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[schwa]

I'm not against a beer at the white plastic tables outside a Family Mart, its cool that its unrestricted.

But as a place to spend your evening getting drunk on the cheap, its ugly. How many Koreans can you spot doing that? Meanwhile, lots are strolling past observing & forming unflattering opinions of foreign teachers.

Go to a bar.

[BoholDiver]

And Korean men never do that, right?

In fact, if I look outside my window, I can see a table of 4 K men doing it right now. They are there 3-4 times a week.

I don't care what the collective K small mind thinks of us. No one else should either.

[eamo]

Spending the whole evening getting hammered outside a convenience store is indeed quite sad. It should be seen as a rare and random circumstance to even spend more than an hour outside those places.

Definitely not a planned night out!

[Lee Myung Bak]

[Illysook]

One of my friends is getting ready to leave and had never even sat down at one of those tables, so we made a special plan to do so. We were there for an hour or so before we moved the party to a friend's apartment. Beer gets warm too fast in this weather!

[AsiaESLbound]

Foreigners do it too. There is a Family Mart in my neighborhood where foreigners sometimes hang out over a Hite or whatever other craptastic Korean drink in a green glass bottle or white plastic bottle they prefer while talking, strumming a guitar, and looking on. It's OK if you are peaceful and not harassing women, but I sense the scene involving of a gaggle of foreigners makes Koreans noticeably uncomfortable, but not outright objective to it.

[BoholDiver]

If they're harrassing women, that's no good. However, if they're just doing their thing and Koreans are uncomfortable, that sounds like their problem.

[Louis VI]

You can take the boys out of the trailer park, but...

[jvalmer]

I'd say if the group gets bigger than the seats that are available, it becomes unclassy and take it to a bar. Otherwise, drink away, as long as you aren't obnoxious.

[brier]

[toby99]

I guess it is pathetic to booze at these places for more than a round or two. Yes, adjosshis hit them up regularly for a round of soju and dried squid, but they usually aren't around for more than an hour or so. I've seen waygooks (shockingly I know) hang at these places for 4-5 hours, often cat-calling the dames in the process. Seems a little sad considering that the 500cc's aren't all that much more expensive at a bar, though I guess if you must buy anju it ups the total.

[seonsengnimble]

I don't know. I know it may seem uncouth, but being outside in the "fresh" air can be considerably more pleasant than sitting in a dark, smelly bar with crappy music. You generally have a better selection of beer and food as well.

Cat calling is just stupid regardless of the circumstances, but I see nothing wrong with having a few rounds outside.

[laguna]

A huge group of friends in Uijeongbu drink outside all the time.

It's cheap, relaxing, and something you can't do back home.

Also
http://www.mattbrandenburg.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Asinine-America-HATERS-GONNA-HATE1.jpg

[simonandmartina]

I don't view it as ugly or low brow or anything like that. It seems like something that people do in Korea, and seems like a great story to tell when you're back home. "Ahh, back in Korea we used to get hooched up at a 7-11 on the rickety old chairs and plastic tables they'd put out for just that." No?

It's not something I'd do back home, but I also wouldn't yogiyo a waitress back home either.

[curiousaboutkorea]

Yea, the ajeossis I see drinking outside convenience stores are never drunk and obnoxious