinking that foreigners disrespect Korea in general. Many Koreans really believe this. It's a pride issue. You should have have swiped your card again. Seriously, I always have Koreans angry at me for stuff like this. And they always raise their voices. You better get used to it. Otherwise you will lose all of your money. Laughing
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ryouga013



Joined: 14 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just tell them to get bent and walk on out. What are they going to do, call the police? haha
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

10,000WON...YOU ARE STUPID. Why did you not just get off at your stop as you and you gf had already paid. I would just have pretended not to hear the bus driver like anyone else would of.
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victorology



Joined: 10 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How far was it from when you got on until you got off? You would think he would have something right after he finished arguing with the woman. Not when you got off.
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southern boy



Joined: 29 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 1:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thats some healthy tip there brother Smile


Bibbitybop wrote:
???? I wouldn't done anything more than tell the guy he was wrong. 10,000? What would've happened if you did nothing? The driver would've just moaned some more.


Easier said than done, it's not that easy when you're the only foreinger and you cant speak the langauge. Maybe it's an honest mistake or he was part of the anti us beef protester and feels the need to take it out from you, either way that's what make it fun living in this country; you never what to expect once you step foot off from your door step.
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kentucker4



Joined: 03 Sep 2007
Location: Georgia

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="southern boy"]Thats some healthy tip there brother Smile


Bibbitybop wrote:
???? I wouldn't done anything more than tell the guy he was wrong. 10,000? What would've happened if you did nothing? The driver would've just moaned some more.


Easier said than done, it's not that easy when you're the only foreinger and you cant speak the langauge. Maybe it's an honest mistake or he was part of the anti us beef protester and feels the need to take it out from you, either way that's what make it fun living in this country; you never what to expect once you step foot off from your door step.[/quote


You are a little *beep*.
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Imrahil



Joined: 04 Feb 2008
Location: On the other side of the world.

PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have to agree, why didn't you and your girlfriend just walk off the bus and take a different one? Paying 10,000 won was just stupid. Also, what makes you think they he won't try this scam with some other foreigners that use a bus card? I once had a bus driver accuse me of not paying the fair. A gropu of ajjuma's on the bus who say me pay by using my bus card were even telling him that I paid. The guy simply refused to believe it. After I called him some bad korean words/names, I put my card up by the transfer scanner. I told him to open the door and let me get off. After that he calmed down.
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Dome Vans
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rather than putting the 10 000 in the slot you should have put it in his g-string. Telling him that 1000 won was for the ride and the other 9000 is for a lap-dance. Job done! Everyone's happy and all the passengers get to see a show included in their journey. It'd make their day.
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