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Seoul bus strike tomorrow (May 18th)

 
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cj1976



Joined: 26 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:44 am    Post subject: Seoul bus strike tomorrow (May 18th) Reply with quote

Apparently, bus drivers in Seoul are going on strike tomorrow, so expect massive cues for taxis that will refuse to take you unless you are going miles away, and absolutely packed subways. Fantastic.

http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LPOD&mid=sec&oid=001&aid=0005617926&isYeonhapFlash=Y
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jfromtheway



Joined: 20 Nov 2010

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heard that this is a done deal even though they were trying to negotiate. Think I'll be sleeping in and prentending I never read this, which no one is likely to notice or care about anyway. The only thing I like about the subway is that little Asian melody they play sometimes, duuuh, dut dut dut dut duh duh duh duh duh... duh duh, duh dutta dutta. Love that shit. It seems like commuting in general is going to be a nightmare tomorrow.
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sallymonster



Joined: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Seattle area

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Are Gyeonggi buses also affected?
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Joe Boxer



Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:41 am    Post subject: Re: Seoul bus strike tomorrow (May 18th) Reply with quote

cj1976 wrote:
... taxis that will refuse to take you unless you are going miles away...

Give them a location miles away, and then say, "oh, stop here!" when you're near the location you actually want to go to.
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pegasus64128



Joined: 20 Aug 2011

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:46 am    Post subject: Re: Seoul bus strike tomorrow (May 18th) Reply with quote

Joe Boxer wrote:
cj1976 wrote:
... taxis that will refuse to take you unless you are going miles away...

Give them a location miles away, and then say, "oh, stop here!" when you're near the location you actually want to go to.


Damn right!
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alongway



Joined: 02 Jan 2012

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 6:01 am    Post subject: Re: Seoul bus strike tomorrow (May 18th) Reply with quote

Joe Boxer wrote:
cj1976 wrote:
... taxis that will refuse to take you unless you are going miles away...

Give them a location miles away, and then say, "oh, stop here!" when you're near the location you actually want to go to.


When they do that, just look at the dash where their ID is and start to read out the number and pretend to write it down, they'll start driving right away.
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cj1976



Joined: 26 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Update: an agreement has been reached and the buses will be running.
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jfromtheway



Joined: 20 Nov 2010

PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Crap.
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