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What are your pet peeves about Korea?
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jackdaniels



Joined: 13 Feb 2008
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:40 pm    Post subject: What are your pet peeves about Korea? Reply with quote

Number one on my list has got to be this site. It hasn't been upgraded in Duck** knows when! We used to be able to link pics directly on here but I guess it would cost too much so we all have to copy and paste the urls.
Could hang out on expat korea but; it's like there are only 5 posters posting the same crap all the time.

Number two is there is still no 24 hr diner for us expats like Denny's. Although if you're from the Middle East you can get chicken on
a pita into all hours of the night on nearly every corner in Itaewon; in Haebonchon it's 24 hrs!


Reference=**Duck=@$#%#

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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:26 am    Post subject: Re: What are your pet peeves about Korea? Reply with quote

jackdaniels wrote:
Number one on my list has got to be this site. It hasn't been upgraded in Duck** knows when! We used to be able to link pics directly on here but I guess it would cost too much so we all have to copy and paste the urls.
Could hang out on expat korea but; it's like there are only 5 posters posting the same crap all the time.

Number two is there is still no 24 hr diner for us expats like Denny's. Although if you're from the Middle East you can get chicken on
a pita into all hours of the night on nearly every corner in Itaewon; in Haebonchon it's 24 hrs!


Reference=**Duck=@$#%#



Fully agree with number 1. Expats conversations are slower than here, but ultimately more satisfying. I hate having to check so many sub-forums though.

And I recall seeing Denny's in Japan, and being advised that it was the biggest insult to breakfast food of all time.
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Bramble



Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes

PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:28 am    Post subject: Re: What are your pet peeves about Korea? Reply with quote

jackdaniels wrote:
Number one on my list has got to be this site.


QFE
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fadedgirl



Joined: 26 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the constant harrassment by older men.
It makes me want to carry a knife...
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hellofaniceguy



Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: On your computer screen!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One can't have any pet peeves about a country that is not theirs......I have many but it's useless...if I don 't like it.....I can leave.
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Bramble



Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: National treasures need homes

PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hellofaniceguy wrote:
One can't have any pet peeves about a country that is not theirs......I have many but it's useless...if I don 't like it.....I can leave.


This site was my pet peeve even when I was out of the country.
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Teelo



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Wellington, NZ

PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Koreans.
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maingman



Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Location: left Korea

PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:18 pm    Post subject: , Reply with quote

Koreans

stupid comment therre
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Provence



Joined: 18 Oct 2008
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Korean English teachers that hate anyone who is a native speaker of English, White westerner males that came here only to meet a Korean girl, and crooked hagwon owners.

Besides that the country has a lot of potential.
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Provence



Joined: 18 Oct 2008
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I mean seriously, why are you teaching English if you don�t like native English speakers? That doesn�t even make sense. Talk about hating your job.
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 6:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The "judicial" system
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zippo



Joined: 08 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:37 pm    Post subject: pet peeves.. Reply with quote

the emotional immaturity of the vast majority of korean's. Stamping their feet like spolit children. Their general xenophobia and rabidly nationalistic outlook based on little or no experience outside of korea, well apart from the 5 day bus tours to neighbouring countries. The way they generally look down on english teachers and yet pigeon hole us into english teaching the moment we arrive off the plane. The concept of "losing face" that stops most from telling the truth when the truth is obvious. The cheating and hypocracyof it all.
As a matter of fact, the best thing in korea is probably Incheon airport Smile
I think maybe its time I packed up and left..
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5600



Joined: 07 Apr 2008
Location: At an undisclosed FEMA camp.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

People chewing with their mouth open and smacking their lips.
People chewing with their mouth open and smacking their lips.
The smell of people on the train.
That word or sound girls make when things don't go their way.
The black "uniforms" people wear when they go hiking.
People that run in the subway station to catch the train. There will be another one if a few minutes.
Korean commercials.
Wonder Girls/JYP/Jewelry/Pretty Girls/Rain and all of the "rappers" with initials for names.
Korean hip-hop....it's a New York thing...
The hairstyles.
Fake glasses.
People that hang out in Starbucks because they think it's cool.
People that think they are good teachers.
White GI's who talk and dress like Lil Wayne.
Hooters in Korea.

Please note that I could make the same list for the USA, Canada, Japan, Guam or wherever. It doesn't really mean anything. And yes, I know where the airport is and I know that I can leave. I don't care if anyone has a problem with my list. Go be a good teacher and hang out in Itaewon or whatever you do. It's all good.




The Geeks, Rux, Couch, Cockcrasher, Guk-Do, Vasline, Suck Stuff, Cpt. Bootbois, Burning Hepburn, Egg Scramble, Screw Attack, BB Luckytown, Lazyboy, Samchung, Galaxy Express, Patients, Propeller, Same Old Story, Benzene, 49 Morphines....etc...etc.

Actually I think more people should support the local music scene. Just what I want to do is go to Korea and see a cover band.



edited for forgetting about the Ruckus Army.


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greedy_bones



Joined: 01 Jul 2007
Location: not quite sure anymore

PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

5600 wrote:
People chewing with their mouth open and smacking their lips.
The smell of people on the train.
That word or sound girls make when things don't go their way.
The black "uniforms" people wear when they go hiking.
People that run in the subway station to catch the train. There will be another one if a few minutes.
Korean commercials.
Wonder Girls/JYP/Jewelry/Pretty Girls/Rain and all of the "rappers" with initials for names.
Korean hip-hop....it's a New York thing...
The hairstyles.
Fake glasses.
People that hang out in Starbucks because they think it's cool.
People that think they are good teachers.
White GI's who talk and dress like Lil Wayne.
Hooters in Korea.

Please note that I could make the same list for the USA, Canada, Japan, Guam or wherever. It doesn't really mean anything. And yes, I know where the airport is and I know that I can leave. I don't care if anyone has a problem with my list. Go be a good teacher and hang out in Itaewon or whatever you do. It's all good.


I agree with everything except for the subway one. Most lines have trains that come every few minutes, but line 1 sucks incredibly. I have waited for a train for 45 minutes on more than one occasion. It's really annoying too when you live a few stops past Guro, but can't get on the first 5 trains because they're heading to Incheon.
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zippo



Joined: 08 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:23 am    Post subject: Pet peeves!! Reply with quote

Korean's are like Ostriches!! Any sign of trouble and they put their head in the sand and wait for it to go away...
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