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soomin
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Daegu
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In my first apartment here I found~
a ziplock bag full of various brands of condoms (in the kitchen)
tons of weeks-old food
trash thrown all over the floor
a dog bed and lots of moldy blankets
tampons
a leather chair that was missing bits of material and had a strange white powder on it?
tons of ants
rusty-red water
On the plus side... 2 beds, an A/C, and a stereo system ^.^ The rest were all cleaned prior to me getting there, and one even came with a convection oven and new handtowels *.* |
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J Rock
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Location: The center of the Earth, Suji
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:35 am Post subject: |
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| soomin wrote: |
In my first apartment here I found~
a ziplock bag full of various brands of condoms (in the kitchen)
tons of weeks-old food
trash thrown all over the floor
a dog bed and lots of moldy blankets
tampons
a leather chair that was missing bits of material and had a strange white powder on it?
tons of ants
rusty-red water
On the plus side... 2 beds, an A/C, and a stereo system ^.^ The rest were all cleaned prior to me getting there, and one even came with a convection oven and new handtowels *.* |
In five minutes I'm guessing Zachback is going to ask you if you want those condoms or not. |
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luckylady
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
Location: u.s. of occupied territories
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:02 am Post subject: |
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I found a bag of weed once in the toilet stall on an airplane. it was just before landing too so I took it 
I saw a guy get up very nonchalantly after I came out - he waited a while tho - it was quite clandestine - he sat up ahead of me so he didn't see me come out/go in so he never knew it was me that took it. |
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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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| young_clinton wrote: |
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| 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. |
I've known many Koreans through my life (growing up with a good number of them as residents of Toronto where there are lots, living in Korea for 7 years and being married to one and so visiting many, many Korean homes)
I completely agree that, generally speaking, Koreans have very dirty homes. I can never get over it. To be fair, growing up in the middle-upper class I am used to clean homes. The filth that I've seen from time to time in the "poor" white people homes is also shocking to me.
Unfair to label them all this way, and I don't, but I could definitely see why some people do consider it to be this way for Koreans. |
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luckylady
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
Location: u.s. of occupied territories
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:26 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? |
this is so funny even as it's sad.
her loss, totally. anyone that can look back on something which must have been so devastating at the time would be a gem of a catch. hopefully you'll find someone more worthy in the (near) future.  |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| soomin wrote: |
In my first apartment here I found~
a ziplock bag full of various brands of condoms (in the kitchen)
tons of weeks-old food
trash thrown all over the floor
a dog bed and lots of moldy blankets
tampons
a leather chair that was missing bits of material and had a strange white powder on it?
tons of ants
rusty-red water
On the plus side... 2 beds, an A/C, and a stereo system ^.^ The rest were all cleaned prior to me getting there, and one even came with a convection oven and new handtowels *.* |
You can sing that to the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"!!!
"In the seventh apartment the tenant left for me:
1 dirty condom,
2 bottled water,
3 tons of ants,"
And so on. |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| luckylady wrote: |
| orosee wrote: |
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? |
this is so funny even as it's sad.
her loss, totally. anyone that can look back on something which must have been so devastating at the time would be a gem of a catch. hopefully you'll find someone more worthy in the (near) future. |
Wow, this was the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me here!  |
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luckylady
Joined: 30 Jan 2012
Location: u.s. of occupied territories
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| orosee wrote: |
| luckylady wrote: |
| orosee wrote: |
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? |
this is so funny even as it's sad.
her loss, totally. anyone that can look back on something which must have been so devastating at the time would be a gem of a catch. hopefully you'll find someone more worthy in the (near) future. |
Wow, this was the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me here! |
don't worry it's Dave's after all - I'm sure someone can fire off a flamin' fart or 2 shortly |
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v88
Joined: 28 Feb 2010
Location: here
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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A NET left me 2 bottles of soju and those De-humidifying hippo things. Had no idea what either of them was (just landed in the country). Thought the soju was bottled water until I tried it, then thought is was some kind of cleaning solvent. Worked pretty well at cleaning my bike chain. The de-humidifier...well it was full of water so I thought it might be some kind of drink box or something. Opened it, took a sniff and thought better than to try it. He was a Canuck and left a half tin of Tim Horton's coffee too. To this day, I don't understand the Canadian love of the stuff.
Another NET who was fired for being a drunk, left me a bag of cranberries, a bottle of liver pills, 4 liters of cheap soju, 3 sticks of antiperspirant and 3 ashtrays full of half smoked cigarettes. If I were a homeless drunk I might of found this a great haul, especially the cranberries and liver pills. I mean this guy was prepared, I just wonder what he did with the mouthwash he must needed before going to class.
Some Koreans left the biggest mess I have ever seen in a place. They took only their stuff and left every bit of trash they had accumulated for the past year. Basically the floor was covered in filth except for trails to and from the rooms. There was so much DNA left behind that I could have assembled my own Korean if I had only had the tools and the know how to do so. Some Koreans are the most disturbingly filthy people I've ever met. |
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oppa637
Joined: 05 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Have you guys seen the show " Hoarders" |
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soomin
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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I was told that the reason they leave apartments so dirty when they move is that it's their responsibility to clean the apartment they move into, and thus the new tenant's responsibility to clean the apartment they are leaving... Kind of backwards to me, but I guess a lot of people (like clean-freaks like me~) reclean some things when they move into a new place, it makes... sense?
My first place, my boss called a cleaning ajumma (and charged me for it >.<) and the other places my coworkers/boss cleaned first... I guess I deserved it after the monstrosity that was my first apartment, lol. |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| byrddogs wrote: |
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. |
Did you tell her in advance that you were leaving those things for her? I've been at places where the Korean staff would go in to "clean" the apartment after a foreign teacher left. They didn't clean much. They were mainly there to see what was left behind that they'd like to nick. |
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Chaucer
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| Newbie wrote: |
| young_clinton wrote: |
| 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. |
I've known many Koreans through my life (growing up with a good number of them as residents of Toronto where there are lots, living in Korea for 7 years and being married to one and so visiting many, many Korean homes)
I completely agree that, generally speaking, Koreans have very dirty homes. I can never get over it. To be fair, growing up in the middle-upper class I am used to clean homes. The filth that I've seen from time to time in the "poor" white people homes is also shocking to me.
Unfair to label them all this way, and I don't, but I could definitely see why some people do consider it to be this way for Koreans. |
Exactly--the bold part, that is. Hagwon owners want the cheapest possible accomodation for their teachers--one school I worked at wanted to give me a FOUR pyung apartment--divided into two rooms, even. Near Garak market in the slums. Wonder if they're still there, actually. So no wonder NETs think all Koreans are pigs. Teach a private at Tower Palace and you'll lose that stereotype. |
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byrddogs
Joined: 19 Jun 2009
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:53 am Post subject: |
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| Troglodyte wrote: |
| byrddogs wrote: |
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. |
Did you tell her in advance that you were leaving those things for her? I've been at places where the Korean staff would go in to "clean" the apartment after a foreign teacher left. They didn't clean much. They were mainly there to see what was left behind that they'd like to nick. |
I told my department director (ps) that I was leaving the things for the girl. I totally trust that she would pass them along. On the other hand, who's to say that the building ajossi (who had the key) or the landlord didn't raid it before she had a chance to move in. |
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allovertheplace
Joined: 02 Aug 2009
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Half used ladies deodorant...the previous tenant was a big dude. A sword, half eaten food, an old yoga mat, half gone 6 month old condiments, half flooded bathroom etc. Oh, and his sheets still on the bed! It was my second place and the hagwon owner thought making the bed for me with the guys used sheets was a sign of respect. I just turned around and asked her to drive me to a bar.
It wasnt a good first week in that place. |
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