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[True_Blue]

I recently joined a gym and was told by the staff that I could leave my gym shoes on the shelf at the entrance along with the hundreds of other pairs between visits.

Yesterday I showed up at the gym and the shoes were missing. I searched high and low but they were no where to be found. They weren't overly expensive shoes but they are a size I can't easily find in Korea.

Just wanted to know if anyone else had their shoes snatched from the communal shoe racks in Korea? Given everywhere we go we are supposed to take them off, I've always kind of wondered if they ever get taken. It seems ridiculous someone would want used, possibly smelly shoes!

[machoman]

ew, i would never steal used shoes. maybe something happened to them.

[ATM SPIDERTAO]

some adjossi wore my size 12's out to the bathroom... i was REALLLLLY pissed off

and when i had dress shoes one time, some adjosshi used them to step on to put on his shoes... RIGHT in front of me...

so now i always put the shoes not on the floor when i go to restaurants but like higher up

zomggggg i was pissed off hahahaha like can you imagine it? like some old guy stepping on your shoes and bending them outta shape to put on his shoes like it ain't no thang but a chicken wing

oh man

[grant_steves]

I had my shoes stolen at the gym the week before last...luckily I had my gym shoes on, so I didn't have to walk home barefoot.

I'd also like to know why it seems to be impossible for any Korean man over the age of 30 to sit/stand in the sauna without making ridiculous grunting noises.

[fugitive chicken]

In Seoul a few months ago, they caught a shoe bandit who would walk into restaurants and steal shoes.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/korean-shoe-thief-brought-to-heel-20100307-pqjk.html

[northway]

My buddy has some young turds pour water in his shoes after laughing at him while he was showering.

[vastrei4]

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=190956&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=vastrei

[Dazed and Confused]

This is why I always lock my shoes in my locker at the gym. I DO NOT CARE IF IT MAKES THE LOCKER DIRTY because I seriously doubt the gym is going to replace my shoes. I cannot find shoes in Korea. Even in the US a women's size 10N is difficult to find.

[Carla]

[Died By Bear]

Had a brand new pair of Nike flip flops (40,000won) stolen from the locker room just a few minutes after I'd left the building and realized I'd left them in the shoe area. Five minutes is all it takes with some of these youngsters I tell ya.



There is nothing worse than going out with a large group of people in Korea to a restaurant, and finding out you have no more nice, expensive shoes when you're drunk and leaving. So what's the answer? Bring a bag and wrap them up and put the bag right where you can see it. That's only if you care about 500 bucks you spent on that pair, but you can always wear sandals, heh.

[Carla]

[Globutron]

500 bucks on shoes... I'd spend that much if there was a gun to my head.

I don't really care if people step on, or in fact steal my shoes. They're old, dirty, already bend and broken. If someone steals them it might actually make me begin to consider buying a new pair. But I don't like to rid myself of something until it's completely unusable.
Frugal is me.

[BURNBURNRUBBER]

i've had my shoes stolen twice.
korean thieves like shoes, umbrellas, bicycles, scooters and small motorcycles, helmets and sometimes jackets.
they seem to have little interest in mobile phones or notebook computers, etc...
i bet if the opportunity was there, they would steal things like towels and toiletries too...
...but your wallet is safe.

[sharkey]

I had my shoes stolen from the gym, as well.

[Alphabet_Stew]

This has gotto be the saddest thread I ever read..

All you people wearing $200 ~ $500 shoes and just leaving them where people can take them.

geez...