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Zackback
Joined: 05 Nov 2010 Location: Kyungbuk
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:27 am Post subject: Unusual things you found on your first day in your apartment |
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For me it has been rotten food, dirty dishes in the sink and an unflushed toilet.
On the positive side I also found a couple of extra rolls of toilet paper, 50 won, and bath soap (unused). There was a toothbrush next to it but I wasn't going to risk it if it too was unused. |
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viciousdinosaur
Joined: 30 Apr 2012
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:32 am Post subject: |
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Koreans don't make any attempt to clean their apartments when they leave and I'm pretty sure they just don't bother cleaning it all for three years before they move out. In my personal opinion it's a disgusting habit, but that's just part and parcel of living in Korea. On the plus side whenever Koreans do visit my apartment they praise me for its cleanliness. It's also nice to return the favor when I move out. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:56 am Post subject: |
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viciousdinosaur wrote: |
I'm pretty sure they just don't bother cleaning it all for three years before they move out. |
That's hard to believe. I always look at the Koreans as being like the Japanese in terms of cleanliness. Another thing the apartments handed out to NET teachers might have been occupied by another NET teacher previously. |
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coralreefer_1
Joined: 19 Jan 2009
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:59 am Post subject: |
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I found 80,000won is rolled 500won coins behind the bookcase~~
Used that to buy a couple bottles of Tequila and have a nice moving in party. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:59 am Post subject: |
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My place was fairly clean except for the microwave, which they missed. The bathroom was immaculate. No ----s in the bowl. |
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J Rock

Joined: 17 Jan 2009 Location: The center of the Earth, Suji
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:19 am Post subject: |
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I found an unopened bottle of Makoli and a bootleg porn DVD, I think it was Russian or something??? They were doing things I've never even heard of (until now) and cant even mention it on here without the risk of being banned. |
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J Rock

Joined: 17 Jan 2009 Location: The center of the Earth, Suji
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:20 am Post subject: |
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Double post
Last edited by J Rock on Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:23 am; edited 1 time in total |
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J Rock

Joined: 17 Jan 2009 Location: The center of the Earth, Suji
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:21 am Post subject: |
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Even better, triple post!!!! |
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viciousdinosaur
Joined: 30 Apr 2012
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:45 am Post subject: |
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young_clinton wrote: |
That's hard to believe. I always look at the Koreans as being like the Japanese in terms of cleanliness. |
Have you ever been to Korea and Japan and had three seconds to compare the two?
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Another thing the apartments handed out to NET teachers might have been occupied by another NET teacher previously. |
Because I'm pretty sure I'm not a moron and I know who lived in my apartment before me. |
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Troglodyte

Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:26 am Post subject: |
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young_clinton wrote: |
I always look at the Koreans as being like the Japanese in terms of cleanliness. |
Not even close. |
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andrewchon

Joined: 16 Nov 2008 Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, it wasn't Korea that produced the anime-movie "Twighlight of the Roaches". I don't know what's happened in Korea but I've yet to see a roach, yet. Must've employed Daleks to exterminate 'em. |
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orosee

Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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I never found anything in mine.
Can you change the thread title to "Things your girlfriend found in your apartment that got you into trouble and eventually led to her marrying another man, even though it was one of your friends who put them there but she wouldn't believe your explanations because there was no more trust", so that I can contribute? |
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cheezsteakwit
Joined: 12 Oct 2011 Location: There & back again.
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:17 pm Post subject: unusual things found in your apartment |
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The NET in my apartment before me was quite generous.
He left:
a backpack, sleeping bag, soccer ball, a Japan tour book , an unopened bottle of whiskey , & 2 'swords' - one sword is solid wood, & the other sword is made up of thin strips of rattan.
The place was very clean as well.
I plan on paying it forward and am leaving all that stuff for the next NET in 2 years when I move (gotta replace the whiskey bottle though.) That didn't stand a chance my first week here! |
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byrddogs

Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Location: Shanghai
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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I never found anything interesting or useful in any apartment that I moved in there. It was always just the usual filfth that the previous tenant left behind (moldy bathroom, greasy fire hazard kitchen, etc...) as a gift.
cheezsteakwit wrote: |
The place was very clean as well.
I plan on paying it forward and am leaving all that stuff for the next NET in 2 years when I move (gotta replace the whiskey bottle though.) That didn't stand a chance my first week here! |
Good on you. I did the same when I left there for good. The teacher replacing me was pretty much set up with useful things I purchased and left for her knowingly that another NSET would be moving in and not just some random person. I would have tossed the stuff otherwise. |
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orosee

Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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So whoever left without flushing the toilet was also "paying forward"? |
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