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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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Tempest in a teapot? Sojourner, you seem to have a knack for wringing drama out of business as usual in Korea (this thread & elsewhere).
You're not fresh off the boat -- how is it you havent learned a bit of patience in coping? |
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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:42 am Post subject: Is Unique Travel in Itaewon legit? |
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| schwa wrote: |
Tempest in a teapot? Sojourner, you seem to have a knack for wringing drama out of business as usual in Korea (this thread & elsewhere).
You're not fresh off the boat -- how is it you havent learned a bit of patience in coping? |
You beat me to it. Patience is essential. It's one thing to be a bit anxious about making plans, but they didn't sound as if they were trying to put something over on you. Keep in mind places want your business. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:24 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
Tempest in a teapot? Sojourner, you seem to have a knack for wringing drama out of business as usual in Korea (this thread & elsewhere).
You're not fresh off the boat -- how is it you havent learned a bit of patience in coping? |
When I'm told I'm getting an Eticket today and I don't get one, then I'm in disgust. When I'm told I'm getting an Eticket again tomarrow and I don't get it, then I'm convinced something is wrong.
You guys don't experience what I do. If you do, you got people knowledgeable telling you things that help you better cope. I'm alone with no experienced foreigners nor Koreans in my life who might know something I'm needing to know about. The few I see on occassion told me they get their Etickets immediately upon payment which led me to believe I was being ripped off. When you turn over a specific rock at a time no one else does, then you're in for a special situation and often this is confusing and requires a lot of leg work on your part to make your special situation happen. No one ever told me they do business by lying, but following through, but it's just how it works. By lying and leading you on to believe you're having problems if you didn't know otherwise, you're in for a confusing and frustrating situation. Terrible communication is norm in Korea, but it's not fraud and scam central for the most part. I say business as usual here is one fucked up way to go, but it seems to work itself out in the run of things most times.
Tell me tempest in a teapot, I'm getting a run around every turn I take, but it seems to work out most times when I take initiative to correct all that is wrong with my situations. It's like that in a non-tourist friendly country that receives few foreigners. This is not Japan or Thailand. It's Korea, where it's always strange and awkward with me finding myself always with a feeling of being out of place due to them not understanding the westerners set of rules of thinking and reasoning. Well that's a complicated thing you either get or you just don't get and Korea is not inclined to get it which separates itself as being a country passed over on most RTW itineraries. |
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crazy tigger
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| Wd have happened though if they hadn't been able to get a seat? If a flight has a waitlist it is full. Would they have waited until the departure day to tell you? Sounds dodgy to me (and I worked in travel for 4 years) |
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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject: Is Unique Travel in Itaewon legit? |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
You guys don't experience what I do. If you do, you got people knowledgeable telling you things that help you better cope. |
I think most people here have thier share of experiences. I'm with schwa in thinking you need to learn how to better cope with them. I'm not being sarcastic, but it may pay to seek medication for it. There are many anxiety meds out there (apart from the usual cocktail!), though I'm not sure about in Korea. It wouldn't hurt to check. |
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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:17 am Post subject: Re: Is Unique Travel in Itaewon legit? |
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| kiknkorea wrote: |
| sojourner1 wrote: |
You guys don't experience what I do. If you do, you got people knowledgeable telling you things that help you better cope. |
I think most people here have thier share of experiences. I'm with schwa in thinking you need to learn how to better cope with them. I'm not being sarcastic, but it may pay to seek medication for it. There are many anxiety meds out there (apart from the usual cocktail!), though I'm not sure about in Korea. It wouldn't hurt to check. |
Talk about unsolicited advice! Anxiety may not even be the problem. While this may be worth checking into, this advice would best be left to others who know the poster.
Speaking of jumping to conclusions, who says I have people knowledgeable  who help me cope with things? We're all foreigners who have awkward and confusing situations. I get help when possible, but usually fend for myself. I cope by understanding that I'm in a foreign country and it's probably just as awkward for those who happen to be dealing with me. I don't get anywhere by losing my temper and telling everyone how f'ed up Korean culture and society is. Also, it's best for me to prioritize my issues and not sweat the small stuff. Most things that occur day to day (aside from my teaching) just aren't important enough to get worked up over. Now if you'll excuse me kikn, I think I'll have a cocktail.  |
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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:57 pm Post subject: Re: Is Unique Travel in Itaewon legit? |
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| tefain wrote: |
| kiknkorea wrote: |
| sojourner1 wrote: |
You guys don't experience what I do. If you do, you got people knowledgeable telling you things that help you better cope. |
I think most people here have thier share of experiences. I'm with schwa in thinking you need to learn how to better cope with them. I'm not being sarcastic, but it may pay to seek medication for it. There are many anxiety meds out there (apart from the usual cocktail!), though I'm not sure about in Korea. It wouldn't hurt to check. |
Talk about unsolicited advice! Anxiety may not even be the problem. While this may be worth checking into, this advice would best be left to others who know the poster.
Speaking of jumping to conclusions, who says I have people knowledgeable who help me cope with things? We're all foreigners who have awkward and confusing situations. I get help when possible, but usually fend for myself. I cope by understanding that I'm in a foreign country and it's probably just as awkward for those who happen to be dealing with me. I don't get anywhere by losing my temper and telling everyone how f'ed up Korean culture and society is. Also, it's best for me to prioritize my issues and not sweat the small stuff. Most things that occur day to day (aside from my teaching) just aren't important enough to get worked up over. Now if you'll excuse me kikn, I think I'll have a cocktail. |
I thought advice was the name of the game at Dave's! I think reading some of the posts would remove the doubt about anxiety. Didn't mean to play doctor, just give something to think about. Just my 2 cents. Cheers. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:20 am Post subject: Re: Is Unique Travel in Itaewon legit? |
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| kiknkorea wrote: |
| sojourner1 wrote: |
You guys don't experience what I do. If you do, you got people knowledgeable telling you things that help you better cope. |
I think most people here have thier share of experiences. I'm with schwa in thinking you need to learn how to better cope with them. I'm not being sarcastic, but it may pay to seek medication for it. There are many anxiety meds out there (apart from the usual cocktail!), though I'm not sure about in Korea. It wouldn't hurt to check. |
It is way out of place for you to suggest such advice as one, you're not a practicing psychiatrist even if you have a degree in it, two, I didn't solicit this sort of advice, three, if qualified to be a shrink, you'd make about $100 per hour to write these scripts and would never suggest something in an internet forum as that's unprofessional. Anxiety medication such as Paxil didn't do anything for me when I was taking it for one year as when you're anxious about real legit problems centering around money and business, no drug cures that. You have to have chronic anxiety for no reason to get benefit from drugs, while if it's money and business related anxiety, you have to fix your money and business problems. I took Paxil trying to help me that one year, but I was a broke college student struggling to pay my bills as I didn't have any help from parents and there were such few jobs that paid too little where I was living along with the handicap of not having a car.
It is expected you're going to experience a bit of anxiety if you are suffering a real problem that stumps you, especially when it involves a large sum of money or time. What would you do if you were scammed in Korea? Nothing, but report it on this site and maybe to the police who probably wouldn't help you. I'm not saying I was scammed, but I was lied to which left me anxious for several days. Anyone expecting something delivered after paying hundreds of dollars would be anxious to receive it especially when it was promised on the day of payment. I seriously have no idea about consumer rights and laws outside America so yea, that's anxiety inducing when the ball is in their court and it's unclear what they are doing as they're telling you different than what they actually do. Of course, I didn't jump to conclusion, I was just seeking info any other members experience with doing business with Unique Travel to give me a better idea of what to expect.
It is normal to experience some anxiety in an unclear situation that involves a few lies and deception. No drug or doctor cures money and business induced anxiety. Keep your scripts Mr. Practicing Psychiatry on Daves.
There is a lot of animosity present among expats in Korea. I'm sure it's the same in Thailand too. I'm probably listening to 24 year old guys who think they know it all, but don't like the idea of being responsible by addressing problems and voicing out for help related to the problem when lacking a solution. Those who feel personal insecurities from what you're talking about will almost always suggest something is wrong with you and/or ostracize you. |
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StrayCat
Joined: 13 Apr 2007
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| Sorry to butt in but with regards to the orginal post, forget that/those travel agents and use ETTEHAD Travel as I've just mentioned on the travel sticky. Ticket in hand in about 20 minutes. Overall, superb service. |
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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:51 am Post subject: Re: Is Unique Travel in Itaewon legit? |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
It is way out of place for you to suggest such advice as I didn't solicit this sort of advice. |
That's pretty much what I was saying. Can't stop all the do-gooders though!
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I'm probably listening to 24 year old guys who think they know it all |
How I wish that applied to me.  |
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kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: Is Unique Travel in Itaewon legit? |
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| kiknkorea wrote: |
| sojourner1 wrote: |
You guys don't experience what I do. If you do, you got people knowledgeable telling you things that help you better cope. |
I think most people here have thier share of experiences. I'm with schwa in thinking you need to learn how to better cope with them. I'm not being sarcastic, but it may pay to seek medication for it. There are many anxiety meds out there (apart from the usual cocktail!), though I'm not sure about in Korea. It wouldn't hurt to check. |
It is way out of place for you to suggest such advice as one, you're not a practicing psychiatrist even if you have a degree in it, two, I didn't solicit this sort of advice, three, if qualified to be a shrink, you'd make about $100 per hour to write these scripts and would never suggest something in an internet forum as that's unprofessional. Anxiety medication such as Paxil didn't do anything for me when I was taking it for one year as when you're anxious about real legit problems centering around money and business, no drug cures that. You have to have chronic anxiety for no reason to get benefit from drugs, while if it's money and business related anxiety, you have to fix your money and business problems. I took Paxil trying to help me that one year, but I was a broke college student struggling to pay my bills as I didn't have any help from parents and there were such few jobs that paid too little where I was living along with the handicap of not having a car.
It is expected you're going to experience a bit of anxiety if you are suffering a real problem that stumps you, especially when it involves a large sum of money or time. What would you do if you were scammed in Korea? Nothing, but report it on this site and maybe to the police who probably wouldn't help you. I'm not saying I was scammed, but I was lied to which left me anxious for several days. Anyone expecting something delivered after paying hundreds of dollars would be anxious to receive it especially when it was promised on the day of payment. I seriously have no idea about consumer rights and laws outside America so yea, that's anxiety inducing when the ball is in their court and it's unclear what they are doing as they're telling you different than what they actually do. Of course, I didn't jump to conclusion, I was just seeking info any other members experience with doing business with Unique Travel to give me a better idea of what to expect.
It is normal to experience some anxiety in an unclear situation that involves a few lies and deception. No drug or doctor cures money and business induced anxiety. Keep your scripts Mr. Practicing Psychiatry on Daves.
There is a lot of animosity present among expats in Korea. I'm sure it's the same in Thailand too. I'm probably listening to 24 year old guys who think they know it all, but don't like the idea of being responsible by addressing problems and voicing out for help related to the problem when lacking a solution. Those who feel personal insecurities from what you're talking about will almost always suggest something is wrong with you and/or ostracize you. |
Now, now. I'm not practicing anything, just making a suggestion. I was merely saying it may pay to check on this. I'm not sure about what animosity you're refering to, but there was none at all in what I wrote. |
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