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BoholDiver
Joined: 03 Oct 2009
Location: Canada
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The Kovernment needs to decide
a) This place will be as it is now, and no one will have respect for laws or suggestions, or
b) become a military state like Singapore.
Take your pick. There's no middle ground. |
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Mithrae
Joined: 22 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:08 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, it's weird how Koreans try to squeeze through the tiniest space rather than take two extra steps to go around a person. I was standing in line at Dunkin Donuts last week. When the Korean lady in front of me got her order, she turned and walked to the door. There was about five feet to the right of me, and exactly two inches on my left. Of course, she had to try and squeeze through those two inches - coffee in hand. I looked at her like she was a retarded 7 year-old and refused to budge. Unbelievable.
And don't get me started on the people who, while ascending the stairs from the subway, stop mid-way to watch tv on their phones. Good place to stop lady. (Can't even go around her because of all the people coming down the stairs in the wrong direction.  ) |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 8:55 am Post subject: |
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I think it's silly to even get up in arms about where people walk. Left, right, whatever. I never even considered that people were supposed to WALK on a certain side. DRIVE maybe, but not walk. In fact, I am personally going to continue walking on the left side in open defiance of the absolutely lame, trite, soft, and dare I say uptight, arrogant, and condescending idea that people should walk on one side of wherever. |
There is a good reason for the campaign. If everybody walks on one side or the other, it eases congestion and makes traveling through the subway stations easier during peak traffic hours. Unfortunately, this holds true only for the speed of the group. Individual walkers who may have traveled faster before (by weaving or following a shorter path) will be slowed by following the new guidelines. Since people are selfish (all over the world, this isn't a judgement about Korean people), many will try to walk in the way that is most convenient for them. That might be walking the shortest distance (staying to the left or walking diagonally), or it might be weaving around people and walking all over the place. Either way, it increases the entropy in the system and slows down the group as a whole, even as it allows the individual to move faster.
To taobenli's question about people's hypothetical response to something like this in my home country (the US): I would hope that people could realize that it was a good idea. Unfortunately, I think he is probably right and they would react in the same way the Koreans have here (anarchistic walking).[/quote]
Excellent way of putting it. I think it's noble to try to amend the perceived situation, but I think that given the high volume of people (especially at Gangnam station, which is the textbook case of overcrowded walk-anywhereness), any attempt to rectify the situation is futile. |
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asams
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I've really thought about walking through the subway station yelling "우측 보행" at anyone I run into while I'm following the signs and walking on the right. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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| asams wrote: |
| I've really thought about walking through the subway station yelling "우측 보행" at anyone I run into while I'm following the signs and walking on the right. |
If you do that and an ajeossi smacks you upside the head, you totally deserve it. |
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asams
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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| redaxe wrote: |
| asams wrote: |
| I've really thought about walking through the subway station yelling "우측 보행" at anyone I run into while I'm following the signs and walking on the right. |
If you do that and an ajeossi smacks you upside the head, you totally deserve it. |
Then I would go to the hospital and claim I have a concussion and miss a week of work and go to the police and try to get 10 million won from the guy. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| asams wrote: |
| redaxe wrote: |
| asams wrote: |
| I've really thought about walking through the subway station yelling "우측 보행" at anyone I run into while I'm following the signs and walking on the right. |
If you do that and an ajeossi smacks you upside the head, you totally deserve it. |
Then I would go to the hospital and claim I have a concussion and miss a week of work and go to the police and try to get 10 million won from the guy. |
Good luck convincing the police that it was the ajeosshi who hit you, and not the other way around! |
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asams
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Good luck convincing the police that it was the ajeosshi who hit you, and not the other way around! |
Yeah, that's the tough part. He'll probably go to the hospital for his hand where he slapped me, claiming I headbutted the palm of his hand. Oh well, maybe I'll stick to zig-zagging through the crowds and walking up the down escalator and vice-versa |
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Scorpion
Joined: 15 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:10 am Post subject: |
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Following instructions is not a strong Korean trait.
At intersections say behind the white line! can't do
Stop at the right light, can't do
Pedestrians waiting to cross the street, stand on the pavement not the road, can't do.
This is why there is no IKEA in Korea, people would have to follow the assembly instructions. Can't do |
Too funny! |
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