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okokok



Joined: 27 Aug 2006
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:31 pm    Post subject: sidewalks are your friend Reply with quote
A pet-peeve of mine lately has been noticing so many people walking on the street rather than the sidewalk which is only a meter or two away.

Today I saw perhaps the worst example with an ajoshi hobbling along with a walker down the middle of the road. Cars were whizzing by him at over 80 km an hour.

Here's the photos I snapped.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36892740@N05/show/with/3400420185/

There was a wide sidewalk available to him only a short distance away, as you can see. Alright, he's obviously nuts. But what is really disturbing is the typical Korean way that everyone just sees him as an obstacle and nobody tries to help. I just can't wrap my mind around how everyone just goes on about their day and lets the man walk down the middle of the road. Hell, they don't even slow down.

I need to invest in a video camera because I witness this stuff daily. Maybe I can start a website.
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Straphanger



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:36 pm    Post subject: Re: sidewalks are your friend Reply with quote
okokok wrote:
I need to invest in a video camera because I witness this stuff daily. Maybe I can start a website.

Or maybe you need to leave people the hell alone. Forget starting a website and start minding your own damn business.

Idiot.
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okokok



Joined: 27 Aug 2006
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, I'm really gonna listen to you of all people. Laughing
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yingwenlaoshi



Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:39 pm    Post subject: Re: sidewalks are your friend Reply with quote
Straphanger wrote:
okokok wrote:
I need to invest in a video camera because I witness this stuff daily. Maybe I can start a website.

Or maybe you need to leave people the hell alone. Forget starting a website and start minding your own damn business.

I am an idiot.


You're the last person to tell anyone to mind their own business.

You're stupid.
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coralreefer_1



Joined: 19 Jan 2009
PostPosted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just a passing thought here, but have you noticed how uneven and broken many sidewalks here are? I guess it has something to do with the way many are set with vast amounts of single stones on loose sand with otherwise little or no adhesive. Although honestly I see the same things often as well and most of them seem to get around fairly well without the aid of a walker.

That being said, it's quite obvious the man has some kind of leg/hip disorder. Over time he like many others with disabilities/weak knees, etc. have probably noticed that it is often times easier to walk on the paved street rather than the sidewalk where loose stones/stones pushed up by roots or sunk down due to water make the surface more uneven.

Even in these cases, I cant imagine him being that far out in the lane.

Last edited by coralreefer_1 on Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:02 am; edited 1 time in total
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curiousaboutkorea



Joined: 21 Jan 2009
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
When I read the title of this thread I thought it was gonna be directed towards motorbike delivery drivers...
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Straphanger



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
okokok wrote:
Yeah, I'm really gonna listen to you of all people. Laughing

Okay, fine. Keep surreptitiously taking handphone pictures of random people on the street and put them up on your website. It's sure to be a huge hit with the WHO CARES crowd.
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okokok



Joined: 27 Aug 2006
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
^*yawn*

Are you still here? Trust me, your input is not required. On this and every other thread.
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Straphanger



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
okokok wrote:
^*yawn*

Are you still here? Trust me, your input is not required. On this and every other thread.

Yeah, you and all your fans can keep complaining about being stared at in public while you're looking at ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS of another person going about his daily business, albeit in an unusual way.

Again I say, and *I'M* the troll?
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okokok



Joined: 27 Aug 2006
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You're such a freak.
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michaelambling



Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Location: Paradise
PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ignoring the idiocy...

I kinda understand the adjosshi. If motorcycles are going to drive on the sidewalk, why not walk on the street?

Sometimes, this country reminds me of a teenage girl on Maury Povich. Hell, this is Korea--we do what we want!
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